Description:

• Name(s): Falcon Pen, Medium Falcon, “Falcon, Medium”
• Shape: Falcon
• Finishes: Bronze
• Tip: Pointed
• Prices: 60¢ per gross (1876, 1879, 1883, 1887), $1.00 per gross (1918)

Comments:

• A medium-sized falcon not as large as a 048 and not as small as a 182 Ladies’ Falcon. With a stiff, fine-point.
• “This pen is between the regular Falcon and Ladies’ Falcon in size, and a little stiffer.” (1883)
• “Fine. Stiff Point, in size between the regular and Ladies’ Falcon Pen.” (1890)

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References:

The existence of this pen is confirmed or surmised by the following:

• Listed in the 1876 Illustrated Price List of the Esterbrook Steel Pen Company, January 1, 1876; courtesy of The Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware; contributed by Andrew Midkiff
• Listed in the 1879 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 Anderson & Krum price list in the 1887 Publisher’s Trade List
• Listed in the c1890 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)