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We sold this pen on eBay. Check our eBay store for more interesting pens! https://www.ebay.com/str/penherostore This is a Pelikan 120 in Black c. 1973-1977. This 5 1/8 inch long pen is a piston filler, operated by twisting the knob that makes up the end of the barrel. Ink fills the barrel itself and the ink level can be checked through the clear window in the top of the barrel. The version of the 120 was made by Merz and Krell for Pelikan and black was a new color for the 120. This later 120 came with a green barrel and clear ink view window, a green barrel and a striped ink view window, and all black with a clear ink view window. The pen features the Pelikan beak shaped clip and a tapered cap edge band stamped PELIKAN 120 GERMANY. The trim is gold plated. The side of the cap is stamped Pelikan 120. The gold plated stainless steel nib is stamped PELIKAN over the Pelikan logo over a letter indicating nib grade. This pen has the fine nib. They sold for $10.00 in 1976. #pencollecting #fountainpen #pelikan #pistonfiller #penhero https://www.instagram.com/p/CEPy2z3jI46/?igshid=cr2qu5zp0esk

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This is a Conklin Nozac 5000 word Chevron design in Green Pearl celluloid c. 1936 along with a finished but not imprinted barrel and a newly finished cap before the cap band was installed.   Conklin introduced the Chevron line in September 1936.  Chevron pens have celluloid caps and barrels with a patented design of translucent strips separated by strips of alternating direction rows of colored celluloid arrows.  The celluloid sheets were wrapped into tubes that were then worked into finished caps and barrels.  The seam can be found with careful examination.  This tube construction method allowed the barrel to be a single piece where the translucent strips in the top half allow for viewing the ink level. You can see this pen’s Word Gauge stamped on the top half of the barrel.  The bottom half hides the piston mechanism.  The Chevron line came in four colors:  Red Pearl (red and silver), Gray Pearl, Green Pearl, and Black, and two sizes, 7000 word and a slimmer 5000 word pen.  Both are the same length, about 5 3/8 inches long.  It would typically have a Cushon Point nib that was introduced in 1936. It also features the new 1936 patent clip.  The 7000 Word Gauge Chevron sold for $7.50 and the 5000 sold for $5.00.  Matching pencils were $3.75.

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This is a Conklin Nozac 5000 word Chevron design in Gray Pearl celluloid c. 1936 along with a finished but not imprinted barrel and an unfinished finished cap and barrel.   Conklin introduced the Chevron line in September 1936.  Chevron pens have celluloid caps and barrels with a patented design of translucent strips separated by strips of alternating direction rows of colored celluloid arrows.  The celluloid sheets were wrapped into tubes that were then worked into finished caps and barrels.  The seam can be found with careful examination.  This tube construction method allowed the barrel to be a single piece where the translucent strips in the top half allow for viewing the ink level.  You can see this pen’s Word Gauge stamped on the top half of the barrel.  The bottom half hides the piston mechanism.  The Chevron line came in four colors:  Red Pearl (red and silver), Gray Pearl, Green Pearl, and Black, and two sizes, 7000 word and a slimmer 5000 word pen.  Both are the same length, about 5 3/8 inches long.  It would typically have a Cushon Point nib that was introduced in 1936.  It also features the new 1936 patent clip.  The 7000 Word Gauge Chevron sold for $7.50 and the 5000 sold for $5.00.  Matching pencils were $3.75.  

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This is a standard size Conklin Nozac Penline Gray Pearl faceted piston fill fountain pen c. 1936. This size pen has a 12 facet cap and barrel.  The Nozac Penline was introduced in 1936 and came in rounded and faceted versions. Nozac pens use a piston filling system Conklin introduced in 1931. The pen fills by twisting the end cap while the nib is in ink. The ink level could be seen in the translucent barrel. These 5 3/16 inches long pens were offered three colors, including Grey Pearl, Red Pearl, and Green Pearl with the new 1936 patented clip. This example has the 14 karat gold nib stamped CONKLIN over TOLEDO over U.S.A. over 14K. At the top of the nib is the Conklin Crescent logo. This pen also has a black section. Standard size Nozac Penline pens like this one sold for $5.00 and the matching pencil was $3.50. 

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This is an Osmia Progress 66G burgundy piston filler fountain pen c. 1957.  This just under 5 3/16 inch long pen operates by turning the end cap on the barrel, which operates the plunger.  Dipping the nib in ink and cycling the plunger fills the ink chamber in the barrel.  Ink level can be seen through the ribbed section at the top of the barrel.   The cap top has the Osmia white four point diamond inside a circle logo.  All trim is gold plated.  The barrel is stamped Osmia and the Osmia logo and PROGRESS and 66G over F is stamped near the blind cap, indicating a fine nib.  The firm 14 karat gold inset nib has no visible markings, but is stamped with the Osmia logo over 14K over 585.  This model was also made in green and black. 

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This is a Pelikan 120 in Black c. 1973-1977.  This 5 1/8 inch long pen is a piston filler, operated by twisting the knob that makes up the end of the barrel.  Ink fills the barrel itself and the ink level can be checked through the clear window in the top of the barrel.  The version of the 120 was made by Merz and Krell for Pelikan and black was a new color for the 120.  This later 120 came with a green barrel and clear ink view window, a green barrel and a striped ink view window, and all black with a clear ink view window.  The pen features the Pelikan beak shaped clip and a tapered cap edge band stamped PELIKAN 120 GERMANY.  The trim is gold plated.  The side of the cap is stamped Pelikan 120.  The gold plated stainless steel nib is stamped PELIKAN over the Pelikan logo over a letter indicating nib grade.  This pen has the fine nib.  They sold for $10.00 in 1976. 

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This is a Conklin Nozac Chevron 7000 word piston filler in Black celluloid c. 1936-1937.  Conklin introduced the Chevron line in September 1936.  Chevron pens have celluloid caps and barrels with a patented design of translucent strips separated by strips of alternating direction rows of colored celluloid arrows.  The celluloid sheets were wrapped into tubes that were then worked into finished caps and barrels.  The seam can be found with careful examination.  This tube construction method allowed the barrel to be a single piece where the translucent strips in the top half allow for viewing the ink level.  You can see this pen's Word Gauge stamped on the top half of the barrel.  The bottom half hides the piston mechanism.  The Chevron line came in four colors:  Red Pearl (red and silver), Gray Pearl, Green Pearl, and Black, and two sizes, 7000 word and a slimmer 5000 word pen.  Both are the same length, about 5 3/8 inches long.  This example has the 14 karat gold Conklin Toledo nib instead of the Cushon Point nib that was introduced in 1936.  It also features the new 1936 patent clip.  The 7000 Word Gauge Chevron sold for $7.50 and the 5000 sold for $5.00.  Matching pencils were $3.75. 

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This is a Regent piston filling fountain pen in gray c. 1950s.  This 5 1/4 inch long pen operates by removing the blind cap on the end of the barrel and twisting the piston knob.  Ink fills the barrel itself and the ink level can be checked through the clear window in the top of the barrel.  The mechanism appears to be similar to those made by Merz and Krell.  The pen has gold plated trim that shows a lot of wear.  There are no brand markings on the cap or barrel.  The gold plated stainless steel nib is stamped Regent over 4R over GOLDPLATED.