Onoto Da La Rue Pens.

[eckiethump]

A couple more from the same customer:-

 

[como]

3 hours ago, eckiethump said:

Sadly not my pens, a customers, but I thought this might be of interest

 

 

18 minutes ago, eckiethump said:

A couple more from the same customer:-

 

Oh wow!! Thank you for showing. These are some stunning pens! I love vintage Onoto pens and their nibs. Mabie Todd nibs can be a hit or miss, but I've never encountered a vintage Onoto nail. I also like very much the modern Onotos. The Magna model is light, well balance and very comfortable to hold. The vintage Magna is one of my all time favourites. 

[Parcival]

Mammoth...

[Inkyways]

On 1/30/2021 at 11:25 AM, WhiteStarPens said:

Just thought I'd keep the ball rolling here! 

Any thoughts on the vintage Magna?

 

On 2/6/2021 at 4:24 PM, WhiteStarPens said:

Some say these early Onotos are finicky and hard to get used to. Not so in the case of this well-behaved centenarian - a quarter of a turn is all it takes for the perfect ink flow.

 

This is my oldest working fountain pen and one of my best writers. 

 

 

 

On 2/6/2021 at 11:27 PM, soapytwist said:

1921 Sterling Silver Onoto 3000

1937 Onto Magna

Early 1930s Onoto

c1895 Pelican

 

 

 

On 2/17/2021 at 8:24 PM, Makar said:

Picked up this Onoto 49 hooded nib P51 style pen. Rolled gold cap with relatively cheap feeling plastic body and bar fill. I'm assuming this is post Strathendry and probably from Australia. Can't find anything about it. Any clues as to its place in the Onoto world? 

 

On 2/18/2021 at 7:55 AM, Makar said:

I should have said it is definitely not a K series - I know those pens. As noted above it is not a piston filler but an aerometric style bar filler. On the barrel is stamped Onoto 49 and nib size M. That's it. 

Very nice  selection of Onoto Pens here!!  

[Inkyways]

On 1/30/2021 at 11:25 AM, WhiteStarPens said:

Just thought I'd keep the ball rolling here! 

Any thoughts on the vintage Magna?

 

On 2/6/2021 at 4:24 PM, WhiteStarPens said:

Some say these early Onotos are finicky and hard to get used to. Not so in the case of this well-behaved centenarian - a quarter of a turn is all it takes for the perfect ink flow.

 

This is my oldest working fountain pen and one of my best writers. 

 

 

 

On 2/6/2021 at 11:27 PM, soapytwist said:

1921 Sterling Silver Onoto 3000

1937 Onto Magna

Early 1930s Onoto

c1895 Pelican

 

 

 

On 2/17/2021 at 8:24 PM, Makar said:

Picked up this Onoto 49 hooded nib P51 style pen. Rolled gold cap with relatively cheap feeling plastic body and bar fill. I'm assuming this is post Strathendry and probably from Australia. Can't find anything about it. Any clues as to its place in the Onoto world? 

 

On 2/18/2021 at 7:55 AM, Makar said:

I should have said it is definitely not a K series - I know those pens. As noted above it is not a piston filler but an aerometric style bar filler. On the barrel is stamped Onoto 49 and nib size M. That's it. 

Very nice  selection of Onoto Pens here!!  

[Inkyways]

On 1/30/2021 at 11:25 AM, WhiteStarPens said:

Just thought I'd keep the ball rolling here! 

Any thoughts on the vintage Magna?

 

On 2/6/2021 at 4:24 PM, WhiteStarPens said:

Some say these early Onotos are finicky and hard to get used to. Not so in the case of this well-behaved centenarian - a quarter of a turn is all it takes for the perfect ink flow.

 

This is my oldest working fountain pen and one of my best writers. 

 

 

 

On 2/6/2021 at 11:27 PM, soapytwist said:

1921 Sterling Silver Onoto 3000

1937 Onto Magna

Early 1930s Onoto

c1895 Pelican

 

 

 

On 2/17/2021 at 8:24 PM, Makar said:

Picked up this Onoto 49 hooded nib P51 style pen. Rolled gold cap with relatively cheap feeling plastic body and bar fill. I'm assuming this is post Strathendry and probably from Australia. Can't find anything about it. Any clues as to its place in the Onoto world? 

 

On 2/18/2021 at 7:55 AM, Makar said:

I should have said it is definitely not a K series - I know those pens. As noted above it is not a piston filler but an aerometric style bar filler. On the barrel is stamped Onoto 49 and nib size M. That's it. 

Very nice  selection of Onoto Pens here!!  

[Inkyways]

On 1/30/2021 at 11:25 AM, WhiteStarPens said:

Just thought I'd keep the ball rolling here! 

Any thoughts on the vintage Magna?

 

On 2/6/2021 at 4:24 PM, WhiteStarPens said:

Some say these early Onotos are finicky and hard to get used to. Not so in the case of this well-behaved centenarian - a quarter of a turn is all it takes for the perfect ink flow.

 

This is my oldest working fountain pen and one of my best writers. 

 

 

 

On 2/6/2021 at 11:27 PM, soapytwist said:

1921 Sterling Silver Onoto 3000

1937 Onto Magna

Early 1930s Onoto

c1895 Pelican

 

 

 

On 2/17/2021 at 8:24 PM, Makar said:

Picked up this Onoto 49 hooded nib P51 style pen. Rolled gold cap with relatively cheap feeling plastic body and bar fill. I'm assuming this is post Strathendry and probably from Australia. Can't find anything about it. Any clues as to its place in the Onoto world? 

 

On 2/18/2021 at 7:55 AM, Makar said:

I should have said it is definitely not a K series - I know those pens. As noted above it is not a piston filler but an aerometric style bar filler. On the barrel is stamped Onoto 49 and nib size M. That's it. 

Very nice  selection of Onoto Pens here!!

 

On 1/30/2021 at 11:25 AM, WhiteStarPens said:

Just thought I'd keep the ball rolling here! 

Any thoughts on the vintage Magna?

Magna for me is is the  classic pen that connect us to HUB OF ONOTO INTO  IT'S HISTRY OF THIS ICONIC WRITING INSTRUMENT. 

Wonderful pen that keep the history of Onto  writing thriving on our time.

[lionelc]

my contribution after a few months of hunting - a golden brown magna!

 

[como]

@lionelc This is very nice! Congratulations!

[lionelc]

thanks @como, a serendipitous find.  the seller tells me that it had been sitting in storage for a decade or two - on inking, all the seals are intact.   does take a bit of fiddling to get the right amount of ink flow by messing with the plunger position.  the modern magna is much easier to use - if only there were modern magnas with vintage number 7 nibs!

[Azuniga]

Some of my Onoto...

[da vinci]

3 hours ago, Azuniga said:

Some of my Onoto...

Magnificently curated collection! Cannot decide if I like the silver or the red ripples more! 😂

[lionelc]

magnificent @Azuniga, the lapis!

[mallymal1]

19 hours ago, Azuniga said:

Some of my Onoto...

 

Marvellous.

[lionelc]

fresh from being restored - onoto 5601

 

[como]

On 10/30/2021 at 4:11 PM, Azuniga said:

Some of my Onoto...

A fantastic collection! Looks like a page straight from Stephen Hall's Onoto book 👍.

 

31 minutes ago, lionelc said:

fresh from being restored - onoto 5601

 

Congrats on the pen and the restoration! I always find the Onoto section, so characteristic of vintage Onoto, very comfortable to hold and to write with.

[eckiethump]

Latest acquisition

 

[ralfstc]

What a beauty Eric! Huge nib, but I can't tell if it's plunger fill. I'm not sure from the photo (no scale) whether it's a mammoth? 

 

Cheers,

 

Ralf

[ParramattaPaul]

6 hours ago, eckiethump said:

Latest acquisition

 

Eyedropper?

[lionelc]

thanks @como, this restoration was too fiddly for me with a broken plunger rod that needed replacement.   i am fond of the long thin sections as well, feels different from a lot of modern pens. 

 

@eckiethump eric, that mammoth looks like if you just bought it from their shop in the 1920s.  congratulations.