Esterbrook #312 Judge’s Quill

Description:

Name(s): Judge’s Quill
Shape: Long stub
Finishes: Gray, Gold
Tip: Stub
Prices: 75¢ per gross

Comments:

Of the long stubs, this has the finest point.
Some descriptions call it “flexible” but it’s not terribly flexible. Nowhere near as flexible as the similarly-shaped Spencerian 28 Congressional, a truly flexible stub.
One of the standard pens made for a long time and still seen periodically on the vintage market.

Other Images:

1890 Esterbrook Pens and What They Do

1918 Cameron Amberg

1926 Esterbrook Catalog

1932 Esterbrook Catalog – gray

1938 Esterbrook Catalog – gold plated

References:

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

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)
Listed in the 1918 Announcement to the Trade: Esterbrook Steel Pen Mfg. Co. Standardization of Esterbrook Pens
Listed in the 1926 Esterbrook Catalog: while I got this from another source, it appears that this pdf may originally be from the collection of the Pen Collectors of America, or from the same source from which they got their scan.
Listed in the 1938 Esterbrook Pens Catalog
Listed in the 1941-42 Esterbrook Pen Catalog: from the Pen Collectors of America library of resources.

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