For posterity, and future pen detectives, as well as for your viewing pleasure, here are some photographs of a stunning vintage pen: an oversize Wahl-Eversharp second generation Doric plunger filler in black celluloid, with a central ink view area in clear, black and brown celluloid.
Another shot of the whole pen.
Below is a photograph of the barrel: the ink view region is approximately in the center of the pen. You can see where the pen body goes from black celluloid, to the mottled clear part, to black celluloid again.
Now, a closeup of the ink view area. That’s the metal plunger rod inside.
Another closeup, this time from another side. I think of this as a tortoise pattern.
This Doric is probably about 80 years old, but luckily it has escaped most of the ravages of time, and you can see that the clear celluloid is still remarkably clear.
The Doric design is similar to the original Paragon from the Italian company Omas. And this particular Doric reminded me of my vintage-style Paragon Extra Lucens. Here are both together. They are about the same length, but the Omas is slightly thicker.
Here are the cap ends, showing the facets of both pens.
This Doric is from an estate that we at Chicago Pen Show are handling. There are more photos of it and some other Wahl-Eversharp fountain pens here. We’re bringing these and more to the Ohio Pen Show in a few weeks. Come visit.
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The Doric pens are lovely. A friend of mine has one, and I loved it.
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Beautiful pen – I love the feel of Wahl-Eversharp nibs on paper.
Thanks for sharing.
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If you come across any vintage turquoise pens, let me know. 😉
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I happen to be staring right now at a small Conklin All-American (about 4 1/4 inches long) that’s a nice unusual blue. More a blue gray perhaps than a true turquoise, but fairly close. 🙂
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Thank you for sharing this information and photos with us. It must take a lot of research to know what you are dealing with for the estate and to help in achieving the right price. I hope that the collection finds a good home. Meanwhile today back on planet Earth I have been learning to love a Lamy Aion.
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This collection is so very large, it will have to find many homes 🙂 Which is a nice consolation. We can spread the joy. It contains a lot of modestly priced pens, too, like my dented ballpoint. But this particular Doric is so special, I thought it deserved some time in the spotlight.
Personally, I can’t wait to read your report on the Lamy Aion. Maybe I’ll see one in Ohio. It’s the white Dialog 3 that melts my cold, hard (and alas impoverished) heart. 🙂
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To use pens of this elegance and quality is precisely how I started collecting fountain pens in the first place. This is such an object of desire. Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you! I very much agree — it’s splendid, and special, and we are lucky to see it, after all this time.
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What a fantastic pen !!
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It really is.
Did you notice I posted this earlier today — so as not to wreck another night’s sleep for you. 🙂
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