Look at my new little Conklin.... what is that?

Today in the mail, I received a nice little conklin vest pocket Nozac

The red "brick" pattern is one I don't have in a large pen yet (I actually don't have any 7m in any red color), and this is my first vest pocket Nozac. Its a little facetted pen nothing transparent. But... wait... what?

That would be a lever - and obviously there is no piston handle. Of course, it doesn't say "Nozac" on the pen (No Sac), as there most definitely is a sac.

Cute little curiosity 

Well I've never seen one like that. Rather stunning as well, the lever fill vest pockets aren't that common but faceted and brick pattern must make that a rare pen indeed. Does it carry a Toledo or Chicago imprint ?

Regards

Hugh

Hi Hugh,

Its a Toledo. Are the other vest pocket-size Nozacs pistons or levers?

Marc

Most are lever-fillers.

I wouldn't call it a Nozac, though

Scarce size, nice example.

David,

Of course its not a Nozac - but what would you call it?

And have you seen facetted Conklins with levers before?

Marc

It's a Yezac.

-d

Prozac.

Shellac?

Lovely pen

Cob

I'll just call it Zac. 

Hi Hugh,

 

Its a Toledo. Are the other vest pocket-size Nozacs pistons or levers?

 

Marc

They come in both and neither are common, David N. has a much better understanding of these than I do . He pointed me to their existence....lever fillers that is....and they seemed to come out of the "woodwork" after that with at least 8 including yours (...how did I not see it ?..) in the last 6-8 months on ebay after years of me never seeing one !! . I speculate the "clean" lever ( no Conklin imprint) points to very late Toledo production and with no ( to my knowledge) factory info it's a real path of discovery as to what turns up, your pen being one such example.

Regards

Hugh

Alfonzo Mur, author of The Conklin Way, generously offered that if I had, ahem, purchased his book, I would have found this pen on page 208 as there is one in his collection.

As Alfonzo is a friend, and I love Conklins, I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I haven't bought the book despite having had a chance to do so in Columbus last year (my excuse is that it sold out). So as I am on my way to purchase it from the US distributor of the book, Fountainpenhospital.com, I would recommend everyone else that loves Conklins and hasn't done so to quickly follow my (belated) lead.

Edited by marcshiman, 17 July 2014 - 12:01 PM.

Nice book. I bought at Chi

Funny story too of how we ended up sharing ride from airport. More on that later.  Must sleep

regards

d

Why buy the book? It just ruins moments like this. Personally I find the "discovery" of a pen (in an area of interest) I haven't seen before as "special"....the "it's on page x" seems to take a bit away from the find !! Btw this opinion is in no way influenced by the $165 + postage to Aust. for the book

Regards

Hugh

Hugh, I have to admit, I was buying Mabie Todd American Swans like crazy and holding out on buying David Moak's book (Maibe in America) - partially because of the cost, partially because of your logic above. But I hit a point where I really wanted to see the catalogs or ads and couldn't find them, and... I broke down and found a copy of it (its out of print so I had to buy a used one).

I think its had a positive impact on my outlook on Swans - not just because I can find a pen I bought on the pages of the book, but I have a good idea of how it all fits together. I have Swans that are not in his book, and thats... just a little extra special.