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I am a pen collector... although some would say I am a pen acquirer.  "Collector" is reserved, it seems, for people who have a theme to their loot-- 1950s Parkers with metal bodies, or pens with transparent bodies.  I am less specific.  I like fountain pens of many kinds.  I'm not a miser, either-- I don't mind people looking at my pens.  I figure you're all greater than arm's length away and not likely to break them by looking.  On this page, I have them in an roughly chronological listing, with some dates of pen-interest thrown in.  Scroll down, and if there's any you want a closer look at, click away. 

Where possible, the dates are for the specific pen shown, rather than the model run.  This is a lot easier for Parkers of the 1930s and 1940s, as they actually have dates marked on them indicating not just the year but the quarter of manufacture.  Hovering your pointer over the image will bring up my estimation of a pen's date.

Some of the pens shown here may not be mine-- this will be shown in the description.  This is also not as complete a listing as the main alphabetical listing.

Pre-1900

Nothing in my collection yet.
1828 - Perry & Co. begins producing pen-points (eventually becomes Osmiroid)
1838 - First price list for Carl Hornemann's Ink and Paint company
1846 - A.T. Cross company sets up to make silver casings for pencils
1871 - Hornemann sells his company to Günther Wagner
1875 - Walter MacKinnon patents the stylographic pen
1878 - Wagner renames his company "Pelikan".
1883 - Lewis Waterman establishes a pen company.
1884 - Waterman's feed patented; fountain pens become somewhat practical.
1891 - George Parker establishes a pen company.
1894 - Parker patents "Lucky Curve" feed
1897 - Roy Conklin's crescent-filler patented
1900-1909

Nothing in my collection yet.
1901 - Lewis Waterman dies.
1902 - Conklin establishes a pen company
1906 - Simplo Pen company established
1908 - Walter Sheaffer introduces the lever-filler
1910 - Simplo introduces the "Mont Blanc" model.
1913 - Sheaffer established a pen compant
1910-1919
Link to Evans Dollar Pen Evans Dollar Pen

  Waterman 12
Link to Waterman 52 1/2 V  Waterman 52½V
1918 - Namiki Pen Company founded
1919- Mentmore/Platignum company founded.
1920-1929

1920 - Earliest celluloid pens
1921 - Parker introduces the Duofold
1921 - The Wahl all-metal pen is introduced
Link to Remex  Remex Self-Filling Pen
1924 - Sheaffer begins production of Radite plastic pens (a celluloid)
Link to Sheaffer 3-25 SC  Sheaffer 3-25SC
1924 - Carter's Inks begins to make pens
1925 - Mentmore (Platignum) introduces interchangible points, and also the use of injection-molded plastics.
Link to Duofold Senior  Parker Duofold Senior
1928 - Rotring company established
Link to Sheaffer 5-30  Sheaffer 5-30
Link to Duofold pencil  Parker Duofold pencil
1929 - Pelikan begins making pens
1929 - Sheaffer introduces the Balance
1930-1939

1932- Parker introduces the Vacumatic filler
Link to Sheaffer Balance  Sheaffer Balance lever-fill
Link to Sheaffer Balance  Sheaffer Balance Vacuum
Link to Parker Moderne  Parker Moderne
Link to Champion  Champion No. 5
Link to Arnold Combo  Arnold Combo
Link to Remington  Remington, model unknown
Link to Packard bulb filler  Packard, name unknown
Link to Sheaffer Premier  Sheaffer Premier
Link to Statesman vacuum fill  Sheaffer Statesman Vacuum
Link to Admiral  Sheaffer Admiral Balance
Link to Sheaffer Jr. Sheaffer Balance Junior Vacuum
1937 - George Sheaffer dies
Link to Parker Challenger  Parker Challenger, Black
Link to Vacumatic pencil Parker Vacumatic pencil
1938 - Namiki adopts "Pilot" as its name.
Link to Parker Challenger  Parker Challenger
Link to Wyvern  Wyvern B-B (Big Ben?)
Link to Waterman Thorobred Waterman Thorobred
 Parker Duofold "Geometric"
Link to Sheaffer Balance  Sheaffer Craftsman Balance lever-fill, Gray Pearl
Link to Balance Jr.  Sheaffer Balance Junior Lever-fill, Rose Glow
Link to Alster penAlster, model unknown, glass-pointed pen
1939 - E.S. Perry (Osmiroid) ceases pen-making in favour of arms production
1939 - Platignum scales back pen-making for arms, although also given some interesting spy-pen contracts (hidden compartment pens, poison dart pens, that sort of thing)
1940-1949

  Enduro(?)
Link to Emu pen  Emu "Empire Made"
Link to "made in Japan"  "Made in Japan"
Link to Imperial  Imperial, model unknown
Link to Art Brown Safety  Art Brown Artists' Safety Pen
Link to Waterman Dauntless  Waterman Dauntless
Link to Sheaffer Vigilant  Sheaffer Vigilant Balance
1941- Introduction of  Parker "51"
Link to Eversharp Skyline  Eversharp Skyline
1942 - Introduction of Sheaffer's Triumph point
Link to Parker Duofold  Parker Duofold
Link to Vacumatic  Parker Vacumatic Major
Link to Vacumatic  Parker Vacumatic Sub-Deb
Link to Sheaffer Autograph  Sheaffer Valiant Vacuum
Link to "51"  Parker "51" (Vacumatic) Cedar Blue
Link to Wearever Zenith  Wearever Zenith
Link to Parker Vacumatic  Parker Vacumatic Major
Link to Sheaffer Valiant  Sheaffer Valiant Vacuum
Link to Sheaffer Statesman  Sheaffer Statesman lever-fill
Link to Waterman Emblem  Waterman Emblem
Link to Waterman Crusader  Waterman Crusader
1946 - Walter Sheaffer dies
Link to Parker "51"  Parker "51" (Vacumatic)
Link to Sheaffer Admiral  Sheaffer Admiral "Feathertouch"
Link to Sheaffer Crest  Sheaffer Crest Vacuum
Link to waterman Conquest  Waterman Conquest
Link to "51" Parker "51" (Vacumatic) Dove Grey, gold-filled cap
1948 - E.S. Perry returns to pen-making.
Link to Canadian Duofold  Parker Duofold (Canadian variant)
Link to Esterbrook J Esterbrook J
Link to Esterbrook SJ  Esterbrook SJ
Link to Waterman Champion  Waterman Champion
Link to Sheaffer Sentinel  Sheaffer Sentinel Vacuum
1949- Sheaffer introduces Touchdown filling
Link to Valiant  Sheaffer Valiant Touchdown, early version
Link to Waterman Citation  Waterman Citation
Link to green Vacumatic  Parker Vacumatic Major, Green Pearl
Link to Parker 21  Parker 21 (Mk. I)

1950-1959

1950- Sheaffer introduces "Thin Model" Touchdown pens
1950- Platignum invents the retractible ball-point.
 Link to Parker 51 Parker 51 (Aerometric Mk. I)
Link to Esterbrook Desk Pen  Esterbrook "Eight-Ball"
Link to early Osmiroid 65  Osmiroid 65 (early pattern)
Link to Sheaffer Admiral Touchdown  Sheaffer Admiral Touchdown
Link to Canadian Valiant  Sheaffer Valiant Touchdown (Canada)
Link to US Valiant  Sheaffer Valiant Touchdown (US)
Link to Pennant  Wearever Pennant
 Wearever Supreme
1952- Sheaffer introduces Snorkel fillers
Link to Parker 21  Parker 21
Link to Admiral Snorkel  Sheaffer Admiral Snorkel
Link to Sheaffer Clipper  Sheaffer Clipper Snorkel
 Sheaffer Saratoga (for the most part) Snorkel
Link to Sheaffer Statesman snorkel  Sheaffer Statesman Snorkel
Link to Sheaffer Sovereign  Sheaffer Sovereign Snorkel
1953 - Waterman introduces the first plastic cartridges for ink storage
Link to Sheaffer Cadet  Sheaffer Cadet
Link to Waterman C/F Waterman C/F
Link to hard-to-identify pen  Waterman Skywriter (or is it a W2?)
1954 - Waterman ceases production in the United States
Link to "Ink Reserve"  Scripto "Ink Reserve"
Link to Auto-Feed  Speedball Auto-feed
Link to Skripsert  Sheaffer Skripsert
1957 - Waterman ceases operation as a company in the U.S.
Link to 10,000 Word Pen  Eversharp 10,000 Word Pen
 Sheaffer Skripsert with "Stylpoint"
Link to Skripsert  Sheaffer Skripsert with "Stylpoint"
Link to Brause 3000  Brause 3000
1959- Sheaffer introduces inlaid points
1960-1969

Link to Sheaffer Target  Sheaffer Target
Link to Compact II  Sheaffer Compact II
Link to Sheaffer Skripsert  Sheaffer Skripsert "demonstrator"
Link to Osmiroid 75  Osmiroid 75
Link to Parker 45  Parker 45
Link to Sheaffer Cadet  Sheaffer Cadet Tipdip
Link to Imperial II  Sheaffer Imperial II
Link to Parker 61 Parker 61
Link to Junior DuofoldDuofold Junior
Link to Parker Slimfold  Parker Slimfold
Link to Lifetime  Sheaffer Lifetime
Link to Parker 17  Parker 17
Link to Parker 17 Lady  Parker 17 Lady
Link to 500 Sheaffer 500 (aka The Dolphin)
  Sheaffer 800 (also aka The Dolphin)
Link to 21 Super  21 Super
Link to 51 special  Parker 51 Special
Link to Platignum Varsity  Platignum Varsity
Link to Sheaffer Cartridge pen  Sheaffer Cartridge
 Hey!  A Free Wearever!
Link to Red Osmiroid 75  Osmiroid 75
Link to Sheaffer Stylist  Sheaffer Stylist
Link to No Nonsense  Sheaffer No Nonsense

1970-1979

Link to Parker 51 Special desk set  Parker 51 Special (desk model)
Link to Pelikano  Pelikan Pelikano
Link to Sheaffer 330  Sheaffer 330
Link to Platignum Cadet  Platignum Cadet
 Sheaffer Cartridge
Link to Parker 25  Parker 25
Link to Sheaffer 440  Sheaffer 440
Link to Osmiroid 65 set Osmiroid 65 six point set (late pattern)

1980-1989

Link to Osmiroid Easy Change  Osmiroid Easy Change
Link to Apis pen  Apis Unknown Model
Link to Waterman Master  Waterman Master
Link to Parker 88  Parker 88 Place Vendôme

1990-1999

1991 - Osmiroid production in U.K. ends
Link to Parker 15  Parker 15
Link to SGI IPG  Saskatchewan Government Insurance anniversary pen
Link to Sheaffer School  Sheaffer School
Link to Waterman Phileas  Waterman Phileas

2000-2009

Link to Parker Frontier  Parker Frontier
Link to Hero 285 Hero 285 Calligraphy
Link to Sheaffer Javelin  Sheaffer Javelin
Link to Reflex description  Parker Reflex
Link to Wing Sung 612 Wing Sung 612
Link to Conklin Signature  Signature

2006 - Parker discontinues the 45
Link to "Mystic Traveller" "Mystic Traveller"
Link to Manuscript pen  Manuscript Calligraphy Italic
Link to Lamy Vista  Lamy Vista
Link to Rotring Core  Rotring Core
Link to Rotring Skynn  Rotring Skynn
Link to Hémisphère  Waterman Hémisphère
Link to Wality 69L  Wality 69L
Link to Wality 77  Wality 77
Link to Sailor Ink Pen  Sailor Ink Pen
Link to Parker IM  Parker IM
2008- Sheaffer closes its plant at Fort Madison, Iowa; 31 March.
Link to Pilot Plumix  Pilot Plumix
Link to Guider Vishal Guider Vishal
Link to Pilot Birdie  Pilot Birdie
Link to Atlantic  X-Pen Atlantic
Link to Pilot Petit  Pilot Petit1
Link to Lamy 2000  Lamy 2000
Link to Muji Aluminum  Muji Aluminum Bodied Pen



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