OTHER ENGLISH PENS
(all in FULL working order, unless otherwise stated)
(Condition Scale: F = Fair. G = Good. VG = Very Good. EX = Excellent)

(Updated 18th July, 2024)

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MENTMORE pens were made in Hackney, East London, UK, between the 1920's and the mid 1950's.
They are attractive, exceptionally well-made, and were deservedly very popular,
especially between 1946 and the mid 1950's.
Mentmore also manufactured for several other distributors
and they, themselves, also used the brand name of Spot.

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(Condition Scale: F = Fair. G = Good. VG = Very Good. EX = Excellent).

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Our ref.	Model	Colour	Year	Condition	Price
ME 152	A button-filling AUTO-FLOW (click on the images below for larger pictures) with original MEDIUM nib click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	Green & Black marble	c.1940	VG/EX	£60
ME 135	A lever-filling AUTO-FLOW (click on the images below for larger pictures) with original MEDIUM nib, with slight flex click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	Gold & Black marble (faded)	c.1940	VG - would have been EX but for some slight fading of colour	£50
ME 148	A lever-filling AUTO-FLOW (click on the images below for larger pictures) with original MEDIUM nib - slight flex click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	Burgundy & Black marble	c.1940	VG - some plating wear on the filler lever	£50

Rare - and a first for us
This long piston-filling pen is over
100 years old, but is as pristine condition
as the day it was made all those years ago.
(click on the images below for larger pictures)

Maybe USA manufactured, but for an
English retailer (? W.H.Smith & Son)
Now restored to full working order,
the chasing on the Black hard rubber barrel
is as sharp as it left the factory.
(click HERE to see)

with semi-flexible warranted 14 ct. gold MEDIUM nib
(click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib)
You won't find another like this !

£100

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This large and handsome lever-filling
LAPIS BLUE pen is a bit of an enigma !
Very similar to one of those big Parker Duofolds,
it differs, in that the blind-cap
is also of the same material as the rest of the pen

SOLD !

It came to us (40 years ago) complete with the
Conway Stewart clip, BIG early Duro-style nib,
and without any barrel engraving.
We wonder if it might have been a prototype
for a never-issued Duro lever-filling model.

£145

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Rare, early, and L -O -N -G ! - you can see a picture of
one on page 75 in Stephen Hull's ONOTO book.
(click on the images below for larger pictures)
RESERVED

c.1922/1923 - this is the first of the newly
introduced Black-chased piston fillers

and we know it is one of the earlier versions,
because it has the the under-feed and over-feed
Click HERE and HERE to see pictures of the nib

In superb original condition, and in working order

£100

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See BELOW for more information -
one of TWO Boxed Croxley pens
(click on the images below for larger pictures)

In near-mint condition, and dating from around 1948.
Would make a lovely present - even to yourself !

with its original semi-flexible MEDIUM nib
(click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib)

£70

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A handsome boxed CROXLEY
SOLD !
Manufactured for the Stationery firm of
John Dickinson & Co., Apsley Mill, Hertfordshire
Dating from around 1948, this pen was manufactured
by Langs of Liverpool,
and Dickinsons named it The Croxley, after the
Hertfordshire village of Croxley Green.

with its original MEDIUM stub-nib, slightly oblique and hint of flex.
(the box is not the original)

£75

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And here is another CROXLEY pen -
this time in attractive Gold marble
(click on the images below for larger pictures)

Manufactured by Langs of Liverpool, c.1948

with its original MEDIUM semi-flexible nib
(click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib)

£60

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And this is one from the UNIQUE PEN Co. Ltd.,
of Kingston Road, MERTON, London, SW20
(click on the images below for larger pictures)

Probably manufactured in the mid-1940s.

with its original MEDIUM flexible UNIQUE nib
(click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib)

£45

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A very handsome SUMMIT S.125
boxed pen and pencil set
(click on the images below for larger pictures)

Manufactured by Langs of Liverpool, c.1948,
in lovely original condition,
and complete with original instructions for use

the pen has its original MEDIUM semi-flexible nib
(click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib)

£90

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And here is another SUMMIT set
this time, with Nickel-plated trim.
(click on the images below for larger pictures)

Manufactured by Langs of Liverpool, c.1948,
and still a pleasure to own and use.

the pen has its original MEDIUM semi-flexible nib
(click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib)

£70

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And now a MINT SUMMIT S.160
complete with box and paperwork.
(click on the images below for larger pictures)

Manufactured by Langs of Liverpool, c.1948

with its original MEDIUM flexible nib
(click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib)

£75

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UK manufacturer unknown -
could it have been Mentmore/Platignum ?
(click on the images below for larger pictures)

Probably dating from the mid to late 1940s,
this 2/3rds size button-filling pen, with matching pencil,
is in a most handsome art-deco style box.


Pen has its original 14 carat gold MEDIUM flexible nib
(click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib)

£65

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STEPHENS No.56 pen,
with their signature button filling machanism.
(click on the images below for larger pictures)

Dating from around 1938, this pen was manufactured
by Langs of Liverpool,
where the non-removable filler button was invented by
one of their employees and solely used by Stephens.

with its original No.56 MEDIUM semi-flexible nib
(click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib)


£65

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BOXED, and with original paperwork.
A pretty SUMMIT CADET,
colourful, and with nickel-plated trim
(click on the images below for larger pictures)

Manufactured around 1946 by Curzons Ltd.,
of South Hunter Street, Liverpool.

with its original MEDIUM semi-flexible 14 carat gold CADET nib
(click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib)

This is a really nice pen, both to hold and use,
and in great original condition.

£68

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And now, an attractive and not-often-found
STEPHENS No.270 pen
(click on the images below for larger pictures)

Dating from the mid to late 1940's,
and assembled from parts made by Lang's of Liverpool,
this example is in really nice condition.

with its original STEPHENS No.270 MEDIUM 14 carat gold nib
(click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib)

£70

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And here is a STEPHENS lever-fill No.106 -
very slim, and from a slightly later period
We think that the number 106 denotes Gold-plated trim,
to differentiate from the No.56, which has nickel-plated trim
(click on the images for larger pictures)

Restored to full working order,
there is some slight swelling around the lever aperture

with what we think might be its original 14 carat gold
warranted MEDIUM/FINE semi-flexible nib
(click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib)

£58

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(click on the images above and below for larger pictures)
A rare find - MINT and with all paperwork -
(as it left the factory all those years ago)
A SUMMIT CUB pen and pencil set, with chrome-plated trim

One for the collector, or perhaps a gift ?

Pen has its original nib, though it looks more
MEDIUM than FINE to us !
(click HERE for a picture of the nib)

£75

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NATIONAL SECURITY
(Updated 4th October, 2022)

National Security and Rosemary were the brand names of pens made for British Carbon
Papers of Farringdon, in the City of London.
During the 1920's/30's the manufacturers were Henry Stark, Son & Hamilton,
also registered at the same Farringdon address, as well as some other London pen companies.

Rosemary ("That's for Remembrance") pens had been established in the early to mid 1920's,
and are now scarce and very desirable collector's items.

The National Security pens here date from the early1930's to the mid 1940's
and are delightful examples of traditional pen-craftsmanship,
as well as being attractive items both to collect and use.

Our ref.	Model	Colour	Year	Condition	Price
NS 111	A long and slim NATIONAL SECURITY lever-filler (with FINE and firm warranted 14 carat gold nib)	Green and Black marble	c.1939	VG - two tiny marks on the section	£60
NS 116	A NATIONAL SECURITY button-filler (with MEDIUM warranted flexible 14 carat gold nib)	Black and Gold marble	c.1939	G/VG - with replacement Burnham 'teardrop' clip	£50
NS118	A really RARE and handsome NATIONAL SECURITY pen - in a colour that we've only ever seen once before - and probably won't see again. (with what we think is a later MEDIUM warranted SPECIAL gold nib )	Light and dark Mauve swirly patterning on a Black background	c.1948	VG/EX	£100

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