Jump to content

North Carolina Triangle Pen Club Meetup - May 1 Is An Estie Festie!

AAAndrew

By AAAndrew
in Clubs, Meetings and Events

 Share

Recommended Posts

AAAndrew Antique

AAAndrew

Posted
Posted

For those in or near the Triangle of North Carolina (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill area) the next meetup is May 1. For this May Day I have volunteered to present a topic near and dear to my heart: Esterbrooks!

 

The official blurb

 

Esterbrook is one of the great American pen companies. From their beginnings in 1860 as one of the first American steel dip pen manufacturers, to their classic "J" series of fountain pens, Esterbrook has enjoyed a reputation for quality manufacturing and offering a wide variety of quality nibs to accommodate any style of writing.

In this meeting we'll take a quick look at Esterbrook's history from the early days when they were the largest steel pen manufacturer in the US to their transition to fountain pens and culminating with their iconic "J" pens. We'll explore a sampling of the shapes, sizes, colors and the wide variety of nibs available, and hopefully you'll come away with a good understanding of why Esterbrooks are some of the most popular vintage pens for both beginners as well as veteran collectors and users.

Bring your own Esterbrook pens and other material and we'll have an Estie-Fest!

 

Since volunteering for this topic I have taken the opportunity to bulk up my collection a bit so I have a few post-J-pen Esterbrooks as well, and more desk and Dip-less pens. I'll be bringing some early dip pen artifacts as well as bringing many of the dip pens which were the inspirations for the Renew-point nibs, like the 442 Jackson Stub dip pen inspired the 2442 Renewpoint fine stub so people can try both the original and the fountain pen version.

 

And an oddity or two.

 

I also have hopes that some of the collectors will bring some interesting specimens as well.

 

If you're interested, check out the Meetup site. http://www.meetup.com/Triangle-Pen-Club-Meetup/events/229578075/

 

“When the historians of education do equal and exact justice to all who have contributed toward educational progress, they will devote several pages to those revolutionists who invented steel pens and blackboards.” V.T. Thayer, 1928

Check out my Steel Pen Blog. 

"No one is exempt from talking nonsense; the mistake is to do it solemnly."

-Montaigne

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 2
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • AAAndrew

    2

  • Ashram

    1

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Ashram Mint

Ashram

Posted
Posted

I'm looking forward to your presentation! I only own one or two Esterbrooks and am especially interested in trying some different nibs. Thanks for doing this and I'll see you Sunday.

http://i.imgur.com/Bftqofd.png

Link to comment
Share on other sites
AAAndrew Antique

AAAndrew

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Terrific. See you then!

 

“When the historians of education do equal and exact justice to all who have contributed toward educational progress, they will devote several pages to those revolutionists who invented steel pens and blackboards.” V.T. Thayer, 1928

Check out my Steel Pen Blog. 

"No one is exempt from talking nonsense; the mistake is to do it solemnly."

-Montaigne

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Most Contributions

    1. amberleadavis
      amberleadavis
      43844
    2. PAKMAN
      PAKMAN
      33584
    3. Ghost Plane
      Ghost Plane
      28220
    4. inkstainedruth
      inkstainedruth
      26772
    5. jar
      jar
      26105

  • Upcoming Events

  • Blog Comments

    • Shanghai Knife Dude
      Links to web pages or articles about Chinese typesetting, signwriting, etc.

      By Shanghai Knife Dude · Posted

      I have the Sailor Naginata and some fancy blade nibs coming after 2022 by a number of new workshop from China.  With all my respect, IMHO, they are all (bleep) in doing chinese characters.  Go use a bush, or at least a bush pen. 
    • A Smug Dill
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By A Smug Dill · Posted

      It is the reason why I'm so keen on the idea of a personal library — of pens, nibs, inks, paper products, etc. — and spent so much money, as well as time and effort, to “build” it for myself (because I can't simply remember everything, especially as I'm getting older fast) and my wife, so that we can “know”; and, instead of just disposing of what displeased us, or even just not good enough to be “given the time of day” against competition from >500 other pens and >500 other inks for our at
    • adamselene
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By adamselene · Posted

      Agreed.  And I think it’s good to be aware of this early on and think about at the point of buying rather than rationalizing a purchase..
    • A Smug Dill
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By A Smug Dill · Posted

      Alas, one cannot know “good” without some idea of “bad” against which to contrast; and, as one of my former bosses (back when I was in my twenties) used to say, “on the scale of good to bad…”, it's a spectrum, not a dichotomy. Whereas subjectively acceptable (or tolerable) and unacceptable may well be a dichotomy to someone, and finding whether the threshold or cusp between them lies takes experiencing many degrees of less-than-ideal, especially if the decision is somehow influenced by factors o
    • adamselene
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By adamselene · Posted

      I got my first real fountain pen on my 60th birthday and many hundreds of pens later I’ve often thought of what I should’ve known in the beginning. I have many pens, the majority of which have some objectionable feature. If they are too delicate, or can’t be posted, or they are too precious to face losing , still they are users, but only in very limited environments..  I have a big disliking for pens that have the cap jump into the air and fly off. I object to Pens that dry out, or leave blobs o

  • Chatbox

    You don't have permission to chat.
    Load More

  • Files






×
×
  • Create New...