The De La Rue Pen 1220 - 24

[chunya]

I recently picked up this pen, it needed a bit of a clean and a new sac, now done, and it's such a pretty pen that I thought I'd share it before moving it on. It's a De La Rue Pen which seems to have been made in Scotland when they temporarily moved their production up there (sometime in the 1930's?), and it's clearly stamped on the barrel end as being a 1220; it's then followed by '24' ... possibly the colour combination? But I didn't think De La Rue identified their patterns with numbers.

 

But it is a lovely pattern and colour, not one I've come across before.

 

 

 

[praxim]

That is worth showing. I have one in plain black. It appears they were first released in 1932, with no tracking of their date of demise. Does yours also have the No 22 nib? I found it very smooth and a little soft, quite a nice little writing pen.

[chunya]

Hi Praxim,

 

Yes, it's got the 22 nib, and as you say, it's a nice little writer. Unfortunately it's just a little too small for my liking otherwise I might have been tempted to keep it.

 

I could have sworn that I read somewhere here on FPN that in Steve Hull's book it gave the 1220 as being made only in black, but for the life of me I can't find that thread.

Edited April 22, 2018 by chunya

[praxim]

That is my only gripe about that book. While it has a useful table of pens by year, from which one can jump roughly to the right chronological period in the book, I would love to see an index of pen number or name to page(s).

[chunya]

I'm sure Steve would welcome that feedback; it would be food for thought for his current/future publications.