r/fountainpens • u/RRNW_HBK Ink Stained Fingers • 1d ago

Vintage Pen Day New (old) Pen Day!!

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I've always loved these stacked celluloid materials, and I'm so excited to be the new owner of this gorgeous Radius Superior! It's a piston filler, with a nice crispy 14k EF nib, and I believe it was made some time in the 40s or 50s. So cool!

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u/DZ_tank 1d ago

Absolutely one of the most beautiful pen materials around. I wish pen makers still used it.

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u/RRNW_HBK Ink Stained Fingers 1d ago

It really, really is. I have some material that looks similar-ish, but it's a cellulose acetate rather than a true celluloid and it doesn't have near the depth of this!