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Hi All,

Sorry I missed this.(I've been building my new web sitefor awhile. (very close) Anyway, I'vehad a similar pen a long time ago. It'sobviously pre-war. It may have had a "Pilot" nib. A"Namiki" nib would have been '28-'30, but after the Dunhill Namiki deal,everything for the Asian Market had Pilot clips and nibs. The lever always wasNamiki (N) This could also be a DunhillNamiki. I think this is probably the wrong cap. The Barrel is a grade A piece.It's highly unlikely that the cap was plain Urushi like the one on it now.Considering the barrel, I'm leaning toward Dunhill Namiki.

It is not unusualto have pens that are unsigned. (The art speaks for itself).

That's one man's opinion. A tip of the "HATLOHAT" to Bill Weakley for sending me this. I've been under a rock with mycomputer for awhile.

I'll see everyone at the NY show, and Ohio.

Happy Fall,

Dave Ushkow

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Hi,

Celluloid from this period did not fair well . It's very difficult to tell what it originally looked like. I've had pens with what looked like barber pole stripes. The nib is anybodies guess. It could be a replacement which is most likely. I've got a box of pens from this period and they all have steel nibs.

When Pilot/Namiki moved away from hard rubber, they went in a couple of different directions. The maki-e pens are probably the best well known. However, they also went into some interesting celluloids. The first of their celluloids was black, and according to Ron Dutcher was imported from NJ. The first celluloid that Pilot actually made in Japan was the blue. I've got an example of blue with gold "ribbons". My photography in inadequate to capture the depth of the blue in this pen. It can appear to be a black pen, then can show stunning blue as you turn it in good light.



I've only got one other pre-war Pilot at the moment, from the same series. This one is black with a platinum stripe:



While this pen has gold-filled furniture and a 14K nib, I've also owned one with what might have been nickel-plated furniture, and a steel nib.

Caution, pure unadulterated speculation follows: I think that perhaps there might have been a move away from use of gold as war grew nearer. Then again, it may have simply been a budget line.