Translations:Saratoga/5/en

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In the early 40's the company between Webber and Mengoni broke up, presumably at the end of 1941, when Webber recorded under his own name the Saratoga brand (Reg. Gen. N. 64297), formerly registered with Mengoni, and was also dismissed the production of the pens by OMAS. In 1942, the Aurital trademark (Reg. Gen. N. 65269) was applied for, used as a gold substitute for "autarkic" alloy nibs. Edoardo Russo Webber continued to produce fountain pens, relying on manufacturers of lesser value with a corresponding reduction in the pens quality. After the war he produced other piston filler pens, marked Saratoga-Webber. The production went on with hooded nb models that were a clear Parker 51 imitation, very similar to the analogous Radius products. There are traces of the use of the Saratoga trademark at least until 1973, in the renewal of the registration.