Product Description
Type Vintage "hatchet" fill pen
Product Name #4 Fount-Filler
Manufacturer and Year John Holland, USA -- Circa 1910. (The pen isn't marked Holland, but Holland patented the filling system design.)
Length 5-7/8"
Filling System Hatchet filler (We have replaced the bladder and it works very well.) This is a simple sac/pressure bar type of filling system .... you raise the lever and it pumps the sac.
Color Black hard rubber cap and barrel. Smooth, no chasing.
Nib FINE #4 14k flexible nib. It looks nice and writes smoothly. See writing sample in photos.
Condition Excellent + condition with no cracks, dents, or dings. This is a long, slim, smooth and silky black pen with great shine. The barrel has marks caused by the cap lip and a few long thin scratch lines. The open space where the lever moves into has some light chipping around the top edge. The cap has a scratch across the breather hole. The imprints are clear.
