Can Anyone Help Identify This Old Pen?

[Heathrobinson]

Hi everyone I'm quite new to FP. Recently I found a pen with Degussa nib on the bay of evil. I heard that Degussa gold nibs are gd flex nibs so I bought it without a second thought. The pen has no imprint or logo on its body and cap. Can anyone help identify this pen? Thx for ur kindly help!

As I havent received the pen yet the only pic Ive got are from the seller. (http://www.ebay.com.hk/itm/132176103124?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT)

Also please forgive me if my English sucks. Not a native speaker.

[jar]

Hi everyone I'm quite new to FP. Recently I found a pen with Degussa nib on the bay of evil. I heard that Degussa gold nibs are gd flex nibs so I bought it without a second thought. The pen has no imprint or logo on its body and cap. Can anyone help identify this pen? Thx for ur kindly help!

 

As I havent received the pen yet the only pic Ive got are from the seller. (http://www.ebay.com.hk/itm/132176103124?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT)

 

Also please forgive me if my English sucks. Not a native speaker.

Some Degussa nibs were flexible, most not flexible. It depended on what the buyer ordered.

[Sasha Royale]

It resembles a Pelikan M120, but the clip is not typical Pelikan. Maybe an East German imitation of the Pelikan. How does it write ? If the piston does not move easily, DO NOT FORCE IT ! Have it serviced before trying to use it.

[Heathrobinson]

Some Degussa nibs were flexible, most not flexible. It depended on what the buyer ordered.

Hopefully the nib is flexible. I bought this pen for the nib only. Seemed to be a thoughtless decision

[Heathrobinson]

It resembles a Pelikan M120, but the clip is not typical Pelikan. Maybe an East German imitation of the Pelikan. How does it write ? If the piston does not move easily, DO NOT FORCE IT ! Have it serviced before trying to use it.

Yes I think that was one of the most popular designs in the old days. I found similar designs in many German brands like Reform, Geha and old Faber Castell. Will try the pen when receiving it.

[Heathrobinson]

Hi all finally I know the brand. It's a Senator pen. I found a exactly same model online, but with a Bock nib instead. FYR: https://www.myuberpens.com/1970-s-senator-germany-f-fully-flexible-wet-noodle-nib-piston-pelikan-120-fountain-pen.html#

[sidthecat]

Due to a shortage of gold, it's unusual to find a German pen with a gold nib. Most are steel.

I also had a couple of mystery pens in a lot I bought: after much puzzling I concluded that they were Gehas. It seems to be down to the shape of the clip.

[Heathrobinson]

Due to a shortage of gold, it's unusual to find a German pen with a gold nib. Most are steel.

I also had a couple of mystery pens in a lot I bought: after much puzzling I concluded that they were Gehas. It seems to be down to the shape of the clip.

It is really difficult to identify all those German pens. They look almost the same.

[artart]

it is perhaps not very well-known the fact that Degussa, a large conglomerate in pre-war Germany, among many other activities, had a 42,5 per cent ownership of Degesch, the company that produced the infamous Zyklon B, the gas used by nazis in gas chambers during the Holocaust

[sidthecat]

Rummage around among German pens and you'll turn up such gems of information. That's why I'm a bit standoffish.

[AAAndrew]

it is perhaps not very well-known the fact that Degussa, a large conglomerate in pre-war Germany, among many other activities, had a 42,5 per cent ownership of Degesch, the company that produced the infamous Zyklon B, the gas used by nazis in gas chambers during the Holocaust

 

Practically every German company at the time had some kind of connection to the war and atrocities. That's the nature of war at such a level. Same can be said of American companies. Sheaffer made bomb sites during the war, for example. You can just not buy anything made by anyone during the war years if it makes you uncomfortable.

[sidthecat]

When I lived in Heidelberg, one of my professors kindly offered to introduce me to Albert Speer, who lived up the street from the house where our group of students lived. I passed: it would have required an awful lot of explaining to my Jewish family why I'd come home with an autographed copy of "Inside The Third Reich.