Not rare but not common, Novum & Union FP pictures

[J-F-O]

The Novum was made by Aurora. This facetted version dates to the late 30's early 40's when gold to make nibs was in short supply. The filling sytems uses a small lever at the top of the barrel end with and ink sac.

 

The Union pen was made in Holland after WWII. These were high quality pens. This one is in a NM condition.It's a Piston fill

 

 

[georges zaslavsky]

nice pens is the union a piston filler?

[wimg]

Interesting pictures, and very nice too.

 

The designer of some of the Union pens actually comes from my home town, Maastricht. He was the guy who founded MEVRI, one of the few big (fountain) pen stores left in the Netherlands. MEVRI stands (stood) for Maastrichtse Eerste Vulpen Reparatie Inrichting (First Maastrichtian Fountain Pen Repair Institution). The old owner, a first class pen- and nibmeister, according to what I heard, was one of the main dealers for Union. He designed a few pens during WWII, with Union in mind, and they decided to manufacture a few according to his designs after the war.

 

The current owners of the store are his son and daughter-in-law, who run it jointly. The store is still at the same place where it was founded many, many years ago, in one of the high streets right in the centre of town.

 

Warm regards, Wim