Description:
- Name(s): The Broad Point, Broad Point
- Shape: Straight
- Finishes: Bronze
- Tip: Pointed
- Prices: 75¢ per gross
Comments:
- “A very smooth writer.”
- “A Very Smooth Writer.”
- I guess they’re trying to say it’s a smooth writer.
- Shapes like this are difficult to decide if it is a Bank Pen or just a large Straight Pen. Bank pens have slightly longer tines in proportion to the body of the pen, so I’m classifying this as Straight.
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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
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