A brief guide to Paul Wirt HistoryEverything you ever wanted to know about Wirt feedsA listing of imprints found on Wirt pensA study of clips used by Paul WirtA study of the gold nibs made by Paul Wirt  
     
     
 

Early Wirt Overfeed pens from before 1903
Wirt pens made from 1903 and latter
A study of Wirt gold and silver overlay pens
A collection of Wirt Safety pens
An unusual collection of Wirt Self Fillers
A collection of Wirt Lever fillers
These shouldn't be so hard to find...
Things you might not expect to see


Huge Wirt 96a with Rotary Club emblem


Wirt Celluloid Lever Filler


Paul Wirt Desk Set

 

 

 

 

 

  
     

   

In the early 1920's Wirt moved away from his usual black and molted hard rubber pens and began using celluloid. These pens to be harder to find than the earlier hard rubber pens, but that is understandable. Before the 1900's Wirt was the industrial leader, by the time he started using celluloid in his pens, things had changed.

The gold plating on the capband and the lever seem to be of lesser quality than what Wirt used in his hard rubber pens. The clip seems to be identical to earlier pens. See the Wirt 96a.

I bought this pen rather cheaply because it was missing the nib. Perhaps during the depression, someone collected the nib for its gold value. Who knows? Since I have not yet found a Wirt #5 or #6 for this large pen, I used an extra Waterman Pink #7. It is a nice flexy pen to write with, but I wish I could find the correct Wirt nib. Anyone have one?