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The Cameron pen, an update.
Posted by Kevin Randle on
I recently wrote about a MacNiven & Cameron 'The Cameron Pen', dating from around 1912. The pen is, essentially, a bulb filler but it originally had two metal bars that were used to compress the sac, much like a modern 'aerometric' affair. I have now finished work on the pen but am still unable to source the filler bars, but I live in hope. It's a hard rubber pen, in outstanding condition, with no signs of oxidation, it must have been kept in the dark for most of its life. It uses a full length ink sac so all of the...