Pilot created it in the mid 1930s and was fully marketed in combination with the model 38, the newly arrived workhorse of the years to come. However, this filling system can also be seen on balance models –with maki-e decoration—by the mid 1930s which seem to be proofs of concept and sample pens.
N-system (N-式), or nomikomi. Translated, easy drinking filler.
The key element in this filling system is obviously the inkwell, without which the dedicated pens would be regular eyedroppers or pens with reusable cartridges. The inkwell needs a secure sealing system—inverting it while full of ink is not for the faint-hearted. It is, in fact, a recipe for disaster.
But collectors are fetishists for whom utility is a very secondary element... and that is why a nomikomi inkwell might never see new action.
Antigua's Perseus S – Sailor Yama-dori
Bruno Taut
February, 2022
etiquetas: soluciones técnicas, Pilot
Bruno Taut
February, 2022
etiquetas: soluciones técnicas, Pilot
2 comments:
Very original system indeed. You need to take extra care when using it, unless you want to tint everything around!
I agree utility may be secondary for most of us. However, some people collect different filling systems. This inkwell might be the unicorn they are hunting.
Thank you for sharing, as always. Beautiful Antigua's pen, btw.
Thanks, Papish, for passing by and commenting.
I guess we both are of the same persuasion.
Cheers,
BT
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