What Pen Did I Just Buy?

[NecroNeko]

I just bought a fountain pen on eBay but neither I nor the seller know what brand it belongs to. All I know is that it is a rather old piston filler with a 14K Gold plated nib (inprinted on the nib as well).

Does anyone have any ideas?

http://puu.sh/a3YCA/d3a4e768d9.JPG

http://puu.sh/a3YBt/f3bd2b2138.JPG

http://puu.sh/a3Yzn/a2b4161a25.jpg

 

 

[fpSuperstar]

I'd guess an untraceable German piston filler. I have seen a few in my time. How much did you pay for it?

[NecroNeko]

Not a lot, just 8€.

[chunya]

I have to agree with fpSuperstar, there seems to be an awful lot of anonymous German FPs, I've owned a few, some have appeared on this Forum and despite a lot of head scratching never managed to identify a single one. I'm looking at one now, has a MB nib, but the pen is certainly one of these 'couldbethiscouldbethat' pens

 

But for only 8 Euros!

Edited July 12, 2014 by chunya

[WrightWrite]

The colors and such look like an Ero pen that I got from my grandparent's house. Mine says "ERO - Unser Bester" on the body. It is also a piston filler, black with a blue window.

[JLS1]

Probably impossible to know who the manufacturer was without some kind of marking. FWIW, I think there were a lot of 3rd tier German pen companies who made no-name pens for stationary shops (kind of like a store's own 'private label' goods today)...this is probably one of them.

 

That said, it's how the pen writes that's important, not necessarily who manufactured it...