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[Norm]

 

I think it's made out of wood but it might be hard rubber or some other kind of plastic..

Edited by Norm, 10 October 2016 - 09:43 PM.

[AZuniga]

 

I think it's made out of wood but it might be hard rubber or some other kind of plastic..

 

Have two of them and it is hard rubber...

[Norm]

Thanks.  So is this bottle 1924 or earlier? And was it cheaper than a glass bottle? Was it intended to be a portable ink supply? Was it a student ink container?

Edited by Norm, 10 October 2016 - 10:36 PM.

[AZuniga]

Thanks.  So is this bottle 1924 or earlier? And was it cheaper than a glass bottle? Was it intended to be a portable ink supply? Was it a student ink container?

 

It seems it is later than 1924 although I always though it was earlier...

 

I found this, I believe it would help...

 

http://www.fountainp...-skrip-bottles/

Edited by AZuniga, 11 October 2016 - 05:26 PM.

[Norm]

Thank you. Very interesting.  The more I handle it, the more I feel like it is hard rubber. I rubbed it and it did smell like sulphur. I paid $8.00 for it. 

[matt]

Three varieties to the Skrip script: white, gold, and 14K. Safety Skrip, meant to be a traveling ink bottle. You should peruse the Sheaffer catalogs in the PCA library.

[AZuniga]

Three varieties to the Skrip script: white, gold, and 14K. Safety Skrip, meant to be a traveling ink bottle. You should peruse the Sheaffer catalogs in the PCA library.

 

I checked all the catalogs available at the PCA but did not find anything, but it is possible I looked into the earlier ones, I will verify the later ones...

[Norm]

I found a picture of the Safety ink bottle in a PCA 1934 catalog.  It shows it with a 5 piece Lifetime Feathertouch Enemble set but no explanation. 

Edited by Norm, 11 October 2016 - 10:27 PM.

[matt]

1930 is the earliest in the PCA's catalogs.  1928 shows the wooden traveler.

[AZuniga]

1930 is the earliest in the PCA's catalogs.  1928 shows the wooden traveler.

 

I do not know if you are referring to Scheaffer's, but from that brand there are six catalogs earlier that 1930 in the PCA Library.

[Norm]

Now that I know what it's called, I looked on ebay for Safety Skrip and found a 1929 magazine ad that has a lot of information.

[matt]

Sorry. I meant 1930 was the earliest Sheaffer catalog in the PCA library that shows the hard rubber Saftey Skrip.