Countries That Produce Fountain Pens

[chandelle]

It appears to me that only the following ten countries (additions welcome) produce fountain pens with any regularity:

 

Britain

China

France

Germany

India

Italy

Japan

Switzerland

Taiwan

US

 

That's awfully thin, considering the number of countries on the globe and the relatively moderate extent of manufacturing resources and expertise called for in producing FPs.

 

Views?

 

[WaskiSquirrel]

I would guess that other nations produce them as well, but they are not known outside their nation's borders. For example, I believe fountain pens are made in Pakistan.

[erpe]

There are also pens made inTurkey and Poland but not in masses

[maus930]

Definitly Turkey -- I have several excellent pens from turkey -- several volume producers

 

Probably a lot more than the few coming out of the US

[Ronchamp]

In Spain they are one brand that produce fountain pens, now in difficulties: Inoxcrom.

 

Regards

[arcadeflow]

Pakistan makes them too, and Czech Republic. The list is bigger if you consider countries that made them, but not anymore.

[aawhite]

You can add Australia to the list. There are small makers using kit pens, and there is Curtis Australia.

 

As well as Korea.

 

I heard that X-pens are made/assembled in Isreal.

Edited October 26, 2014 by aawhite

[lisadan]

X-pen is an Israeli company and I saw some of their models at a stationary/office supplies store in Israel last March (2014). According to their representative at the 2014 Philadelphia Pen show, the pens are manufactured mostly in China (at least that's what I understood, maybe some are assembled in Israel).

Edited October 26, 2014 by lisadan

[hari317]

It appears to me that only the following ten countries (additions welcome) produce fountain pens with any regularity:

 

Britain

China

France

Germany

India

Italy

Japan

Switzerland

Taiwan

US

 

That's awfully thin, considering the number of countries on the globe and the relatively moderate extent of manufacturing resources and expertise called for in producing FPs.

 

Views?

 

 

Out of the list perhaps only the following countries still retain the capability to make the entire pen which includes making the nibs and feeders:

 

China

France

Germany

India

Italy

Japan

 

 

Edit: reworded for clarity.

Edited October 27, 2014 by hari317

[arran]

You can add Belgium with Conid of course

[chandelle]

 

Out of the list perhaps only the following countries still retain the capability to make the entire pen including the nibs and feeders:

 

China

France

Germany

India

Italy

Japan

 

 

Surprised that Britain ain't in that list. Don't Onoto and Yard-O-Led manufacture their pens fully in-house?

[chandelle]

You can add Belgium with Conid of course

 

Strewth! I hadn't hitherto heard of Conid but I'm none the worse after a visit to its website. Gorgeous pens although utterly out of my financial reach. Thanks for the mention!

[Quantum]

 

Surprised that Britain ain't in that list. Don't Onoto and Yard-O-Led manufacture their pens fully in-house?

 

On the Onoto web site it says that the Magna plunger filler is completely hand made in England, I would assume the others are as well. But I haven't gone through each available pen to check.

[arran]

 

Strewth! I hadn't hitherto heard of Conid but I'm none the worse after a visit to its website. Gorgeous pens although utterly out of my financial reach. Thanks for the mention!

The website is www.conidpen.com

They have also a page on facebook

[hari317]

 

Surprised that Britain ain't in that list. Don't Onoto and Yard-O-Led manufacture their pens fully in-house?

making the complete pen includes making the nib and feed. Onoto and YoL buy their nib units from outside Britain.

[richardandtracy]

Don't forget Russia. The Soviet Union produced pens, but I don't know of any current models, but I'd expect that's due to lack of knowledge rather than lack of production.

 

Regards,

 

Richard.

[chandelle]

making the complete pen includes making the nib and feed. Onoto and YoL buy their nib units from outside Britain.

 

Thanks for that info. ISTR this person from Onoto (my President had tarnish issues and he'd gotten in touch) mentioned that their nibs were made in-house. Or I may have gotten it wrong.

[basterma]

Bear in mind that many companies source nibs from the same set of companies. Yard-o-led makes nibs with the same feed and nib shape as Inoxcrom and Diplomat. Centropen makes current pens now that use the same nibs and feeds of pens made by Pelikan (P10) and Schneider. The inbreeding of the nib makers complicates this as you could probably argue that most pens end up having the key bit made in China, Japan and Germany. I have a Flair Inky that says it is made in India, yet has the exact same nib, felt strip enhanced feed and proprietary cartridge as Hero pens sold in blisterpaks in China.

[hari317]

^^ true. Some Indian pens and also pens from the "full pen" making countries might have some foreign content, but these countries also do produce pens that are entirely made in their country.

[aawhite]

X-pen is an Israeli company and I saw some of their models at a stationary/office supplies store in Israel last March (2014). According to their representative at the 2014 Philadelphia Pen show, the pens are manufactured mostly in China (at least that's what I understood, maybe some are assembled in Israel).

 

Thank you for the information.

 

Regards.