Show Us Your Kaweco

[Mconk1515]

I am new to this forum but figured it was the right place to go to find information on a vintage Kaweco. I found it needs a lot of repair, but need info first.

[Azuniga]

Kaweco, 5 3/8 closed, only one imprint on the barrel as shown, no number, PBF.

If I follow the Kaweco book it should be an # 885 from the Baden Factory, 1929…

It is delicious to write with its M nib

 

 

 

 

The best 2019 for everybody…

[siamackz]

Kaweco, 5 3/8 closed, only one imprint on the barrel as shown, no number, PBF.

If I follow the Kaweco book it should be an # 885 from the Baden Factory, 1929

It is delicious to write with its M nib

 

 

 

 

The best 2019 for everybody

As always, you find the most exquisite pens. Do you think the colour is original or has been oxidised. If the latter, then what was the original colour supposed to be? The material is celluloid I assume - but 1929 is quite early for that right? Is it some other material?

[Kaweco]

Hello Ariel

Another wonderful Kaweco fp!!! I am not sure that it came from the "Baden- works". The clip- and the barrel- imprint in capital serif letters reminds on the old KAWECO in Heidelberg. The material is pretty sure celluloid but the slimy color compounds in greenish and brownish reminds on galalithe/ casein.

The nib is surely from the new Badenia- Kaweco.

Thank you for posting this top eye- catcher.

Kind Regards

Thomas

[Azuniga]

Well, originally I thought it was oxidized (the original is lighter than images I uploaded) but I did not know.

 

I have had this pen for longtime and never used it, in my notes I had written that the material could be Catalin (thermosetting polymer from the American Catalin Corporation, 1927), but I could never find evidence that Catalin was sold in Germany in the twenties… nevertheless, for that reason I was never afraid of water as if I had known it could be casein. I concur with Thomas it is celluloid.

 

In fact I found it yesterday among unused pens; it did not have a pressure bar and a sac so I installed them and started using it. It is so surprisingly smooth that I thought I would bring it to the attention of the “show you Kaweco” thread.

When I read the reactions this morning I remembered some prototypes (I have always considered them prototypes since they were unused and I do not know if they were actually into production). I looked for them in this thread to quote them and I discovered I had never showed them here so I show them now.

 

From l to r:

680 – no # – 683 – 681

All with Pallad nib

 

 

 

And then a safety # 714 with a 14K nib (shown in the Kaweco book)

 

 

 

 

Thanks siamackz & Thomas for your interest and for what I am learning in this thread…

[siamackz]

Well, originally I thought it was oxidized (the original is lighter than images I uploaded) but I did not know.

 

I have had this pen for longtime and never used it, in my notes I had written that the material could be Catalin (thermosetting polymer from the American Catalin Corporation, 1927), but I could never find evidence that Catalin was sold in Germany in the twenties nevertheless, for that reason I was never afraid of water as if I had known it could be casein. I concur with Thomas it is celluloid.

 

In fact I found it yesterday among unused pens; it did not have a pressure bar and a sac so I installed them and started using it. It is so surprisingly smooth that I thought I would bring it to the attention of the show you Kaweco thread.

When I read the reactions this morning I remembered some prototypes (I have always considered them prototypes since they were unused and I do not know if they were actually into production). I looked for them in this thread to quote them and I discovered I had never showed them here so I show them now.

 

From l to r:

680 no # 683 681

All with Pallad nib

 

 

 

And then a safety # 714 with a 14K nib (shown in the Kaweco book)

 

 

 

 

Thanks siamackz & Thomas for your interest and for what I am learning in this thread

wow wow wow! What discerning taste, what a fantastic collection. Truly special. Well done my friend.

[siamackz]

Well, originally I thought it was oxidized (the original is lighter than images I uploaded) but I did not know.

 

I have had this pen for longtime and never used it, in my notes I had written that the material could be Catalin (thermosetting polymer from the American Catalin Corporation, 1927), but I could never find evidence that Catalin was sold in Germany in the twenties nevertheless, for that reason I was never afraid of water as if I had known it could be casein. I concur with Thomas it is celluloid.

 

In fact I found it yesterday among unused pens; it did not have a pressure bar and a sac so I installed them and started using it. It is so surprisingly smooth that I thought I would bring it to the attention of the show you Kaweco thread.

When I read the reactions this morning I remembered some prototypes (I have always considered them prototypes since they were unused and I do not know if they were actually into production). I looked for them in this thread to quote them and I discovered I had never showed them here so I show them now.

 

From l to r:

680 no # 683 681

All with Pallad nib

 

 

 

And then a safety # 714 with a 14K nib (shown in the Kaweco book)

 

 

 

 

Thanks siamackz & Thomas for your interest and for what I am learning in this thread

wow wow wow! What discerning taste, what a fantastic collection. Truly special. Well done my friend.

[bass1193]

From l to r:

680 no # 683 681

All with Pallad nib

Holy cow! Kaweco did VanGogh way better than Visconti!

[ardene]

Kaweco, 5 3/8 closed, only one imprint on the barrel as shown, no number, PBF.

If I follow the Kaweco book it should be an # 885 from the Baden Factory, 1929

It is delicious to write with its M nib

 

 

 

 

The best 2019 for everybody

 

How regular were button-fillers by Kaeeco as opposed to lever-fillers?

Edit: Kaweco

 

 

 

 

Holy cow! Kaweco did VanGogh way better than Visconti!

Or at least their providers of raw materials. I agree that these barrels look stunningly beautiful (the sections appear deliberately darker and those colour combinations with black in the mix leave me less than impressed though). Edited December 31, 2018 by ardene

[bass1193]

Or at least their providers of raw materials. I agree that these barrels look stunningly beautiful (the sections appear deliberately darker and those colour combinations with black in the mix leave me less than impressed though).

But those are the ones that are the most Van Gogh

[ardene]

But those are the ones that are the most Van Gogh

I’d rather prefer they did something more copycat. Look at the balance of the colours in the “Starry Night”

 

https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-starry-night/bgEuwDxel93-Pg?hl=en&avm=3

[bass1193]

Id rather prefer they did something more copycat. Look at the balance of the colours in the Starry Night

 

https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-starry-night/bgEuwDxel93-Pg?hl=en&avm=3

Definitely an old fave I was thinking these are along the lines of wheatfield with crows. More than anything, the way they mixed the colors is evocative of his brushstrokes from a distance.

[ardene]

Definitely an old fave I was thinking these are along the lines of wheatfield with crows. More than anything, the way they mixed the colors is evocative of his brushstrokes from a distance.

Oh, yes! They are more like it, but there still the shades are brown on the plants and dark blue in the sky. But yes, you’re absolutely right on the way the pigments spiral in the plastic.

 

https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/wheatfield-with-crows/dwFdD5AMQfpSew?hl=en

[bass1193]

Oh, yes! They are more like it, but there still the shades are brown on the plants and dark blue in the sky. But yes, youre absolutely right on the way the pigments spiral in the plastic.

 

https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/wheatfield-with-crows/dwFdD5AMQfpSew?hl=en

Thank you also for the introduction to this Google service I didn't know about! So many pixels...

[ardene]

Thank you also for the introduction to this Google service I didn't know about! So many pixels...

I should thank you! I also found about those high-res images by googling for the paintings.

[bass1193]

I should thank you! I also found about those high-res images by googling for the paintings.

We sometimes learn here accidentally as well as purposely, don't we?

[ardene]

We sometimes learn here accidentally as well as purposely, don't we?

That’s right.

[mana]

Got my Kaweco V12 & 619 set... here are a few pics with a bird that also flew in at the same time.

 

Hot dang is this tiny!

 

Here with the Pelikan 400NN Tortoise (BB-nib).

 

Funny thing that... the V12 ha a B-nib but it doesn't fall too far from the BB-nib of the Pelikan which does admittedly produce more crisp results and more pronounced line variation. Well, color me suprised still, this Kaweco really punches waaaaay above it's weight. Just amazing. <3

[bass1193]

Yay mana! So excited for you! I will never forget how shocked I was at the tiny v16, having thought the modern Sport was itty bitty and then, like you, shocked at how great they are to write with! Gorgeous Pelikan too!

[Azuniga]

How regular were button-fillers by Kaeeco as opposed to lever-fillers?

Edit: Kaweco

 

Kaweco produced few LF, Piston and BF were much more commun...