I recently found a Matador Standard piston-filler. Nice vintage feel to it, I haven't inked it but it filled with water and didn't leak -- the old cork seal is beginning to crumble a little so I was wary, especially since the knob was turning hard. Filler knob, derby, and section are ebonite, hard rubber. The pen is good sized, about the size of a modern Pelikan M600 but the nib is much smaller as were most 1930s European nibs. The nib is beautifully plated in gold and had me thinking it was 14K solid, but I think it's steel with a nice amount of springiness to it. Looks to be a fine point.
My history check didn't give me much except that it is reported that Adolf Siebert and Ewald Loewen had a small factory in Wuppertal, Germany (very close to Solingen) between 1895 and 1940. Not a whole lot to go on, the big fountain pen site had mostly dead links to their pics and very little info. This pen is most likely from the '30s to possibly '40s.
Sorry for these pics, I've always found red pens tough to photograph and my lightbox is put away.
Clip has some plating loss from exposure, not wear.
Really clear ink window, no signs of ink. Possibly unused, the cork isn't stained. Crisp imprint.
Model number 811.
Shown with blue Pelikan M400 for scale. Thanks for looking!
References: Polish, Spanish
My history check didn't give me much except that it is reported that Adolf Siebert and Ewald Loewen had a small factory in Wuppertal, Germany (very close to Solingen) between 1895 and 1940. Not a whole lot to go on, the big fountain pen site had mostly dead links to their pics and very little info. This pen is most likely from the '30s to possibly '40s.
Sorry for these pics, I've always found red pens tough to photograph and my lightbox is put away.
Clip has some plating loss from exposure, not wear.
Really clear ink window, no signs of ink. Possibly unused, the cork isn't stained. Crisp imprint.
Model number 811.
Shown with blue Pelikan M400 for scale. Thanks for looking!
References: Polish, Spanish
Are you going to replace the cork seal before inking it up? Is that something you can do yourself or will you have to send it out to a pen technician?
