Hope you had a nice Fountain Pen Day last Friday (and a nice weekend, despite this rainy weather). Our next pen club meeting will be held on the evening of Saturday November 23rd at Buchan's Kerrisdale Stationery (details here), so be sure to mark that on your calendars!
Now, here's a brand-new write up about an interesting recent acquisition of Christopher's for your reading pleasure...
He writes:
"Turning the clock back to the turn of the last century, it seemed that fine jewelers in cities like New York not only supplied writing instrument embellishments, but also
manufactured beautiful fountain pens and mechanical pencils. One of
these jewelers was George W. Heath, who worked with his brother Alfred.
In the beginning, they made a name for their business producing superb
gold and sterling fountain pen and pencil overlays. But, time went on,
and in 1902 the idea of producing high quality writing instruments was
just too tempting to pass up."
"The Heath company fountain pens are somewhat rare now, and to get one of their high-end pens both challenging and dear. Still, since I am always turning over stones in the vintage pen department, one such pen came my way, and I have to admit I was a very happy camper. This vintage Heath lovely ticks off all the boxes from stem to stern. So let me put forth the description...
Basically, this is a black hard vulcanized rubber pen with a 14K Gold filled filigree overlay, the effect of which is stunning. An eyedropper with a section that sports a medium writing flexible 14K Gold nib, sitting on top of an early designed feed. As short as the grip section is, the pen's slip-on cap is quite long and substantial. In fact, the pen posts at a lengthy 6 inches but, once capped, stands a good bit shorter at a pocketable 5 1/2 inches. As for the design of the gold overlay, it appears to be extremely Art Nouveau in its overall make up and very finely chased. At the top of this overlay on the barrel is the manufacture's branding and the pen model's name, Heath, Tribute Fountain Pen, with the city of origin, New York, below. The condition of this treasure is near mint, which in turn says a lot for those who used the pen before it came to me. Having said that, I will carry on the tradition by adding it to my vintage pen collection and when using it, respect its age and beauty."
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