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Tom Traubert

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Browsing eBay this evening, I came across this and won it for the princely sum of £4.20 (the majority of which was postage).

 

http://i.imgur.com/wVHO3FM.jpg

 

Not really bothered if it's rubbish - just fancied a punt on something I can clean up.

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

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Scrawler Antique

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Can you give us a close up of the nib, or tell us what it says on it. How does it fill? The ring on the cap looks loose.

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Hope these help. Cheers all!

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Are there any markings on the barrel, in the middle? It looks like a UK-made Duofold / Slimfold / Victory, but with a mismatched cap jewel & nib, with something odd going on with the cap band.

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It does kind of look like a Slimfold with the wrong nib and cap.

 

The 18K Gold plate Made in England nib looks to be older than the Slimfold like section and filler. I cannot think of who in the early 1960s would have been making such nibs without an identification mark.

 

What are the words on the aerometric filler?

 

"Press bar 4 to 6 times"

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The whole line of UK Duofolds, from Slimfolds to Maximas, have an open aerometric filler, "hoop" type.

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It is not a Parker product.

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It is not a Parker product.

very true

Pens are like watches , once you start a collection, you can hardly go back. And pens like all fine luxury items do improve with time

 

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