"e" Markings On Old Nib.

[farmdogfan]

Whar does it mean? and which pen does it come from (this one was found on an old no-name pen).

 

Edited February 20, 2017 by farmdogfan

[penparadise]

Well, I don't know exactly what the "E" stands for but it could be "extra". This nib is a very hard and unflexible nib for bookkeeping and for making copies with carbon papers. The nib belongs to any Montblanc fountain pen no. 4 size which was build between 1920 and 1928.

Edited February 20, 2017 by penparadise

[Croma]

Hello:

I have never seen anything like that. The typography of this E is very different to other imprint letters. The E letter seems to be made after, perhaps by the retailer of pen when it was mounted.

I am expectant to read the explanations of experts.

Thanks for share.

[farmdogfan]

Thanks, maybe a safety filler?, it´s very stubby.

[Xof72000]

Sorry I can't help you answering the question ... but nice picture !

Edited February 20, 2017 by Xof72000

[farmdogfan]

Thanks, now i just need the rest of the pen.

[slippery when wet]

E stands for Excellence 😁😁😁

Edited February 20, 2017 by slippery when wet

[farmdogfan]

:D

[Soot]

E stands for Excellence

 

Enigma would be more like it.

[farmdogfan]

 

Enigma would be more like it.

Yes, and the mystery will probably remain unsolved.

[farmdogfan]

A helpfull member offered to ask at a facebook forum (i dont use facebook myself) and a knowledgeable person explained that "E describes this special nib geometry. Like the famous J and Ly nibs, these taken from the writing styles of the steel dip pen nibs..."

 

Thanks to all involved.

 

Regards Per

[Croma]

Thanks, maybe a safety filler?, it´s very stubby.

Hello:

Probably yes. The number 4 inside logo is the size of that nib. It belongs to a size number -4 pen, and it is made in the decade of the 1920's. The holder pen would be similar to this.

 

 

 

 

Regards.

[farmdogfan]

I do have a MB 4 safety filler, where it maybe could be used.

 

 

 

[penparadise]

 

Thanks, maybe a safety filler?, it´s very stubby.

Hello:

Probably yes. The number 4 inside logo is the size of that nib. It belongs to a size number -4 pen, and it is made in the decade of the 1920's.

Yes Croma, as I said in the second post.

 

Most likely this nib was in a round or octagonal no.4 safety filler as this filling system was the most popular system of Montblanc at that time. But it also could be that it was in a no.4 lever filler or in a no.4 pneumatic filler as Montblanc made those within the 1920th as well.

Edited February 22, 2017 by penparadise

[farmdogfan]

I found a similar nib on the data base section at Penboard.de, it sits on a Rouge et noir safety filler from 1910, and it is described as a "special calligraphic nib".