Vintage Pen News

The Bird Bill Pen Company (previous post here ) had little success with its namesake product, but found a solid seller in its stylographic p...

The manner in which tipping material was applied to nibs a century ago often differs markedly from how it is done today. This is particula...

A friend acquired the pen shown above earlier this year. Our page on Waterman overlay patterns describes it as follows: An uncommon Fi...

An ongoing project, eventually to be published in the PCA's magazine, The Pennant , has centered on a small number of early Parker 51s...

Pearl tapers on Victorian dip pens are common; abalone, much less so. And alternating pearl and abalone? This is the first example I can ...

The question of who started making celluloid fountain pens, and when, is somewhat reminiscent of discussions of who discovered America. She...

Most pen collectors have never heard of John Held and the Held Fountain Pen Manufacturing Company. Held's pens are not often seen, and...

Even though they were manufactured in large quantities, filigree overlays required a great deal of hand work. Still, it is notable how min...

Held pens are scarce and their background story is not yet clear. I will be posting some new research results shortly, but for now let...

A while ago I wrote about a special Waterman made for presentation to President Taft . Inquiries about this pen to the William Howard Taf...