OMAS 555/F BLACK CELLULOID, FANTASTIC WRITER

In 1948 Omas revised the design of its lines of pens and introduced the EXTRA 55X series.

The EXTRA 55X series comprises facetted pens in three sizes ( 555/F, 556/F, 557/F) and cylindrical pens in three sizes  ( 555, 556, 557),too.

Colors were black, tortoise brown and pearl gray.  

Early models show a simple Omas Extra imprint on the barrel in cursive which was later on replaced with a two- line imprint in capital letters showing the patent number, too.

556X cylindrical pens were fitted with Omas Extra nibs, while facetted pens, which represented the top of the range, were fitted with Omas Extra Lucens nibs.

These pens have a very clean and elegant design and offer a very high quality of writing, derived from their very precious nib and a very good balance.

In the 1980s, when Omas restyled its lines of pens once more, abandoning celluloid to adopt resin, the 555/F was renamed "Dama". The box which accompanies this pen would therefore belong to a resin model but I find it so cute that I decided to use it for this great pen.

The writing sample reads "Dama", but it should actually be 555/F...