ONOTO THE PEN - BEFORE AND AFTER

Onoto The Pen No 5601 from De La Rue & Co Ltd of London circa late 1930s. Here we show the pen before then after having been fully serviced. A lovely example.

[@453421abcdefg12345]

Proper cars have a "Choke".Nice restoration Stef, I am sure a lot of viewers are mystified as to why it should suck in ink when you are pushing in the plunger, but I am sure they can see now that it is vacuum that draws the ink in, stay safe! Chris B.

[@penkino1]

Ha ha, them were the days. Mmm ! Yes maybe i should have mentioned how it fills. Cheers Chris.

[@jackwhelan656]

Great pen Stef thanks for sharing lovely restoration

[@penkino1]

Glad you enjoyed it Jack, thanks as always for watching.

[@theprofessorwilson545]

Great fountain pen, you had me shouting CHOKE at you .

[@penkino1]

Ha ha, yes i could have done with a prompt. I just forgot the name of the "choke".

[@georgeparapadakis]

That cleaned up nicely!

[@penkino1]

Yes with a lot of polishing George.

[@joaquinmendoza1127]

Stef, very nice Onoto The Pen, it's a classy looking pen with nice chasing and accents, thanks for showing it to us. Stay safe.

[@penkino1]

Thank you Joaquin im glad you like it. Stay safe.

[@paulherman5822]

Lovely pen! Great job on the restoration! Been me, wouldn't figure out "choke" until I woke from a dead sleep at 3 in the morning. And was a time I was into classic cars... Funny how the mind works. 😁

[@penkino1]

Thanks Paul, yes my mind went blank with the name "choke". I dont think my mind was working.

[@archivist17]

An absolute classic! I love Vac fillers, and this is a great example.

[@penkino1]

Couldn't agree more! Thank you

[@MrAndrew1953]

I got my reconditioned first fountain pen back recently. My grade 4 primary school Osmaroid, made in England fp. They gave you one when you went from pencil when your handwriting was good enough.

[@penkino1]

Thanks for sharing Andrew, enjoy your pen.

[@mrcharon6197]

Thanks for another service video, were the finials a matter of clean and polish? They look so much darker than when you started.

[@penkino1]

Thanks for watching. Yes they needed quite a lot of polishing and now look a lot better.

[@ibpopp]

A fine pen then, and today. Just bought an Onoto K3 in VGC, but it leaks at the front of the section (where the nib and feed go in.) Would it be caused by a shrunken piston washer? What say you, old master? Cheers from Omeo Joe.

[@penkino1]

Thanks Bruce. Difficult to say without seeing the pen, does it have a crack as the plastic on these pens were brittle.

[@ibpopp]

@@penkino1 You're spot on, Stef: two whopping big cracks like the Grand Canyon. I'll try superglue (or whatever) but won't be expecting success. Thanks, mate.