Everything about Celluloid Fountain Pens (INFO)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ค. 2024
- If you are thinking at owing a celluloid fountain pen or you own such a pen, either way in this video you will find some informations regarding the material, what to expect and what to avoid when owning such a writing instrument. If you are interested in owing such a pen, you can check the Pen Venture inventory at : pen-venture.com and if you want to be updated daily :
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A wonderful and to-the-point talk on celluloid pens. A must for collectors of vintage pens.
With pleasure Francis - thank you so much for your support
Please turn your recording volume UP. Thanks for the information on the celluloid.
thank you Barry for the feedback. Its noted
Thanks my dear friend Emy for the update. I am sure everyone loves celluloid pens.
Thank you K , I was just sharing what I know about this beautiful vintage material.
Interesting and helpful information, Emy!
Thank you James. Im going to create more videos with Tips and Info like this one
Really informative, thank you!
Thank you Alex - I tried to share some light on this subject
Back in the days, celluloid was also a popular handle material for pocket knives.
Hey Stefan - yes you are right - it was a very popular material at that time when plastic was not around, from my knowledge it was mainly used for the film industry and the excess was used for pocket knives handles - sunglasses frames - fountain pens :D
Good knowledge....
What I know I will always share with my audience
Very enlightening info. I have a fountain pen from my elders and it has a crack at the barrel of the neck. I wanted to try repair that crack with acetone to stick like a weld but nothing happened and left a white trace like a cloud. I thought it's made of celluloid but obviously not. What material does acetone leave white traces like a cloud?
hmmm thank you - not sure about acetone but with fountain pens is not recommended to use acetone regardless of the pen material, I think it damages all of them, (not sure about raw metal - but anything else is a no no)
I have a follow-up question: Are there some patterns possible with celluloid that cannot be produced any other material such as acrylic?
Yes, most of the patterns cant be obtained with acrylic. Celluloid is not poured and this is why it can be so complex. If I had to find a synonym id say that every color or pattern is constructed, with alternating layers and cut in a specific way to get the effect.
I would also like to mention the odour. I love the sweet medicinal smell; it's unique. Thanks for your efforts.
sometimes I just find myself smelling celluloid when im writing with my celluloid pens :)) I know its odd
Hi Emy. I enjoyed this informative video (thanks to a link from InkJournal Flex Nib Friday). Cheers! -Mark
Rick im glad to see you around here and looking forward to collaborate more. Its very nice to see people that share my work and my content. :D
Interesting video Emil. I was curious about your comments on storing celluloid pens in an open case. I've had my celluloid pens stored in a closed case, some for several years, and haven't encountered any issues that I am aware of. how do you store your celluloid pens when they are not in use?
Well Anthony I store them exactly as you see in the thumbnail , in a tray and leave them away from direct light on my desk. Regarding your pens that means the celluloid in your pens was well cured and it lets off a lot less gas, but there are plenty of examples with new old stock pens left for years in their cases where the entire body is melted or distorted ... a scene from a horror movie. I personally only pull the zipper on my pens if im out or traveling in rest they stay in open pen cases on my desk or in pen trays.
@@pen.ventureThanks for the tip, I'll leave me case lid open from now on, at least until i get a open pen tray. These NOS pens you are referring too, could it be that these pens never had a chance to breath, ever (having never been out of their packages), and the difference between those pens and my pens, for example, is that mine have been out, and being used, so they have had a chance to breath?
Could be this, I just heard a very sad story with a retailer checkin his stock for a bunch of old vintage Omas pens left In his storage area in the boxes for more than 10 years and the whole lot was damaged beyond use, he only was left with the gold nib.
@@pen.venturesad to hear that. I would guess that because these pens have been encased in their packaging for so long and never had a chance to breath, the material suffered.
I think that too. A sad story all together
I'm looking for one but I DON'T want to buy something that may need repairs any ideas of where I can get a Celluloid pen
I can completely relate to this - it is not such a huge deal but at the end of the day - we need to take this in consideration because later in life a pen made of celluloid may have such issues
Will the pen lose color on sun
yes - analyse 60 - 80 years old Omas celluloids in their vintage pens and you will see that colors become a bit dull
Is it worth buying platinum celluloid fountains?
I dont know if im the right person to ask because i would say always YES :D
"Investing". More like help companies like ASC speculates
its just my personal opinion based on what I see on the market trending at this moment. There are plenty of brands offering celluloid pens, ASC is just one of them.
@@pen.venture special mention because right now THE celluloid pens are Arco ones
what about Lucens? Wilde? Red Scarlet? Visconti - Wall Street? Montegrappa shiny lines? Montegrappa shiny circles?
@@pen.venture Visconti and Montegrappa are companies with a susteinable long term growth not moneygrabbing business like ASC thats all.
We just have to let the time pass and see what will be next from all the pen makers.