I have two pens that are similar. One is engraved "Alster" on the nib, and the other is a engraved with "Pfanne" and on the body is engraved "Brause Iserlohn". Both are piston fillers, one has a blind cap, both have ink windows, and both write very smoothly. I also have two "Reform" model pens made in Germany for the student market back in the 1950's. These also write smoothly. Interesting review.
Fascinating. They all look so good, and write so well. I'm no purist, so I like it when people make Frankenpens to keep their favourite writing instruments going.
I love vintage German piston fillers from the early 1950s. The only problem is the wooden cork at the end of the piston that needs to be changed every 10 years. At the end of the 1950s the producers changed the wood cork with one made of plastic.
I have two pens that are similar. One is engraved "Alster" on the nib, and the other is a engraved with "Pfanne" and on the body is engraved "Brause Iserlohn". Both are piston fillers, one has a blind cap, both have ink windows, and both write very smoothly. I also have two "Reform" model pens made in Germany for the student market back in the 1950's. These also write smoothly. Interesting review.
I have a video with a Brause ballpoint pen:
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I have the Senator fountain pen, it writes beautiful.Yes the cap on yours is from something else. Is a Senator WIndsor Fountain Pen.
Thank you for the info! 😁
These are regularly sold on eBay also . What I wonder is whether there is a way to make them functional if their reservoir has decomposed from time.
Fascinating. They all look so good, and write so well. I'm no purist, so I like it when people make Frankenpens to keep their favourite writing instruments going.
The Rostfrei looks a bit like a dip nib was put onto it with a feed.
I generally do not trust piston fillers, which I rarely buy any more, especially if vintage.
I love vintage German piston fillers from the early 1950s. The only problem is the wooden cork at the end of the piston that needs to be changed every 10 years. At the end of the 1950s the producers changed the wood cork with one made of plastic.