Newest Acquisitions (Virtual "Show & Tell") ~ part 542

Christopher sent in a couple of reviews of recent acquisitions (both vintage---no surprise there!), so here's the first of the two...

He writes:

"I would like to say that this pen that I am currently reviewing was duly produced by the Eagle Pencil Company, but I would have to add that the jury is still out on that notion. But, and saying that, this particular writing instrument does definitely tick off all of the boxes for me.

The makeup sings strongly of a German heritage, but the filler is not really as commonplace for pens from the 'Fatherland', where the piston fillers seem to be the most common equation."

(photo courtesy of Christopher ~ please click on image to enlarge)

"Moving on to the design, I would have to say that this pen encapsulates the Art Deco movement. But let's take a look first at the pen's cap. Once again, somewhat German in its appearance with sort of a conical, onion dome shaped jet-black clip screw which, in turn, secures a (once again) German design lengthy ring clip. Just below this pocket pen holder is a double banding. Both the clip and these cap bands are 14K Gold filled and take us down, in turn, to the pen's barrel. 

But before I impart another word, I just have to say that the finish on both the cap and barrel is a most beautiful lapis blue pearl and black swirl, the result of which is simply stunning. The barrel is clear of any branding and being a button filler pen at the end of this barrel, there is a jet-black conical onion dome design blind cap . The button filler that it hides works extremely well, filling the pen with ink with only several firm presses. Back up to the business end, a well-designed grip secures both a responsible feed and a superb Eagle branded 14K Gold nib, with the country of origin being the good old US of A. As for size, this pen posts at a full 6 inches but caps back to a most pocketable 5 inches. And what is to become of this mystery pen? Well, whatever it is, an Eagle or otherwise, it is definitely destined to become part of my vintage pen collection."

Our thanks to Christopher for sharing his finds with us!