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Hi all, I'm new to the forums but I figured someone could help me with this conundrum. I can not for the life of me figure out who makes this fountain pen. It was in my dads old desk at home, seemingly unused. I would guess it is from anywhere between late 80's-2000's based on when he may have been given this for work. It writes very well, and is pretty hefty (all metal) with excellent balance. Posted or not.

 

The only inscription anywhere (inside or out) is on the nib, which shows "Iridium Point Germany"

 

Both ends of the body on the barrel unscrew, it won't fit standard cartridges, and the cap is a snap on. The only cartridge I've tried thus far that fits is a slim cartridge made for a Cross slim barrel fountain pen. Standard sized cartridges and a Con-50 are about equivalent in diameter to the threaded portion of the pen tip where the body screws onto. (I'm sure there is more appropriate terminology, but I'm a novice in this realm)

 

Please see pictures to hopefully help identify (ignore the ridiculous Saran Wrap on cartridge, I poked a hole using a syringe to refill ink and now it leaks from the hole)

 

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Great tip on the wax! Thanks for the info, it is strange there is no name on nib. It writes very well, feels like a Visconti Van Gogh but with a heftier body. He had several Mont Blancs in the same drawer as this pen, and use to work in Europe (eastern Germany, Russia, and ??) so although it's certainly possible it's a cheapo noname pen, evidence supports exploring the contrary....

 

No lamy ink, just a cross slim cartridge. I knew it would make someone cringe haha.

 

Thanks for all the feedback!!

 

Any other thoughts or guesses??

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If the pen was from a good maker the name or logo would be *somewhere* on the pen. It's almost assuredly a cheap promotional item. The fact that it writes well doesn't really mean much - I've had plenty of $1-2 Jinhao pens that wrote brilliantly out of the packaging. All that said, if it writes well and you like it, does it really matter that much?

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Jeko, definitely agree with the price not being a factor other than to know how much I should baby it :) if it's not valuable, which is starting to sound like the case, than its great for everyday use in my pocket, but I would treat the aesthetic component during casual use with a little more care if I learned it to have a large price tag :)

 

Good advice, and thanks for the input everyone!

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the spring in the main body reminds me of ballpoint pens. it may be that the pen has two interchangeable sections; one for fountain pen and one for ballpoint.

 

the nib looks like a generic chinese steel nib.

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