Omas 360 Titanium Equipped With Diamonds.

[fountainbel]

hi all,

Just equipped a stunning Omas 360 prototype in titanium with a custom made piston filling system.

The clip and barrel are each equipped with 5 small diamonds, while the cap top and filling knob top feature a larger diamond.

According the owner this pen never came on the market in this configuration

Unfortunately the pen was missing the complete filling system, so Ive made a complete filler replacement starting from the lead screw and piston rod of a vintage Pelikan 400.

Works perfectly !

Francis

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/fountainbel/Improvements%20to%20modern%20fountain%20pens/P1010191202.jpg

[PAKMAN]

Stunning! Great work!

[gregamckinney]

Beautuful work. However, that is a 360, not an Ogiva.

 

Regards, greg

[fountainbel]

Beautuful work. However, that is a 360, not an Ogiva.

 

Regards, greg

Thanks Greg, just corrected !

Francis

[zaddick]

I'd like the pen minus the diamonds.

[mongrelnomad]

Your ingenuity never ceases to amaze me Francis. It is fabulous that you are helping to keep these wonderful pens alive...

 

For those who don't know, Francis was able to repair the piston on my Omas Milord T2 - a job that John Mottishaw (an ex-Omas service representative) was unable to undertake.

Edited October 15, 2016 by mongrelnomad

[jmccarty3]

I'd like the pen minus the diamonds.

 

+1. I guess I'm old school. What I'd like to see on a 360 (and on the Lamy Safari) is a rotating nib/feed assembly, like that on the Parker 75, so the pen can be used by left-handed underwriters.

[Mulrich]

I wish I had the skills to manage such a job.

[kenshiro]

Out of curiosity,would it not have been more straightforward to transplant the filling mechanism from a donor 360?

[fountainbel]

Out of curiosity,would it not have been more straightforward to transplant the filling mechanism from a donor 360?

According the owner these original fillers are not available anymore…

Further on i've repaired already several Omas on which the axial anti rotation guiding key was worn-off;

The original system being rather weak, my replacement is much more wear resistant.

Francis

[katanankes]

If memory serves me, in mid 2000 catalogues Omas was still advertising a 360 diamond (for an outrageous retail price). I never saw one in person, but in the catalogue pictures the diamonds were on the cap band. So this is most likely a one of its kind prototype.