What Onoto Is This?

[chunya]

Hello All,

 

I got this Onoto with some a couple of other pens that I won at an Auction, but it has me stumped somewhat. When I first looked at it, it seemed to possibly be a bit of a Frankenpen, but now I'm not so sure. The colour of the marbling effect seems to follow a patternlight, dark, light, dark ... so maybe they do fit together, but the gold coloured cap isn't one that I've seen before, and the clip seems to have RELIEF etched onto it?

 

Any ideas would be most welcome.

 

 

 

 

 

[Cob]

What an amazing pen you have found; my compliments.

 

No idea as to the model I'm afraid, but the clip is not original; there was a range of pens called Relief whcih I seem to recall were something to do with Conway Stewart.

 

I do think that the darkness of the barrel centre is discolouration.

 

Cob

[chunya]

Hi Cob,

 

You are right about Relief pens, I tracked down this thread https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/178458-relief-made-in-england/

 

You are probably right about the discolouration ... but hopefully it'll probably look a lot nicer once I've given it a clean ... and I must try to ink it as well!

[mallymal1]

I don't think I've seen this Onoto model before.

 

I do have an Esterbrook Relief 2L, which has that style of clip, and apart from the clip, it looks right to me.

 

Good find.