Posted on 05/30/2017 5:22:52 AM PDT by Kaslin
We have more cheap junk today. That means less.
I don’t know what the answer will specifically be on a material plane. But on a spiritual plane it needs to be the Lord.
The union went on strike.
That sounds like the plot line from “Atlas Shrugged”, when the people took over the company and ran it into the ground.
The family sold while it still had value.
I remember fountain pens. They were still around when I was a child.
I am sure they survive as antiques.
Shaeffer didn’t invent the fountain pen in 1912.
It was invented in 1827.
That’s why you don’t see Lincoln using a feathered quill to write the Gettysburg Address.
Well, actually, he used a pencil, but my point is true; he didn’t use a quill.
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They are antiques but extremely beautiful.
I have over 200 fountain pens from Schaefer, Weidlech, Montblanc, Wahl, Pelikan, etc.
The craftsmanship and intricacy of these instruments are fascinating, particularly for some which are more than 100 years old.
A few are from the late 1800’s.
I never let anyone touch them.
They have a niche cult clientele. They are status symbols for some. I’ve seen ones that were once considered ordinary in glass display cases in antique stores and read articles on the aficionados.
“One year after the family sold it, the union went on strike. Things were never the same after that.”
It was the unions that destroyed the company. End of story.
Exactly
They’re all I use, and they’re making a comeback. It’s a pleasure to write with one.
Cool.
I write with a keyboard, trackball, and mouse. But it is hard to fit them into a shirt pocket...
Wait.. I put my iphone into a shirt pocket...
I love the elegant inventions of the past. Many still have utility. I have slide rules that I cannot bring myself to throw away. One was given to my by my father. It is made of bamboo.
The fountain pen had been around for centuries. What distinguished Schaeffer was his lever pen, which could draw ink from any well anywhere.
The idea was to make it easy to refill and carry while not leaking.
His pen idea did away with cork as a stopper and instead used the closed system of his lever draw and cap that would secure over the celluloid body, enabling the user to safely carry bis instrument anywhere and write anytime.
I have used fountain pens for large deals but, I am careful to fill them, test them and then enclose them in some fancy from the 1930’s, the manufacturer I do not know, amd then I have the contract written with it or rather the signatures and initials where required.
It’s fun.
I am a naturalized citizen who was born and raised in Germany. I went to school in my hometown in Germany and from the third grade on we had to use fountain pens. We had to write with ink pens that you had to dip in a ink jar when I was in the second grade. When ink pens were introduced into the German market we were not allowed by the teacher to use them in class, and for assigned homework which had to be done at home. Also we could only use pencils in art class.
I still use a fountain pen on a daily basis and have about 100 in my collection. The ball point pen ruined penmanship.
I loved fountain pens, and I never had any trouble with leaking.
The desks at my elementary school had holes in the top for inkwells.
They were never used, but a common joke was some boy dipping the girl’s hair in front of him in an inkwell.
I read of it, but never actually saw an inkwell in use at school.
The desks at my elementary school had holes in the top for inkwells.
They were never used, but a common joke was some boy dipping the girl’s hair in front of him in an inkwell.
I read of it, but never actually saw an inkwell in use at school.
My great uncle started out as a stock boy at a hardware supply company that sold to customers all over the state.
He worked himself up to clerk, then salesman and eventually president of the company.
When he was promoted to president his wife bought him a beautiful Schaefer pen set.
He used it every day until his retirement.
When he retired he passed it on to his pastor son who still uses it.
IIRC, they came out with the cartridge refill pens in the late 50s. Those were great, but the cartridges were a bit expensive.
It was probably the BIC ballpoints that became their biggest competition in the 60s.
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