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Epictete92

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Remember, though, women are more vain than men. And a pen worn around your neck is more visible than a pen in your pocket. Therefore a vider range was a necessity. Although I belive most of them was carried around in the handbag.

 

That's a dangerous generalization... and mostly the result of the over polarization of the two genders, which for the most part doesn't reflect reality. However, women (like men) are naturally drawn to whatever advertisers tell them is "theirs" essentially. The goal is to make more money of course. So to make pens targeted at women sells more pens than if there were only "general" pen designs. What I'm trying to say is the presumed vanity of women is largely a construction (as is everything else). And pen makers like to take advantage of this construction. There are many pens out there that men surely buy out of vanity just as well.

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Yes, of course it is a generalisation. But without generalisation it is not possible to make any conclusions or at least assumptions about the market. Of course there are men who bought pens out of pure vanity. What else is about the PFM for example. I agree that vain is the wrong word here. Let me call it attention to the assessories.

 

The point I am trying to make is that a pen supposedly hanging around your neck. This makes the pen very visible, and therefore there is more need for variation. What they, I am mostly thinking about Parker ads here, tried to do was to cash in on women who were much more visible during the twenties than ever before, and as such it was important to target them.

 

Anyways, I do not think that a larger variation in the models and colours necessarily reflects a larger market for these models. A standard example in most product ranges, is that you have a top of the line, a show case, or a prestige model, you sell very little of. But its high end image reflects on the other products they are trying to sell.

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Suggestion beyond looking at what the advertisements of the era..is to view business, family, and fashion photographs of the era.. Library of Congress is one source..there are others

http://www.loc.gov/index.html

http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html

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Just been reading through this. Fascinating thread. I recently bought a greeny brown Peter Pan pen specifically to wear on a necklace. I've worn it out a few times and it always gets comments. It's a lovely little writer as well.

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Truly, fountain pens are pure human experience.

 

One of my all-time favorite pens is MB 149. Classic black. How about that hanging from my neck? All the clowns will be insulted, and I might get in trouble with my managers. You can't even imagine how dirty their minds are...

 

And you say you are annoyed.

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Now I get it. I have a dirty mind too.

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That just gave me an idea... I wonder if anyone has ever made a pendant out of an old gold fountain pen nib? better not use EF or there might be an injury =) but apart from that, it could look really interesting...

 

My SIL loves fountain pens by the way. I have to hide mine ;)

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