In this last period, the pens were of lesser quality, produced with thinner and lower quality materials. In 1932, in a crisis where fountain pens market suffered a strong decline, the company decided to concentrate production on its main product, the inks, and left the fountain pen market, although it [[Carter]] pens could be found up to around 1938, presumably as the result of blending pieces of scrap derived from production. | In this last period, the pens were of lesser quality, produced with thinner and lower quality materials. In 1932, in a crisis where fountain pens market suffered a strong decline, the company decided to concentrate production on its main product, the inks, and left the fountain pen market, although it [[Carter]] pens could be found up to around 1938, presumably as the result of blending pieces of scrap derived from production. |