| The purpose of the Esterbrook
Project is to generate a complete list of dip pen nibs manufactured by
The Esterbrook Company over the years. Contributions of information to
further this are greatly appreciated. |
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| Esterbrook # 460 Manifold Pen |
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| Description: A straight-bodied pen with a sharp tip of medium line width. A circle vent hole. Gray finish. |
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| Remarks: "Manifold" means stiff enough to use for making carbon copies. Little flex with this pen. Description in the 1938 Esterbrook Pen Catalog "Manifold - Rigid, broad. For carbon copies. Gray" Description in Esterbrook Pens and What They Will Do
"Gray. For manifold copying."
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| Reference: The existence of this pen is confirmed or surmised by the following: Listed in the Cameron Amberg & Co Stationery Catalog #85, Chicago, May 1918, p 67 & 68. (Contributed by Andrew Midkiff) Listed in the 1938 Esterbrook Pen Catalog Listed in Esterbrook Pens and What They Will Do Listed in Announcement to the Trade: Esterbrook Steel Pen Mfg. Co. Standardization of Esterbrook Pens Listed in Whiteapple Multimedia Vintage Nib Chart Seen in Esterbrook Salesman Sample Cases Listed by Internet Vendor(s) Listed in Internet Auctions Found in Vintage Advertisements 1918 |
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