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Hello Every body

Greetings from Kolkata.

Just a couple of days back I received a parcel from Tiruvanthapuram, India containing 03 vintage Indian fountain pens of Polite Brand. The gentleman who sent the pens told me that he had received the lot from some body who had got these pens from a shop in Tamilnadu, which has closed down at least 40 years back. I have checked the net but got no clue about Polite Brand of pens.

I am posting a few pics of the same

 

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Somnath

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Never heard if them. They are Pilot copies. So designed to confuse thd buyer into thinking they have a Pilot. But its a polite.

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Never heard if them. They are Pilot copies. So designed to confuse thd buyer into thinking they have a Pilot. But its a polite.

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Yes Hari I thought as much. Especially the cap and the breather hole of the nibs and the golden caps. The two pens with golden caps are identical to the Indian Pilots I have.

Thanks for your valuable observation.

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