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. I don’t make any claims to the utility of this arrangement, but it does offer a sense of the shifts in consumer design which some manufacturers occasionally fail to notice. For a description of the time, visit the History department.
1945 – 1948: Sheaffer Triumph (later pattern)
c. 1945 – c. 1948: Sheaffer open point
1945 – c. 1949: Sheaffer Tuckaway with clasp
1945 – c. 1955: Waterman “Taperite” models
c. 1945 – c. 1950: Osmia 64
1946 – c. 1971: Parker Duofold, UK variant
1946 – 1949: Parker VS
1947 – 1948: Parker “51” Vacumatic (plain clip)
1948 – c.1965: Parker “51” Aerometric Mk. I
1948 – 1961: Parker “51” Demi Aerometric
1948 – 1952: Eversharp Symphony
c. 1948 – 1960: Esterbrook J Series
c. 1948 – c. 1952: Waterman Champion 501 (UK model)
1948: Parker Duofold, Canadian variant
1949 – 1950: Sheaffer Touchdown (early version, Triumph point)
c. 1950 – c. 1955: Merlin 33
1950 – 1952: Parkette
1950 – c. 1953: Waterman Leader
1950 – 1951: Sheaffer Touchdown TM (Triumph point)
1950 – 1951: Sheaffer Touchdown TM (open point)
1950 – 1962: Wearever Supreme
1951 – 1958: Aurora 88K
1951 – 1956: Parker “21” Mk II
1951 – 1963: Pelikan 520
1952 – c. 1962: Conway-Stewart 550 Dinkie
1952 – present: Montblanc Miesterstück No. 149
1952 – c. 1968: Lamy 27
1952 – 1965: Pelikan 140
1952 – 1959: Sheaffer Snorkel TM (open point)
1952 – 1959: Sheaffer Snorkel TM (Triumph point)
c. 1953: Scripto
1953 – c.1963: Sheaffer Cadet
1953 – c. 1970: Waterman C/F
c. 1953 – c. 1960: Waterman C/C
1954 – present: Dollar 717
1955 – c.1965: Sheaffer cartridge pen, first iteration
1956 – 1965: Parker Super “21”
1956 – 1983: Parker 61
Pelikan P1: 1957 – 1965
1957 – c. 1960: Esterbrook Safari
1959 – 1968: Conway- Stewart 106
1959 – c. 1968: Montblanc 32
1959 – 1968: Sheaffer PFM
c. 1960s: Brause 3000
1960 – 2007: Parker 45
1960 – c. 1961: Eversharp 10,000 Word Pen
1960 – 1961: Sheaffer Target
1961 – 1965: Pelikan 25
1961 – 1962: Sheaffer Compact
1961 – c. 1966: Sheaffer Imperial I.
1961 – 1998: Sheaffer Imperial (inlaid points)
1962 – c.1964: Parker “17” (open point)
1962 – the 1970s: Lamy 99
1962 – 1964: Parker VP
1962 – 1964: Sheaffer “Dolphin”
1963 – 1994: Parker 75
1963 – c. 1965: Sheaffer Lifetime
c.1964 – 1972: Parker “17” (hooded)
1964 – c. 1975: Platinum PKB-2000
c.1965 – 1973: Pelikan MK10
c. 1965 – 1973: Pelikan M20
c. 1965 – c. 1973: Sheaffer cartridge, second iteration
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