german piston filler

degussa nib

 threading under the silver overlay

 piston unit and shrinkage

finnish 813H silver mark?

early celluloid pencil

new aquisitions

here are my most recent finds. 
it seems like when I have the least amount of money I find the most pens.
mos of these are from a salesman's sample of advertising ballpoints/pencils

 sheaffer mandarin school pen

 no name eyedropper

 duofold senior pencil

my first pilot fountain pen.  i think its a pilot R series, so it should be an eyedropper.

Parker Vacumatic Azure Blue Stickered and Seamed

Parker Vacumatic Azure Blue Stickered and Seamed Celluloid on both cap and barrel.

you can see the clarity on the unlit shots, 

but i did a lit shot to show that even the breather tube has good clarity.

Deoxidizing fountain pens

mark hoover made this amazing product
http://www.lbepen.com/apps/webstore/products/show/6766975

here is the result from one pass.

its a mess, its incredibly labor intensive, but it works wonders.

Crushed Pelikan

Crushed Pelikan
I believe it is a Souveraen 400

happy international fountain pen day

i got all of my pens in one place for a group photo.

i have been considering making the large pen a working pen,

schematic below...