OMAS EXTRA OGIVA WITH GOLD FILLED CAP

In 1948 Omas restyled his lines of pens and definitely adopted the piston filling mechanism for its new Ogiva-shaped and facetted models.

The restyling affected the design of the models only as the model name "Extra" was retained, as a tribute to tradition. The words " Omas Extra" in cursive were engraved on the barrel of both facetted and ogival pens.

The new models were manufactured in black, gray and tortoise celluloid. A model with gold filled cap was added in the line of Ogivas, to adjust Omas production to the new market trend, favorable to Parker-51-looking models with metal cap. 

This line of Extra models was kept in production for a very short while as they were all renamed and the barrel engraving was changed. Ogival models became a bit thinner and were named Omas extra 55X/S while facetted pens were called Omas Extra 55X/F.

For more details about Omas Extra models, you can check the blog:

https://www.tenpen.it/article/omas-extra-reason-name-and-its-use-over-years

This Omas Extra with gold filled cap is part of the early production.

The pen is in excellent condition and it is a fantastic writer. On the back of the cap there is a hand-engraved date: 31/12/1953.

The nib is EF.