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The Parker 51 is a fountain pen first introduced in 1941. Parker marketed it as "The World’s Most Wanted Pen", a slogan alluding to restrictions on production of consumer goods for civilian markets in the United States during World War II. Parker's continual advertising during the war created demand that took several years to fulfil after the ...
Priced at: $1.47 million. With only one of these produced each year, this Diamante fountain pen boasts a platinum barrel encrusted with over 30 carats of De Beers diamonds and an 18-karat gold nib ...
He received his first fountain pen related patent in 1889. [3] In 1894, Parker received a patent on his "Lucky Curve" fountain pen feed, [4] which was claimed to draw excess ink back into the pen barrel when the pen was not in use. The company's first successful pen, released in 1899, was the Parker Jointless. The Lucky Curve feed was used in ...
In 1888 he founded the Parker Pen Company and the next year he received his first fountain pen patent. By 1908, his factory on Main Street in Janesville was reportedly the largest pen manufacturing facility in the world. Parker eventually became one of the world's premier pen brands, and one of the first brands with a global presence.
In the 1960s Sailor launched a pen with 21 gold nibs, a world first. [3] In 1963, the company introduced a handy, small pen with a cap clip that allowed the pen to be carried in a breast pocket or shirt pocket. The company also launched the first brush pen, a type of writing instrument derived from Japanese calligraphy brushes.
Fountain Pens for the Million, The History of Conway Stewart 1905–2005. Shelley and Peacock; Marlow, UK. ISBN 978-0-9563444-1-0. Lambrou, Andreas (2003). Fountain Pens of the World. Philip Wilson Publishers, London. ISBN 0-3020-0668-0. Lambrou, Andreas (2000). Fountain Pens of the United States of America and the United Kingdom. Philip Wilson ...
A fountain pen is a writing instrument that uses a metal nib to apply water-based ink, or special pigment ink—suitable for fountain pens—to paper.It is distinguished from earlier dip pens by using an internal reservoir to hold ink, eliminating the need to repeatedly dip the pen in an inkwell during use.
The first model was produced in 1921 and was a large pen – 5.5 inches long when capped. It was made of a showy bright red hard rubber and expensively priced at $7.00, equivalent to $120 in 2023. The original full-sized Duofold was soon joined by the smaller Duofold Junior, Duofold Special, and Lady Duofold.