A SPECIAL POST TO JOHN ROEDE , about ECLIPSE and LAKESIDE PENS.....

Please LOOK with your eyes open for this two pens shown in two different pics ; one is a ECLIPSE ( left ) and the other one is a LAKESIDE , BOTH sold at MONTGOMERY WARD STORES. The only diference between both pens is on the lever filler ( please check again the two pics ).

Another pic with several ECLIPSE PENS and again two  LAKESIDE  ( first two from the left ) . The fourth and fifth from the left   have a small diference: one has a boxed lever and the other one a "free" lever  .
JOHN ROEDE  an ECLIPSE expert wrote that : the top line house brand ( Montgomery Ward ) was  LAKESIDE , evidently never produced by ECLIPSE , and priced from $1.31 to $4.75. - Pen World. Vol. 19 , No 6 July 2006 , pagte 32.
I think that  looking to these pics John Roede should review that " EVIDENCE" .


Another example, this time with two longer slender pens.Please compare and judge by yourself

After this post I received the following information about John Roede

From: blackeraj@hotmail.com
Subject: Philadelphia Pen Collectors Group
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:34:38 -0500

It is with regret that I inform you of the recent death of our friend and
fellow club member John Roede.
John was the consummate engineer, credited with the development of an
innovative instrument used by
the petroleum industry to measure the productivity of oil wells.

John developed a self described “addiction” to collecting Vintage fountain
pens, which he researched and
wrote about in “Pen World Magazine”.

It was a pleasure to see John at our meetings. He was always cheerful, with
a ready smile and was a
delight in any conversation.

We will miss him.



I would like to thank to PAUL BLOCH who could obtain this information. Luiz

NATIONAL PRODUCTS Co. AGAIN and AGAIN.........MORE DIAMONDS

 Fourth pen from left with green horizontal stripes is a bulb filler NOT a lever filler like all the others

 Fourth pen from left is a very unusual " red cracked ice " ? pattern if we can call it like that because I never saw red ice!!!!!

Two first pens from left could remember Esterbrook pens and the last one is made with the same plastic of the " de luxe royal challenger Parker with the iconic sword clip".

A MOORE AND A STRATFORD PEN MADE IN THE SAME PLASTIC!!!!!

PHOTOS from the pens;  MOORE on the left and STRATFORD on the right; STRATFORD PENS pens were a sub brand of SALZ BROTHERS Co.

 Details of the clips

Detail of the incredibly nice cap band on the STRATFORD  pen!!!

Detail of the cap´s top on the STRATFORD pen

TWO NICE DIXIE PENS

THREE MORE NATIONAL PRODUCTS PENS Co. A SKYROCKET WEBSTER, A FOUR STAR WEBSTER AND A GOLD CROWN WEBSTER

 Detail of the Art Deco style clip and lever of the SKYROCKET WEBSTER

 Detail of the TASSIE ( similar to Parker 75 ? ) and the nib

 Detail of the FOUR STAR nib fitted on the WEBSTER with the same name ( lever filler )

Detail of the GOLD CROWN nib fitted on the WEBSTER pen with the same name ( button filler )

BARRET PEN - The beginning of NATIONAL PEN PRODUCTS Co. ?

“(National Pen Products) a prolific pen manufacturer of medium to high grade fountain pens. National pen company used many different names. It has been said if you ordered 100 pens they would put any name you wanted on them. I believe they also bought up other pen companies for their names and/or machinery. They probably made more oversize flattop pens than any other company. In 1934 they owned the trademarks Lincoln, Gold Medal and Gold Crown (and probably more). They probably originated from the CE Barrett company which was at that adress in the 1920's. Gold bond was one of their higher quality pens. Gold medal was possibly sold to Parker or made pens with Parker patents later in the late 30's. The Lincoln pens were earlier than most of the other pens they produced and came in hard rubber. The good service oversize flattops were also made by them ..........
( BRUCE WEBSTER in his PENCYCLOPEDIA

GOLD CROWN , another National Product CO.

A nice combo GOLD CROWN  made with the same green plastic wich you can see on big Conklins Endura Symetric

 Detail of the clip

 Detail of the lever filler

Detail of the usual small section of National pens. Unfortunately it is fitted with a "junk replacement nib " wich should be an warranted one in gold with the engraved triangle