Esterbrook #314 Relief

Description:

Name(s): The Relief Pen, Relief Pen, Relief
Shape: Medium Stub
Finishes: Golden, gold
Tip: Stub
Prices: 75¢ per gross, $1.00 for gold-plated

Comments:

One of Esterbrooks most popular pens.
When Esterbrook looked to make its first fountain pen, it chose the 314 Relief, out of all of their nibs, to be the first nib of the first fountain pen. The Relief fountain pen remained popular, especially in the UK, for quite a while.
In the US, the x314 Renew-Point nibs are still popular for their regular line of fountain pens.
A very smooth-writing stub that lasts a long time. Great for general correspondence and long writing sessions.
Also not flexible. It’s brass. Brass doesn’t bend and spring back. Don’t believe the marketing.

Other Images:

1883 Esterbrook Catalog

1890 Esterbrook Pens and What They Do

1918 Cameron Amberg

1926 Esterbrook Catalog

1938 Esterbrook Catalog – gray

1938 Esterbrook Catalog – gold plated

Gold Plated – Photograph courtesy of Jiayang Kong, NIBOLOGY

References:

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

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)
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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