Seeing the post aboutt Tony Blair got me remembering my curiosity about fountain pens and presidents(of the United States). What brands of pens did they use for personal writing? Was the an official White House fountian pen for signining legislation,etc.?

Try here - Presidential Pens at KamakuraPens.com

John

http://www.asgbigifts.co.uk/parker_history.asp has some instances of use of Parker pens for signatures

JFK the MB 149..

In the Montblanc forum I started a post asking if anyone knew which historical or prominent figures who used the MB 149 in particular, and I believe pretty much JFK was on top of the list

Two documents/Washington and Jefferson:

Thank all. We/I tend to forget how much a part of everyday life the qill,dip pen and finally FP was(and is).

The Fahrney's on F Street in Washingotn DC has a pen that JFK used to sign some legislation. It was a 2668-pointed Esterbrook desk pen.

I thought I read something that, although JFK is said to have had a MB, he used Sheaffers for a great deal of time. The "...he used a MB..." has never rang true with me. There are political problems with American politicians using foreign goods.