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Fend

Versione del 18 feb 2014 alle 02:30 di Piccardi (discussione | contributi)

German company, based in Pforzheim. Founded in 1900[1] it is known for metal working. It is also known for the production of pens with high quality overlay in rolled gold metal or silver, which were also used by other manufacturers for their models. It is also believed to be the producer of most overlays used by Montblanc in the '20s and '30s.

The company, however, is much better known for its production of mechanical pencils are able to maintain and use various mines in different colors, marketed under the Norma brand. There are present in many advertising, like those that are listed below. Around 1930[2] a foreign branch under was founded in Milan (as "Fratelli Fend di E. Fend"), which produced good safety pens (company was active in the overlay production) distributed under the name of Fendograph.

Also in the '30s in the United States was present with the Norma brand the company Norma Multicolor, Inc., New York, NY, also producing mechanical pencils. It remained active until 1967. In the '50s it produced models made ​​entirely of metal. Sometime Norma Multicolor is indicated as another Fend branch, but it seems more likely to be a completely different company.

Known models: Fend Norma with a particular conical nib.

References: [1], [2], [3]

Available material:

Notes

  1. ↑ for the date we take as reference this FPN thread and not the 1899 mentioned by other sites and by the Lambrou book.
  2. ↑ according to Letizia Jacopini book, that reports the beginning of '30s.


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