Another Eagle Landed

[OldGriz]

I got this one with the Wahl I just posted...

 

A nice long Eagle Pencil Company Silver Plated Pen

This again is a real nice pen in great condition...

Silver with a checkerboard pattern over BHR

It is altogether possible that it could be chromed, but I don't think there were a lot of chrome plated pens in that day... It also does not really look like chrome.

Slight rub mark at the bottom of the barrel where the cap posts and a tiny bit of brassing where the cap covers the barrel just behind the threads.

Markings around the base of the cap are:

NEVER BREAK

EAGLE PENCIL CO. U.S.A.

PAT. JAN. 12, 1925

Marking on Clip is;

EAGLE PENCIL CO. U.S.A.

 

Dimensions are;

4/78" capped

6/14" posted

3/8"+ diameter at cap.

Nib is 14K gold fine flexi, just like the ring top I already own.

 

So enough chitchat... here are the pictures

 

http://www.oldgriz.biz/Pens/EagleSilver.jpghttp://www.oldgriz.biz/Pens/EagleSilver2.jpg

[philm]

Looks familiar - these were manufactured around 1925 by Eagle. Sorry, my photography is not as good as yours. The pen on top is a gold plate Superite from the same era. The nib is nice, as you state. For some reason, when I pull it out, I always put Waterman Red in it.

 

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/munsonhsr/dcp_3205a.jpg

 

philm

[OldGriz]

Definately looks like the twin to mine...

It is amazing that 'collectors' refer to this manufacturer as a 'low end' collectable.... I have two and both are quality pens.... with great nibs and well manufactured...

[philm]

I agree...but let's just keep it between us and not tell anyone, ok

[John54green]

Gentlemen I agree, so the word may be out more than you'd like! I was lucky enough to get a Never Break that is a triplet to yours. When I got it the nib was bent into a z shape that took me quite a bit of time to get back to writing condition, it was well worth the effort! Well made, nice to hand, and a great example of the time period, regards, John

[OldGriz]

OK, we now know about 3 of these pens...

But, unfortunately, we have absolute no real knowledge of the company other than some collectors consider them second or third rate manufacturers and that they developed a glass cartridge for pens before anyone else thought about cartridge fillers...

 

I, for one would love to find out as much information about the company as possible. I now have two early Eagel Pencil Co. pens, and both are well made and not like anything shown in any collecting book I have.

[zorroflores]

I did a Google search and there are plenty of information on the Eagel Pencil Company, most related to their pencil manufacturing:

 

"The Eagle Pencil Company was founded by Mr. Alfred Berol in 1856, and has pioneered the invention and perfection of the many kinds of pencil we use today. In 1971 Eagle acquired Venus Pencil Co. and the new company was called Berol Ltd."

 

"The mechanical pencil, in which the lead is automatically sharpened, appeared as early as 1822; the Eagle Pencil Company patented its design in 1879"

 

"Berol invented a process which overcame the difficulty of glueing the graphite stick into the wood in such a way that it will not slip out, with the result that the lead was in fact 'super-bonded' into the wood".

 

Its history is quite interesting in the way the company has reshaped, belonging since 1995 to the Sanford group, the very same one of the Waterman, Parker, and Rotring brands.

 

It happens also that Berol has a manufacturing operation in Mexico, just a short walk from my home, it is a small world...

Edited May 7, 2006 by zorroflores

[JRodriguez]

That's really nice looking (I guess that's another to add to my someday list).

[OldGriz]

Unfortunately, about all that can be found about the company refers to either pencil manufacture or the introduction of a glass cartridge filler pen...

[RussA]

Hey Tom,

 

I have one of those old glass cartridge Eagle pens, but I have never restored it. I do have an old obit that reveals some of the early history.

 

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a339/RussellAnderson/Eagle.jpg

 

Hope this helps.

 

Edit: sorry, forgot to date the obit (July 8, 1883)

Edited May 7, 2006 by RussA

[Michael Wright]

A bit more about the Eagle Pencil Co. can be found in:

 

Author: Petroski, Henry.

Title: The pencil : a history of design and circumstance / by Henry Petroski.

Edition: 1st ed.

Published: New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1990.

 

IIRC, it is "a bit" because, to my taste, this is an unsatisfactory book. Petroski is a professor of both engineering and history, but the book seems to me to have not enough engineering detail or proper historical narrative -- a bit too much anecdotes filled out with waffle, and heck, I'm a humanities type, I can waffle for myself.

 

Still, it does show that pencil manufacture in the 19th c. was a big business, as the pencil was the basic writing tool -- kind of like the Bic, but with luxury grades too. Also Thoreau was in the pencil business.

 

Best

 

Michael

[RussA]

"The Eagle Pencil Company was founded by Mr. Alfred Berol in 1856, and has pioneered the invention and perfection of the many kinds of pencil we use today..."

I'm not too sure of the timeline on this as there are atricles that state a Henry Berolzheimer (Berol?) is the company president in 1892, but there is also an Emil Berolzheimer who is listed as the company's owner & president in 1893. Henry Berolzheimer was not a citizen of the US. He was a citizen of Nuremberg, Germany living in the US. Which Berol was it??????

 

Still, these guys appear to be after Joseph Reckendorfer. I don't know, maybe they were all part of the early company.

[PaulK]

Wow...just stumbled across this topic. My "lament" in the chatter forum was because I lost an Eagle pen on the 'bay. What a great looking pen! It was marked "silver" and was similar to the Waterman skeleton. Tom & all: GREAT looking pens. Thanks...you reminded me about the pen I didn't win.

 

Take care,

 

Paul

[John54green]

I have been meaning to add this pair of Eagles. They may be second tier, but I sure think they have their merits. One is a BCHR with a Warrented #4 nib (not original, it arrived sans nib) that writes very well, the other is a funky art deco pattern of pink, black, and pearl. It really is kind of ugly, but the nib saves it for me, it has an eagle stamped on it that is as funky as the pen! What other models did Eagle produce? Anybody know of others?

[Mob Mentality]

I know this is old but just bought one of these pens and was wondering what the sac size is. I don't have the pen in hand yet. Thanks for any assistance.

[philm]

Mob Mentality,

 

Wow, this was a long time ago. The thread was started by Old Griz (Tom M), who unfortunately passed away. I note that both his and my photos have gone away. I checked my inventory and found the pen that we were discussing. It has a size 16 sac. I believe the pen we were discussing is the silver plated one(s) in this photo, which I will post again. I do hope you enjoy using yours!

 

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/munsonhsr/eagle%20pens/DSC_0006r.jpg

 

Phil

Edited November 12, 2015 by philm

[Mob Mentality]

Thanks for your response Philm sorry to hear about Old Griz. Glad to hear the pen takes a #16 sac as I have a whole bag of them. On a side note I think the chasing on the over lay of my pen might be slightly different. I may post a picture when it arrives. It nice to have such an inexpensive vintage flex pen. I might post a writing sample too.

[philm]

Thanks for your response Philm sorry to hear about Old Griz. Glad to hear the pen takes a #16 sac as I have a whole bag of them. On a side note I think the chasing on the over lay of my pen might be slightly different. I may post a picture when it arrives. It nice to have such an inexpensive vintage flex pen. I might post a writing sample too.

Please do!

 

Phil