A Little Moore, Chicago Pen Show

[TwizzlerNibs]

Here's another find - Is this the right place?

 

Ring top

 

Nib: The Moore Pen

 

Barrel: The Moore Pen Co

--Boston U.S.A. --

 

End: 72

 

 

I love this little guy.

The gold is quite shimmery.

The band on the cap has beautiful decoration that I'm not sure what to call.

I can't find one on the internet quite like this. There's a maniflex with the same coloring, a 72 ringtop in green, besides that I'm coming up short.

 

Here are some pics. I can't quite seem to get the lighting right (with all of my pen pictures) so any suggestions would be helpful.

 

Thanks!

[Tweel]

That looks like a nice little pen, and that celluloid sure is shimmery. Not that it's a measure of "goodness", but is the nib flexible? It looks like it might be.

 

BTW, I believe that milled pattern on the cap band is called "reeding".

[TwizzlerNibs]

Thanks and thanks for the info.

 

It's pretty flexible, for me at least. Enough that it's going to give line variation during normal use, but not enough that you would have to have very light hands if you didn't want it to flex.

 

I haven't done anything to it yet and I like to save testing the nib for after the pen is restored. It's not going to need much though. A little adjustment to that left tine and shine and sac.

I'm sanding/polishing a Parker Slimfold I also got from the show, and this little guy is next.

[TwizzlerNibs]

And a thorough cleaning obviously

Thanks and thanks for the info.

 

It's pretty flexible, for me at least. Enough that it's going to give line variation during normal use, but not enough that you would have to have very light hands if you didn't want it to flex.

 

I haven't done anything to it yet and I like to save testing the nib for after the pen is restored. It's not going to need much though. A little adjustment to that left tine and shine and sac.

I'm sanding/polishing a Parker Slimfold I also got from the show, and this little guy is next.

[sidthecat]

Moore is a sadly underrated brand: they made lovely nibs (at least in the early years of its existence) and their ringtops are much more varied in design than Waterman, for whom ringtops seemed an afterthought.

[TwizzlerNibs]

Ah yes. When I was just getting started - I mean I am still just getting started - and expressed my love for fun ringtops, Sr, Greenie told me there was a ringtop expert if I had any questions. I believe it was you (?)

Moore is a sadly underrated brand: they made lovely nibs (at least in the early years of its existence) and their ringtops are much more varied in design than Waterman, for whom ringtops seemed an afterthought.

[DanDeM]

Moore certainly made some pretty ring-tops…





and for the heckuvit, here’s the grown-ups version of the OP’s pen with a double band treatment. Their pre-maniflex nibs are outstanding.

[TwizzlerNibs]

Wow. Beautiful, all of them.

 

 

 

Moore certainly made some pretty ring-tops…





and for the heckuvit, here’s the grown-ups version of the OP’s pen with a double band treatment. Their pre-maniflex nibs are outstanding.

[sidthecat]

I wear ringtops as a wonderfully useful and decorative piece of jewelry, and I’ve collected far too many. I don’t think that makes me an expert, but they are a good indicator of date, since they went out of fashion in the 1930s.

[eharriett]

Those are nice. I just got my first Moore. It's an all black plastic lever filler - a 94. Sadly, I did not know when I bought that the left tine is broken off partially (to be fair to the seller, I didn't know this until I took a loupe to it. So the seller may not have known that either). It will be a shelf queen until I can figure some kind of replacement.

[sidthecat]

Dommage! I wonder if your seller doesn’t have a spare nib (a Toledo, mind) he can send you? Especially if you can furnish a picture of the broken tine.

[eharriett]

Dommage! I wonder if your seller doesn’t have a spare nib (a Toledo, mind) he can send you? Especially if you can furnish a picture of the broken tine.

 

Probably not. He didn't seem to know much about pens. Then again, I don't know too much about Moore's since this is my first. I normally do a bit more research before first acquisition, but the price was right. Here's a couple pics, maybe you can recommend what it is I need to look for.

 

[Seney724]

Too bad, unfortunately these particular (Moore Maniflex Life) nibs are notorious for developing cracks. Also, broken tines are frequently encountered.

 

Your photos look quite similar to those shown here from a recent (April 6th) sale on eBay.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/MOORE-Fountain-Pen-Vintage-Lever-Fill-unrestored-/123714754230?_trksid=p2047675.m43663.l10137&nordt=true&rt=nc&orig_cvip=true

 

If your pen is this same pen from eBay, I think the damaged nib was well disclosed by the seller ("See pictures for condition...the nib has a chip out of the side") and the sale photos clearly demonstrate the nature of the damage.

[sidthecat]

Actually, those late nibs run rigid. You could replace it with an earlier Moore nib, or a nib of another make that works for you.

[corgicoupe]

You could have a nib meister grind it to a stub. You might even do this yourself.