Wahl Mystery Flattop

[FrozenPen]

Have a nice Coral Red Flattop with an unusual (modified?) cap without a ring or clip and no obvious indication that there ever was.

I'm trying to develop a theory as to who would have modified it, how, and why.

The black celluloid at the top is too thin to be an unmodified ring-top part but it does have a faint circular witness mark of what could have been a filled in hole. However, there is no inconsistency in the color so the disk and the filler would have to be the same material.

The gold band appears similar in width to that of a tulip clip.

My best guess is the tulip clip was replaced with a gold band then topped with a donor ring-top disk that somehow had the hole filled in. But it seems like a lot of work for a non-personalized pen so I'm not yet conviced.

Can someone get overall cap dimensions for a tulip clip and ring top for comparison?

Anyone have any alternate theories?

Jim.

[Roger W.]

Jim;

 

The disk on top is the price disk that usually got thrown away. There should have been a price on it but, it may be substantially worn.

 

Roger W.

[FrozenPen]

Roger - I've never heard of or seen a "price disk" before. A clever re-use of material. If these disks are rare then'd I'd guess the mod happened early in the life of the pen when and where a supply was handy - maybe by an official repairman or dealer.