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[Christof Z]

After a long period of blind fishing in the darkness, I finally was able to find some new pens.

Some are rather trivial, some are not...



from left to right:

Luxor, german Piston filler, probably pre war
Soennecken Rheingold 613 in green marbeled celluloid, the highlight of the group
Soennecken 110, probably made for Swiss Market only, the second best...
Unknown, probably Italian made pen. "HKZ" stamped on nib and cap, "Helios" imprint on barrel, nice piston filler
Global, Swiss made second or third tier pen, nice flexibel gold nib
Osmia 232, pre war button filler, near mint
black and brown marbeled no name pen with 14 ct. bock nib, probably German

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[alfredop]

I like very much the Luxor. Concerning the Helios, there was an Italian manufacturer (created by ex workers of Aurora), with that name, but the piston filling is not typical of their production.
Alfredo

[playtime]

netted quite a collection!

 

and I love the Mercedes display case:)

 

J

[Christof Z]

Concerning the Helios, there was an Italian manufacturer (created by ex workers of Aurora), with that name, but the piston filling is not typical of their production.
Alfredo

Yes, I know, but I don't think that this is a Helios Silga from Milano. Have a look at this:



Maybe the Imprint HKZ is the manufacturer and "Helios" is just the model name. Who knows.
Here's a picture of the piston:



and here a couple more pics of the pen:





Maybe some one has some more Informations about this pen? ..would be appreciated.

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Edited by Christof Z, 30 September 2014 - 08:54 AM.

[Christof Z]

Last Week end, I worked on the second Soennecken. Not the Rheingold, the other green one.





Now, the interesting thing is that there is no Soennecken imprint on the whole pen.

I have had several identical pens, but every one was clearly imprinted as a Soennecken product. Most of them are Soennecken made for the Swiss Market in the 1950's. For example these:







or this:



This one is different. Even the nib shows no connection to Soennecken.





So this seems to be a pen made by Soennecken which has been sold under a different name.
...but which name is unknown, still.

I sent this pictures to my Friend Daniel. He has founded an own site to find out more about Swiss made pens. Have a look at here: http://www.swiss-pen...g-zu-ch-marken/


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[Christof Z]

edit: maybe the pen has been sold under the name of "Edelweiss" but this is no proof information.

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Edited by Christof Z, 17 October 2014 - 07:09 AM.

[Christof Z]

And here is another restoration report of another two pens of that lot:

Interestingly, both are made of celluloid, which pattern usually can be found on Soennecken pens…





The Luxor is a remarkably well made piston filler. The whole pen is very well made and feels sturdy in hand. Also it’s size is very comfortable with 125mm and compareable to Pelikan 400’s. I am not 100% sure about but I guess that this is pre war production. The broad cap band is decorated which is typically for Luxor pens and the heavy brass sword-clip is just great. Both gives the pen a weighty and impressive look.



The replacement of the cork seal was a little bit a challenge because the original seals are very thin walled. Only the best cork material can be used in such cases and a very careful proceeding is necessary.



The pen has a nice and flexible 14 ct nib which allows expressive writing!




The Osmia 232 is very well preserved. Hard to believe that this pen has seen lots of use. It’s a button filler and dating was much easier because exactly this pen is mentioned in the book of Andreas Lambrou. (...#9 on page 229.) The pen has been made around 1938 and is pre war production as well. The pen is rather small with 117mm but the cap posts very well and so it's a handy pen as well.



Rebuliding was an easy job…



Also this one has a marvellous and flexible EF nib.



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Edited by Christof Z, 17 October 2014 - 09:06 PM.

[AZuniga]

Christof,

 

Thank you for your post, not only because of your new finds but for your usual detailed posts which are very useful

I love the E32 nib... the writing examples, just fantastic !

All the best and keep finding them...

Ariel

[alfredop]

Maybe this is the box for your Helios pen:

 

http://www.ebay.com/...E-/230832918280

 

Alfredo

[Christof Z]

Maybe this is the box for your Helios pen:
 
http://www.ebay.com/...E-/230832918280
 
Alfredo

I don't think so, but thank you for the hint Alfredo.
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[Christof Z]

Finally, the spare part for the Soennecken Rheingold arrived. (Thanks to Tom Westerich)

The Rheingold is a very cool pen. This example is quite well preserved.
These 613 are from pre war period and don't show up very often in other colors than black. The coolest thing is the inkview. I never have seen a green celluloid inkview on a Soennecken.





For those who aren't familiar with the filling system, I have made a section drawing for better understanding. The pen is a button filler, combined with an ink window and an integrated pusknob lock system instead of a blind cap.



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[AZuniga]

Christof,

 

Even for those who have an idea about how the Soennecken Rheingold works, your drawing is extremely useful... Thanks.

Looking again at your first image in this topic, I have exactly the same pen as your "no name" brown marbled, only mine has "Oriental" in the barrel.

The clip is so similar to Pelikan I have no doubt it is German.

Best, Ariel

[Christof Z]

Christof,
 
Even for those who have an idea about how the Soennecken Rheingold works, your drawing is extremely useful... Thanks.
Looking again at your first image in this topic, I have exactly the same pen as your "no name" brown marbled, only mine has "Oriental" in the barrel.
The clip is so similar to Pelikan I have no doubt it is German.
Best, Ariel

Ariel

Someone told me it could be an ERO, but honestly, the pen is not really worth restoration...
The gold plating is extremely thin and gone and the plastic piston seal is defect too.

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[AZuniga]

ERO crossed my mind, but you are right it is not really worth to do more about it.