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[[Immagine:Logo-Montegrappa.svg|center|400px|Elmo Montegrappa Logo]]

[[Immagine:Logo-Montegrappa.svg|center|400px|Elmo Montegrappa Logo]]

[[Montegrappa]] contends to [[Tibaldi]] and [[Aurora]] for the primacy of beeing first Italian fountain pens producer. Although the company is undoubtedly the oldest of three, it was founded as a manufacturer of nibs for fountain pens, whose production seems rather starting back to the early 20's. The company, along with [[Aurora]] and [[Omas]] is one of the longest living Italian producers, remained in operation until the present day. In 2001 the company was purchased by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richemont Richemont group] (the same owner of [[Montblanc]]).{{Infobox_Brand|Montegrappa}}

La [[Montegrappa]] contende a [[Aurora]] e [[Tibaldi]] il primato di primo produttore italiano di penne stilografiche. Benché senz'altro l'azienda sia la più antica delle tre, essa nasce come produttore di pennini per stilografiche, la cui produzione invece sembra risalire soltanto all'inizio degli anni '20. L'azienda resta comunque, insieme ad [[Aurora]] uno dei più longevi produttori italiani, rimasto sempre in attività fino ai nostri giorni. Nel 2000 l'azienda è stata acquistata dal gruppo [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richemont Richemont] (lo stesso proprietario di [[Montblanc]]) per essere ri-acquisita a fine 2009 dalla famiglia Aquila. {{Infobox_Marca|Montegrappa}}{{BrandData|Founder=Edwige Hoffman, Heinrich Helm|Date=1912|ProdDate=1920|Place=Bassano del Grappa|Country=IT|Fullname=Manifattura Pennini Oro per Stilografiche - The Elmo Pen|Trademarks=Elmo,Domino}}

== History ==

== Storia ==

[[Image:Montegrappa-Extra-154-Capped.jpg|thumb|A [[Montegrappa]] in celluloid]]

[[Image:Montegrappa-Extra-154-Capped.jpg|thumb|A [[Montegrappa]] in celluloid]]

The [[Montegrappa]] history is rather complex, the company was founded in [[1912]] in Bassano del Grappa with the name ''"Manifattura Pennini Oro per Stilografiche - The Elmo Pen"''<ref>date and name comes form Giuseppe Fichera research published on the book ''Montegrappa'' of 1999.</ref> by ''Edwige Hoffman'' and ''Heidrich Helm''. It would therefore be more correct to refer to it with the ''[[Elmo]]'' name, used also for some models, since the use of the [[Montegrappa]] brand, with which it is now universally known, is much more late. Moreover, as the name testifies, the company initially produce only pens nibs, so it is at least arguable the claim to qualify itself as the first Italian manufacturer of fountain pens<ref>this title belongs instead to  [[Uhlmann's Eterno]], founded before and for which is known a production starting at least from 1913.</ref> since the production of the latter will not start until the beginning of the '20s.  

The [[Montegrappa]] history is rather complex, the company was founded in [[1912]] in Bassano del Grappa with the name ''"Manifattura Pennini Oro per Stilografiche - The Elmo Pen"''<ref>date and name comes form Giuseppe Fichera research published on the book ''Montegrappa'' of 1999.</ref> by ''Edwige Hoffman'' and ''Heinrich Helm''. It would therefore be more correct to refer to it with the ''[[Elmo]]'' name, used also for some models, since the use of the [[Montegrappa]] brand, with which it is now universally known, is much more late. Moreover, as the name testifies, the company initially produce only pens nibs, so it is at least arguable the claim to qualify itself as the first Italian manufacturer of fountain pens<ref>this title belongs instead to  [[Uhlmann's Eterno]], founded before and for which is known a production starting at least from 1913.</ref> since the production of the latter will not start until the beginning of the '20s.  

The initial production of [[Montegrappa]] has been dated to the beginning of the '20s, they were hard rubber pens produced with both [[eyedropper filler|eyedropper]] of [[safety]] filling system. In this period were produced two different lines, the ''[[Modelli iniziali Montegrappa|Elmo]]'', a [[safety]] pen with a design very similar to the German production of the same time (with rounded cap and barrel end) and ''[[Modelli iniziali Montegrappa|The Elmo Pen]]'' who instead imitated the style of american pens like [[Waterman 42]], with flat cap and barrel end.  

The initial production of [[Montegrappa]] has been dated to the beginning of the '20s, they were hard rubber pens produced with both [[eyedropper filler|eyedropper]] of [[safety]] filling system. In this period were produced two different lines, the ''[[Modelli iniziali Montegrappa|Elmo]]'', a [[safety]] pen with a design very similar to the German production of the same time (with rounded cap and barrel end) and ''[[Modelli iniziali Montegrappa|The Elmo Pen]]'' who instead imitated the style of american pens like [[Waterman 42]], with flat cap and barrel end.