SALZ Large Flat-top FP VINTAGE 1920s/30s (like Oversized Parker Duofold) For Sale

Salz Bros. was a small New York City workshop comprised of 2 immigrant brothers (the more famous one being Ignatz) who worked through the 1910s, 20s and a few years in the 30s. This atelier was located in one of those Garment District sweatshops within shouting distance of Macy’s in Herald Square. These brothers designed — and some guy named Molt had patented and, more importantly, financed — a line of decent fountain pens (like the Peter Pan, almost identical to, albeit shorter than, the Grieshaber vest pen I also have on offer) and even better nibs but also had very eventful personal lives (e.g., endless clubbing, the Charleston, bottomless bottles of wine at the Cub Room, carousing with ladies of ill repute, etc.). The other brother, Jason (or James), died prematurely when recovery from his gallbladder surgery took a turn, and Ignatz attended the funeral with the still fresh souvenir of an intimate tryst gone awry in the form of several bullet wounds in his abdomen. This was in 1928 in New York City, and still an event that made the newspaper.

This burgundy pen is basically the Salz Bros.’s version of the Parker Duofold or the Sheaffer’s Flat Top. The lever is sturdy (change the sac), and the pen looks really good!! When posted, it is enormous.

Please note that the cap plug (a small foam-like that is pushed into the cap ostensibly to prevent the nib from moving around) occasionally comes out. Any of the guys at the show can glue it back into place with sac cement.