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Early fountain pens with steel nibs
Started by rhr, Mar 30 2012 07:12 AM
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Posted 30 March 2012 - 07:12 AM
Some early fountain pens were sold without nibs, and any steel, or gold nib could be used with the fountain pen holder, or fountain pen case. Has anyone ever heard of the Tromlitz fountain pen? Well, here's an American Stationer ad for one, and it seems to show an early fountain pen with a steel nib rather than a gold one, and particularly with what looks like an "R. Esterbrook" nib. This is not exactly an early Esterbrook fountain pen, but by the use of an Esterbrook nib in one of these early fountain pens, these pens are at least partially Esterbrook fountain pens.
George Kovalenko.
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Posted 10 April 2012 - 05:55 AM
Brian Anderson sent me a message backchannel to say that the nib in the Tromlitz pen looks like a "Colorado", a gold-plated Esterbrook nib. He said he had also seen other BHR eyedroppers with "Colorado" nibs, and that they must have been so popular in their time that it was a natural to put such a well-known nib in the Tromlitz holder.
He'd also like to buy one, if he could ever find one. ;~) And also a "Duograph". He's been talking them up at pen shows, but nobody has seen them, yet. He's determined to find them.
George Kovalenko.
He'd also like to buy one, if he could ever find one. ;~) And also a "Duograph". He's been talking them up at pen shows, but nobody has seen them, yet. He's determined to find them.
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Posted 27 April 2012 - 07:17 AM
Here's another early fountain pen with an Esterbrook "Colorado" nib in an ad from the American Stationer, but here it's called a bronze nib. The Diamond Point Pen Co. started off with ads for fountain pens with Aluminum nibs, but then they progressed to pens with "Colorado Bronze" nibs, probably supplied by Esterbrook.
Since they had Esterbrook supply the bronze nibs, they probably got their Aluminum nibs from another supplier as well, someone such as A. L. Salomon.
But then they finally progressed to 14kt gold nibs as well. They started off making cheap novelty fountain pens, but they ended up making good-quality, second-tier pens, especially their RHR pens in the 1920s.
Here are some of their later pens in an image from Bruce Marshall's website, Fountain Pen Resources. I love the flared, trumpet-shape of the section, and the two little side kerfs on the broad, flat-bottomed feed.
George Kovalenko.
Since they had Esterbrook supply the bronze nibs, they probably got their Aluminum nibs from another supplier as well, someone such as A. L. Salomon.
But then they finally progressed to 14kt gold nibs as well. They started off making cheap novelty fountain pens, but they ended up making good-quality, second-tier pens, especially their RHR pens in the 1920s.
Here are some of their later pens in an image from Bruce Marshall's website, Fountain Pen Resources. I love the flared, trumpet-shape of the section, and the two little side kerfs on the broad, flat-bottomed feed.
George Kovalenko.
rhrpen(at)gmail.com
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