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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Category: North American Pens
The Sheaffer Flat-Top Pen
Invention In 1908, Walter A. Sheaffer invented a new mechanism for filling fountain pens. This was...
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The Wing Sung 626 – A Balance II Clone
Exploring the Wing Sung 626, a recent Chinese clone of the Sheaffer Balance II. Introduction A few...
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Sheaffer 1041 – A Prototype Cap-less Fountain Pen
Exploring what could have been Sheaffer’s competitor to the Pilot Vanishing Point Backstory...
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The Snapfil Fountain Pen
The 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.
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