Will try to post image in few days, but in the recent pen hoard purchase I found a Keene pen manufactured in NY. Looks to be of good quality, and this one is nicely preserved. Odd filler arrangement. Will post pics soon I hope (been swamped, what else is new?), but have vague recollection the Keene name was affiliated with some other better known manufacturer?
Info appreciated.
-d
Keene pen of NY. Black Hard Rubber. Info?
Started by david i, Sep 24 2010 09:16 PM
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#1
Posted 24 September 2010 - 09:16 PM
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#2
Posted 24 September 2010 - 09:33 PM
Hi David,
The odd Keene I've come across on ebay have all looked to be high quality, and sold very well from memory (at least for what I assume was a rather obscure maker). The last one was a large flat top and wasn't black, brown (?) from memory but may have just faded and a lever filler(?) from memory. Look forward to the photos.
Regards
Hugh
The odd Keene I've come across on ebay have all looked to be high quality, and sold very well from memory (at least for what I assume was a rather obscure maker). The last one was a large flat top and wasn't black, brown (?) from memory but may have just faded and a lever filler(?) from memory. Look forward to the photos.
Regards
Hugh
Hugh Cordingley
#3
Posted 27 September 2010 - 03:33 PM
Keene was associated with Eclipse. The relationship is documented in the John Roede articles onm Eclipse in Pen World (summer of 2007? I can't remember the exact date now). The Keene pens were probably made by Eclipse.
Can't remember much more than that without the reference. I know they had a cosy relationship, with Mr. Keene taking Finestone's secretary on a cruise or something along those lines. Keene pens often have the Klien clip, but I think they usually have a Keene nib.
I have a RMHR Keene with a broken clip and a RHR Keene with a cracked barrel. Both large, high-quality pens, with excellent nibs. I would speculate that they are early production for Eclipse, before Eclipse went to hard-core rolled celluloid production (Finestone I believe had a patent for a method of rolling sheet-stock into tubes, allowing them to push inexpensive celluloid flat-tops) but they may have made hard-rubber pens alongside the rest.
John
Can't remember much more than that without the reference. I know they had a cosy relationship, with Mr. Keene taking Finestone's secretary on a cruise or something along those lines. Keene pens often have the Klien clip, but I think they usually have a Keene nib.
I have a RMHR Keene with a broken clip and a RHR Keene with a cracked barrel. Both large, high-quality pens, with excellent nibs. I would speculate that they are early production for Eclipse, before Eclipse went to hard-core rolled celluloid production (Finestone I believe had a patent for a method of rolling sheet-stock into tubes, allowing them to push inexpensive celluloid flat-tops) but they may have made hard-rubber pens alongside the rest.
John
#4
Posted 03 February 2011 - 08:59 PM
I agree with the Eclipse similarity and relationship. Thank you for the Pen World reference....I will have to start searching. Here is one that I have that seems to be the most common that pops up.
The Manhattan Pen Makers Project lists their address as 180 / 189 Broadway in 1920 and 1925.
Regards,
Phil
The Manhattan Pen Makers Project lists their address as 180 / 189 Broadway in 1920 and 1925.
Regards,
Phil
#5
Posted 04 February 2011 - 06:20 AM
I agree with the Eclipse similarity and relationship. Thank you for the Pen World reference....I will have to start searching. Here is one that I have that seems to be the most common that pops up.
The Manhattan Pen Makers Project lists their address as 180 / 189 Broadway in 1920 and 1925.
Regards,
Phil
Nice.
Mine is earlier. Might be grabbed by a pen friend in Boston, but believe I shot it first. Need to find images.
d
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