The [[Wirt]] company was founded in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania by ''Paul E. Wirt'' around [[1884]] as a family business, even if the founder, a lawyer by profession, became involved in the production of fountain pens since [[1880]], obtaining his first patent in [[1882]].<ref>we don't have the patent number but [https://web.archive.org/web/20120314000506/http://www.kamakurapens.com/Paul_Wirt/Paul_Wirt_Company_History.html here] is cited the date October, 11 1882.</ref> | The [[Wirt]] company was founded in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania by ''Paul E. Wirt'' around [[1884]] as a family business, even if the founder, a lawyer by profession, became involved in the production of fountain pens since [[1880]], obtaining his first patent in [[1882]].<ref>we don't have the patent number but [https://web.archive.org/web/20120314000506/http://www.kamakurapens.com/Paul_Wirt/Paul_Wirt_Company_History.html here] is cited the date October, 11 1882.</ref> |