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This is a VANCO painted cream colored plastic fountain pen c. 1950s. The gold and red paint appears to be hand applied. The design on this 4 ¾ inch long pen is obviously derived from the Parker 51, including having a similar squeeze filler mechanism. VANCO was a Japanese pen maker and had a relationship with the Shobido Silver Store in Osaka, resulting in many high quality sterling silver pens. Both companies were owned by members of the Eto family. VANCO is a stamped on the gold filled clip. The squeeze filler unit is stamped THE NAVY PEN CO. LTD. The stainless steel gold plated nib is stamped SYMBOL over IRIDIUM over 2. #fountainpen #pencollecting #vanco #japan #urushi #parker #parkerpen #parker51 #aerometric #penhero https://www.instagram.com/p/CiI9uQnJgKN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

This is an Eversharp Slim Ventura Sterling Silver fountain pen c. 1953-1957. The Slim Ventura was the last quality pen marketed by Eversharp and replaced the lever-fill Ventura. Though slender, the pen is 5 1/8 inches long. It has a spring loaded clip and a small 14 karat gold hallmarked nib. The filling system is an aerometric style squeeze filler that uses a cylindrical metal frame around a long ink sac with a breather tube inside, a knock off of the Parker system. The cap is hallmarked "STERLING” on the back. The Sterling Silver model sold for $15.00 and the matching Repeater pencil was $10.00. We have this pen available for sale on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/373837288070 #pencollecting #fountainpen #eversharp #wahl #wahleversharp #ventura #slimventura #aerometric #penhero https://www.instagram.com/p/CX3eTeiL3hL/?utm_medium=tumblr

This is a throwback photo from the Winter 2006 Pennant article "Collecting Japanese Pens" by Stan Klemanowicz. The pens are acrylic "skeleton" pens c. 1953-1956, left to right a clear pen by an unknown maker, a blue Platon pen, and a clear pen made for Ichijiku. Although today these pens might be called demonstrators, there are many examples of transparent and translucent acrylic pens from Japan from the 1950s indicating that they were regular production that featured this material. #pencollecting #fountainpen #ichijiku #platon #transparent #translucent #aerometric #japanesepens #penhero https://www.instagram.com/p/CFpx7m-j0NS/?igshid=1clexsi02prcx

This is a Yotsubishi Kawari-nuri sakura (cherry) bark pattern urushi coated fountain pen c. 1955-1959, shown open so the filler can be seen. The cap, barrel and section are all coated with urushi lacquer and finished with the sakura (cherry) bark pattern so that the artwork flows over the entire pen. Japanese cherry tree bark has a distinctive pattern and is featured in wooden objects, such as boxes, frames, and vases. The free form artwork on this pen is intended to recreate the pattern using the red urushi lacquer base and contrasting elements. Kawari-nuri is not considered a maki-e technique, but means free patterns, so the artist may decorate the urushi surface using new ideas including altering the surface with patterns, textures or swirls, adding colors, or other decorations outside traditional maki-e. Kawari-nuri artwork on pens is not likely to be signed by the artist. It is a squeeze type filler, possibly aerometric (which would require a feed tube), which dates the pen to the 1950s, following the design of the Parker 51 Aerometric. The trim is gold filler. The nib is a warranted 14 karat gold number 4 size nib. The pen is on the large size, at 5 1/4 inches long and quite broad. Ishi-Shoten, also known as Ishi & Co., was established in Tokyo in 1925 by pen maker Yoshinosuke Ishii. Following the lead of Pilot, who began making maki-e pens in the 1920s, Ishi-Shoten, though a small company with initially as few as ten workers, competed by making inexpensive maki-e pens. Ishi-Shoten used the four diamond trademark, yotsubishi in Japanese, and the mark can be found on the clip top on most pens. In reference materials, on the pens, and in catalogs, there are three spellings, Yotsubishi, Yotubisi, and Yotubishi. The company ceased operations in 1984. #pencollecting #fountainpen #yotsubishi #yotubisi #urushi #aerometric #parker51 #kawarinuri #makie #sakura #cherry #artpen #penhero https://www.instagram.com/p/B_qNshajyai/?igshid=44j4z1m3albu

This is a Parker Duofold Junior in Red c. 1962-1971, made in England. This 5 1/4 inch long aerometric filling pen came in black, red, blue and green. It's filled by unscrewing and removing the barrel, dipping the nib in ink and squeezing the filler unit 5 or more times. The firm 14 karat gold nib is stamped PARKER over 14K over ENGLAND over 10. Parker numbered the nibs to indicate the pen model, with 10 being the Duofold Junior. The barrel is stamped PARKER over JUNIOR DUOFOLD over MADE IN ENGLAND. 

This is a Parker 51 Special in Burgundy c. 1950-1959.  It's 5 3/8 inches long capped.  The highly polished stainless steel cap is stamped PARKER on the front and MADE IN U.S.A. on the back.  The pen should have an imprint and date stamp near the clutch ring on the barrel.  Parker stopped dating pens at some point in the 1950s, so it's possible this is a late 1950s model.  Differences from the regular Aerometric 51 include a black cap jewel, a different design filling unit, and an octanium nib, named for its eight metal composition.  The pen sold for $10 and came in Black, Burgundy, Navy Grey, Teal Blue and Forest Green. 

This is a Parker Duofold Junior in Blue c. 1962-1971, made in England. This 5 5/16 inch long aerometric filling pen came in black, red, blue and green. It's filled by unscrewing and removing the barrel, dipping the nib in ink and squeezing the filler unit 5 or more times.  The firm 14 karat gold nib is stamped PARKER over 14K over 585 over ENGLAND oveer 10.  Parker numbered the nibs to indicate the pen model, with 10 being the Duofold Junior.  The barrel is stamped PARKER DUOFOLD over MADE IN ENGLAND.  Other examples will be stamped  JUNIOR DUOFOLD. 

This is a VANCO painted cream colored plastic fountain pen c. 1950s.  The gold and red paint appears to be hand applied.  The design on this 4 ¾ inch long pen is obviously derived from the Parker 51, including having a similar squeeze filler mechanism.  VANCO was a Japanese pen maker and had a relationship with the Shobido Silver Store in Osaka, resulting in many high quality sterling silver pens.  Both companies were owned by members of the Eto family.  VANCO is stamped on the gold filled clip.  The squeeze filler unit is stamped THE NAVY PEN CO. LTD.  The stainless steel gold plated nib is stamped SYMBOL over IRIDIUM over 2.