Wahl obsessed : Manufactured "date" ?

[Guest Denis Richard]

I'm trying to date this Wahl. From Jim's site, I understand that these were manufactured between 1921 and 1929. Is there a way to narrow down the manufacture of this one ?

 

Markings are :

 

clip : WAHL

cap : WAHL PEN / STERLING MADE IN USA / PAT. APPL'D FOR

 

http://pagesperso.laposte.net/fpnet/w4.jpg

http://pagesperso.laposte.net/fpnet/w5.jpg

 

Thank you,

 

Denis.

[Steve]

Denis,

I may be thinking about this all wrong, but here goes anyway.

If they were manufactured between 1921 and 1929, it would seem to me that any that said "Patent Applied For" would have been at the beginning of that period, quite possibly the first year (1921). Unless they were not successful in getting a patent, stopping production when the patent was denied...

Just a thought...

 

Steve

[Guest Denis Richard]

Steve,

 

I was thinking the same, that it should be an early model. But it may also be a new design that appeared during the 21-29 years (?)

 

Denis.

[Wahlnut]

I would venture to say it is from 1921/2. They dropped the "Patent Applied For" by 1923. The tell-tale indications are the indented ring design at each end of the engine turne portions of the barrel and cap. The pen you have in Sterling with a #4 nib is the Wahl All Metal Pen model #543C.

 

Just to flesh things out a little more. Whal made metal pens (not all metal pens)in 1919/20. They had a different lever with a raised "spine" along its length. They were NOT "patent pending" even though earlier, because they were NOT "All Metal Pens" which was what the patent was all about on your pen. They were overlay pens where the metal was covering a hard rubber inner liner or sleeve. The All Metal Pen did not have any inner sleeve and it allowed a much fatter sac therefore, and the company made a big marketing campaign about the greater ink capacity of the all metal pen.

 

Syd Saperstein

The Wahlnut

Pensbury Manor

www.pensburymanor.com

[Guest Denis Richard]

Thank you Syd !

 

Denis.

[Steve]

Yes! Thanks Syd!

This is the reason I wander these forums.

 

Steve