Can anyone identify?

[mermaidkelli]

I bought this at an antique shop for super cheap. I can’t find anything about it. It was made in USA and has an rubber ink sack. Is it worth trying to restore it? It’ll write but the tines aren’t aligned so it’s very scratchy and has poor ink flow

[es9]

Maybe I'm mistaken, but this looks pretty darn warped to me...  

[mermaidkelli]

43 minutes ago, es9 said:

Maybe I'm mistaken, but this looks pretty darn warped to me...  

It’s definitely got a curve to it but I didn’t know if it was just made that way to be “stylish” haha the pen itself is really short and the curved part sits at the base between my thumb and index finger

Edited February 2, 2021 by mermaidkelli

[Mr.Rene]

It is a cheap, economic, scholar damage fountain pen.In fact I have seen some P---s  that your warped pen.. 🤷‍♂️

 

[mermaidkelli]

1 minute ago, Mr.Rene said:

It is a cheap, economic, scholar damage fountain pen.In fact I have seen some (bleep) that your warped pen.. 🤷‍♂️

So it’s about worth the 1.25 I paid for it?

[inkstainedruth]

No, it's not "made that way".  It's warped....   (Do a search on here for "banana pens" -- I think that's the term used in other threads for pens this badly warped).  I don't know enough about repairs to know if you will be able to replace the sac in it easily. or whether you'll be able to get the lever to work correctly.  Sorry.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[mermaidkelli]

Just now, inkstainedruth said:

No, it's not "made that way".  It's warped....   (Do a search on here for "banana pens" -- I think that's the term used in other threads for pens this badly warped).  I don't know enough about repairs to know if you will be able to replace the sac in it easily. or whether you'll be able to get the lever to work correctly.  Sorry.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Thanks. I’m still new to the world of fountain pens. I was able to replace the sac and get the lever to fill it pretty easily

[inkstainedruth]

1 minute ago, mermaidkelli said:

Thanks. I’m still new to the world of fountain pens. I was able to replace the sac and get the lever to fill it pretty easily

Cool.  I'm just worried that the warped barrel will make it not fill completely or correctly.  But in the long run, you learned a skill at the very least.  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Beechwood]

I have been looking for any other information on this pen and found nothing

 

My gut tells me that this was as it came out of the factory but itt is so long ago and there is so little actual evidence, it could have been warped, it could have been made that way.

 

That part of the puzzle doesn't really matter.

 

You can restore anything you want, it is your pen after all but you need to bear in mind that you will not increase its value.

 

Personally I would think of it as a learning curve.

 

 

[es9]

9 hours ago, Beechwood said:

Personally I would think of it as a learning curve.

 

 

No pun intended?

[Beechwood]

2 minutes ago, es9 said:

 

 

No pun intended?

 

 

Guilty as charged.