Fountain Pen Birds, But Any Other Animals?

[Greenie]

OK. This is silly. And probably not interesting.

 

But I collect Mabie Todd, with all the bird names they have

And I also collect early Eagle pens - which are way more interesting than people realize.

And there are, of course, mighty fine Pelikan pens.

 

Are there pens named for animals that are not birds?

 

[sidthecat]

The only one I can think of is Pony.

Since fountain pens evolved from feathers, I suppose bird names are automatically evocative.

[praxim]

Waterman, Sheaffer, Parker,

 

not to mention the Crocodile

 

eta: Zebra

Edited December 22, 2017 by praxim

[NinthSphere]

Kaigelu

[FarmBoy]

Greenie-

 

I have a few pens that are dogs but I don't think that is exactly how you want me to use the animal descriptor...

[Greenie]

Kaigelu

 

Had to look that up, but I liked it better that you made me work for it.

 

Waterman, Sheaffer, Parker,

 

not to mention the Crocodile

 

eta: Zebra

 

Interesting that the other animals all seem to be very currently modern Asian pens.

[Greenie]

Greenie-

 

I have a few pens that are dogs but I don't think that is exactly how you want me to use the animal descriptor...

 

 

Some pens that are dogs......

 

 

And some dogs that are pens

[AmandaW]

The Jinhao Shark pen.

 

[christof]

The Rap-pen (made by Pelikan). Rappen is a term in German for a black stallion.

 

Unfortunately, I don't have one in my collection, so no picture by the hand. But see here: https://www.pelikan-collectibles.com/en/Pelikan/Models/Historic-Pens/Rappen/index.html

 

C.

Edited December 22, 2017 by christof

[AAAndrew]

And of course the reason there are so many bird-related pens is that birds and pens go together ever since we started using their feathers as pens. Crow quills, swan pens, even bled over into the era of steel pens.

[Tweel]

And of course the reason there are so many bird-related pens is that birds and pens go together ever since we started using their feathers as pens. Crow quills, swan pens, even bled over into the era of steel pens.

 

And there's the word "nib" itself:

 

https://www.etymonline.com/word/nib

[AAAndrew]

 

And there's the word "nib" itself:

 

https://www.etymonline.com/word/nib

 

"Nib" used to mean just the tips of the tines, especially in the early days of the steel pen, like the 1820's - 1840's when the whole steel part was called a "pen" and the long part was called a "handle" for barrel pens and a "holder" for slip pens. It wasn't until the fountain pen became more widely sold in the last decade or so of the 19th-century when just the tip of the whole was called a "nib" and the whole, including the body, was called a "pen."

[Tweel]

And so we've gone from having a bird in a pen, to having a bird in a pen.

[BEEG]

Wyvern, if we count fantasy creatures as well.

[Greenie]

Wyvern, if we count fantasy creatures as well.

 

Thank you for teaching me something new! I had no idea until I looked it up!

[pen2paper]

Fun side thread. Thanks.

Love the sharks Amanda! hadn't seen those.

 

Don't recall the brand, but but here were super cute Snoopy pens a couple of years ago.

Had < to enjoy ( in full childlike merriment ) playing with those, then cheerfully passed along to a a FPN member's little one.

[peterg]

Peter Pan could fly! Is he a man?, is he a bird? ...

 

Recently there was a Condor pen on E-bay too.

Edited January 8, 2018 by peterg

[linearM]

The Chinese seem to like animals as well as birds. There are Crocodiles, Duke produces the Mako, Jinhao has the cobra and Dragon.