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Karmabim

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Hello everyone in FPN,

 

I would like help in identifying a recent acquisition. I bought some fountain pens from someone in France mainly to add to my UNIC pen section of fountain pens. As a bit of a bonus there was also a couple of unknown pens, one especially caught my attention even before it arrived. It is probably quite (though I don't now how) old and probably (though I don't now for sure) French.

 

Anyhow, a few things I do know about it;

It is button fill, the old sac was made of a brownish rubber and still serviceable, I kept it to one side for posterity but replaced it.

The body and cap are celluloid, I could tell when polishing it.

The clip and band appear to be gold plated brass.

The nib is gold plated steel.

The nib bears what appears to be the following inscription 'SeeaP' '2' 'IRIDIUM' 'POINTED'.

 

On the first line the second 'e' may be a 'c', the 'a' may be a 'd' and the 'P' may be some other obscure letter drawing below.

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I have also attached some photographs to help with identification (I hope) any help greatly appreciated.

 

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fpn_1508761598__band_01.jpg

 

fpn_1508761621__nib_01.jpg

 

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I find that half the fun of collecting fountain pens is the background investigations to discover their history and in some cases ownership. I'm hoping this one may have something interesting to reveal.

 

Thanks in anticipation.

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I'm seeing the 3rd letter as a "c", the last letter as a "p", so perhaps "Secap"?

 

It may well be but is 'Secap' a recognized make? Or can you think of a brand that has a similar name to Secap?

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A bit more time searching The Goog turned up an ebay listing for this monster claiming it was a Japanese brand.

A note on the Pennamania board (Italian) also refers to a similar pen.

Another long expired ebay listing I found was for a Japanese Secap eyedropper.

Perhaps folks on the Japanese forum here could help you.

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