USUS Sterling Silver Barley Fountain and Ball-pen Set

I am always fascinated by glittering stuff. Therefore it should not be surprising that I am attracted to gold and silver pens.

Regularly, I check Yahoo Auctions and Ebay for glittering treasures. And this is a recent find on Yahoo.

USUS Sterling Silver Barley Fountain and Ball-pen Set.

Modell name: JET. Price of the set was around 550-600 Euro at that time.

Cap and barrel are solid Sterling Silber 925, component parts are rhodium plated brass.

Fountain pen
total 32.7 g
Cap 19.6 g
Barrel 10.5 g
Feed section 2.7 g

Ball-pen
Total 42.2 g

Fountain pen
Capped 143 mm (Ball-pen same size)
Uncapped 120 mm
Barrel 80 mm
Nib 17mm / 8mm
Feed section 40 mm

Nib: maker unknown
18K 750 M

Photo of the feed section

I tested it with the cartridge included - after filling up the evaporated water.
It is a smooth writer.

On the trim band is written:
USUS Germany Sterling Silver 925

Actually, it is made by Waldmann Germany around 2003 and was made for the Spanish market..

edit June 2023: I sold them.

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