Product Description
Type Handmade ebonite pen with an aerometric filling system and a vintage flexible nib.
Product Name Peyton Street Pens - we call this model "Soquel."
Manufacturer and Year Ranga Pens of india made the ebonite components, and adapted a Chinese Hero aerometric filling system. The nib is a flexible Waterman nib from the 1930-40s!
Length 5-1/4".
Filling System Aerometric (squeeze) filling system. (Please note that squeezing the aerometric filler a few times will get the pen about half full, meaning the section and lower part of the sac will be filled. This will provide quite a bit of ink, more than a conventional cartridge. In order to fill the pen more completely, you have to squeeze the filler a few times while it is in the ink, then carefully wipe it down, point the nib at the ceiling, and give the pen a little shake or flick with your fingernail to get the ink to move into the top of the sack. Then you can put the nib back into the ink and squeeze the filler again, and this will add some more ink.)
Color The pen is made of ebonite in the smooth reddish burgundy ripple color. It is fitted with a gold colored clip, but the clip can be removed for a sleeker look, or switched for a silver colored one.
Nib SEMI-FLEXIBLE FINE 14k Waterman's Ideal 2A Canadian nib is smooth with excellent tipping remaining, and it flexes from fine to a nice large broad without much pressure. It's excellent every day flex, but not what we would call full flex. See our writing sample below.
Condition Other than the nib, all components are brand new, never used, except for testing.