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Model list
The table below lists pages devoted to Conklin models, with a production start date and a discontinuation date; keep in mind, however, that in many cases these dates, particularly the discontinuation date, may simply be indicative.
Production started | Production ended | |
---|---|---|
Conklin Crescent Filler | 1898 | 1924 |
Conklin Lever Filler | 1921 | 1924 |
Endura | 1923 | 1938 |
Nozac | 1931 | 1938 |
Glider | 1938 | 1948 |
Chronology
Year | Event |
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1898 | the company is founded by Roy Conklin in Toledo, Ohio as Self-Filling Fountain Pen Company |
1901 | the Self Fountain Pen Co. is renamed as Conklin Pen Manufacturing Co |
1903 | the company hires Mark Twain as testimonial in its advertisement campaign |
1904 | Roy Conklin retires selling his quotes on the company (or 1907) |
1907 | the Conklin Pen Manufacturing Co was renamed Conklin Pen Company (do not match with patent data) |
1909 | the company starts imprinting "trade mark crescent filler" on the crescent of crescent filler |
1916 | the company introduces its spring clip |
1918 | the company starts imprinting its brand name Conklin on the other side of crescent filler cescent |
1920 | the company removes the addition of the Saxon genitive "'s" to the name |
1921 | the company introduces the first lever filler models |
1923 | the company introduces the Duragraph |
1924 | the company introduces the Endura |
1925 | the company retires the crescent filler |
1929 | the company introduces the Black and Pearl color on the Endura |
1930 | the company introduces the All-American sub-brand for economic production (uncertain date[1]) |
1930 | the company introduces the Streamlined Endura Symetrik |
1930 | the company retires the Endura Flattop version |
1931 | the company introduces the Nozac |
1932 | the company introduces the Word gauge on the Nozac |
1937 | the company introduces the One Stroke |
1937 | the company introduces the Cushon Point nibs |
1938 | the company introduces the Glider |
1938 | all Conklin assets are sold to a Chicago investor group |
1938 | the company retires the Endura Symetrik |
1938 | the company retires the Nozac |
1939 | Conklin production is transferred to Chicago |
1948 | the company ceases operations |
- ↑ All-American models are shown in the 1930-31 Conklin catalog.