Product Description
Type Piston filling vintage fountain pen in excellent working condition
Product Name Nozac Word Gauge, 7M version
Manufacturer and Year Conklin, USA -- 1930s.
Length 5-5/16"
Filling System Piston filler. We've restored the filling system and it works great. The piston moves freely.
Color Black celluloid with an amber semi-transparent window for the "Word Gauge" system. The barrel is like a graduated cylinder where the tick marks show how many words can be written before the pen runs out of ink. It has gold filled trim and a 3/16" wide cap band decorated with a zig-zag pattern, and a black ribbed end piece.
Nib Flexible extra-fine 14k Conklin nib. It has a crescent breather hole and offers line variation from XF to medium. Please see the writing sample below.
Condition Excellent condition. The blind cap has tooth marks and the cap has handwear. The clip shows some brassing. Some of the masking on the nib has been polished off. The imprints are clear and the barrel transparency is strong. The word gauge system is ready to go!