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Ladies and Gentlemen of the Fountain Pen Network,

 

As a side effect of the recent re-shuffle of forums (December 2014), which has more or less been concluded now, I was fortunate enough to search for all the pen brands I could find, with a view to moving them to the appropriate forums, together with the entire team.

 

Since I thought you might be interested, I have accumulated all the pen brands, I could find, in this topic, alphabetized by country, with the brands also appearing in alphabetical order. Furthermore, if several pen brands occur(red) more than once, I have added the company or main brand in curved brackets, and if a main brand/company produced another brand, I have tried to add that brand in curved brackets as well, although this is a far from complete exercise so far. In case a brand opened several factories, in different countries, I have tried to indicate this as well.

 

This info has been scraped from some of the pen books I am lucky enough to own, and the internet, with due reference especially to our own site right here, and to the Soloplumas website, which you may find here: http://soloplumas.blogspot.de/. Other pen sites which proved useful were generally the sites of traders in pens, especially vintage pens, several blogs, etc. As always when doing these searches - Google is one's friend :).

 

The idea is to try and keep this list up to date, and if any of you notice that pen brands are missing, please add those to this list, preferably with a reference; I will add them to the appropriate country.

Similarly, please let me know if any typos were made, I'll gladly correct those too, and also any main brands for the brands listed. In case of incorrect attributions, please let me know too, preferably with a reference too: the idea is to, possibly, create an entry per brand with some sort of description if at all possible (time-wise), or if you yourself would like to do so - by all means post it, and notify me.

 

For convencience's sake, portions of this topic will be copied to the relevant forums as well.

 

Thank you all very much in advance!

 

Warm regards, Wim

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Argentina:

303

Ariel Kullock

Artcraft

Birome

Cadillac

Contador

Ducal

Escorial

Escritor

Everton

Federal

Giavota (Swan)

Gauchada (made in England)

Ilasa

Inflapen

L'Extol

Morrison

Morrison Ducal

Muñeca

New Yorker

Parker (Argentine factory)

Perfecta

Princesa

Punta de Oro

Pyrmont

Ralen

Rapidograf

River

Sheaffer (Argentine factory)

Silvatrim

Soñada

Sylvapen

Wembley

Yenson

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Austria:

Champion

Elite

Konig

Marvel

Sauga

Sonnenblick Myrna

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Australia:

Curtis

D:Scribe

Dominium (Taskovski)

Parker (Australian factory)

Sheaffer (Australian factory)

Taskovski

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Belgium:

Bermont

Conid

Le Tigre

Merle Blanc

Mercury (Dammaerts)

Mercury (Dubois Vutera)

Merlin

Pelletier

Stabil

Valeria Matta (Dubois Vutera)

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Chaika

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Canada:

Adanac

Esterbrook (Canadian factory)

Hooded Knight (Eclipse Toronto)

North-Rite

Parker (Canadian factory)

Shaeffer (Canadian factory)

Streamline (Eclipse)

Waterman (Canadian factory)

Zephyr (Eclipse Toronto)

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China:

Airman

Anda 安達

Angel (Wing Sung)

Baoer (or Bao'er; Shanghai Qian Gu Stationary Co Ltd) 保爾

Baoke

Beifa

Beijing

Bookworm

Boshi 博士 (Golden Star)

Bulow

Cadence

Camel

Chang Hong 長虹

Changjiang 長江

Charm

Crocodile 金鱷

Crown 皇冠

Da Gong (or Dagong; Wuhan Pen Factory) 大公

Dah Loh

Dandong

Dannitu

Danyutu 丹玉兔

Dewen

Diamond (Heilongjiang) 鑽石

Dibao

Dikawen

Dinuoyang

Doctor (Hero)

Dolce Vita Naranja

Donghong 東虹

Dongsheng 東升

Dong Yi 東藝

Duke (Golden Crown) 公爵

Farn

Fenghua 豐華

Flight

Flourish (Jinli) 金利

Fuliwen

G.Crown (Duke)

General (Youlian) 將軍

Gentleman

Ginkoshen

Golden Dragon (Dandong) 金龍

Gold Star

Golden Star

Guanleming

Guangli 廣利

Guangrong 光榮

Guanleming (or Wm. K. Rockman; Hero) 關勒銘

Guhwa 古華

Guiguan (Hero) 貴冠

Guoyi (Hero) 國益

Haiping 海平

Haleina

Hangzhou 杭州

Haobang 豪邦

Haolida 好利達

Haolilai

Happiness

He Tian

Hero

Heilongjiang 黑龍江

Hongjiang 弘羌

Hong Qiang 宏強

Hu Guang 滬光

Huafu (Hero) 華孚

Huahong (Hero?) 華宏

Huang Ji

Huanqiu 環球

Huashi 華士

Huashilai

Huashiloi

Huwen 滬文

Hwafu (old name of Hero)

Ihua

Jaguar

Jia Yue

Jiangjun (or General; Youlian) 將軍

Jiangzu

Jin Xin

Jingang 津港

Jingwen 京文

Jinhan

Jinhao (Shanghai Qian Gu Stationary Co Ltd ) 金豪

Jinhua 津華

Jinjue

Jinkoua

Jinli

Jinlu (Hero?) 金路

Jinrong (Hero) 金榮

Jinxing (or Kin Sin, or Golden Star) 金星

Jinyan 金燕

Jixiang 吉祥

Jonna

Junwu

Kaiduoli

Kaigelu

KLXZ (Kuai Le Xing Zuo)

Kofa

Kuai Xing

Kunshilai (Kunshan City Pen Factory) 昆士萊

Lanbaoshi 藍寶石

Lanbitou (or Lan Bi Tou)

Lanbo

Laoshi

Lap. Kwan

Leibo (or Shanghai Leibo) 雷博, 上海雷博

Leonardo

(SZ) Leqi 樂奇

Lii Bao

Lily

Lingnan (Hero) 鈴蘭

Little Doctor (Weiwen)

Longbite

Longfeng 龍鳳

Lord

Lucky (Wing Sung) 幸福

Luoshi 羅氏

Luye (Hero?) 綠葉

Magna Tank (Hong Kong)

Meitai

Mingxing (or Star) 明星

Moon Orchids (or Yuelan) 月蘭

Myawadi

Namixin

Nanjing (Xinxing?, Tianwen?) 南京

Osra

Paide (Hero?, Wing Sung?) 派迪

Paili 派利

Pailong

Parkson

Peacock

Picasso 畢加索

Pirre Paul

Playboy

Poky

Poppenex 伯翰

Qiangsheng 強生

Qibao (Jinhao)

Qingdao 青島

Qing Huayun

Qunying 群英

Rainbow (Chang Hong)

Regal

Regent Bird (or RB) 火烈鳥

Sagem (Baoer)

Sanhe

Sanle 三利

Sanxing (or San Xing, or Threestars; Second Chinese Pencil Factory) 三星

Scoria

Seagem (Baoer)

Senya

Shang Hai (Wing Sung?) 上海

Shen Hua 振華

Shenxing (Hero?) 申星

Shuang Ling 雙靈

Shuangrong

Shule 書樂

Shunda 順達

Shuyiwen 書億文

Sihua 四花

Sky Glory

Star (Mingxing)

SWL 斯威利

Ta Tung (Wing Sung) 大東

Taizhou

Tiantan 天壇

Tianwen (Nanjing Pen Factory) 天文

Uranus (Golden Crown)

Useeing

Vens 文士

Vincent Van Gogh

Wanbao (Jinrong?, Guanleming?) 萬寶

Water Cube (Namixin)

Weibao 威寶

Weilong (Luoshi) 威龍

Weiwen 偉文

Wen Da 文達

We Feng

Wen Feng 文豐

Wenfu 文孚

Weng Zhong (Hero)

Wenhua 文華

Wenjue

Wenneng 文能

White Feather (Dandong Pen Factory) 白翎

Wing Sheng

Wing Sung 永生

Wm. K. Rockman (Guanleming)

Wobo 沃博

Xezo

Xianhe (Xian Pen Factory) 仙鶴

Xinhua (Wing Sung) 新華

Xinming

Xinxing (or Nova) 新星

Xinwen

Xue Shan 雪山

Yalun

Yanhe (Xian Pen Factory) 延河

Yiren 依人

Yong Feng (Hero)

Yong Sheng

Yongjiu 永久

Youlian 友聯

Youth 青年

Yunshan 雲山

Zhenjue

Zhenhao

Zhenhua (or Zhen Hua) 振華

Zhenjue

Zhonghu (Zhongnan Pen Factory) 中滬

Zhongshan 鍾山

Zhongyuan (Chengzhou Pen Factory) 中原

Zhongzhou 中州

Zhuangyuan 狀元

Zhute

Zuanshi (or Zuan Shi; Heilongjiang) 鑽石

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Aphrodite (Tropen, Germany)

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Czech Republic:

Barclay

Centropen

Derby

JHS (or JHS Art)

Koh-I-Noor Hardmuth

Ripet

Smaragd

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Penkala (Penkala-Edmund Moster & Co. Zagreb)

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Denmark:

Absalon

Big Ben (BigBen)

Benco

BigBrother

Heimdal

Hoover

(Georg) Jensen

London

Miller

Mont Blanc (Danish factory)

Orion

Oxford

Parker (Penol)

Parlament

Penol

Runoz

Sheffield

Skribent

Tete Rouge

The White King

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Egypt:

Cadillac (Tropen, Germany)

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France:

Audiard

Air-Mail

Alpin (Bayard)

Angalis (Paris)

Arwar

Astra

Atlet

Audiard (see Signe Audiard)

Badois (La Plume d'Or )

Baignol

Balmain

Bayard

(Societé) Bic

Cartier

Cerruti

Cerruti 1881

Chanteclair

Chaumet

Chopard

Christian Bernard

Clairefontaine

Confident

Conte

Cris

Daniel Hechter

Doré

(ST) Dupont

Eco

Edac

Edacoto

EPENCO

Equinoxe-Paris

Equinoxe Cadeaux

Evergood

Excelsior (Bayard)

Fleche d'Or

Fred Benoit (French? Canadian?)

Fred Faggionato

France Pen

Frazar

Gladiator

Globe d'Or

Gold Star

Gold Starry

Golden Globe

Grand Aigle (Mercier)

Harrison

Ines De La Fressange

Intermonde

J.M. Paillard

J.M.P. (J.M. Paillard)

James

Jean-Louis Scherrer

Jif

Judex

Kaolo

La Plume d’Or

Laureau

(Jean Pierre) Lépine

Lefranc

Le Tigre

Le Vainqueur

Lilliput

LM Le Bois

Louis Codan

Louis Vuitton

Ludo

LV & Co.

Magna

Mallat

Malmaison

Mauram

Mauric

Matador

Matcher-Colombes (Stroesser)

Matcher-Pen (Stroesser)

Mercier

Météore (La Plume d'Or)

Million

Molinier

Mon Plaisir

Montblanc (French factory)

Mora Stylos

Mors

Naki

Oberthur

Oldchap

Oldwin (Mora)

Olga Aloy (Paris)

Omnia

(JM) Paillard

Parker (French factory)

Paris

Peacock

(Michel) Perchin

Pétrarque (Fred Faggionato)

Phenix

Plexor (Parker)

PENANDCO

Pierre-Yves Trémois

Pratic

Pygmalion

Rally

Rayon

Recife

Reynolds

Royal

Scriptor (J.M. Paillard)

Semper (J.M. Paillard)

Sesame

Sheaffer (French factory)

Signe Audiard

Soma

Soprane

Souverain

Stellor

Stephens

Stylomine

Stylochap

Stylox

Stypen

Swell

Tenor

Toujours

Touriste

Traveller

Unic

Vaillant

Versace

Viala

Wahl Eversharp (Caltagirone)

Walk-Over

Waterman

Wattman

Yves Saint Laurent

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Germany:

Achim Velte

Adlatus

Adredo

Aladin (Excelsior)

Alka

Akademia (Astoria)

Argument

Aristokrat

Artus

Astoria (Astoria Füllhalter Werk GMBH)

Astoria (Simplo)

Astoria (Astoria Schreibkultur KG)

Atlantik (Astoria Füllhalter Werk GMBH)

Aurumia

A.W. Faber-Castell (Osmia)

Baurichter

Böhler

Bossert & Erhard

Brause

Buschle Kompaktor

Camel

Certo (Reform)

Cleopatra (Herbert Wurach Feinmechanik)

Cleopatra (VEB (K) Cleo Bad Wilsnack)

Cleo (Cleo Schreibgeräte GMBH)

Cleo Skribent

Colleg (Kaweco)

Columbus

Comet (Böhler)

Courant

Clou (Excelsior)

Cyclop (Excelsior)

Diplomat (Excelsior)

Diplomat (Räuchle & Co.)

Diplomat (IMCO J. Michaelis)

Discus

Dixon

Eberhard

EK Design

Elysée

Eminent (Astoria)

Ero

Faber-Castell

Faun

Fend

(Stefan) Fink

Flux

Garant

Gedania (Excelsior)

Geha

Goldberg

Goldfink

Golding (Excelsior)

Goldjac (Astoria)

Goldkopf

Goldring-Auhat

Gomelia

Graf von Faber-Castell

Greif

Hebborn

Heiko

Helios

Helm (Excelsior)

Herlitz

Herma

Ibis

Ideal (Koch Weber & Co.)

Internal

Johann Faber

Jemen (Excelsior)

Juska (Julius Steinmann, Kaiserslautern)

Kadett (Kaweco)

Kartro

Kaweco

Keikobad

Kimmelstiel (Excelsior)

Klio

Ko-Hi-Noor (not Koh-I-Noor!)

Ko-mio

Krauss

Komma

Kondor

Kreuzer

Kreutzer

Lamy

Leander

Lexon

Liberty (Excelsior)

Lilliput

Linar

Lindauer

Linz (Sphinx)

Lyra

Luxor

Markant

MARS

Matador

Mayestic

Melbi

Mekurit

Mercedes

Merkur

Merkurit

Merlin

Monopol

Mont Atalant

Montblanc

Monte Rosa (Excelsior)

Mundial

Mutschler

Napoleon

Naros

National

Nauros

Nestpen

Norex

Ocean-A

Online

Omega

Omnibus (Excelsior)

Orthos

Osmia

Otto Hutt

Papermate

Parker-Osmia

Parlament

Pelikan

Pelikano

Penkala

Perfekt

Perkeo

Pilot (Excelsior)

Porsche Design

Progreso

Quail (Excelsior)

Raja

Ranger

Rappen

Real

Reflex (Excelsior)

Refograph

Reform

Regina (Klio)

Resi

Rex Pen

Rexor

Ric Lei

Rotax

Rotkäppchen (Simplo)

Rotring

Rouge et Noir (Simplo)

Royal (Excelsior)

Ruf-Buchaltung

Rupp

Saboya (Wöringen & Grube)

Saturn

Schneider

Schwarzer Bär (Excelsior)

Senator

Séneca (Wöringen & Grube)

Sieger

Simplicissimus (Koch Weber & Co.)

Simplo

Simplo Gold (Excelsior)

Soennecken

Solid

Special (Astoria)

Sphinx

Staedtler

Star (Böhler)

Sterling Pen

Stilografica Pens

Stöffhaas

Symys

Taifun

Tatra (Excelsior)

Taylorix

The Swallow (Koch Weber & Co.)

Thu-wu (Excelsior)

Tinten Blitz

Tintenkuli

Tower

Transehe

Trekking

Tropen

Tschaibo

UHU

Ultraflex

Universal (Koch Weber & Co.)

Ursus (Excelsior)

Utilex

Waldmann

Wende

Westminster (Excelsior)

Weltpen

Wörther

Wortman

Yacht Sport

 

Markers & BPs:

Edding

Schwan-Stabilo

Usus

Aristo

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Great Britain:

Acca

Altura

Asprey

Autograph (Perivale)

Beatrix Potter (Sigma Pen)

Berol

Big Ben (Wyvern)

Blackbird (Mabie Todd & Co. Ltd.)

Bristol

( R ) Bruto Bros

(John) Bull

Burberrys

Burnham

Calton (Jewell)

Camel

Cameron

Chatsworth (Boots)

Cheltonia

Colibri

Combridge

Conklin

Conway Stewart

Croxley

Curzon

Dandy (Conway Stewart)

De La Rue

Dickinson

Dinky (Conway Stewart)

Dunhill

Dunn

Empress

Esterbrook

Federation

Felix MacCauley

Fiscal

Fleet

Ford (Wyvern)

George Shand

Gillot

Gold Line

Gold Star (Conway Stewart)

Grenville (Harrods)

Harlin

Hayward

Hercules

Imperator

International (Conway Stewart)

Italix Parsons

Jackdaw (Mabie Todd & Co. Ltd.)

Jackie Coogan (Wyvern)

Jewel

Jewell

Jigger

Kendrick & Jefferson

Kingston (Unique)

Kingswood

Klimax

K&J Superpen

Lincoln

Lomond (Harlin)

Longshort

Mabie Todd (Mabie Todd & Co. Ltd.)

MacNiven

Manuscript

Maypen

McLaren

McNiven

Mentmore

National Security (BCP)

Neptune

New Bond Easi Flow (Woolworths)

Onoto (Thomas De La Rue)

Ormiston & Glass

Osmiroid

Palladium (Unique)

Parker (British factory

Pelican (Thomas de la Rue & Co. Ltd.)

Pento (Maypen)

Perivale

Perfecto (Mentmore)

Perry

Phillips

Pitman (Waterman)

Pitman College (Waterman)

Pixie (Conway Stewart)

Platignum (Mentmore)

Popular Prince (Mentmore)

Pullman

Queensway

RAJA

Recorder (Jewell)

Red Giant (Jewell)

Reliance (Mentmore)

Rosemary (BCP)

Royal Lever (Mentmore?)

Rufford (Boots)

Scribe (Conway Stewart)

Selsden

Shakeproof

Sheaffer (British factory)

Sigma Pen

Silver King (Mentmore)

Simpole

Southern Scot (De La Rue)

Spot (Mentmore)

Spot (R Bruto Bros)

Stadium

Stephens

Strand (Langs)

Style

Summit (Curzon)

Summit (James Dixon Ltd)

Supa (M. Myers & Son, Birmingham)

Swan (Mabie Todd & Co. Ltd.)

Swallow (Mabie Todd & Co. Ltd.)

Teddy (Ormiston)

The Empress

The GEG (De La Rue)

The Glideaway Pen (Charles T King, Lymington)

The Guinea (Mentmore?)

The J.W. Self Filling Pen (6, Piccadilly Arcade, London)

The Nova

The Seal (WH Smith)

The Victoria Pen (A&S Walker, Manchester)

Tom Tit (Ormiston)

Troika

Ty-phoo

Unique

Universal (Conway Stewart)

Valentine

Waterman

Wahid Pen

Waverley Cameron (McNiven & Cameron)

Webster

Welsh

Wembley (Mentmore?)

W.H.S. (WH Smith)

Whitworth

Whytwarth

William Mitchell

Wyvern (Finburgh Brothers)

Wyvern (Wyvern Fountain Pen Co.)

Yard-O-Led

 

Pencils, dip pens, etc.:

British Pens

Derwent Pencil Company

Gillott's

D. Leonardt & Co

MacNiven and Cameron Ltd.

Perry & Co.

Waverley Cameron Ltd.

Wipac

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Hungary:

Lanchid

Refographs

Duna

Stylus

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India:

Abhay

Airmail

Amber Pens

Artex

Aruna

ASA

Ashoka (or Asoka)

Astra

Bismi

Blackbird (Mabie Todd India?)

Blue Nile

Brahmam

Camay

Camlin

Cello

Champak

Chandan

Chelpark

Click

Clipper

Corvina

Crest

Cruiser

Deccan

Deplomet

Devika

Diploma

Doctor

Duty

Elite

Era

Everbest

Everlast

Fellowship

Flair

Flame

Fountain Pen Revolution (FPR)

Fosfor Pens

Gama

Goopta

Guider

Hamraj

Imperial

Jubilee

Jumax

Kim & Co.

Kriptok Pens

Krishna Pens

Leader

Luxor

Mani

Matinex

Matre

Mebsons

Mentax

Mhatre

Misak

Montex

Moti

Oliver

Olympic

Optimat

Orchid

Pagoda

Parko

Pilot India

Platinex (Artex)

Platinum

Plato (Mhatre)

Plaza

Prasad

Pratap

Pratima

President

Raja

Ranga

Ratnam

Ratnamson

Realto

Rekha

Ricoh

Ritesharp

Ritter

Rocky

Romus

Rotomac

Sabena

Sailor

SAM

Scout

Sea-Gull

Seaman’s

Serwex

Sevika

Skyglory

Swan (Mabie Todd India)

Swarna

Teko

Titus

Varuna

Venus

Wality

Warner

Wilson

Winstar

West End

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Iran:

Europen

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Ireland:

Cross (Irish factory)

Marquis

Waterford

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    • Shanghai Knife Dude
      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
      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
      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
      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
      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
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