| 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 # 209 Extra Broad Point |
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| Description: A stub pen with a "V" vent hole. Bronze finish. Broad point gives bold strokes of ink. |
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| Remarks: "#209 The Extra Broad Point Pen, Large – Bronze – Quite popular" Description in 1938 Esterbrook Catalog"Firm, extra broad stub. The broadest point in the engrossing series. Bronze finish"
Description in Esterbrook Pens and What They Will Do
"Large. The broadest point of the engrossing series."
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| Reference: The existence of this pen is confirmed or surmised by the following: Listed in the Illustrated Price List of the Esterbrook Steel Pen Company, January 1, 1876; archives of Hadley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware; contributed by Andrew Midkiff Listed in the Trade Price List of the Esterbrook Steel Pen Company (The American Stationer, September 4, 1879) (Contributed by Andrew Midkiff) Listed in 1883 Esterbrook Catalog Listed in the 1938 Esterbrook Pen Catalog Listed in Esterbrook Pens and What They Will Do Listed in the Cameron Amberg & Co Stationery Catalog #85, Chicago, May 1918, p 67 & 68. (Contributed by Andrew Midkiff) Listed in Whiteapple Multimedia Vintage Nib Chart - Whiteapple lists his pen as "Broad Point" Listed by Internet Vendor(s) |
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