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Description:

• Name(s): Blue Commercial Pen, Commercial (Blue), The Commercial Pen (Blue), Commercial
• Shape: Shoulder
• Finishes: Blue
• Tip: Pointed
• Prices: ¢55 per gross

Comments:

• “Commercial Pens” are often found either in a Bank shape, or this shoulder shape. This one was obviously produced in the blue finish, which was a color achieved through heat treating, not a coating.
• Why this pen was not just a finish option for their other Commercial Pens (#8, #9, or #10), their Star Commercial Pen (#6) or their New York Commercial Pen (#94) or Extra Commercial Pen (#95) is unclear.

Other Images:

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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

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