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Although [[:File:1903-08-Aikin-Lambert-Mercantile.jpg|this advertisement]] is showing a significant link with the [[Wirt]] (they were dealers at least until August 1903), in the second half of the first decade of the century ''Aikin Lambert'' was influenced and maintained very close relations with its neighbour [[Waterman]], on behalf of which it produced the mechanical pencils, and from which it was absorbed in the period between [[1906]] and [[1911]], becoming in practice a subbrand.<ref>The complete acquisition would take place in the first half of 1911 according to the detailed historical reconstruction of David Nishimura, reported [http://vintagepensblog.blogspot.it/2012/12/waterman-and-aikin-lambert.html here], we will refer to its dates, considered more reliable than the generic reference to the 1920s made [https://web.archive.org/web/20130613224607/http://www.pensandwatches.com/_pages/pen_company_photos/Aikin_Lambert_pen_company.htm here] and the reference to 1915 made [http://web.archive.org/web/20120229121047/http://www.kamakurapens.com/Manhattan/AikinLambert.html here].</ref> However, production continued for some years: at the beginning were produced hard rubber models that were substantially identical to the analogues of [[Waterman]], but also models in celluloid of good quality.

Although [[:File:1903-08-Aikin-Lambert-Mercantile.jpg|this advertisement]] is showing a significant link with the [[Wirt]] (they were dealers at least until August 1903), in the second half of the first decade of the century ''Aikin Lambert'' was influenced and maintained very close relations with its neighbour [[Waterman]], on behalf of which it produced the mechanical pencils, and from which it was absorbed in the period between [[1906]] and [[1911]], becoming in practice a subbrand.<ref>The complete acquisition would take place in the first half of 1911 according to the detailed historical reconstruction of David Nishimura, reported [http://vintagepensblog.blogspot.it/2012/12/waterman-and-aikin-lambert.html here], we will refer to its dates, considered more reliable than the generic reference to the 1920s made [https://web.archive.org/web/20130613224607/http://www.pensandwatches.com/_pages/pen_company_photos/Aikin_Lambert_pen_company.htm here] and the reference to 1915 made [http://web.archive.org/web/20120229121047/http://www.kamakurapens.com/Manhattan/AikinLambert.html here].</ref> However, production continued for some years: at the beginning were produced hard rubber models that were substantially identical to the analogues of [[Waterman]], but also models in celluloid of good quality.

In the following years the quality of the ''Aikin Lambert'' pens began to degrade progressively, and in the '30s the production was substantially limited to the production of the cheapest lines of pens; the prestige of the brand was thus progressively reduced until its definitive disappearance.

In the following years the quality of the [[Aikin Lambert]] pens began to degrade progressively, and in the '30s the production was substantially limited to the production of the cheapest lines of pens; the prestige of the brand was thus progressively reduced until its definitive disappearance.

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