General
This Senator pen has its own unusual story, which started with two NOS Senator main body parts, which exist if you are lucky enough to find them. Being NOS (New Old Stock), yours truly was 80% on the way to making his own Senator pen out of an attractively priced original and unused components. Why not? Furthermore, they looked very similar to the much more expensive, famous brand name pens.
Features
Finally convinced to move in this direction due to the very old plastic transparency & density test. Applying the test of a strong white LED light inside the Senator Winsor cap and its cylinder produces the red colour transfer light, similar if not identical to the one observed with the genuine Montblanc No. 149/145, also with Pelicans caps. Naturally depending on the individual thickness of the pen walls, the intensity of the red light varies slightly. Back to our DIY Senator production venture, the missing link was nice nib, this is where John Sorowka from Oxford came with his own brilliant professional advice and a simple hybrid solution. He fitted a nice gold-plated Bock S250 nib which, except for an additional breathing hole, felt and looked almost identical. The Bock nib width was 6.3mm wide, whilst Senator original was 6.6mm (both with Iridium Points).
Comment
These fountain pens are excellent both in its presentation, popular appeal and writing quality. The Senator pen caps normally opens with just one turn anticlockwise, which is great for a producing quick signature.
Ink used: Parker Quink Black, France/UK
