Mysterious Pen

[WaskiSquirrel]

I was given this pen by a fan of my YouTube channel. I'm looking at doing a review of it soon. But, the trouble is that neither he nor I know what the pen is. If possible, I would like to be able to tell people what it is. It is unique: a pen and a pencil in one. I understand a lot of these came out in the 1930s. There is no branding on the pen, but I'll point out a few unique features.

 

Here is the pen.

 

Here it is uncapped. Definitely unique among my pens.

 

The nib has helped me narrow it down, but not enough.

 

I don't know if the feed is helpful, but since there is no branding, I'm hoping some trait will help.

 

What I think is the most unique feature is the distinctive clip.

 

So, I would be really grateful if someone could help me identify this pen. Richard Binder's website gave me some ideas, but nothing conclusive. I did some other searches, but I honestly just don't know enough about vintage.

 

[Cordovian]

Looks like a Twinpoint combo by the Pen-O-Pencil company. Probably from the 1920's?

[WaskiSquirrel]

Looks like a Twinpoint combo by the Pen-O-Pencil company. Probably from the 1920's?

That's a new suggestion I didn't run across when researching this pen. The photos I found look a lot more similar than some of the others I looked at, though the nib is slightly different.

[Cordovian]

The nib may have been swapped. Notice how the feed doesn't quite fit. The thing that makes me wonder is the clip. Looking back at some Pen-O-Pencil products, they don't seem to have ornate embossing like the pen you have. That may have been swapped too or it may not be a Pen-O-Pencil product at all.

Edited July 29, 2016 by Cordovian

[WaskiSquirrel]

The nib may have been swapped. Notice how the feed doesn't quite fit. The thing that makes me wonder is the clip. Looking back at some Pen-O-Pencil products, they don't seem to have ornate embossing like the pen you have. That may have been swapped too or it may not be a Pen-O-Pencil product at all.

That's a good point about the feed, and one I hadn't noticed. I was looking at the Pen-O-Pencil pictures, but none of the pictures I saw showed the clip clearly enough for me to decide about that.