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Montblanc 204
The Montblanc 204 was made in Denmark from 1950 to 1954 and was available in two colours: coral red and black. It’s a button filler made of celluloid, and (as...
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Penol Ambassador #5
Penol’s top-of-the-line pen was the Ambassador series, which started production in 1942. The third series in the line was started around October of 1946 and lasted less than a year....
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The Avondale
This was the first pen I’ve made using cumberland ebonite, so I decided to make it a little homage to the Waterman 7. The curves on the cap are more...
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Parker Service Manuals
Archive.org has a small collection of Parker Service manuals from 1920 to 1960.
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Sheaffer’s Crest Deluxe 1500 / 600 set
This is a Crest Deluxe 1500 vacuum filler fountain pen with a 500 mechanical pencil made by Sheaffer in the early-to-mid 1940s. The barrels of both are brown striated with...
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Waterman 0552 1/2 L.E.C.
I’m quite certain that this pen has an interesting history that I’ll never learn. The model number gives us lots of information about it already: 0: gold filled5: full overlay5:...
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Waterman numbering system
There’s a very nice summary on this page. The 1925 catalogue (available for viewing and download from archive.org) contains the page below with similar information.
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Cantor Lectures 1905
Reservoir, Stylographic, and Fountain Pens. by James P. Maginnis. Lecture delivered February 6, 1905.
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American Stationer
Issues of the American Stationer are available on archive.org 1874 April 6 – 1874 Dec 23 1875 Jan 8 – 1876 Jan 8 1878 Jan 3 – 1878 Dec 26...
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Conklin Catalogues 1929 – 1937
Link to archive.org
