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Can someone point me in the direction of some information on Penman branded fountain pens? My googling and searches on FPN only yield results for Parker Penman ink.

 

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Penman? I thought it was just an ink too. Where did you hear about them? Do you have a particular model you're interested in, or maybe some pictures of an acquisition?

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Interesting. Perhaps it's an old Parker sub-brand (just a guess)? The feed looks a bit wonky, but perhaps worth checking out.

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It is absolutely not a Parker sub-brand.

 

There is a good bit of information to be found at a couple of threads at Lion and Pen - Here.

 

Penman was a 3rd-tier pen manufacturer from 1941-1944. They sold cheap pens under the Penman and Winchester name. Don't expect anything high-quality - they were a very low-end maker like Wearever - but with a little work they can be made into servicable writers.

 

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So if you have a lot of ink,

You should get a Yink, I think.

 

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Always looking for pens by Baird-North, Charles Ingersoll, and nibs marked "CHI"

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Coincidentally I picked this pen up in a lot off of ebay . It arrived today.

Interesting 'syringe' filler?

I can only guess that the owner swapped out the original steel nib for this nice 14kt. nib.

 

Just fyi..the pen I was after in the lot is a wonderful Waterman's 42 Safety

2 nice Touchdowns and some pencils in the same lot

Steve

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Coincidentally I picked this pen up in a lot off of ebay . It arrived today.

Interesting 'syringe' filler?

I can only guess that the owner swapped out the original steel nib for this nice 14kt. nib.

 

Just fyi..the pen I was after in the lot is a wonderful Waterman's 42 Safety

2 nice Touchdowns and some pencils in the same lot

Steve

:puddle: :puddle: :puddle: :puddle: :puddle: :puddle:

 

i have this one: http://i.ebayimg.com/11/!BMZlnvw!m...uH!~~_1.JPG (the bottom brown one)

 

but, it's nothing like yours in looks. i had to change its section and nib with a wearever one, cos' the one that came with it had a horrible and scratchy small nib, like the taperite citation. now it is a decent writer.

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I got this pen running last night.

Interesting filler.

Is it a "Syringe"??

A very thorough rinsing and it works great.

Great nib too.

 

Steve

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I have a couple Penman pens (one like what Zoe is selling) plus a Winchester Pen/Pencil combo. The Winchester has a large XF nib that is very hard for me to use though the celluloid is very nice in regards to colors. The Penman pen that has that small nib like Zoe's is a very dry writer. Even with the ink flowing well it sounds like there is no ink, only dry nib.

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I can only guess that the owner swapped out the original steel nib for this nice 14kt. nib.

 

Steve

 

The 14K nib is classic Wearever. Looks like a nice pen. You might want to peruse the comments on L&P though - there was something there about Penman and vendors trying to come up with alternatives to steel and brass nibs during the war.

 

The rest of the lot sounds really nice as well...

 

John

So if you have a lot of ink,

You should get a Yink, I think.

 

- Dr Suess

 

Always looking for pens by Baird-North, Charles Ingersoll, and nibs marked "CHI"

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Source: Richard's pens link:http://www.richardspens.com/index_m.html?page=ref/glossary/P.htm

 

"When capitalized (Penman), the Penman Company, located in Chicago, Illinois; a division of the United Advertising Company, also located in Chicago. In business c. 1935-1943, Penman was a jobber of third-tier pens manufactured for it by the Starr Pen Company, selling them by mail order. Shown below is typical prewar penman button filler. In 1942, in response to an acute wartime shortage of fountain pens, the company stopped selling pens at retail; thereafter it wholesaled to jobbers all of its own stock and whatever other pens it could purchase until Starrs supply of pens ran out in early 1943. At that point, Penman turned over to Starr all the orders it had remaining."

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I had to read this one..... since I inherited a bunch of bottles of unopened Penman Black ink.... I had no idea that there was a company that made pens by that name. Nice!

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On 7/30/2019 at 11:56 AM, esterbrook555 said:

is this the one which you guys speak of?

the world may never know

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