| 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 # 477 Postal |
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| Description: A straight-bodied pen with a sharp turned-up tip. A small oval vent hole with tri-lobes on each end. Shoulder slits. |
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| Remarks: Intended as a workhorse pen for counter use in postal and other offices. Since this pen does not have much flex, the shoulder slits are to relieve pressure placed on the nib tips by heavy-handed writers and prevent the metal from cracking. The turned-up tip was to prevent digging into the writing paper and to give the pen a longer working life before wearing too far down. Description in 1938 Esterbrook Catalog
"Postal - Firm, medium, turned up point. Gray finish"
Description in Esterbrook Pens and What They Will Do
"Gray. A new turned-up point."
1891 Vintage Ad - New introduction - American Stationer - 2-12-1891 |
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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 Vintage Ad 1891 |
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