Russian FPs?

[viclip]

Thx bernardo for pointing me to the Soviet "Soyuz" pen. It appears to have been produced in the USSR as a native item altho it wouldn't surprise me if a few things were "borrowed" from Western manufacturers.

 

Yet, based on Armand Hammer's memoirs previously referenced, I would think there'd be a fair number of Parker "Big Reds" still kicking around within the former USSR nations. Probably other Parkers as well, which were being produced in the 1920s & marketed by Hammer under his franchise agreement.

 

Whether vintage pen collecting in that part of the world has caught on, is unknown to me.

[Julia161]

Hi, we had some nice pen brands in the USSR - for ex. Soyuz, MZPP, Yaroslavskiy plant. Souyz were the best and often had golden nibs, like this pen for ex.

 

 

Or this with a broken nib.

 

 

Also they could be with steel nibs, but anyway looking very solid and trustworthy.

 

Like this pen for ex.

 

 

Yaroslavskiy plant made nice pens, but they were a bit cheaper. My experience - the nibs mostly a bit scratchy even with new pens. Here is one pen of this plant.

 

 

And here are MZPP - school pens, haven't tried them.

 

 

 

I also came across some very cheap school pens whose brand I can't identify. You'd be surprised, but they write the best For ex. this one is my favourite.

 

[AAAndrew]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing! It was very interesting to see.

[pavoni]

Sorry guys. Stupid me posted this in the wrong thread. Apologies.

 

Pavoni

Edited May 25, 2015 by pavoni

[watch_art]

I found a guy on Instagram - I think he's in Russia - and his pens are very unique - and very handmade.

 

http://steampunker.ru/profile/fd711/created/topics/

[shufen]

I have a couple of Soyuz, Yaroslavliy pens. They are all old, used pens. So, today, I mean 2016, is there fountain pen factory in Russia producing, operating, selling fountain pen of its own brand?

 

In China and in India, sales of fp is going up steadily so they are producing quite a lot of their own brands: Wality, Ranga, Oliver, Baoer, Jinhao, Fuliwen... How about Russia today?

[rff000]

I was in Moscow in 2012 and I just spent three weeks there last month. Four years ago, I saw and bought two interesting FP's, but this time the pickings were much worse. Every weekend there's a huge flea market, known as the Vernisazh. On my 2012 visit, I found a new old stock Yaroslavl' FP with a piston filler. It writes very smooth and feels great while writing, but has one flaw: when you pick it up the next time, it's dry and needs priming. On my 2012 visit, I also attended a meeting of the Moscow FP club, where I bought a used, but excellent condition pen, made by the Sacco-Vanzetti pen factory, with a gold nib. I don't use it much and I like the smooth feel of the Yaroslavl' better, but the Sacco-Vanzetti does not go dry. Last time, I also found very cheap bottles of Pelikan ink at the discount department store Ashan (Auchan in the original French).

 

This time, there were only used FP's in bad condition at the flea market. Stores that used to carry cheap Chinese and Indian FP's had only expensive Parkers and other international brands. It looked like the only market for FP's was the luxury line. Pens for low and reasonable prices were all non-fountain. Also, I could not find Pelikan ink at the discount store, but the expensive stores had the same high-priced international ink you can find in the USA.

 

You could still find cheap Russian ink. There were two brands in lots of stores. Raduga Gamma, which writes decently (and is pictured in my avatar) and one I never saw before--Informat, which seems to be of very poor quality, with a diluted, washed out appearance. The Russian inks are both very cheap, costing around 50 cents for 70 ml.

[Chyba]

Hi!

 

I have a Pen made in Moscow in 09/28/1976. It is an ERA (ЭРА) from SV (СВ). Typ: 25.03.654-72.

Anyone knows this Brand?

 

Thank your Answers in advance

 

Chyba

[Padawan]

"<CB>" in cyrillics stands for Sacco & Vanzetti

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacco_and_Vanzetti

 

You can find the history of the stationery factory at

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%88%D1%83%D1%89%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%B8_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B8

 

and translate it into English by Google Chrome.

 

I used to have a couple of their pens with 14K gold nibs in my student days - they were very good.

[Chyba]

Hello Padawan,

 

Thanks for your answer. Unfortunately I don't know the material of the coating of my pens nib, but I like to write with it. I think it is a cheaper type. But after more then 41 years, it is working very well!

 

The history is also interests: cooperation of the Soviets and the Americans....This factory has taken any part in Soyuz?

 

The real value of this pen for me: the date stamp on its paper (I think user manual (it is also Cyrillic)). It is concretely 2 month "younger" as me. (my birth date is: 11/28/1976)

[Padawan]

What do you mean by "Soyuz"?

USSR?

a pen factory in Leningrad (St.Petersburg now)...

http://www.spb-soyuz.ru/

https://py4ka.wordpress.com/2015/10/25/soyuz/

 

CB (Moscow) and Soyuz (Leningrad) were independent of each other.

[Chyba]

_{I just tried to translate the Russian text, but Google translator gives not a perfect translation. There is a sentence I don't understand, but the word Soyuz was in that.}

 

_{(Объединению «Союзоргтехника» (с 1986 г. — МНПО «Оргтехника») Министерства приборостроения, средств автоматизации и систем управления СССР, с 25 марта 1991 г. по 3 августа 1993 г.)}

 

_{As maybe you know, I had to learn Russian language in the elementary school (till. 1990), At now I can read the Cyrillic text, but I don't understand it}

[Padawan]

Association "Soyuzorgtekhnika" (1986 — INGO "Orgtechnika") of the Ministry of instrumentation, automation and control systems of the USSR, 25 Mar 1991 till 3 Aug 1993.

orgtekhnika = office equipment

sometimes yandex.ru translates better and more clear essentially, but Google translation is cleaner from the viewpoint of English grammar.

[Chyba]

Thanks for your help Padawan!

[Padawan]

You are welcome!