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According to an Chinese article accusing the U.S.A. imperialist in 1950, the three best sold Japanese fountain pen during the War in Shanghai are Pilot, Sailor and Hallo.
So, does anyone know something about Hallo?

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When mentioning sources it is always good practice on this board to provide source material for quotes, articles, and stories. Please provide link to article.

 

Something sounds not right. Hallo may be a very poor transliteration of another name. Need to see the kanji.

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When mentioning sources it is always good practice on this board to provide source material for quotes, articles, and stories. Please provide link to article.

 

Something sounds not right. Hallo may be a very poor transliteration of another name. Need to see the kanji.

The Chinese translation by pronunciation is 哈囉, which is the translation of Hallo by pronunciation. I do not know its Japanese Kanji or Kana.

 

Here are what I have.

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U.S. Fountain Pen Brings Disaster to Domestic Pen Factory美國鋼筆帶給國產鋼筆廠的災難 on Jiefang Daily( also translated as Liberation Daily), November 28th,1950.

 

拜樂德: Pilot, the translation by KMT government. The formal Chinese/Kanji name of Pilot in China before the end of the WW2 is 拜羅德.

三樂: One of the four registered Chinese names of Sailor in China and the Formal Chinese name during 1942-1946, when Sailor's Shanghai branch existed or had not been auctioned, which is one of the translations by pronunciation. The Kanji name should be 水夫, it is the Japanese Kanji name translated by literature, also a registered Chinese name, =水手, the Common .

哈囉:Hallo, according to The Compilation of Japanese trademark 日商商標彙編, 1940, Page 116 ,and the book showed that 哈囉Hallo belonged to a comapany named Taisho Yoko(大正洋行) whose owner was Toruji Matsushima(松島富治).

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The Compilation of Japanese trademark 日商商標彙編, 1940, Page 116, the under half part. 同上 means "the same as the right".

 

Wako University's Mutsuo Yamamura(山村睦夫)'s Consideration on an Attitude of Japanese Bourgeoisie toward 5.30 Movement in Shanghai, 1925(https://wako.repo.nii.ac.jp/index.php?action=pages_view_main&active_action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=4179&item_no=1&attribute_id=22&file_no=1&page_id=13&block_id=55) and Japanese Small Business in Shanghai and their Chauvinism 1916 〜 1942 − An Analysis on “Derectory of Japanese Residents in China” −(https://wako.repo.nii.ac.jp/index.php?action=pages_view_main&active_action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=3810&item_no=1&attribute_id=22&file_no=1&page_id=13&block_id=55) mentioned that the company was located in Shanghai, opened in 1912.

 

Yoshito Hiroda's Manufacturing and inventing of mechanical pencils in Japan before the mid-1960s (https://ir.library.osaka-u.ac.jp/repo/ouka/all/57032/oep064_2_012.pdf)mentioned that there was a 上大正洋行(ShanTaisho Yoko?)大阪支店Osaka Branch in Osaka, the owner is Toruji Matsushima(松島富治), too. However, it is about mechanic pencil.

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哈囉 is Chinese, not Japanese. If not mistaken, translation means 'Hello.'

Thank you for the fantastic information. Wonderful resource. Greatly appreciated.

 

I've seen several thousand Japanese pens, including many pre-war vintage pens, and have not come across this name before. I've seen a few Japanese pens that were made for the Chinese market. My guess is that it may be a model name or sub-brand made exclusively for the Chinese market. If so, models would not show up in Japan. Just a guess.

 

This remains a mystery!

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Just as what your said, there were many Japanese pens which were made for Chinese market, most of them are Cheaper than American, European and even Chinese pens.

 

Vanco's Price is similar to Parker and Waterman according to an article about Harbin's stationary market on 1932.

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Vanco was a big player in China. Initially selling pencils in Manchukuo, then pens. Some of their models were very decent qualitgy.

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