Steel pen advertising jingle?

[2GreyCats]

Hello, everyone! Long time (a very long time), no see… I hope you all have been having interesting and happy pen adventures.

 

I was telling a friend whom I have helped get into fountain pens about something I read on FPN ages ago— of course, now I can’t find it again, nor have I even the remotest idea where to search.

 

Someone quoted an advertising jingle, for lack of a better word, a little couplet extolling the virtues of a particular brand of steel nibs. The first line ended with “… known to men / Is the …..  (brand name here) pen.”  The point (pun intended) being that in the era of that advert, “pen” meant the steel writing point itself, not what moderns think of as a pen. I don’t recall the specific brand of pen, but I keep thinking it was Esterbrook— if not, at least something with three syllables, to maintain the scansion. 

 

Am I hallucinating, or does anyone else remember about this particular fragment of historical arcana? I thought it fascinating, and I should have written it down, but failed to.

 

Many thanks, and Happy New Year to one and all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mizgeorge]

Hello

 

I would imagine it's probably Macniven and Cameron's little ditty:

 

'They came as a boon and a blessing to men, the Pickwick, the Owl and the Waverley pen'

 

 

 

[2GreyCats]

Presto! That’s it!  
 

I was going quietly mad trying to either remember that, or find it online somewhere.  Many thanks.  

 

I’ve just received some Falcon 048 and Lady Falcon 182 from Pendemonium, a set each for me, and two friends.  So it reminded me of that jingle. Kudos to you!

 

🖋🖋🖋

 

Edited January 5, 2022 by 2GreyCats
Added an additional sentence.

[AAAndrew]

Glad @mizgeorge got here and answered your question. 

 

For the mother load of advertising poems for steel pens, you need to see the whole book of poems extolling the virtues of the Esterbrook steel pens. So gloriously bad. A few examples.