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<noinclude>{{Infobox_Brand|Aikin Lambert}}</noinclude>[[Aikin Lambert]] was born in New York in [[1864]] from the union of two jewellers, James Cornelious Aikin and Henry Lambert, who joined forces to enter the then emerging market of writing instruments. Their initial production was focused on pencils and straws for nibs, made of precious metals, and companies such as [[Waterman]] and [[Wirt]] were supplied by them for the nibs. Around 1880 they began to market the first fountain pens as agents of the [[Wirt]].  

<noinclude>{{Infobox_Brand|Aikin Lambert}}</noinclude>[[Aikin Lambert]] was born in New York in [[1864]] from the union of two jewellers, James Cornelious Aikin and Henry Lambert, who joined forces to enter the then emerging market of writing instruments. Their initial production was focused on pencils and straws for nibs, made of precious metals, and companies such as [[Waterman]] and [[Wirt]] were supplied by them for the nibs. Around 1880 they began to market the first fountain pens as agents of the [[Wirt]].

[[Image:AikinLambertNib.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Nib marked ''A.L.Co'']]

[[Image:AikinLambertNib.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Nib marked ''A.L.Co'']]

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.

===External references===

===External references===

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120229121047/http://www.kamakurapens.com/Manhattan/AikinLambert.html] Page from the Kamakura Pens decommissioned site

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120229121047/http://www.kamakurapens.com/Manhattan/AikinLambert.html] Page from the Kamakura Pens decommissioned site

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{{CategorizeBrand|U.S.A.|Secondary brand}}

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