History portal

History portal arguments

As mentioned, despite the presence of various precursors, the history of modern fountain pen is traced back to the late 1800s, when first models began to be industrially produced and marketed on a large scale becoming usable and used in the everyday life. The historical period covered by this site and its various pages in it should therefore be referenced by these early days until the 60s, when industrial production of writing instruments focused primarily on the ballpoint, and the attention was focused on the creation of disposable pens at the lowest price possible. This page reports the criteria adopted for the reconstruction of historical data used in the site pages.

A list of historical manufacturers

The following is a list (strictly in alphabetical order) of the main historical brands of fountain pens. In recent years, driven by the return of attention to this writing instrument, there has been a flourishing of new companies, and also the "resurrection" of some historical brands that were closed long time ago, just to produce bad imitation of old models or pretentious luxury items with little value from technical or stylistical point of view. Here are listed only those brands which are between the main historical producers of fountain pens, and that were present on the market from before the '50s. To open a section on recent productions all interested people are invited to contribute. A more detailed list, with all minor brands and sub-brands can be found here. Aikin Lambert Ancora Astoria Aurora Stylo Bayard Caw's Cameron Carter Ink Company Chilton Columbus Conklin Conway-Stewart Crocker A. T. Cross Company Diamond Dunn Eagle Eclipse Edacoto Elmo Montegrappa Esterbrook Faber-Castell Geha Gold Starry Goldfink John Holland Gold Pen Company Kaweco Lamy Lang - Curzon - Summit LeBoeuf Luxor Mallat Mars Staedtler Matador Météore Montblanc Gmbh Morrison Moore Nettuno OMAS Onoto Osmia Parker Pen Company Pelikan Platinum Pilot Pen Corporation Radius Reform Rotring Sailor Pens Sheaffer Pen Co. Soennecken Stylomine Swan Mabie Todd Pens Tabo Tibaldi Tropen Uhu Unic Wahl Eversharp A. A. Waterman L. E. Waterman Company Wearever Wirt Wyvern

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Ads of the day
Scansione di una pubblicità Eversharp del dicembre 1928 per diversi modelli fra cui Deco Band e Wahl Engine Turned. Pubblicata sul The Saturday Evening Post.

Pen of the day
Foto di una Waterman modello 52 in ebanite cesellata.

Brand of the day
Swan