Author: geoff
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Murano Glass Company
We spent our summer vacation in Bologna, Italy this year, making occasional day trips using the local commuter trains to various must-see places. One of our day trips took us...
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Early feeder design
Waterman’s early patent on feeder design, describing the mechanism of feeding the ink downwards to the nib while simultaneously allowing air back up into the reservoir.
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Waterman’s in Canada
I love the link to a Google Street View of the St. Lambert factory, which is now an apartment building – with the Waterman’s logo still above the front door…
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Waterman’s Taperite Stateleigh
Parker had such as success with the hooded nib design of the 51 that many other companies rushed to the market with their own versions. Parker, however, was smart enough...
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Hugo Grün silver desk set
This is a desk set comprised of a nib holder, a letter opener (in ivory) and a wax seal (not yet engraved). The “H Gr.” hallmark indicated that it was...
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Parker VP
Introduced in 1962, the Parker VP (Very Personal) was an attempt to solve a number of problems associated with fountain pens. One was the difficulty that left-handed persons have writing...
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Big Ben
In 1922, the Benzon Trading Company, founded by Niels Benzon, started as the distributor of Wall Eversharp pens in Denmark. By the 1930’s the company had started manufacturing its own...