Japanese Cigar Shape Jumbo Pen with Perfect gold plated nib c1950s.  This is a pen we picked up in Maine at an antique store that had several Japanese pens. Almost all of the pens we found there are eyedropper fillers and were likely brought home by US servicemen coming back from duty in Japan after World War II.  This pen literally stood out from all the others. It's a huge Japanese eyedropper filling pen measuring 6 3/8 inches long with the cap on and just under an inch across at the cap band. The pen can be posted, if you want to write with a pen that's 7 3/4 inches long.  We've been trying to identify this pen and downloaded several resources, including the scan of the pre-war High Class Nine Fountain Pen catalog (posted in this forum in a thread on FPN) that shows two of these large pens with 14 karat gold nibs. One is a flat top and the other a balance shape like this one. The balance shaped pen name translates as Cigar Shape Jumbo, according to one of FPN's members. Similar pens are shown in post war catalogs, such as the 1957 Yotsubishi, which shows an elaborate maki-e pen. So this size pen was not always a novelty or cheap pen.  This pen has no maker's marks, and because the feed is newer and has a gold plated PERFECT steel nib, it's probably post war and probably an inexpensive pen. The nib writes surprisingly well, with a wet medium line and it is more comfortable to write with than expected.  You never know what you will find when out pen hunting!

This is a Japanese Cigar Shape Jumbo Pen with Perfect gold plated nib likely from the 1950s.  It's a huge Japanese ink shut-off eyedropper filling pen measuring 6 3/8 inches long with the cap on and just under an inch across at the cap band. The pen can be posted, if you want to write with a pen that's 7 3/4 inches long.  It has no maker's marks, and because the feed is a newer design with a gold plated stainless steel nib stamped PERFECT over POINT over DIADEUM, it's probably post World War Two and was an inexpensive pen. Many such pens were sold as novelties after the war.  The nib writes surprisingly well, with a wet medium line and it is more comfortable to write with than expected.

In my latest collection - ASA Nauka. It's a jumbo pen, can be used with converter, cartridges and as ED as well. I purchased a Demonstrator, the pen is available in solid colors as well. The section is well designed to hold a grip for smooth writing. Will share writing samples in other images shortly. #fountainpen #fpgeeks #pen #writinginstruments #handmadepen #indianpen #jumbopen