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Catalogue Studio 29 Pen Box 1 Catalogue Studio 29 Pen box Antique, classic and exclusive fountain pens Fountain pens Fountain pens with a rich past-writers are our passion. We are pleased to offer you the opportunity to share our passion. In many cases you can already get a fountain pen with a gold nib for less than € 100. And all fountain pens are suitable for daily use. Service All fountain pens, antique, classic or exclusive, are fully checked and if necessary repaired or overhauled, so you can use them daily without any reservation and trouble-free. Those who love fountain pens Every lover of fountain pens must have the pleasure to write with a fountain pen, that is not only beautiful to look at, but also suitable for every (Picture from Brisbane Pens de Lux Group catalog 2010) day use. If in addition to possessing fountain pens, also writing is your passion, then decide experiencing to write with an antique fountain pen. The fountain pen source April 2015 2 Studio 29 Pen box www.studio29penbox.nl Lépine, Mabie Todd, Mont Blanc, Parker, Pelikan, Stipula, Union, Valeria Matta, Visconti en Waterman. Fountain pens in this catalogue are divided into antique, classic (or modern vintage) and exclusive pens. Antique fountain pens cover the period from 1920 to 1952. Classic pens cover the period from 1953 to1990, and Exclusive pens in the end from 1990 to 2010. Collection consists of Lépine, Mabie Todd, Mont Blanc, Parker, Pelikan, Stipula, Union, Valeria Matta, Visconti en Waterman. (Picture from Brisbane Pens de Lux Group catalog 2010) Fountain pens are accessories as well as writing instruments. Many are works of art in their own right. And even simple, cheap fountain pens are often very elegant. If you do a lot of writing, fountain pens are often much more comfortable to use than even the best roller ball because you can use such a light touch with them. The fountain pen source 2 Studio 29 Pen box www.studio29penbox.nl Content Chapter 1 Catalogue by brand Page • Lépine 4 Brief history from brands with detailed • Mabie Todd 5 information about available fountain • Mont Blanc 12 pens • Parker 13 • Pelikan 15 • Stipula 16 • Valeria Matta 17 • Visconti 18 • Waterman 21 Chapter 2 Convertors and cartridges 26 Which cartridges and convertors can be used Chapter 3 Keep your fountain pen in a 27 Tips for cleaning, removing scratches good condition and polishing surfaces and nibs Chapter 4 General information, sales and 28 References to sources, auctions auctionhouses and general information about fountainpens and penparts "Men moet het leven tot kalmte manen als men gaat schrijven." F.B. Hotz The fountain pen source 3 Studio 29 Pen box www.studio29penbox.nl B.&J.Lépine Classic and modern vintage fountain pens. Period 2000 - 2010 through four generations, combining the Jura tradition of ingenuity and Swiss tradition of quality, use their craftman’s hands to produce remarkable objects like magicians. Based in the Haut – Jura, a rugged and beautiful region close to Switzerland, the Jean- Pierre Lépine firm constantly pushes new boundaries in its pursuit of new shapes and technological inventions to make writing instruments, self winding watches and accesoiries in which the imagination knows no bounds. Benjamin Lépine with his computers and 3D graphics software generates the ideas and builds and develops the shapes which he then refines down to the last micron. Every item in their catalogue is manufactured in their own workshops. The articles are machined from a single oiece, designed in precious resine, brass, aluminium, methacrylate, acetate, gold, silver, rare woods, stainless steel or using cutting edge tecnologies and then put through a series of complex operations to achieve a perfect finish. A close committed technical team with expertise and a culture of luxury passed down Lépine Indigo € 60,- Production period 2000 – 2010. Polished stainless steel, resin, silver trim. Steel nib. New condition. Mini convertor included. Comes in box, see picture below. The fountain pen source 4 Studio 29 Pen box www.studio29penbox.nl Mabie Todd Antique fountain pens. An interesting aside: in French the bird, ‘swan’, is Period 1920 – 1952 ‘signe’. ‘Signe’’ in French has two meanings: the bird, swan, but also the verb to sign. Was this an unintentional play on words? It hardly seems likely, given the purpose of a fountain pen, and yet even in Mabie Todd’s 1927 advertising slogan: ‘Sign it with a Swan’ there is no allusion to this French double meaning – this despite the pens being sold in France at the time. Strange. Mabie Todd & Co Ltd . The origins of Mabie pens and pencils (cygnet, Katydid, Dace etc). Todd & Co go back as far as the earliest of The American company failed to match the fountain pen companies. Like Pelikan (and innovative zeal of its domestic competitors around the same time as that German company around this time and the New York Mabie Todd started business) John Mabie and Henry Todd company agreed to sell its interest in the founded a company to make pencils and dip- English operation to Mabie Todd & Co Ltd of pen holders, in 1843. Four years later they London in 1915. joined with Bard Brothers who made gold nibs. But it wasn’t until 1873, a decade before L. E. In the 1920s a wide range of colours was Waterman and George Parker founded their introduced by the English company for their fine companies, that Mabie, Todd & Bard Co was quality pens, exploiting new plastics from formed under the direction of the immensely America, in lapis lazuli, jade green, Nile green, capable and versatile William Washington lavender, tangerine, fuschia and scarlet. This Stewart. led to even greater success. In 1932 a leverless pen was introduced, further With an eye on the European market, in 1884 invigorating the commercial success of the an English branch was established, together company with a quality, particularly their lizard with the ‘Swan’ name – making it one of the and marble designs that are among the most oldest of all pen model names that would exquisite pens ever made in plastic. dominate the Twentieth Century. In 1907, both Jonathan Bard, and the comma after ‘Mabie’, In 1936 the Visofil enabled ink-level monitoring, departed. Thus Mabie Todd & Co was born, following the trend of companies like Pelikan tripping much more easily off the tongue, with and Montblanc. Pens were produced in London production continuing on both sides of the while their gold nibs were made in Birmingham Atlantic. During the First World War, Mabie and ink in Liverpool. The fortunes of the Todd & Co developed a ‘Trench Pen’ that company were not shared on the USA side, offered soldiers the advantage of dry ink however, and the American company closed capsules to avoid the problem of transporting down in 1938. bottles of liquid ink. So all through this first third of the Twentieth The ‘Swan’ brand of fountain pen became Century there are Mabie Todds made both known as the pen of the British Empire while a England and USA, the English pens often being lower-grade fountain pen was named the equipped with the American nibs, marked ‘N. Blackbird. Indeed a bird/insect/fish theme Y.’ for New York. With all manufacture now in permeated Mabie Todd’s range of stylographic England, the London office (Sunderland House) The fountain pen source 5 Studio 29 Pen box www.studio29penbox.nl was completely destroyed during the Second In 1948 the company decided to go public but World War by German aerial bombardment, this was not successful, the 1950s seeing a followed by the factory in North London decline in quality, till a large block of shares (Harlesden). In common with a number of other were bought by Biro Pens. pen companies on both sides of the conflict, production was switched mainly to armaments The ‘Swan’ name, no doubt being seen as the – now in Mabie Todd’s City of London better part of the company whose shares they premises. had secured, merged with ‘Biro’ to make ‘Biro At the end of the War, and as an interesting Swan’. historical footnote to pen-filling methods, a lack This company in turn was bought by BIC in of rubber prompted the company to return to 1957, bringing to an end the history of one of eyedropper pen manufacture for the first time the greatest names in fountain pen since the much-welcomed demise of this rather manufacturing history. cumbersome system in the 1920s. Swan SF1, black € 125,- Production year 1920 – 1928. Black hard rubber with wave pattern barrel and cap, gold trim. Gold 14k nib 1, original Mabie Todd. Lever, self filler with new sac. Crisp imprint. Including original box, papers and shown metal pocket clip. Good condition, ready for daily use. Shown beige box not included. Swan SF2, 3 rings, black & wood € 110,- pattern with clip. Production year 1920 – 1928. Black hard rubber barrel and cap, gold trim with three wide gold bands and one wood pattern band. Gold 14k nib 2, original Mabie Todd. Lever, self filler with new sac. Crisp imprint. Good condition, ready for daily use. Shown box not included. Swan SF230, 3 rings, black & wood € 125,- pattern Production year 1928. Black hard rubber barrel and cap, gold trim with three wide gold bands and one wood pattern band. Gold 14k nib 2, original Mabie Todd. Lever, self filler with new sac. Crisp imprint. Good condition, ready for daily use. Shown box not included. Swan SF230, 3 rings black red ripple € 150,- Production year 1926. Red ripple black hard rubber barrel, cap and section, gold trim with three wide gold bands. Gold 14k nib 2, original Mabie Todd.
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