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The Platinum Pen Company is a Japanese pen manufacturer based in TaitÅ, Tokyo known for the introduction in 1956 of the world’s first cartridge type fountain pen, and in 1967 for the first fountain pen with a platinum nib.
A fountain pen is a writing instrument that uses a metal nib to apply water-based ink, or special pigment ink—suitable for fountain pens—to paper.It is distinguished from earlier dip pens by using an internal reservoir to hold ink, eliminating the need to repeatedly dip the pen in an inkwell during use.
He received his first fountain pen patent in 1908, for a lever-filler, but did not put his design into production until 1912. The new business was incorporated at the end of January 1913 as the W.A. Sheaffer Pen Company; its success was rapid, and the jewelry store was soon sold. Within ten years, the company had joined the top rank of American ...
He received his first fountain pen related patent in 1889. [3] In 1894, Parker received a patent on his "Lucky Curve" fountain pen feed, [4] which was claimed to draw excess ink back into the pen barrel when the pen was not in use. The company's first successful pen, released in 1899, was the Parker Jointless. The Lucky Curve feed was used in ...
The Parker 51 is a fountain pen first introduced in 1941. Parker marketed it as "The World’s Most Wanted Pen", a slogan alluding to restrictions on production of consumer goods for civilian markets in the United States during World War II. Parker's continual advertising during the war created demand that took several years to fulfil after the ...
U.S. President Donald Trump throws a pen after he signed executive orders on the inauguration day of Trump's second Presidential term, inside Capital One Arena, in Washington, U.S. January 20, 2025.
The current product line includes fountain pens, ballpoint pens, gel pens, and mechanical pencils. [13] The first Cross fountain pens were likely produced in 1930, but not again until the 1980s. Cross writing instruments are generally sold in the mid-range of the market, rather than the extreme luxury end.
The Waterman Pen Company is a major manufacturing company of luxury fountain pens and inks, based in Paris, France. The firm was established in 1884 in New York City by Lewis Waterman , [ 1 ] being one of the few remaining first-generation fountain pen companies, as "Waterman S.A."