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

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.

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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...

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