imperial Interesting Frankenpen from europe

[GlennNevill]

The cap is German from Imperial Pen company.  But they never made lever fillers.  The barrel labeled Rikkers and Eton is most likely Dutch made by one of those companies.  I have no details as to the association of Rikkers or Eton.  Anyone that knows something about these companies would love to hear more.  I am reposting this in the European forum.

 

So Myk Daigle sent this to me as a practice repair pen. The plating on the clip was gone, covered in verdigris as was the lever. It used to have a metal band on the cap lip, but that is long gone. It looked like it had gone through a war and on careful examination we found writing on the cap and the barrel. The cap reads "Imperial" 1943. The barrel end reads "Rikker" Eton Fountain Pen.

The nib reads:

"Warranted"

Ptes IRIDIUM

INOXYDABLE.

Inoxydable is French for Stainless.

 

It has a nice feed, a very corroded nib on the back side, but the tipping is still good and it flexes very nicely. (Nib most likely stainless steel plated with gold)

Anyone familiar with these pen companies, I would love to hear details.

Repair consisted of a thorough cleaning, polishing with micromesh and some metal de-corroder to clean up the clip and lever.

 

Comments please.

[Nethermark]

Rikkers was a Dutch office supply company who also imported fountain pens, primarily from Germany. It is very unlikely they manufactured the pen themselves. Eton probably is one of their trademarks. It was quite customary for Dutch pen companies to procure pens from Germany but give them an English trademark. Another example of this are the Merlin pens that are quite common in the Netherlands

[GlennNevill]

Many thanks for that information.  I am new to pens and have a lot to learn.

 

[dennis_f]

 

Unrelated question, but what ink is that?  I love that colour.

 

Great job on bringing the pen back to life!

D

[GlennNevill]

That is my go to color, Waterman Harmonious Green