Art Deco Cigar Pen

[Mycroft]

Hey I found this pen in a cataloug and wanted to share it with you all. It can be found at http://www.designtoscano.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=2255&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=85&iSubCat=87&iProductID=2255

Does anyone know the designer or orginal maker? How about related looking ascorcies?

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Is it fountain or ball point?

 

[Mycroft]

Ball point, unfortunitly(SP), but do you know a place that has it with a fontain tip ?

 

[zeus36]

I have that pen but it is not chrome, it is colored like a dark cigar wrapper. It's back in the states so I can't tell you the maker until after Christmas, but I think it may be Korean. Anyway I fitted a standard rollerball refill to it then went with a porous tip marker refill, like a fine Sharpie.

Here is a better item using German Roller refills, but they are out of stock:

http://humidorswholesaler.com/products.php/item_id/2623

 

[Mycroft]

I like the art deco part not the cigar part.

 

[Daniel Riser]

Michaelson might know how to convert a rollerball to a fountain nib.

 

[Mycroft]

Michaelson might know how to convert a rollerball to a fountain nib.

I should have known...Jim.

 

[John in Covina]

Thompson Pens

The shape is similar to a Sheaffer Balance, but I don't recall seeing them in an all metal form. Thompson Pens makes some very cool replicas, check out this one http://www.thompsonpens.com/products/sheaffer-4.html It is close and of the highest quality.

John in Covina

 

[Mycroft]

Sweet, I think Cross makes the same pen. And welcome to the lounge (I am a bit late though and here is a drink on me :cheers1: .

 

[Prof. Ed]

Michaelson might know how to convert a rollerball to a fountain nib.

I have enjoyed good pens for years and have never seen a conversion as you mention.
Sometimes a ball point can be converted to a roller ball or the like, but a fountain pen, not likely.

Best regards,

Prof. Ed

 

[Mycroft]

I have enjoyed good pens for years and have never seen a conversion as you mention.
Sometimes a ball point can be converted to a roller ball or the like, but a fountain pen, not likely.

Best regards,

Prof. Ed

True, maybe I can get an insert to a fountain pen from a repair shop or service centr.

 

[John in Covina]

I did find a Sheaffer Balance in all Sterling Silver, but it is a rare pen.

Acme makes pens that can be switched from ball or roller to fountain but they are about the only ones. To make the change from ball or roller to fountain is going to be major surgery simply because of the general design differences.

Best to get one the way you want it than try to change it to what you want, cause if you do you be left wanting. And as Spock said, the having is not the same as the wanting.

 

[Mycroft]

I did find a Sheaffer Balance in all Sterling Silver, but it is a rare pen.

Acme makes pens that can be switched from ball or roller to fountain but they are about the only ones. To make the change from ball or roller to fountain is going to be major surgery simply because of the general design differences.

Best to get one the way you want it than try to change it to what you want, cause if you do you be left wanting. And as Spock said, the having is not the same as the wanting.

Well put, well its off to the antique shows and the bay of e for me.

 

[Twitch]

Very SOLID looking piece!