Famous people's pens

[Mags]

I wonder what Churchill used from Conway Stewart to inspire his namesake pen. I think John Diefenbaker used an Esterbrook or Canadian made Shaeffer desk pen to sign as PM. His pictures are hard to find.

[Offret]

Donald Duck, his fountain pen, ink and blotter doing his income taxes. The New Spirit 1943 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00u6qUelp6c

 

If you don't want to watch the intro, the pens are at 2:55.

Nice find.

[stopher]

Stephen King used an FP to write Dreamcatcher. I know he used a typewriter and moved to computers as technology changed, but this novel was the first after he was hit by a car. Here's an excerpt from the Author's Note:

 

"One final note. This book was written with the world's finest word processor, a Waterman cartridge fountain pen. To write the first draft of such a long book by hand put me in touch with the language as I haven't been in years. I even wrote one night (during a power outage) by candlelight. One rarely finds such opportunities in the twenty-first century, and they are to be savored."-Stephen King

 

Alas, I don't know which Waterman. I can't find the answer.

This is a great excerpt. Getting back in touch with the tactile nature of writing is beautiful. Too much of todays correspondence is done by computer, smart phone and tablets.

[GTOZack]

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I wonder what Churchill used from Conway Stewart to inspire his namesake pen. I think John Diefenbaker used an Esterbrook or Canadian made Shaeffer desk pen to sign as PM. His pictures are hard to find.

 

He probably at some point became angry at a cabinet meeting during WWII and threw a conway stewart into a wall, It didn't break nearby briefing attendee went and pick it up despite all the ink splatter.it still wrote. on other note he said its the best pen he ever seen. and kept that battered Conway Stewart.

 

but that's probably some fabled story heard through the vine.

[PS104]

Che Guevara seems to have always had a Parker 51 in his pocket. This picture is one of the clearer ones showing the iconic Parker clip

[GTOZack]

I was watching The Exorcist (1973)

 

after the opening scene in Iraq , Father Merrin and Iraqi professor converse scene

 

the professor was using a parker 51 in grey.

[belfire]

Gandhi had the Montblanc Mahatma Gandhi fountain pen, limited edition.

[Biff]

Shelby Foote wrote with Esterbrook dip pens. You can read the interview here where he talks about it.

 

http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/931/the-art-of-fiction-no-158-shelby-foote

 

I use a dip pen. Everybody on earth used to have one. They were in every post office in the land. (etcetera)

Edited December 4, 2013 by Nicolas_Rieussec

[Shaughn]

Probably not famous all over the world, but the last four star general of the former Royal Dutch East Indies Army is seen here with a fountain pen around 1947. He died in 1949, so the FP must be an earlier model than 1949.

 

 

 

 

 

[Penne Stilografiche]

Who would have known Farrah Fawcett used a Montblanc 146?

[WayTooManyHobbies]

Today's Google Doodle honors Admiral Grace Hopper, and Shorpy has also gotten into the act. It looks to me like the fountain pen on her desk is a posted Waterman's Taperite.

 

[Ursus]

Karen Blixen had a small black Montblanc Meisterstück which I have seen on exhibition in Rungstedlund (the Karen Blixen museum in her former home north of Copenhagen). I remember it particularly well because I once received the same pen as a gift from my mother, although in a newer and less worndown version. It was even placed next to a first edition of a small Danish poetry book (Eroter og Fauner) which I had myself just found in a book store; quite a funny coincidence.

Edited December 20, 2013 by Ursus

[Ursus]

Here is a link to a little article on Nixon's Parker:

 

http://www.parker75.addr.com/Reference/Keepsake/President_Nixons_Keepsake_75.htm

[DaleR]

Dale Carnegie writing with what appears (to me) to be a Parker 51. Check out his stylish silk pajamas!

 

[Penprophet]

How about Little Richards pen. It is a Platinum that was presented to him by his fellow Seventh Day Adventists when he was touring in Manila. Can't prove he actually used it much but he did own it.

 

 

.http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr285/Penprophet/Pens/AB13_1396_1_zpsc13d1e36.jpg

Edited January 14, 2014 by Penprophet

[twieleba]

Pardon my off-topic, but there is anyone who knows what kind/brand/type of pencils did Hemingway employ as writing instruments? (he stated that in a good working day he consumed/used something like seven No 2 pencils...)

It's my understanding that Hemingway swore by Palomino Blackwings

[New_Falcon]

It's my understanding that Hemingway swore by Palomino Blackwings

 

I've read so much over the years about what Hemingway used. All the way from Parker 51s to pencil sharpened with knives and pencils sharpened with sharpeners. One article that I recall gives an account of Hemingway at a cafe with two pencils and a sharpener and sharpening the pencils with the shavings into a coffee cup saucer.

 

Do you mean the original he used FC Blackwings? I think that Palomino Blackwings are a recent offering, a couple of years, but I could be wrong.

[Randwulfr]

Just about every F. Scott Fitzgerald signature I've seen indicates he favored italic or oblique nibs (I'm still trying to sort out the differences when I see them). Here's a good example of such....

[kulindi]

 

 

Who would have known Farrah Fawcett used a Montblanc 146?

 

How do you know....????

[Ursus]

 

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Penne Stilografiche, on 09 Dec 2013 - 04:56, said:

Who would have known Farrah Fawcett used a Montblanc 146?

 

How do you know....????

 

Right! Many people get those as gifts.