Lewis's self filling fountain pen. What is it really? Who made it and when ?

[rodders]

Last weekend I posted my question about this beautiful pen. As a new boy I didn't know any better, so I think I asked in the wrong group.

 

I've put a link to my original post here in the hope of it being seen by someone  with the knowledge.

 

Thanks in anticipation for any help you can offer.

 

 

[Bo Bo Olson]

Beautiful pen....should help if you can show the whole pen.

 

Closeups of the clip(a pre-clip pen!!!!) and nib are often important to finding out more about the pen. ........pens of that era had buy your won clip to match your personalty slip on ring clips.

 

Following the link showed more pictures of the pen.

If you can get a better picture of the nib it might help.

A beautiful English pen........made after Sheaffer's patent of 1912.

I love the hard rubber ..same color feed.

Have you tried the Conway Sterwart or Marbie Todd sub forums. Those folks would know more about English pens and their makers.

 

 

[Fermata]

This will be a little difficult to answer with certainty.

 

Lewis Limited operated a chain of department stores in northern cities, mainly known for discount clothing and housewares, in addition to the cities stated they also had a store in Briggate, Leeds.

 

The Warranted nib doesn't help, it was a common swap whenever an original nib of whatever brand was damaged, Arthur Twydle kept stocks for such work 

 

Rodor fountain pens which used the Warranted as standard equipment and therefore Rodor would be my best guess, they made red hard mottled rubber pens with  a  curved section, they also made pens for others.

 

The business only had a short life.

 

 

 

 

[Bo Bo Olson]

Warranted just meant it had the gold amount stamped on it.

Warranted to be gold.

As far as I guess made by many....not just one company. From my reading there are flexi warranted, regular flex or manifold warranted nibs.

 

2 hours ago, Parkette said:

Arthur Twydle

I know of him as the man who taught Marshall and Oldfield, dying before all three could write the 'Pen Repair' book.

An English Frank Dubal.

Peter Twydle has written fountain pen books.

 

It was common for Department stores to buy pens labeled with their name from pen manufacturers. In Holland, Akkermann, had the German Osmia make  pens with their names on them.

 

Still a very pretty pen.

[rodders]

The original pictures..

[Fermata]

Comparable I think

 

https://www.peytonstreetpens.com/rodor-fountain-pen-england-mottled-red-hard-rubber-flexible-medium-lever-filler-excellent-restored.html

[rodders]

12 hours ago, Parkette said:

Comparable I think

 

https://www.peytonstreetpens.com/rodor-fountain-pen-england-mottled-red-hard-rubber-flexible-medium-lever-filler-excellent-restored.html

Jackpot 🙂. That's the one. Body, cap and section identical. Nib slightly different, as you would expect. Feed also slightly different. Certainly close enough to identify it as a branded Rodor.

[Bo Bo Olson]

A very, very pretty pen!

[rodders]

Another observation.

On page 198 of "pen repair" is a picture of a "red mottled vulcanite lever filler" made by the Edinburgh company MacNiven & Cameron. 

Begs the question; did they make pens for Lewis's and for Roder?

[Bo Bo Olson]

Pg, 177 in the second edition.