Jump to content

Boston Safety Pen #15


Redleg05

Recommended Posts

I found this today. I can’t find much of information on these. I have one other BSP but you unlock a small hump and compress the sac with it.

 

This is an eye dropper. The clip is marked “Roller Clip” spelled vertically. I saw another photo of one with that spelled horizontally.

 

Patents on the clip (‘14) barrel, and cap (both ‘04) that seem to line up. “15” imprinted on the barrel end. Good chasing. “Boston Safety” is a bit light but the rest of the imprint is strong.

 

Without knowing how long it took Wahl to switch everything over, is thinking “1914-1920ish” accurate? 

D4C10CC0-2981-4E20-B002-6E60E5ECB5CF.thumb.jpeg.eee493d8d979e6dc5ef62217dba06eac.jpeg

B5FB7144-B5F4-4E5D-8557-A7EEE1248444.jpeg

A9870110-F6DA-4528-BBAA-62C35F6D2B45.jpeg

2BB9F280-B57C-43DB-8851-B53475E6C38E.jpeg

8FA34439-5008-4180-9D4A-7908355BF542.jpeg

82E833A3-39D1-4B9B-8402-C32AC94203C5.jpeg

6B073A42-5C98-4385-953B-3002867B8BF1.jpeg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Replies 5
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • Redleg05

    4

  • Roger W.

    2

Top Posters In This Topic

Posted Images

Of course, after posting this I found a thread on a Boston Safety Fountain Pen ad that is full of info. 😕

Link to comment
Share on other sites

With the clip this makes it later as you can see the clip is marked 1914.  Boston sold to Wahl in 1917 and Wahl by November of 1917 was putting out pens as Wahl Tempoints.  So yours is 1914-1917.  The 16 is the only larger pen in the dropper style and I know of only one of those.  You have a hump filler - very nice these are all uncommon.

 

Roger W.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, Roger W. said:

You have a hump filler - very nice these are all uncommon.

Yes, a 43s. 

C08C214C-32D4-4555-A133-D400DFC47FDE.jpeg

0E01B4C1-62BB-4E7E-B1DB-8B7C82DA4D69.jpeg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 hours ago, Roger W. said:

With the clip this makes it later as you can see the clip is marked 1914.  Boston sold to Wahl in 1917 and Wahl by November of 1917 was putting out pens as Wahl Tempoints.  So yours is 1914-1917.  The 16 is the only larger pen in the dropper style and I know of only one of those. 

Thanks for the info! I found your resurrected "Boston ad" thread literally within minutes of posting this. That was fascinating as well. It sounds like there are things that we'll never know.

Is there still an active Boston database? If it still exists I'd like to see it even just to learn what different Boston models there are.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Well the database is really not that active as I took over much of one of the other contributors collections and my collection had grown to a point that I have almost enough examples just in it.  That said there are about 150 more pens than what I possess which rounds out what there is to know as it is not what I would call an actively collected pen since there are too few examples extant.  Still I'd guess over a thousand made for each example that we do have.  If you want the database then PM me your email and I'd be glad to send along the list.

 

Roger W. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Most Contributions

    1. amberleadavis
      amberleadavis
      43844
    2. PAKMAN
      PAKMAN
      33501
    3. Ghost Plane
      Ghost Plane
      28220
    4. inkstainedruth
      inkstainedruth
      26627
    5. jar
      jar
      26101
  • Upcoming Events

  • Blog Comments

    • Shanghai Knife Dude
      I have the Sailor Naginata and some fancy blade nibs coming after 2022 by a number of new workshop from China.  With all my respect, IMHO, they are all (bleep) in doing chinese characters.  Go use a bush, or at least a bush pen. 
    • A Smug Dill
      It is the reason why I'm so keen on the idea of a personal library — of pens, nibs, inks, paper products, etc. — and spent so much money, as well as time and effort, to “build” it for myself (because I can't simply remember everything, especially as I'm getting older fast) and my wife, so that we can “know”; and, instead of just disposing of what displeased us, or even just not good enough to be “given the time of day” against competition from >500 other pens and >500 other inks for our at
    • adamselene
      Agreed.  And I think it’s good to be aware of this early on and think about at the point of buying rather than rationalizing a purchase..
    • A Smug Dill
      Alas, one cannot know “good” without some idea of “bad” against which to contrast; and, as one of my former bosses (back when I was in my twenties) used to say, “on the scale of good to bad…”, it's a spectrum, not a dichotomy. Whereas subjectively acceptable (or tolerable) and unacceptable may well be a dichotomy to someone, and finding whether the threshold or cusp between them lies takes experiencing many degrees of less-than-ideal, especially if the decision is somehow influenced by factors o
    • adamselene
      I got my first real fountain pen on my 60th birthday and many hundreds of pens later I’ve often thought of what I should’ve known in the beginning. I have many pens, the majority of which have some objectionable feature. If they are too delicate, or can’t be posted, or they are too precious to face losing , still they are users, but only in very limited environments..  I have a big disliking for pens that have the cap jump into the air and fly off. I object to Pens that dry out, or leave blobs o
  • Chatbox

    You don't have permission to chat.
    Load More
  • Files






×
×
  • Create New...