A Humble Little Biro

[chunya]

I won a mixed Lot of pens at an Auction on Wednesday and there were some very nice ones (I was primarily after the Onoto Magna which was the Star of the Lot) .... but when I got them home what really stood out as being really charming was this really cute BIRO .... I can't recall when Biros were first introduced, but I'm sure it was after the War, and this little cutie (10.5cm) seems to be aspiring to the Parker True Blue ... and what a lovely shape to the clip end! Sadly it doesn't have a refill, but I think all the bits are present.

 

 

 

 

[PaulS]

very attractive - I've several of the Miles Martin Pen Co., ball pens, which carry the word Biro on the barrel, and they are black, and nothing in the way of this beauty.

Just a guess, but would have thought that to carry the name BIRO then some sort of licence might have been involved in order to use Laslo's name?

Unless this is a retro thing of course, but nonetheless very attractive. It's shape makes me think more of a propelling pencil rather than a ball point pen.

[chunya]

Hi Paul,

 

When I picked it out from the box I also thought that it was a pencil, but after taking it apart I'm 'fairly' convinced that it takes a short ballpoint refill ... based upon the innards..... But I have been known to be wrong