Cleveland No. 1 - Help With Id

[TimeoDanaos]

Hello all, in a job lot of old pens I recently got this neat little pocket pen, which is in need of some care (e.g. a nib and feed!). I haven't been ableto find any info on the brand. The only marking on the pen is the imprint CLEVELAND No. 1 on the barrel. Otherwise it's a button filler and has a snake-clip. The threads for the blind cap appear to be metal.

I haven't been able to remove the section, even with some heat, and I'm afraid I might break it, since I haven't fitted it with a feed.

 

I hope someone will be able to help!

[Bo Bo Olson]

It might be worth having a pro do the work.

Don't know anything about it....good luck.

 

It's real cruddy, when someone takes the valuable two pack of beer gold nib. Well a nib sells for more than it's gold worth to fountain pen users....but ball point barbarians don't know that.

Gold, GOLD.......gold.......when they get paid for it.

[TimeoDanaos]

Thank you, Bo Bo, for your input. I agree it's silly how much extra value outsiders seem to think gold adds to a pen ... but the same snobbery exists inside of the hobby, and I'm afraid to admit, even in my own heart, though I know that many of my steel nibs are as good or better than any gold nib.

 

I like this little pen very much, and it certainly seems quite old. A professional repair incl. a quality nib and feed wouldn't be cheap, would be my guess. But perhaps worth it. Who would you go to?

[Bo Bo Olson]

Francis Goossens / Fontainble on the com. He's in Belgium.

Can grind nibs too. Had a 605 BB ground to a butter smooth 1.0 stub by him.

He's re-corked some 8 or so of my pens.

As soon as I get around to it he'll re-sac a Vac of mine.

 

He developed the Conid fountain pen.

Taught the Conid nib grinder, how to.

 

Really did more work than paid for in rebuilding the guts of my Fendomatic Safety Pen....someone had 'repaired' it by Superglueing it.

Picture with permission of Penboard.de. They make professional pictures. My Brownie down't work for computers. Mine is just a tad different in chasing.

Edited December 16, 2018 by Bo Bo Olson

[mitto]

Looks like a Parker Duofold big red nib and feed would fit. What size the pen is?

[TimeoDanaos]

Hello Mitto, even though the pen looks like a Big Red copy, the size is very different. This pen is very small; as you see in the picture, it is just about 11 cm long capped. Regular Parker feeds, which are about 5 mm will not fit. I have not measured it, but I think this needs a 4 mm feed (approximately). I have a donor nib and feed ready, stuck in a section from a truly dead pen.

[sidthecat]

That’s a nice nib there in the business end...does it write as well as it looks?

[spacecoastpenny]

Is the section screwed in?

[ParkerDuofold]

Hi all,

 

Is there anyone else out there NOT seeing the beautiful nib? My picture cuts off at the section.

 

- A.C.

[TimeoDanaos]

@spacecoastpenny I don't know - I can't get it out, with or without heat.

 

@Parker Duofold (fancy company to be in!) - I believe sidthecat is referring to Bo Bo's pen. My pen in the op unfortunately doesn't have a nib or a feed.

[ParkerDuofold]

@Parker Duofold (fancy company to be in!... ...) - I believe sidthecat is referring to Bo Bo's pen. My pen in the op unfortunately doesn't have a nib or a feed.

Hi Timeo,

 

 

I see now you mentioned that paranthetically... I have a bad habit of scanning posts at the office... and missing minor... but significant... details.

 

But, yeah, BoBo's pen is gorgeous...

 

https://youtu.be/sY2WIFGQttE

 

Thanks for the patient response and be well.

 

 

- Anthony