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 Wahl Eversharp Maxima Gold Seal brown ebanite fountain pen excellent+++++ $399.00 Time Remaining: 4h 53m |
 1940s Eversharp Skyline Fountain Pen Brown Gold Fill Cap 51 8Restored $65.00 Time Remaining: 4d 16h 50m Buy It Now for only: $65.00 |
 vintage eversharp skyline fountain pen with a 14k nib $14.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 5h |
 Vintage Green Marbled Eversharp USA Fountain Pen w Wahl O 14K Gold Nib NR $2.25 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 5h 49m |
 1940s Eversharp Skyline Fountain PenMaroon 5 1 4 Restored $65.00 Time Remaining: 13d 15h 14m Buy It Now for only: $65.00 |
 Rare Type 3 Equi Poised Wahl Eversharp 14K Gold Snub Nib 1930s Fountain Pen $66.52 (10 Bids) Time Remaining: 6h 39m |
 Eversharp Skyline Vintage Fountain Pen with 14 K nib NR $22.50 (9 Bids) Time Remaining: 11h 54m |
 Eversharp Skyline Brown Gold Fountain Pen 14kt Gold Medium Nib $69.99 Time Remaining: 29d 13h 51m Buy It Now for only: $69.99 |
 LOT OF 4 FOUNTAIN BALL EVERSHARP ADVERTISING PENS $5.00 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 14h 23m |
 VINTAGE EVERSHARP FOUNTAIN PEN FROM THE SKYLINE SERIES $10.00 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 14h 38m |
 Eversharp Skyline Black Gold Bandless Fountain Pen 14kt Gold Nib $62.00 Time Remaining: 29d 13h 56m Buy It Now for only: $62.00 |
 VINTAGE EVERSHARP FOUNTAIN PEN PENCIL SET 14K TIP $33.00 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 14h 49m |
 Vintage Sheaffer Eversharp 14k Nib Fountain Pen Brown Gold Stripe Color $69.99 Time Remaining: 17h 21m |
 Eversharp Symphony Burgundy Gold Cap Fountain Pen 1950s 14kt Fine Nib $56.00 Time Remaining: 11d 13h 53m Buy It Now for only: $56.00 |
 Eversharp Fountain Pen $7.95 Time Remaining: 1d 8h 9m |
 VINTAGE EVERSHARP FOUNTAIN PEN WITH ORNATE GT BAND CLIP GRN ABALONE ADJUST NIB $37.00 (6 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 10h 39m |
 Dark Green Eversharp Skyline Fountain Pen Striped Cap $80.00 Time Remaining: 20d 11h 20m Buy It Now for only: $80.00 |
 Eversharp Unused Envoy 14K GF Fountain Pen 1948 $9.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 1d 13h 2m |
 Nice vintage Wahl Eversharp fountain Pen Desk set 14K flex nib $64.99 Time Remaining: 1d 18h 53m Buy It Now for only: $120.00 |
 Eversharp Skyline Fountain Pen Pencil Set Gray Moire Modern Stripe Rstd $110.00 Time Remaining: 4d 13h 24m Buy It Now for only: $110.00 |
 Vintage Eversharp Wahl Fountain Pen Gold Filled Frank Tyack Son 14k Nib Case $11.50 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 2d 3h 58m |
 2 Vintage Fountain Pens Shaeffer Eversharp $7.00 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 2d 5h 41m |
 1940s Eversharp Skyline Green Fountain Pen 5 1 4Restored $75.00 Time Remaining: 25d 10h 51m Buy It Now for only: $75.00 |
 Vintage Eversharp fountain pen 14K Made in the USA $19.99 Time Remaining: 2d 8h |
 VINTAGE WAHL EVERSHARP BLACK SKYLINE 1940S 14K NIB OLD FOUNTAIN PEN $31.99 Time Remaining: 2d 9h 19m |
 Restored maroon Eversharp Skyline Deluxe Set Fountain pen flex grey stripes $77.01 (9 Bids) Time Remaining: 2d 9h 31m |
 1940s Eversharp Skyline Fountain Pen Gold Derby Rstd $75.00 Time Remaining: 20d 14h 16m Buy It Now for only: $75.00 |
 Restored grey shell Eversharp Doric fountain pen set flex flexible nib $59.55 (6 Bids) Time Remaining: 2d 9h 52m |
 Eversharp striped cap black Skyline fountain pen 448 $11.50 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 2d 11h 57m |
 Eversharp Skyline Fountain Pen W Rare GF Longitudinal Line Chevron Cap Restored $150.00 Time Remaining: 28d 16h Buy It Now for only: $150.00 |
 1924 Ad Wahl Eversharp Fountain Ball Point Pens Cavemen Writing Tools Pricing $19.95 Time Remaining: 2d 12h 42m Buy It Now for only: $36.95 |
 1922 Ad Christmas Gifts Eversharp Wahl Fountain Ballpoint Pen Writing Instrument $19.95 Time Remaining: 2d 12h 52m Buy It Now for only: $37.95 |
 Black Eversharp Lever Filled Fountain Pen F Gold Nib $25.00 Time Remaining: 18d 13h 12m Buy It Now for only: $25.00 |
 Vintage Antique Eversharp Fountain Pen Art Deco $19.99 Time Remaining: 2d 13h 3m |
 3 VINTAGE FOUNTAIN PENS 14 K EVERSHARP MANIFOLD PARKER 51 SPECIAL WEAREVER lot $40.00 Time Remaining: 2d 13h 11m |
 Eversharp Skyline Yellow Cab Fountain Pen14K Medium Nib W Case Never Used $175.00 Time Remaining: 3d 14h 28m Buy It Now for only: $175.00 |
 Eversharp Ventura Black Gold Cap Fountain Pen Set In Box c1950s $89.99 Time Remaining: 2d 13h 23m |
 5 Vintage fountain Pens 14k Nibs For Parts Only 4 Eversharp Skyline 1 Postal $18.50 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 2d 14h 8m |
 EVERSHARP GOLDSEAL MARLED DECO FOUNTAIN PEN FLEXIALE NIB EXCL COND RARE PEN $200.00 Time Remaining: 10d 1h 54m Buy It Now for only: $200.00 |
 1925 Ad Sterling Pen Fountain Ballpoint Writing Instruments Wahl Eversharp $19.95 Time Remaining: 2d 14h 23m Buy It Now for only: $37.95 |
 VINTAGE 4 3 4 WAHL EVERSHARP GREEN MARBLIZED FOUNTAIN PEN $19.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 2d 14h 53m |
 Eversharp Symphony 917 Fountain Pen Manifold Medium 14k nib Burgundy New $69.95 Time Remaining: 8d 12h 29m Buy It Now for only: $69.95 |
 1935 French Ad Wahl Eversharp Fountain Pen Stylo Baby ORIGINAL ADVERTISING $19.95 Time Remaining: 2d 15h 17m Buy It Now for only: $36.95 |
 1935 Ad Wahl Eversharp Fountain Pens Leak Proof Writing ORIGINAL ADVERTISING $19.95 Time Remaining: 2d 15h 37m Buy It Now for only: $38.95 |
 1949 Eversharp Symphony Model 701 Fountain Pen $55.00 Time Remaining: 2d 14h 55m Buy It Now for only: $55.00 |
 1922 Ad Wahl Co Chicago Eversharp Enamel Gold Silver Fountain Ballpoint Pen $19.95 Time Remaining: 2d 16h 32m Buy It Now for only: $37.95 |
 Eversharp brown and green marble Doric fountain pen 41 $11.50 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 11h 22m |
 14K Signature GOLD SEAL Roller Clip WAHL EVERSHARP Fountain Pen $435.60 Time Remaining: 10d 14h 38m Buy It Now for only: $435.60 |
 Eversharp brown swirl marble bantam fountain pen 93 $9.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 3d 11h 29m |
 Wahl Eversharp Jade Green PALMER METHOD Fountain Pen Ca 1929 $11.50 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 11h 39m |
 Esterbrook Fountain Ink Pen w 14kt Gold Eversharp Nib Tip Black Scrap Repair NR $14.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 3d 14h 30m |
 VINTAGE EVERSHARP SKYLINE DOUBLE TICK 14K GOLD FILLED FOUNTAIN PEN $728.76 Time Remaining: 15d 16h 45m Buy It Now for only: $728.76 |
 Vintage Eversharp Gold Nib Fountain Pen $9.95 Time Remaining: 3d 14h 45m |
 Wahl Eversharp 29 Gold Seal Full Size Black and Pearl Lever Filler Fountain Pen $23.45 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 16h |
 1941 Eversharp Skyline Black Gold Fountain Pen 14k Nib $85.00 Time Remaining: 2d 11h 25m Buy It Now for only: $85.00 |
 VINTAGE EVERSHARP FOUNTAIN PEN 1940S GOOD CONDITION $59.99 Time Remaining: 3d 16h 14m |
 Vintage Eversharp Fountain Pen with 14K Nib Striped Cap Estate Find $12.69 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 17h 1m |
 Wahl Eversharp Vest Pocket Green Marble Fountain Pen working $125.00 Time Remaining: 7d 13h 54m Buy It Now for only: $125.00 |
 EVERSHARP FOUNTAIN PEN W 14K GOLD NIB AND PENCIL MINFOLD MED NO 715 PEN $9.99 Time Remaining: 4d 3h 21m |
 Eversharp black Skyline fountain pen 441 $9.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 4d 7h 41m |
 Wahl Eversharp Senior Fountain Pen and Pencil Set $650.00 Time Remaining: 6d 12h 59m Buy It Now for only: $650.00 |
 Eversharp deep green Skyline fountain pen and pencil 439 $9.99 Time Remaining: 4d 7h 54m |
 Vintage Wahl Eversharp Marble Base Desk Fountain Pen $9.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 4d 13h 1m |
 Eversharp Symphony 917 Fountain Pen Manifold Fine 14k nib Burgundy New $69.95 Time Remaining: 8d 12h 31m Buy It Now for only: $69.95 |
 Vintage Eversharp Desk Top Fountain Pen w Base $9.99 Time Remaining: 4d 13h 1m |
 vintage Eversharp fountain pen black with silver cap nice pen dont miss $19.99 Time Remaining: 4d 14h 37m |
 Antique FIRESTONE Tires Celluloid Fountain Pen 14K Gold Eversharp Engraved Logo $168.75 Time Remaining: 4d 6h 5m Buy It Now for only: $168.75 |
 Eversharp 14K Nip Eversharp Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America Fountain Pen $14.99 Time Remaining: 4d 14h 54m |
 Eversharp vintage fountain pen $4.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 4d 15h 22m |
 Eversharp Symphony 701 Fountain Pen Manifold Fine 14k nib Burgundy New $69.95 Time Remaining: 8d 10h 5m Buy It Now for only: $69.95 |
 5 Vintage Fountain Pens Sheaffer Esterbrook Osmiroid Eversharp Estate $9.00 Time Remaining: 4d 16h 17m |
 Vintage EVERSHARP Fountain Pen 1950s VENTURA Set in Box 14K Nib N MINT $1.25 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 16h 21m |
 eversharp 14 ktgold plated gold tip fountain pen 1906 1956 stackpole $75.00 Time Remaining: 29d 9h 49m Buy It Now for only: $75.00 |
 Dark green Eversharp fountain pen $24.50 Time Remaining: 5d 2h 27m |
 Wahl Eversharp Skyline 14K Gold Filled Cap Rare Cap Pattern Burg fountain Pen $10.55 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 5d 10h 23m |
 194414k Solid GoldCapBarrelTrimLever FillerWahl Eversharp Fountain Pen Set $55.00 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 5d 12h 8m |
 EVERSHARP SKYLINE FOUNTAIN PEN BURGUNDY GP EXCL COND EARLY NIB $78.00 Time Remaining: 18d 11h 7m Buy It Now for only: $78.00 |
 Vintage Wahl Eversharp 14kt Nib Skyline Fountain Pen Set $39.99 Time Remaining: 5d 12h 46m |
 Vtg EVERSHARP Ventura Lever Fill Fountain Pen Pencil Boxed Set $9.95 Time Remaining: 5d 13h 9m |
 morrison tourist fountain pen very flexible flex wahl eversharp nib working $170.00 Time Remaining: 28d 21h 31m Buy It Now for only: $170.00 |
 Vintage WAHL EVERSHARP Black Silver Striped Fountain Pen $57.03 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 5d 13h 13m |
 Vintage EVERSHARP Fountain Pen Dark Green Plastic With New Sac $9.99 Time Remaining: 5d 15h 53m |
 wahl eversharp sterling silver floral engraved beautiful fountain pen filigree $170.00 Time Remaining: 20d 6h 45m Buy It Now for only: $170.00 |
 6pc Lot Vintage Eversharp Fountain Pens Mechanical Pencils No Reserve $9.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 5d 16h 9m |
 Vintage Eversharp Fountain Pen And Mechanical Pencil Small Set D503 $0.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 6d 5h 25m |
 fine old reddish brown Eversharp fountain pen $45.00 Time Remaining: 13d 16h 56m Buy It Now for only: $45.00 |
 Vintage Wahl Eversharp Desk Fountain Pen D515 $0.99 Time Remaining: 6d 10h 27m |
 Eversharp Skyline Vintage Fountain Pen with 14 K nib GF cap NR $9.12 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 6d 11h 54m |
 Black Eversharp checkmark fountain pen $32.00 Time Remaining: 9d 17h 52m Buy It Now for only: $32.00 |
 Eversharp Vintage Fountain Pen with 14 K nib Polished Cap NR $4.95 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 6d 12h 29m |
 Lot of Pens the Moore Clip Fountain Parker Eversharp $19.99 Time Remaining: 6d 14h 10m |
 old Burgundy Eversharp fountain pen 14K point $43.00 Time Remaining: 10d 18h 24m Buy It Now for only: $43.00 |
 EVERSHARP DESK SET 1940s SKYLINE FOUNTAIN PEN Brown ONYX BASE Deco 14K GOLD NIB $49.99 Time Remaining: 6d 16h 17m |
 vintage Eversharp fountain pen pencil tan color case with red lining good cond $7.99 Time Remaining: 14h 16m |
 ANTIQUE EVERSHARP FOUNTAIN PEN 14k NIB MARBLE DESK SET BOSTON TERRIER BRONZE $295.00 Time Remaining: 16d 17h 53m Buy It Now for only: $295.00 |
 PARKER EVERSHARP ARROW FOUNTAIN PEN $2.25 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 2d 16h 39m |
 Wahl Eversharp Ring top fountain pen and propelling pencil 1930s Jade marl $39.61 Time Remaining: 9d 3h 33m |
 Vintage Eversharp Piston Filler Fountain Pen $130.00 Time Remaining: 21d 10h 33m Buy It Now for only: $130.00 |
 EVERSHARP FOUNTAIN PENBURGUNDYGOLD TONE FITTINGS EX CONDITION $15.00 Time Remaining: 6d 14h 32m |
 Vintage 3 Fountain Pen Lot Moore Non Leakable Gerner Wahl Eversharp Earlier $17.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 6d 14h 40m |
Eversharp Fountain
A Brief History of the Ballpoint Pen
Working as I do, for a company that provides promotional pens, I tend to take ballpoint pens for granted. It wasn't until the other day when I came upon a fountain pen that my Mother had used to write letters to my Father during World War II, that I became curious about how the ubiquitous ballpoint pen came into being.
In 1888, an American leather tanner named John Loud patented a roller-ball pen for marking leather hides. It was never produced nor was any of the other pens based upon 350 patents over the next 30 years. The ink was the problem –either it was too thin and leaked or it was too thick and it clogged.
In 1935, two Hungarian brothers, Laszlo and George Biro, invented an improved version of the ballpoint pen. At the time, Laszlo was an editor at a small newspaper. He was very frustrated by the amount of time that he wasted filling his fountain pens and by the fact that the tip of his pens frequently scratched or tore the newsprint paper. George was a chemist, and together, they created new pen designs and ink formulations to be used in them.
While vacationing at the seashore shortly thereafter, the Biro brothers met Augustine Justo, the President of Argentina. He urged them to open a factory in Argentina. When World War II erupted in Europe a few years later, Laszlo and George fled to Argentina, but first stopped in Paris where they obtained a patent for their pen.
By 1943, the Biros had patented their pen in Argentina and set up a manufacturing facility, but the Biro Pen, as it came to be known, was a failure. Like other ballpoint pens before it, the pen relied on gravity to feed ink to the Roller Ball. That required that the pen be held in an upright position to write and the ink flow was still unreliable. The brothers went back to the drawing board and came up with a new design for the ink cartridge that used capillary action rather than gravity to deliver ink to the textured roller ball. The newly-designed pen went on the market a year later, and although the new design solved the problems, the pen was not a big commercial success and the Biros ran out of money.
It was, however, very popular with American and British fighter pilots who liked the pens because they would write at high altitudes and did not need refilling like fountain pens. The British Government licensed the pen for the RAF and the United States Department of State sent samples of the pen to a number of American pen manufacturers so they could develop a similar pen. In an attempt to corner the market, the Eberhard Faber Company paid the Biro brothers $500,000 for the U.S. rights to manufacture their ballpoint pen. Eberhard Faber sold the patent rights to the pen to the Eversharp Company, allegedly for $1,000,000, which began an extensive campaign to introduce the pen to America.
In a surprising end-run, a fifty-four year old salesman from Chicago, Milton Reynolds, became the first American manufacturer to successfully market the ballpoint pen. Reynolds had visited Argentina, where he had seen the Biro's pen in stores and thought that the pen would sell in America. Reynolds ignored the Biro patents, many of which had either expired or had never been properly filed in the U.S. and set up a factory. In a bold marketing move, he made a deal with Gimbels to be the first store to sell the pen. On the first day that the pen went on sale, 5,000 customers showed up at Gimbels and purchased the entire 10,000 pens that the store had in stock at over $10.00 per pen!
While Reynolds made millions of pens in the months that followed, ballpoint pens fell out of favor with the public as they discovered many of the same problems with the pens still existed. Somebody needed to invent a pen that was smooth writing, dried quickly, didn't skip or fade and, most important of all, didn't leak.
Two men, Patrick J. Frawley, Jr. and Fran Seech solved the problem. Seech was an unemployed chemist who lost his job when the pen company he worked for went out of business. Working in his own home laboratory, he finally developed the successful ballpoint pen ink. Frawley, was so impressed with Seech's ink, he purchased the formula and started the Frawley Pen Company in 1949. Frawley's pen not only had smear-proof ink, it also had a retractable point. An imaginative marketing campaign ensued and soon Frawley's pen, which he named Paper-Mate, took off. Other brands, such as Parker soon followed suit.
The other person to help revive the ballpoint pen was a French maker of penholders and cases, Marcel Bich. Not only was he appalled by the poor quality, but also by the high cost. He did, however, recognize that the ballpoint pen was a true innovation and resolved to create a low-priced, top-quality pen. Bich went to the Biro brothers and struck a deal to pay them a royalty on their patent and then spent two years studying every detail of every ballpoint pen on the market.
Finally, in 1952, Bich was ready to unveil his new pen. It was an inexpensive clear-barreled, smooth-writing, non-leaking pen called the Ballpoint Bic. The public accepted it with open arms. By the late 1950's, BIC had captured 70% of the European market.
Today, BIC dominates the market, with other manufacturers like Parker, Sheaffer and Waterman capturing the smaller market for upscale fountain pens and ballpoint pens. The modern version of Laszlo and George Biro's pen – the BIC Crystal – sells more than 14,000,000 pieces daily. Biro is still the generic name for the ballpoint pen in most of the world. And lastly, Parker black ink ballpoint pens will produce over 28,000 linear feet of writing – more than five miles – before running out of ink.
So the next time someone gives you a promotional pen or you buy one at the store, remember the amazing story of the Biro brothers and their gift to the world, the ballpoint pen.
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