Does anyone know anything about Bholer?

November 20, 2008

My Sterling grade Silver pen has been identified as BOHLER a brand from Germany that is no longer in existence.

The nice people at Bock identified the nib as one they custom made and supplied to Bohler some time ago!

I have searched here and googled but apart from some rusty examples of a model called 'Bohler Gold' for sale in an Ebay shop and a reference to a Herr Bohler at Osmia who left to set up on his own I have found little else.

Anyone point me to more info?

It is a very nice pen which, if I cannot prove has merit, my wife has decreed,shall be a part of our current downzising excersise and disposed of!

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g297/Aislingean/silpensm.jpg

November 21, 2008

i thought i bump this to help our buddy here.

also, what kind of filling sys. does it have?

November 21, 2008

I remeber having 2 old pens with the same nib (I found them on eBay)... but I sold them long time ago!

I found this info about Mr.Böhler on the net:

The Company "OSMIA" was found in 1919 by Hermann Böhler.

"...Hermann Böhler, der gemeinsam mit seinem Bruder Georg Böhler die OSMIA leitete, war auch Bürgermeister der Gemeinde. Noch am Abend der „Wahl“, in der Hitler Reichskanzler wurde, wurde H. Böhler aus dem Amt gedrängt und bis zum Kriegsende durch einen SA- Mann ersetzt."

Translation: Hermann Böhler was running the company "OSMIA" together with his Brother Georg Böhler. Hermann Böhler was also a Mayor of his township.

In the same night Hitler won the elections in 1933, Böhler was deprived of his power by the regime and replaced with an SA-Member."

Böhler was bought by HERLITZ in the 1990's !?!

Also, in this thread on a german Fountainpen forum is a long text about a Parker-Osmia/Böhler Joint Venture with many details, but my english knowledge isn't good enough to translate the whole text with all details...

November 21, 2008

ok, I just found a short info about the long german text here on this forum in THIS THREAD:

"1919 Georg and Hermann Boehler, two KAWECO workers from Heidelberg, Germany founded the Boehler& Cie. in the neighbourhood in Dossenheim. They made hard rubber and galalith safetys and propelling pencils. Later they produced gorgeous colored, fishbone and striped pens and golden overlays with very fine flex nibs. During the early 20th their nib tips were made of pure Osmium, which was even harder than the natural found Iridium from Tasmania.So the trade mark OSMIA was born (spell: Osmeeah)

1928-1930 they cooperated with Parker, but the Americans didn´t make a big deal. They left Osmia and Parkers export manager C.J. Lamy founded Orthos, later Lamy Pens in Heidelberg. Also Hermann Boehler went off 1938 and founded his own firm.

1935 Faber Castell began to purchase Osmia stocks and took over the works 1951. The Faber- Osmia FP production was stopped 1975."

November 24, 2008

Hi all and thanks for the comment and info!

I have been trolling around the net and making a nuisance of myself and have got a very little more info.

I believe my pen was produced by Bohler in their later years.Perhaps when they went to Schwetzingen near Heidelberg in the 1990s or later when absorbed by Herlitz! [Thanks to Thomas N for that!]

I think it was produced to be used as a jewellers own brand as it has a vacant cartouche which could be used for customization!

The pen has never been inked and looks like it is intended as a cartridge but I am going to fit a nice screw filler and give it a go.

I may even treat it to a nice vintage buttery smooth Gold Conway Stewart Nib that I have or perhaps one of my Swans???

Either way if it suits my hand I will be happy and if not ~~ I will be open to offers!!!!!