The Kraker Pen Company Part II: Growth, Good Times, and Closure
This article also appears in the Winter 2020 Pennant, the magazine of the Pen Collectors of...
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Read MoreEarly Life Harvey Green Craig was born on February 3, 1892 in St. Louis County, Missouri to Robert...
Read MoreInvention In 1908, Walter A. Sheaffer invented a new mechanism for filling fountain pens. This was...
Read MoreExploring the Wing Sung 626, a recent Chinese clone of the Sheaffer Balance II. Introduction A few...
Read MoreExploring what could have been Sheaffer’s competitor to the Pilot Vanishing Point Backstory...
Read MoreThe Snapfil pen was introduced on July 14, 1918, with a half-page ad in the Chicago Tribune the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The Snapfil pen combined the ergonomic, balanced design of the previous Houston pens with the new Snapfil mechanism.
Read MoreKraker Drawings From the Sheaffer Pen Museum Archieves Harvey Craig Drawing Not dated, presumed to...
Read MoreThis article also appears in the Spring 2020 Pennant, the magazine of the Pen Collectors of...
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