When was the Ecridor fountain pen first made? I,ve read that 1000 us soldiers recieved Ecridors as gifts in 1947 as presents after their service but I didnt say what type of pen it was.

I recently bought an Ecridor and I like it very well although I´m a little unused to the slender body.

Regards
Erik

I have an Ecridor Retro FP and Pencil set. I love them both and use them constantly. The FP is F nib, and I had it reground to a true XF. The Ecridor is my most reliable fountain pen. It will write on any kind of paper, whether smooth, textured, expensive or cheap, and with any ink. Even the inks that absolutely do not flow in any of my other pens are fine in this pen.

This timeline below is from the caran d'Ache history website.
http://www.carandache.ch/cda/company/history.lbl

Notice that it does not mention Ecridor fountain pens. I assume that is because there weren't any until just now!

QM2


1924
Arnold Schweitzer acquires the "Ecridor Pencil Factory" (founded in 1915) in Geneva, creates a new company and gives it the name Caran d’Ache Swiss Pencil Factory.

1930
Ecridor mechanical pencils in hand-engraved models in gold and silver make their debut.

1947
The first limited series of 1000 Ecridor gold mechanical pencils are produced for the U.S. Armed Forces Headquarters in Germany.

1970
The Madison Collection is launched, the first to include a fountain pen.
The Ecridor ballpoint pen goes into series production.

I bought a Caran d'Ache Ecridor fountain pen in 1993 in Geneva. It had a green lacquer faceted body with gold-plated trim. The nib was steel with bicolour plating. (A satin finish model was issued later) The section threads were soon stripped being plastic while the barrel threads were brass. The pen wrote poorly. I pointed out the defects to Caran d'Ache who replaced the section with one having brass threads. They replaced the cartridge converter. While the pen has had its share of problems, Caran d'Ache service have been meticulous in the fulfilment of a true lifetime warranty.
Kaushla