Reminder - Meeting on SATURDAY at the VANCOUVER PEN SHOP!

Meeting details in this post:
https://www.vancouverpenclub.com/2025/07/august-meeting-at-vancouver-pen-shop.html

Wahl "All-Metal" fountain pen in "Wedgewood" pattern

This one isn't a new acquisition, but a gorgeous vintage fountain pen that was re-discovered by Christopher this summer in his desk drawer ... and what a find it is!

(all text and photos courtesy of Christopher ~ please click on images to enlarge)

Christopher writes:

"There are Wahl Eversharp pens and then there is this one. It came to me in its beautiful original manufacturer's presentation display box, covered on the exterior in an attractive blue cover stock with a black dotted pattern and with gold line framing on the lid and box bottom. The inside bottom has an indent to secure the pen in place and is finished in black velvet. The inside of the lid is satin lined with the company branding in complimentary blue text."

"But let us get down to the pen. Close to the beginning of the 1920s, the Wahl company released a major line of all-metal pens. They convinced their market that these metal pens were an improvement over the hard rubber pens they had been producing prior. This was due to the metal being thinner than the rubber, subsequently it provided a way and means to fill more ink into the barrel. These metal pens were well-designed and of very good consistent quality, but it also allowed Wahl to apply any number of attractive finishes on the barrels and caps. My feeling too, since gold and sterling silver were used, that it gave Wahl an edge to compete with the pen companies producing gold overlays.

By 1927, when my pen was made, the quality of these barrel and cop finishes had reached a high point. The finish on this pen I am reflecting on was referred to as 'Wedgewood'. It was comprised of narrow and wide vertical panels of silver chased with a wavy dotted line pattern and complimented with plain lines of gold, the effect of which is truly stunning. Breaking this pattern finish on the cap is a short but effective, turned up ended clip. While along the barrel, this pattern is broken again by an even shorter but definitely effective lever filler. The grip section is also 14K gold filled and sports a flexy Wahl No.2, 14K Gold nib. Both ends of this pen are flat but the pen posts responsibly at all of 6 ½ inches, capping back to a pocketable 5 inches. I am very pleased to have this wonderful writing instrument and happily will add it to my vintage pen collection."

 

(Above: closeup of "Wedgewood" engine-turned design)

Our thanks to Christopher for sharing this lovely uncommon vintage Wahl "All-Metal" fountain pen with us!

Newest Acquisitions (Virtual "Show & Tell") ~ part 551

I recently got an email from our fellow Vancouver Pen Club member Kevin W. During the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kevin sent in some nice reviews of pens he'd acquired (and some cool ink storage solutions, too). I hadn't heard from him in quite a while, though, so it was good to get a new email from him. Kevin recently acquired some fountain pens and wanted to share them with us (thank you, Kevin!), so without further ado, here they are!

 Kevin writes:

"I recently acquired a few specimens from Parker’s late 1930’s to 1950’s lineup to help fill out my collection. A bit of a photo-bomb, but the same day I acquired them I also received my Asvine C80."

 (photo courtesy of Kevin ~ click on image to enlarge)He continues:

"Left to right, we have:

• Asvine C80. With large No 8 M nib. Lovely brown/gold resin. Not just injection moulded. Chatoyance, but not gaudy. Cartridge/convertor. Smooth, non-obtrusive threads above section. Really does have the feel of a pen a lot more expensive than it is.
• Parker Arrow. Only made in Canada. 1955. A bit of an oddball pen with gold Vacumatic “arrow” nib, Parker 51 cap, Parker 21 barrel. Sometimes dismissed as a Frankenpen, but was a proper production model for its short life.  https://parkerpens.net/arrow.html
• Canadian Parker 21 Custom with “octanium” (8-metal alloy) nib and 1/10 12K gold filled cap (1952-?). https://parkerpens.net/parker21.html
• Parker VS. Button filler with see through feed. 1946-48 (button filler discontinued for remaining 1948-49 production) https://parkerpens.net/parkervs.html
• Challenger DeLuxe (three bands on cap) pen/pencil set from Q2 1937. https://parkerpens.net/challenger.html 
  
  

**Fellow Vancouver Pen Club members**: If you have any new pen-related acquisitions you'd like to share, please email your write ups and/or photos of them to our club's Gmail address, and I'll post them on our website. 
Thank you in advance!
~Maja

Newest Acquisitions (Virtual "Show & Tell") ~ part 550

Happy BC Day!

This is another new acquisition belonging to Christopher...and it's over 100 years old! Although this particular fountain pen wasn't made in Canada, the manufacturer set up a Canadian subsidiary in 1925 and then...Well, I'll let Christopher tell the story 😀…

He writes:
"Eclipse, with its colourful international past, has always fascinated me. Although the company had its original roots in the United States, in turn, it opening up a successful operation in Canada, was able --based on tremendous marketing sales-- to buy out the US main base and is, to my mind, a unique business accolade! But the pen which I am currently reviewing is circa the Great War, and thus pertains to the American Eclipse production. Evidently in the early days, Eclipse sought out and used Warranted nibs. For their less expensive models, these Warranted nibs were steel and gold plated. But for their more uptown models, the Warranted 14K Gold and Warranted No.1, 14K Gold nibs were duly applied. To this end, the jet-black grip section in this pen I am expanding on, does support an upper end 14K Gold Warranted nib, but a flexy one at that. If. by chance. you are wondering just how to tell if a Warranted nib is a true 14K Gold one, the answer can be found by removing the nib from the section, and if it has the plating marking at that inside back end, it is just that. Still, I have as yet to find a Warranted No.1 marked nib that wasn't 14K Gold."

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

"This pen's finish is a lovely black 'bars and checkers' chased hard rubber with the barrel supporting a 14K Gold filled Eclipse style lever filler. At the business end, the pen's cap --which hides and protects the nib, feed and section-- is a lengthy, robin egg blue triple banded, extremely well-made pen part, which also comes with inside threading right out to the cap's opening. Subsequently, the unscrewing of the barrel takes a good number of turns. I should also draw attention to the cap's clip as being a very long tapered ball ended number sporting the company's branding, smartly running vertically down the center. There is also an Eclipse circled logo above this branding and below, a patent dating. This, in turn, is a good-sized pen measuring a full 7 inches posted, but caps back to just a tad under 6 inches. In closing, I can't think of a finer example of the Eclipse best and brightest to add to my vintage pen collection."

Thanks for sharing this one with us, Christopher!