Some time ago I acquired a lot of beautiful large new old stock pen bodies.
Bodies, because they came to me without nibs and without clips.
The rest was complete, brand new, old unfinished stock from a forgotten Dutch Brand.
The pens showed no branding, except for just 1 piece that I will keep for myself…
That one has the brand name 'Pontiac' on the barrel.
On page 334 of Andreas Lambrou's book Fountain Pens Of The World,
Pontiac is in the large list of Dutch fountain pen manufactures, importers and locally assembled pens.
Actually a lot of these Dutch brands were assembled from parts that were manufactured mostly in Germany.
This lot was such an assembly brand.
I think this lot is (part of) an unfinished prototype series that has never been issued on the market.
The pens came in blue, green or golden brown, in a stunning herringbone pattern.
The blue pens were just a small quantity and I have just 2 left that I want to keep in my own collection.
The green and brown pens are available. I have 12 pieces of each of the 2 colors.
The pens never saw ink, and were obviously very well stored.
When I received them they were still in their original paper wrappers).
The rubber sacs of the pens where almost all still in a perfect condition.
In the few pens where the sacs were not 100% I changed them for modern silicone sacs.
I happened to have a small stock of clips that wonderfully fitted these pens.
Finally I completed the pens with nice new gold plated steel nibs of the right size, with a smoothly writing F/M nib.
Here are the specs:
Origin:
Netherlands/Germany
Brand and Model:
Presumably 'Pontiac'. No branding on the pens.
Material:
Cap and barrel: green, aqua blue or golden brown celluloid in a herringbone pattern.
Top cap, blind cap, section and feeder: Hard Rubber (Ebonite).
Cap rings and clip: gold plated brass.
Nib: New GP steel IPG 'Paboluo' Iridium tipped M/F.
Filling system:
Button filler with the original large rubber sacs in perfect condition. Takes > 1.5 ml ink!
Condition:
Never used . Completed by me with N.O.S. clips and nibs.
All pens have been individually tested. They fill OK and are ready for writing.
Measures (in mm):
length closed: 148
posted: 172 (!)
w/o cap: 129
cap: 73
diameter over barrel: 13.2
diameter over cap: 14.7
Available: 12 brown an 12 green pens.
Asking us$ 50,-- each. Please ask for discount if you want to buy more than 1 pen.
Shipping:
Worldwide, free for non insured, priority airmail letter post. (Registered or insured shipment possible at cost).
Please look at the pictures.
Payment:
Paypal only
For more info and/or questions please mail to:
lexvangalenatgmaildotcom
