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Just curious whether back in the golden age of fountain pens was there a plethora of colors like we seem to have now, or (as I imagine but don't know or have any basis for it) juat black, blue, red, blue-black, and iron gall more prevalent?

Inked: Aurora Optima EF (Pelikan Tanzanite); Franklin Christoph Pocket 20 Needlepoint (Sailor Kiwa Guro); Sheaffers PFM I Reporter/Fine (Diamine Oxblood); Franklin Christoph 02 Medium Stub (Aurora Black); Platinum Plaisir Gunmetal EF (Platinum Brown); Platinum Preppy M (Platinum Blue-Black). Leaded: Palomino Blackwing 602; Lamy Scribble 0.7 (Pentel Ain Stein 2B); Uni Kuru Toga Roulette 0.5 (Uni Kuru Toga HB); Parker 51 Plum 0.9 (Pilot Neox HB)

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Good question.

 

 

I think green might be in there, and maybe brown? Still, I guess it depends upon what you call the golden age of fountain pens.

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The different manufacturers I'm sure had different shades of blue from one another, but I don't think they went out of their way to differentiate between them. I have a lot of Swan ink bottles, and its the primary colors, about 5-7 different colors.

 

Here's an ad from Carters from 1935.

 

 

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There were quite a few colors available, not as many as today but still a pretty broad spectrum. There was black and blue and blue/black but also green and red and purple and turquoise and brown. There were bright reds and dark reds.

 

 

 

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The different manufacturers I'm sure had different shades of blue from one another, but I don't think they went out of their way to differentiate between them. I have a lot of Swan ink bottles, and its the primary colors, about 5-7 different colors.

 

Here's an ad from Carters from 1935.

 

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