Old Glass-Nibbed Parts

[orangos]

Hello,

 

I'm having a clear-out and found these two oddities. Excuse the photo -- the lighting and my phone camera aren't getting on well today!

 

As far as I know they're both glass-nibbed pens, in need of restoration if not actual reincarnation (and in one case even the glass nib is missing).

 

The marbled one has an imprint in script lettering saying something like 'Giober t' or 'Giobert' -- hard to make out with my eyesight.

 

The greenish one might be in hard rubber and has the imprint "TACHOGRAPH".

 

I don't have a clue who might be interested in these, but any advice or information would be very gratefully received!

Thanks in advance,

 

David

 

[taimdala]

OH MY WORD ....!!!

I *adore* the red-veined green/grey marbled one. I am such a pushover for that color combination.

I have seen glass-nibbed fountain pens on eBay of late and I'm trying to be good to my wallet and not buy one... but it's so very hard to be good when I want a glass-nibbed FP so badly. LOL!

I hope you find a way to repair/rehabilitate yours, organgos. You've got a beauty of a pen, there.

As to the black nib-less pen, I love how slender it is and the larger cap makes it look very quirky and endearingly retro. It may be possible to find a glass nib/feed assembly for it online. Have you thought about looking for one?

Does anyone here have any suggestions for repairing this pen? It would be a shame to have it go into the waste stream. The body looks to be in great shape.

(If nothing else, you can use it to hold toothpicks or other slender tools to add to your EDC. I can't think of how many times a small-gauge crochet hook would have saved the day, yet didn't have one on me. The black pen barrel/cap would have been the PERFECT EDC holder for one.)

Edited August 25, 2020 by taimdala

[BaronWulfraed]

The greenish one might be in hard rubber and has the imprint "TACHOGRAPH".

With a name like that, I'd be thinking it takes something like a technical pen nib cf: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/30724-rotring-tintenkuli-stylographs/

[orangos]

Does anyone here have any suggestions for repairing this pen? It would be a shame to have it go into the waste stream. The body looks to be in great shape.

 

 

Glad you like them! I strongly object to putting *anything* in the waste stream that can be kept out of it!

 

My hope is to get these to someone who would have them restored and use them. I'd follow your suggesting about using them (at least) for dip tests, but I already have a glass dip pen so no point doubling up!

[orangos]

With a name like that, I'd be thinking it takes something like a technical pen nib cf: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/30724-rotring-tintenkuli-stylographs/

That's an interesting thread, thanks. The section bore is about right for a glass nib which is why I'd grouped them together. You could well be right however.