Clicking on any image here will take you to the page for that pen. I’ve gathered them all in one place like this to give a sense of the shape of this era. For a description of the time, visit the History department.
c. 1930s: Alster glass-pointed piston-filler
c. 1930 – c. 1940: Eclipse bulb-filler
c. 1930s: Arnold Combo
c. 1930 – 1945: Champion No. 5
c. 1930 – c. 1945: Packard bulb-filler
1932 – 1934: Parker Moderne, early variant
1932 – c. 1953 Parker Vacumatic (pictured; 1934-1937 “Lockdown” Standard)
c. 1933 – c. 1940: Wahl Bantam
1934 – 1942: Esterbrook “Dollar” pen
1934 – c.1943: Parker Moderne, late variant
c.1935 – c. 1940: Eagle Gold Standard
c. 1935 – c. 1940: Wyvern Big Ben
1937 – 1941: Parker Challenger Standard, late variant
1938 – c. 1950: Conklin Glider
1938 – c. 1942: Sheaffer Balance (late model: Junior)
1938 – c. 1942: Sheaffer Balance (late model: Statesman)
1939 – 1945: Waterman Hundred Year Pen
1940 – 1948: Parker Duofold “Striped” variant
1940 – c. 1942: Sheaffer Balance with military clip
Early 1940s: Eagle Prince
c. 1940s: Art Brown Artists Safety Pen
c. 1940 – c. 1960: Eclipse button-filler
1941 – 1948: Eversharp Skyline
1941 – 1947: Parker “51″ Vacumatic (blue diamond clip)
1942 – 1945: Sheaffer Triumph (early pattern)
1942 – c. 1953: Parker Vacumatic (final pattern, plastic Speedline filler)
c. 1942 – c. 1945: Sheaffer Craftsman (colour-matched section)
c. 1945 – c. 1960: Eclipse Hooded Knight
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