The Savoy fountain pen

This one is quite an oddity for me. A vintage Savoy fountain pen in green marbled celluloid, British made, dating back to the late 1930s perhaps.

It sports a large 14kt gold, medium tipped, semi-flex nib. Very smooth writer. The barrel is in three sections:  the top half is a deep red/brown translucent ink window with a rubber sac or 'bulb' attached. The lower half can be screwed off and is in green marbled celluloid like the cap. There is a blind cap also which hides an aluminium button to fill ink, but I don't find it as effective as simply squeezing the sac directly.

The Savoy 'bulb' filler, uncapped

The Savoy 'bulb' filler

14 ct gold warranted nib

'Savoy British made' barrel inscription

Uncapped and 'bulb' exposed

Blind cap opened to show button filler mechanism

The Parker Televisor

Another Canadian Parker, a Televisor. A button filler fountain pen in striated green pattern and has a medium semi-flex stub 14k gold nib made in Canada. 

This was the first Parker model solely made in Canada, a very attractive mid-priced button filler model that was introduced in 1935. 

Made around 1935, I think, this is the MK I version, thought to have been named so because of the visible ink window in the barrel and the growing popularity of the new invention called the television! This being a button filler, I don't understand the need for the ink window, and was probably in the design because of the fad in those times.

The pen has three cap bands and rounded black ends. The Televisor MKI sports the ball ended clip, imprinted with "Parker" inside a raised, elongated diamond shape.

 

 

The Televisor's ink window at the beginning
of the section.

 

The Parker Premiere/Duette Sr.

This is a depression era Parker Premeire (also known as the Parker Duette Sr. in the USA), manufactured in Canada sometime between 1932 and 1934. 

I believe these models were known as 'Thriftime' pens, coming after the great crash in 1929, when their flagship pens cost a lot. To save on manufacturing costs, Parker started manufacturing cheaper 'school pens'. 

The Premiere/Duette Sr. has a flat, clip screw of the same material as the pen body and a Duofold style ball ended clip. It sports a single, narrow, gold filled cap band, a black section, a blind cap in the colour of the pen and was a button filler.

This particular colour is called Red Onyx, I think. The 14k Canadian nib has a little bit of flex and writes medium to broad, and very smooth.

The Duofold style ball-end clip

Canadian 14k gold nib and a black section

 

Clear barrel imprint

 

Pen cases

A couple of spectacle cases discovered at the thrift shop located on the ground floor of our flat. Typical Soviet-era in looks, sturdy build quality. Made of thick double layered leather. Put to different use now!

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