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Bradford Hartley at 24 Downing Street, New York, in 1904 was advertising his high-end pens. Cheapest he made was $3.50, a steep price at the time. He offered to sell it by mail with monthly payments! $1 would get you the pen, with $1 in 30 days, $1 in 60 days, and $.50 balance in 90 days. I have an eyedropper with original nib that still performs well. Unfortunately, a Google search returns little info other than the ad from 1904. Any info of any nature would be appreciated.

I just bought an old Eclipse (it's en route right now), and am having a hell of a time finding out the usual product info: Date of manufacture, model, name of colour. Canadian and American production were simultaneous for many years, and produced different models from one another, so there's a dazzling baffling array of them out there. I'm posting the pic that the seller sent me, in case someone happens to know this particular pen. Regardless, I'd love to know of good resources for identifying Eclipse pens, as I'm sure more of them will find a way into my collection. The Eclipse is at the top of both pictures. I tried looking for others with the same type of band, but only found one that might have the same. The nib is Eclipse, but I haven't seen the clip. The old lady I bought them from didn't know what was going on, so she identified them from the engravings on the nibs. They worked out to $15 each after shipping, so I didn't really press the issue. Where was I going with that? Oh, did any of Eclipse's sub-brands have Eclipse nibs, and I'm barking up the wrong tree? PS. I added the pic of the nibs because everyone loves more pictures, even if we don't need them.

Greetings, I am a antique and vintage clothing dealer, and I have recently found an interesting mechanical pencil that I would like to learn more about. I have attached a few pictures of the pencil. I have already learned about the business that is stenciled on the side, and am more interested in the pen itself. Particularly in the small glass tube that I found inside.

I inherited a gold fountain pen from my father - it may have belonged to his father. It may be what I think is called an "eye dropper ink loader". It has written on the top part of the case " WATERMAN'S IDEAL 18. KR.". On the lower part of the case in a different font, " Fonte Bracca ". Can you help me to learn about this mint condition, beautiful pen ? Thank you.

First post on FPN in over a year for me. My life has taken several unexpeced turns, but I am now back! Here's the story: I went antiquing in Québec city last friday, searching for vintage pens and antique bottles. After three unsuccessful attempts I finally find an antique store that has some fountain pens. There were three or four celluloid Watermans (two of them had damaged nibs, a very small streamline Duofold (Lady?) in need of a new sac, a Waterman #12, a Sheaffer Touchdown with stripped blind cap threads, an Esterbrook SJ and last but not least, a Parker set in a black faux-suede pen slip. I was intrigued by the set. I pulled the pen out, only to see the shimmer of the sterling silver grid pattern. Both the pen and the ballpoint were in excellent condition with little tarnish. The price asked was 125$, but after a few minutes of haggling I left the store with the set and my wallet 90$ lighter. Back home, I filled it with water, and it wrote perfectly with the rehydrated ink still in the original converter.