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Celluloid pens
Could anyone tell me something about the pro and cons of celluloid? Is it
strong, does it last et cetera? Any information will be welcome. Regards, Ko |
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Could anyone tell me something about the pro and cons of celluloid? Is it strong, does it last et cetera? Any information will be welcome. Regards, Ko It's a versatile material for pens. Hundreds of manufacturers used it and the variety is endless. I believe the best deals are regional manufacturers from the 1930s at under $40 and over $15, higher quality wearevers and arnolds for under $15 (they are extremely durable and were made in thousands of models/color/variety). The lowest quality wearevers and arnolds are often found for $1 or less...so chose wisely. http://members.aol.com/scaupaug4/Var...oid/index.html To increase trim quality, gold content, and other attributes - Sheaffer is still the most affordable luxury celluloid pen of the majors IMO (generally 1/3rd celluloid Parker costs...as there was no aluminum in the filler parts to corrode away and cause parts shortages). It's hard to beat a striped radite celluloid triumph with fully visuated chamber. It holds much more than any Pelikan in terms of ink capacity, has three times the gold content, has much heavier gold filled trim, and comes in black stripe - green pearl stripe - amber pearl stripe - red pearl stripe - and silver pearl stripe. Balance striped radite jr. pens with conventional nibs still float at restoration costs for the entire pen at about $35 (and every model holds more ink than every Pelikan from the 200 up to the 1000 due to the more efficient filling mechanism). Black celluloid is even less. Usually prices at about 1/4 to 1/2 even the most affordable celluloid Pelikans too. They fill with a single stroke, not numerous turns - one hand filling. Hard to beat that value for the dollar in gold/capacity/celluloid/self-filling among other measures of pen value... |
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Ko van den Boom wrote:
Could anyone tell me something about the pro and cons of celluloid? Is it strong, does it last et cetera? Any information will be welcome. Regards, Ko The Visconti website has a section where they discuss the merits of various materials, look at http://www.visconti.it/materials.htm |
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