"r" Means "rodium" Or Something Else?

[shufen]

I was given a vintage pen but I got no idea what it is. Any expert can tell me what it is?

 

It is a lever-filler. Feed with marking brevets (patent) "Stylomine".

 

Is the nib an OEM product or proprietary one?

 

I just think that the former owner made his/her own assembled pen with parts of various brands.

 

Please help, thanks.

[jar]

No, the "R" means something else. But it was not unusual for pens to be made from pieces parts with various origins. There were many, many, many assemblers that bought parts from all over and assembled pens then stuck their name on the finished product. You find that the industry world wide was pretty liberal when it came to names, personnel, parts and claims. There were the few big name companies but literally hundreds of small job shopped makers.

[shufen]

Thank you. So, do you know what this "R" mean? Renault? But it doesn't appear to be like that...

[jar]

Thank you. So, do you know what this "R" mean? Renault? But it doesn't appear to be like that...

Nope. But there were a whole bunch of third tier makers that started with an "R".

[shufen]

Nope. But there were a whole bunch of third tier makers that started with an "R".

Thanks.

 

I don't have much information about French fountain pen makers with brand starting with "R". The only I know so far: "Récife", "Renault"... would FPN friends share what they know about French made lever-filling fountain pen?

 

This mysterious "R" is so very exciting.

[RMN]

From our Pinned topic Known pen brands

 

For France, starting with R:

Rally

Rayon

Recife

Reynolds

Royal

 

 

 

 

Perhaps there were more.

 

D.ick

[Polanova]

Well it clearly says Stylomine on the barrel , which was one of the great French brands during the 20ies to 40ies.

Most famous for accordion fillers, they did also produce economy lever fillers during the 30ies, which I guess yours is, and again during the 50ies, when the decline of Stylomine and all other French brands apart from Waterman began.

While your pen almost certainly came with a steel nib, that nib is not original to the pen and is from a later date.

Edited September 22, 2016 by Polanova