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I recently found the fountain pen that I used through high school. I know it's a Herlitz, but that's about all I know, since any research proved itself to be fruitless. I hope someone can tell me what it is.

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Herlitz was bigger than I knew, it made the Luxor pens too...'30's and onward. It was a Heidelberg pen company. Somewhere on the other river bank is a building with two huge carved stone fountain pens as door side decoration, marking Herlitz's fountain pen factory.

 

I didn't chase them. There is only so many one can chase....and five or so is enough.

 

Check with Kaweco on this Com, he will know. He is a scholar of Heidelberg and surrounding area pen companies. Once Heidelberg was the fountain pen capitol of the world.

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In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

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That looks like the "Tornado".

Btw, Herlitz was bought by Pelikan some time ago.

Yeah, after searching for "Tornado" I figured out it's a "Tornado Classic"! Thanks!

 

And is it a good or a bad thing that I own this Herlitz, then?

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You're welcome!

 

I only added the Pelikan bit as further info about the company to what Bo Bo Olson wrote :)

Nothing bad about that pen haha

They are still available new via Amazon, I just don't know whether it's NOS or still produced.

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And is it a good or a bad thing that I own this Herlitz, then?

 

Does it write? Then it's not bad. I have some of these "cheap" school pens. Not Herlitz, but Helix & a Faber Castell. They can decent enough writers. I work in a college, so these are the ones that live in my desk at work, and take the cheapest royal blue cartridges.

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And is it a good or a bad thing that I own this Herlitz, then?

 

Does it write? Then it's not bad. I have some of these "cheap" school pens. Not Herlitz, but Helix & a Faber Castell. They can decent enough writers. I work in a college, so these are the ones that live in my desk at work, and take the cheapest royal blue cartridges.

It absolutely writes, haha. Quite scratchy, though that might just be because I've used this pen for literal years, thus have written away any and all smoothness :P

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Nib could be out of alignment. Check it with someone's 6-10X loupe. A magnifying glass is not strong enough. If it is not aligned....you can find out how to cure that here.

So Pelikan does make other cheap pens....that is a surprise.

They are no longer in Heidelberg that is for sure.

 

Holding it behind the big knuckle like a fountain pen can help scratchy a lot too.

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In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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Nib could be out of alignment. Check it with someone's 6-10X loupe. A magnifying glass is not strong enough. If it is not aligned....you can find out how to cure that here.

So Pelikan does make other cheap pens....that is a surprise.

They are no longer in Heidelberg that is for sure.

 

Holding it behind the big knuckle like a fountain pen can help scratchy a lot too.

I've checked; it's aligned. I probably need to go over it with a nail buffer a bit :P I've used it for years and I don't think it has any kind of tipping, so it's probably just worn.

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