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I'm thinking about focusing my fountain pen collection on German pens. Is there a master list of German manufacturers? If not, let's use this thread to form one.

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Off the top of my head:

 

Montblanc

Pelikan

Lamy

Kaweco

Goldfink

Soennecken

Add:

Geha

Osmia

 

Luxor

L&C Hardtmuth

Bohler

Tropen

and add Simplo an early manifestation of Montblanc

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GvFC

Artus (early version of Lamy)

Add Merlin too.

 

And somewhere in the Pen History forum there is a master list of manufacturers...or is it in the reviews :hmm1: But there is one floating around the ether of FPN. Try here!

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And Montblanc

 

 

 

Yes I know its been mentioned already but I like it so much I just had to mention again :ltcapd:

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Well I got 7, and bid on a couple more, and a couple I've not bid on.

 

Get the Lambrau book. It is the greatest help you can have.

 

Some of them made the pens in Germany but were basically export firms like Tropen, and Luxor, Merlin/Clio. They made good pens, but the market was saturated.I'm not sure if Matador is German too, but it is a good pen.

 

All German companies made pens other than black for the Export market....they cost more than black...and are harder to find; for me in Germany.

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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Another one is Cleo Skribent, from former East Germany. It was briefly imported by Swisher and it may still be sold by passion4pens.

 

I was at some point very tempted by their Linea Arte silver pen.

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alkman Vintage

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Another one is Cleo Skribent, from former East Germany. It was briefly imported by Swisher and it may still be sold by passion4pens.

 

I was at some point very tempted by their Linea Arte silver pen.

 

This does beg an interesting question; does anyone know the state company or private affiliate of the DDR that produced FPs from 1945-1989? Was there more than one?

 

I have not looked at the Cleo site, but I will shortly.

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Markant was a DDR pen.

 

I have a pair of Cleo Skribent Chiffre piston fillers. Decent pens. Passion4pens (I think it is) now carries a very expensive Cleo.

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Greif

Brause

Garant (another East German company)

Welt Pen

Senator

Solid

 

I have a list of more but will have to post them tomorrow. Senator still makes pens, I think, but the others are vintage only.

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I have such a long way to go,

 

Herma

Leander

DDR Markant ( I think someone mentioned it.)

 

Adlatus

 

Then there are the many "no names".

There were many mom and pop pen makers; for local market, who bought unfinished pens from teh big boys and assembled or fixed them up...and have absolutely no markings, out side of A Warrented or Peter Bock nib, if that. Many just have a nib saying Iridium point/and or/ Made in W.Germany.

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In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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Sourkraut, liverwurst, and... of course... beer!

 

Jeer :puddle:

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Aristokrat (no longer made, seems company was based in Fürth next to Nuremberg)

online pens (based in Neumarkt, also not far from Nuremberg)

 

This page lists a few more companies I've never heard of.

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