Many times when we think about vintage pens we have the false idea that such pens were practically hand made, the product of love of some elderly, wise penmaker. At least, I catch myself to think like this some times. Maybe this is the proper picture for the very early pens, but the pens of the golden age of fountain pens, the Wahls, the Parkers, the Watermans, the Sheaffers, etc. were coming out of fairely sophisticated machines.
I started thinking about this when I read George's post here. I listing here the patents for few of the machines that were used by the Wahl Co. (later Wahl Eversharp) to make some of the pens that we love and enjoy today.

1. US Patent 1395316 "Chasing Machine" by John C. Wahl 11/1/1921.
2. US Patent 1415211 "Chasing Machine" by John C. Wahl 5/9/1922.
3. US Patent 1485066 "Automatic Tinning Machine" by John Bricken 2/19/1924.
4. US Patent 1485099 "Lead-Loading Machine" by John C. Wahl 2/26/1924.
5. US Patent 1538913 "Filling Machine" by John C. Wahl 2/26/1924.
6. US Patent 1791776 "Device for Operating on Nibs" by John Estabrook Wahl, 2/10/1931.
7. US Patent 1867932 "Means for Making Pen Nibs" by John Estabrook Wahl and Carl W. Gronemann, 7/19/1932. (this is the one that George posted here)
8. US Patent 2014150 "Apparatus for Molding Objects of Pyralin and other Material that is Plastic when Heated" by Albert H. Stenersen, 9/10/1935. (note Figure 15)
Also two more - not machines - but methods of making the bodies of pens.
9. US Patent 2151548 "Decorative tubular article of pyroxylin or the like" by Robert Back, 3/21/1939.
10. US Patent 2319802 "Ornamental Tubing" by He,nry Dreyfuss 5/25/1943.

Another interesting machine is one from Conklin:
US Patent 1303940 "Machine for Making Fountain Pne Feed-Bars" by Frank H. Mooney assignor to the Conklin Pen Manufacturing Company.

Well that's my weeks spare time reading whilst I soak up this little lot

Thanks antoniosz

Jim

My pleasure, Jim...
Here is another one, just in case you find some extra time

1189681, Machine for Making Pens, J. F. George, 7/4/1916


az

Oh, well - is that all it takes to make a pen? Looks like something that should be found somewhere in Murphy Towers.

Regards,

Gerry