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[[Mallat]] is probably one of the oldest manufacturers of writing instruments from around the world, its founding by ''Jean Benoit Mallat'', traces to 1842. In 1852 ''Jean Benoit Mallat'' first patented a pen with metal nib and in 1864 patented the ''Siphoïde'', a real ancestor of a fountain pen, and probably the first writing instrument equipped with a reservoir that has been produced and marketed.

[[Mallat]] is probably one of the oldest manufacturers of writing instruments from around the world, its founding by ''Jean Benoit Mallat'', traces to 1842. In 1852 ''Jean Benoit Mallat'' first patented a pen with metal nib and in 1864 patented the ''Siphoïde'', a real ancestor of a fountain pen, and probably the first writing instrument equipped with a reservoir that has been produced and marketed.

[[Image:1943-Mallat-Plexigraf.jpg|thumb|An advertisement from 1943]]

[[Image:1943-Mallat-Plexigraf.jpg|thumb|An advertisement from 1943]]

From its beginnings, the company always operates in the field of writing materials with nibs and straws and other stationery items, while the actual production of fountain pens only began after  World War I (although there are some who reports the date of 1916) with the introduction of various models: the [[Regulier]] an [[eyedropper filler]] model, the [[Sureté]], a [[safety]] filler, and the [[Automatic]], a [[lever filler]]. They were identified respectively by the letters "R", "S" and "A" before the number of model.

From its beginnings, the company always operates in the field of writing materials with nibs and straws and other stationery items, while the actual production of fountain pens only began after  World War I (although there are some who reports the date of 1916) with the introduction of various models: the [[Regulier]] an [[eyedropper filler]] model, the [[Sureté]], a [[safety]] filler, and the [[Automatic]], a [[lever filler]]. They were identified respectively by the letters "R", "S" and "A" before the number of model.

Having overcome the unlucky period of Second War II, [[Mallat]] was one of the first european companies to realize the potential of injection plastics and began to shift production from [[celluloid]] to it.  In 1943 the plastic made [[Plexigraf]] series was introduced, again a [[button filler]]. It was followed the next year by the [[Plexigraf|Junior Plexigraf]] for the women and  student market. The [[Plexigraf]] model will be produced for all the '40s in different versions, from the first one of 1943, named [[Plexigraf|Plexigraf 14]], to new models like the [[Plexigraf|Plexigraf 225]] and the [[Plexigraf|Plexigraf 315]], always made of black plastic to the coloured [[Plexicolor]] series introduced in 1946.

Having overcome the unlucky period of Second War II, [[Mallat]] was one of the first european companies to realize the potential of injection plastics and began to shift production from [[celluloid]] to it.  In 1943 the plastic made [[Plexigraf]] series was introduced, again a [[button filler]]. It was followed the next year by the [[Plexigraf|Junior Plexigraf]] for the women and  student market. The [[Plexigraf]] model will be produced for all the '40s in different versions, from the first one of 1943, named [[Plexigraf|Plexigraf 14]], to new models like the [[Plexigraf|Plexigraf 225]] and the [[Plexigraf|Plexigraf 315]], always made of black plastic to the coloured [[Plexicolor]] series introduced in 1946.

In the late '40s, when the the ink visibility trend reached the french market, [[Mallat]] produced a [[piston filler]] model, the [[Mallat 310|310]]. In the '50s the company focused its advertising on the characters of Malatin and his dog Whisky (trying to mimic the success of Tintin) and introduced new models named [[Leda]], [[Ambassador]] and [[Commodore]]. They were equipped with chromed or gold plated metal caps, initially made using a [[button filler]] system, they were later converted to the [[accordion filler]].

In the late '40s, when the the ink visibility trend reached the french market, [[Mallat]] produced a [[piston filler]] model, the [[Mallat 310|310]]. In the '50s the company focused its advertising on the characters of Malatin and his dog Whisky (trying to mimic the success of Tintin) and introduced new models named [[Leda]], [[Ambassador]] and [[Commodore]]. They were equipped with chromed or gold plated metal caps, initially made using a [[button filler]] system, they were later converted to the [[accordion filler]].