tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000975408141883421.post4357619600563773103..comments2024-03-28T09:13:39.913-04:00Comments on Vintage Pen News: Greek nib breaththroughUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000975408141883421.post-26204284802659338422020-09-25T22:07:57.516-04:002020-09-25T22:07:57.516-04:00Amazing! So many years of reading your blog and I...Amazing! So many years of reading your blog and I had missed the initial postings. <br />Excellent details and the connections with the greek politics of the era is amazing.<br />King Konstantinos (whose portrait was featured in one of the pens and Venizelos (prime minister who visited the Settles factory) were the leaders of the two sides of the greek civil war which was playing at the same a-zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16834057491045076083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000975408141883421.post-10920374077621435242020-09-11T18:01:50.321-04:002020-09-11T18:01:50.321-04:00Thank you David and Panos (Efaristo!)
Naturally,...Thank you David and Panos (Efaristo!) <br /><br />Naturally, I had to check eBay:<br /><br />https://www.ebay.ca/itm/SECURITY-PEN-KRITIKSON-MOTLED-RED-BLACK-HARD-RUBBER-FOUNTAIN-PEN/114379816196<br /><br />Alan Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12163255067102493914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000975408141883421.post-48390642283427005762020-08-22T18:40:53.566-04:002020-08-22T18:40:53.566-04:00Thank you for this piece. I hope you don't min...Thank you for this piece. I hope you don't mind me asking you this here, but I need some help:<br /><br />I am married to the great grandson of John Kritikson. The pens are a legend in the family (As well as his other invention, the loaf burger). <br /><br />However, there are no Kritikson pens in the family. Where can I go to acquire one? Do you know of anyone who is selling? Thank you! waiting to deliver https://www.blogger.com/profile/04411640122108696144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000975408141883421.post-57136316785603082922020-08-10T15:07:45.664-04:002020-08-10T15:07:45.664-04:00Excellent and enjoyable sleuthing demonstrated he...Excellent and enjoyable sleuthing demonstrated here. Thanks.<br />Andrew Timarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13980828958684029411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000975408141883421.post-78577772692720582202020-08-09T10:54:49.153-04:002020-08-09T10:54:49.153-04:00Smyrna was occupied by Greece from 1919 until it w...Smyrna was occupied by Greece from 1919 until it was retaken by the Turks and then largely destroyed by fire in 1922.<br />Before then, it was a strongly Greek city despite centuries of Ottoman rule. Per Wikipedia:<br /><br />"Greek influence was so strong in the area that the Turks called it "Smyrna of the infidels" (Gavur İzmir). While Turkish sources track the emergence of the Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14840124542576619486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000975408141883421.post-44527105380482367202020-08-08T08:38:47.808-04:002020-08-08T08:38:47.808-04:00According to his "Declaration of Intention&qu...According to his "Declaration of Intention" associated with his naturalization, John Kritikson was still living in NY in 1911. His occupation is once again described as "Gold Pen Maker".<br /><br />It's interesting that at different times, he lists himself as coming from Smyrna, Greece or from Smyrna, Turkey. The naturalization paper lists Turkey.<br />Jan Koenighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15552440217204397127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000975408141883421.post-76344700866583753002020-08-08T08:30:04.178-04:002020-08-08T08:30:04.178-04:00According to the two Kritikson's WWI draft car...According to the two Kritikson's WWI draft cards, on June 5, 1917 they were living together and they both were employed as "gold pen makers" at CE Barrett. <br />Jan Koenighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15552440217204397127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000975408141883421.post-12734861476128143862020-08-07T18:20:57.282-04:002020-08-07T18:20:57.282-04:00Wonderful stuff! Grateful to both of you for post...Wonderful stuff! Grateful to both of you for posting it -Jon Veleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16324280175564551826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000975408141883421.post-74743642584791112652020-08-07T16:36:16.278-04:002020-08-07T16:36:16.278-04:00And there is this from the April 1922 edition of &...And there is this from the April 1922 edition of "Office Appliances: The Magazine of Office Eauipment"<br /><br />https://www.dropbox.com/s/v7emnseemvzj4k8/Settles%20Pen%20Co.%20%282%29.pdf?dl=0<br /><br />And from Geyer's<br /><br />https://www.google.com/books/edition/Geyer_s_Stationer/epo7AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22illinois+pen+co.%22+%22kritikson%22&pg=PP59&Jan Koenighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15552440217204397127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000975408141883421.post-53202827536640910442020-08-07T16:23:57.069-04:002020-08-07T16:23:57.069-04:00Settles is shown in 1921 at the same address.
htt...Settles is shown in 1921 at the same address.<br /><br />https://www.dropbox.com/s/4mnunymtu1is5tg/Settles%20Pen%20Co.%20-%20Newspapers.com.pdf?dl=0<br />Jan Koenighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15552440217204397127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000975408141883421.post-90921693733832371202020-08-07T16:18:09.356-04:002020-08-07T16:18:09.356-04:00Fascinating. Great piece of research and well laid...Fascinating. Great piece of research and well laid out story!Jan Koenighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15552440217204397127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000975408141883421.post-1689561980781898852020-08-07T16:04:49.141-04:002020-08-07T16:04:49.141-04:00How wonderful that Panos took the time to do the r...How wonderful that Panos took the time to do the research on the history of these pens and forwarded this information to you and then you to the rest of us. Thanks for posting his letter, David...!!!Michael Quitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773460237293621323noreply@blogger.com