A.W. FABER CELLULOID FOUNTAIN PEN - 36/56
A.W. FABER 36/56 만년필
Wertfüller is one of the most famous vintage fountain pens of A.W. FABER.
Even though most fountain pens of A.W. FABER were made by Osmia, there were some A.W. FABER's original fountain pens.
Wertfüller, a.k.a Wertfüllhalter was believed to be released in 1936, right after A.W. FABER started to acquire Osmia.
However, in my opinion, the design could be unique, but the technology must have come from Osmia.
One evidence is the nib - the tip of the nib is made of Osmi-Iridium, which is the origin of the name of the brand Osmia.
This can be seen from one of the advertisement of Wertfüller.
You can find more information in this advertisement.
I hope this might interest you!
You can find another advertisement in the post, introducing another type of Wertfüller with marble patterns.
A.W. FABER's gold clip, and the gold trim part is adorned with laurel leaves like patterns and the name of CASTELL.
The designs of clip, trim, and the cap are definitely different from those of Osmia.
There is no model number on the barrel.
Germany is written at the top of the cap.
Faber Castell's balance trade mark on top of the cap!
Gold figure on the dark green background.
Fountain pens made by Osmia have Osmia's diamond trade mark at this point.
The nib seems to be cracked but the boundary is so clear that I would believe if it was a two-tone color nib in original.
The interesting point is it has a different nib compared to the 36/50 model.
The 36/50 model had a nib written Castell 14K 585, while this one has a nib with the name of Castell, and its balance symbol.
I could be wrong, but this is the first and only fountain pen having the nib with the balance symbol among my collections.
Since I haven't seen the same nib before, I can't tell much about whether the nib was really two-tone color or broken.
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