Vintage Indian Pen- Maatre Writer- Lever filled.

MHATRE WRITER PEN :

 

Updated 8th Dec 2013 : 

 

 M/s Mhatre Pens and Plastics of Mumbai  had owned the British Band SWAN's India unit and this famous pen Mhatre Writer used to be sold in the 1950~1960's era.So easily this is a 55+years old pen. The pen is side lever filled type. This filling mechanism needed repair. An ink sac was cannibalized from a WingSing 612 and fitted after lubricating the squeezer mechanism. Tested with water and later with ink, found to hold about 12 drops and no leak- that is good enough!. Writing with this pen turned out to be quite pleasant. The Gold plated nib is semi flex medium point and  maintained good smoothness with a slight feedback. The comfort and balance of the pen was noted to be outstanding- something I did not expect from such a simple looking pen. Definitetly this used to be a pen of choice for many in those days. Hope I can gather some information on this. Below is a handwriting sample using this pen.

 

 

 

I have received 30 vintage Indian pens today from Pune based collector Dr. Madhav Parajape for    Rs. 2500/- . This pen , a Maatre Writer lever filled pen is from that set. The pen is found in a well preserved condition, except for the ink sac which fell off as dry flake after operating the lever mechanism. Have borrowed an used sac from a WingSung and fixed the filling system and tested with water. Found holding about 12 drops, guess that should be OK! I have read about this pen in FPN, must have been quite a cult pen at some point of time- this pen is at least 45+ years old and very well preserved.