Esterbrook 940 v1 - Revision history

GBASysop at 18:49, 24 February 2021

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	[https://theesterbrookproject.com/SITE%20DOCS/NIBS%20900%20TO%20999.html The Esterbrook Project] describes the Radio Pens: "In 1913, Esterbrook introduced the 900-series of The Radio Pens. Most of the Radio Pens were simply existing popular pens given new numbers and a 'triple silver plating.' The plating was probably nickel plating to prevent corrosion from ink." The #940 is almost certainly based on the [https://peelpenshop.com/products/vintage-dip-pens-nibs-r-esterbrook-co #672 Transmitter Pen].		[https://theesterbrookproject.com/SITE%20DOCS/NIBS%20900%20TO%20999.html The Esterbrook Project] describes the Radio Pens: "In 1913, Esterbrook introduced the 900-series of The Radio Pens. Most of the Radio Pens were simply existing popular pens given new numbers and a 'triple silver plating.' The plating was probably nickel plating to prevent corrosion from ink." The #940 is almost certainly based on the [https://peelpenshop.com/products/vintage-dip-pens-nibs-r-esterbrook-co #672 Transmitter Pen].

	Contemporary advertising in ''The 1938 Esterbrook Catalog'' says, "Extra firm, medium. Smooth action. - Silver finish." An Esterbrook brochure (see [http://www.pendemonium.com/dippens.htm Pendemonium DIP1004]) lists four reasons to use Radio Pens, along with their attributes, such as “Steel as fine as a watch spring" and ~~"Plus finest workmanship," also noting that these are~~ “The Pens with the Velvet Touch”. The back panel talks of “Steel from purest ore”, and “Special electro-plating to resist the corrosive action of the ink.”		Contemporary advertising in ''The 1938 Esterbrook Catalog'' says, "Extra firm, medium. Smooth action. - Silver finish." An Esterbrook brochure (see [http://www.pendemonium.com/dippens.htm Pendemonium DIP1004]) lists four reasons to use Radio Pens, along with their attributes, such as “Steel as fine as a watch spring" and “The Pens with the Velvet Touch”. The back panel talks of “Steel from purest ore”, and “Special electro-plating to resist the corrosive action of the ink.”

	[https://theesterbrookproject.com/NIB%20SHEETS/ESTERBROOK%20940%20RADIO%20PEN/ESTERBROOK%20940%20RADIO%20PEN.html The Esterbrook Project] describes this nib as having "a semi-pinched waist with a sharp, turned-up tip. Firm flex. Trapezoidal vent hole."		[https://theesterbrookproject.com/NIB%20SHEETS/ESTERBROOK%20940%20RADIO%20PEN/ESTERBROOK%20940%20RADIO%20PEN.html The Esterbrook Project] describes this nib as having "a semi-pinched waist with a sharp, turned-up tip. Firm flex. Trapezoidal vent hole."

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	[https://theesterbrookproject.com/SITE%20DOCS/NIBS%20900%20TO%20999.html The Esterbrook Project] describes the Radio Pens: "In 1913, Esterbrook introduced the 900-series of The Radio Pens. Most of the Radio Pens were simply existing popular pens given new numbers and a 'triple silver plating.' The plating was probably nickel plating to prevent corrosion from ink." The #940 is almost certainly based on the [https://peelpenshop.com/products/vintage-dip-pens-nibs-r-esterbrook-co #672 Transmitter Pen].		[https://theesterbrookproject.com/SITE%20DOCS/NIBS%20900%20TO%20999.html The Esterbrook Project] describes the Radio Pens: "In 1913, Esterbrook introduced the 900-series of The Radio Pens. Most of the Radio Pens were simply existing popular pens given new numbers and a 'triple silver plating.' The plating was probably nickel plating to prevent corrosion from ink." The #940 is almost certainly based on the [https://peelpenshop.com/products/vintage-dip-pens-nibs-r-esterbrook-co #672 Transmitter Pen].

	''The 1938 Esterbrook Catalog'' says, "Extra firm, medium. Smooth action. - Silver finish."		Contemporary advertising in ''The 1938 Esterbrook Catalog'' says, "Extra firm, medium. Smooth action. - Silver finish." An Esterbrook brochure (see [http://www.pendemonium.com/dippens.htm Pendemonium DIP1004]) lists four reasons to use Radio Pens, along with their attributes, such as “Steel as fine as a watch spring" and "Plus finest workmanship," also noting that these are “The Pens with the Velvet Touch”. The back panel talks of “Steel from purest ore”, and “Special electro-plating to resist the corrosive action of the ink.”

	[https://theesterbrookproject.com/NIB%20SHEETS/ESTERBROOK%20940%20RADIO%20PEN/ESTERBROOK%20940%20RADIO%20PEN.html The Esterbrook Project] describes this nib as having "a semi-pinched waist with a sharp, turned-up tip. Firm flex. Trapezoidal vent hole."		[https://theesterbrookproject.com/NIB%20SHEETS/ESTERBROOK%20940%20RADIO%20PEN/ESTERBROOK%20940%20RADIO%20PEN.html The Esterbrook Project] describes this nib as having "a semi-pinched waist with a sharp, turned-up tip. Firm flex. Trapezoidal vent hole."

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	* [[Esterbrook 940 v1 \| '''Version 1:''' ]] silver-plated finish, company listed as R.ESTERBROOK & CO'S		* [[Esterbrook 940 v1 \| '''Version 1:''' ]] silver-plated finish, company listed as R.ESTERBROOK & CO'S
	* [[Esterbrook 940 v1 int \| '''Version 1 int imprint:''' ]] silver-plated finish, same as Version 1 except with interior imprint		* [[Esterbrook 940 v1 int \| '''Version 1 int imprint:''' ]] silver-plated finish, same as Version 1 except with interior imprint
	* [[Esterbrook 940 v2\| '''Version 2 ~~gold~~:''' ]] silver-plated finish, company listed as R.ESTERBROOK & Co		* [[Esterbrook 940 v2 \| '''Version 2:''' ]] silver-plated finish, company listed as R.ESTERBROOK & Co
	* [[Esterbrook 940 v3 \| '''Version 3:''' ]] silver-plated finish, plus a third line, "MADE IN U.S.A."		* [[Esterbrook 940 v3 \| '''Version 3:''' ]] silver-plated finish, plus a third line, "MADE IN U.S.A."

GBASysop at 03:53, 23 February 2021

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	[https://theesterbrookproject.com/SITE%20DOCS/NIBS%20900%20TO%20999.html The Esterbrook Project] describes the Radio Pens: "In 1913, Esterbrook introduced the 900-series of The Radio Pens. Most of the Radio Pens were simply existing popular pens given new numbers and a 'triple silver plating.' The plating was probably nickel plating to prevent corrosion from ink." The #940 is ~~probably~~ based on the [https://peelpenshop.com/products/vintage-dip-pens-nibs-r-esterbrook-co #672 Transmitter Pen].		[https://theesterbrookproject.com/SITE%20DOCS/NIBS%20900%20TO%20999.html The Esterbrook Project] describes the Radio Pens: "In 1913, Esterbrook introduced the 900-series of The Radio Pens. Most of the Radio Pens were simply existing popular pens given new numbers and a 'triple silver plating.' The plating was probably nickel plating to prevent corrosion from ink." The #940 is almost certainly based on the [https://peelpenshop.com/products/vintage-dip-pens-nibs-r-esterbrook-co #672 Transmitter Pen].

	''The 1938 Esterbrook Catalog'' says, "Extra firm, medium. Smooth action. - Silver finish."		''The 1938 Esterbrook Catalog'' says, "Extra firm, medium. Smooth action. - Silver finish."

	[https://theesterbrookproject.com/NIB%20SHEETS/ESTERBROOK%~~20788~~%~~20OVAL~~%~~20POINT~~/ESTERBROOK%~~20788~~%~~20OVAL~~%~~20POINT~~.html The Esterbrook Project] describes this nib as having "a semi-pinched waist with a sharp, turned-up tip. Firm flex. Trapezoidal vent hole." ~~The #940 Radio is distinguished from a nib with the same descriptor, but a different number--the Esterbrook #787 Radio Pen.~~		[https://theesterbrookproject.com/NIB%20SHEETS/ESTERBROOK%20940%20RADIO%20PEN/ESTERBROOK%20940%20RADIO%20PEN.html The Esterbrook Project] describes this nib as having "a semi-pinched waist with a sharp, turned-up tip. Firm flex. Trapezoidal vent hole."

	AAAndrew's [https://thesteelpen.com/category/pen-types/ Steel Pen blog] references a history of Turned Up Point Pens in ''The American Stationer'' (2/12/1889): "The first steel pens made in Birmingham about the year 1837, while providing a ready made instrument for penmen, failed to give that ease in writing which was the characteristic of the old quill. [Steel pens] were uniformly fine pointed and naturally more or less scratchy. The remedy for this was not found until a generation later, when ... the happy idea occurred to turn up the points. ... The penman can write longer with less fatigue than with the ordinary styles. The tediousness of writing is almost entirely avoided, and the relief is so complete that it converts a drudgery into a delight."		AAAndrew's [https://thesteelpen.com/category/pen-types/ Steel Pen blog] references a history of Turned Up Point Pens in ''The American Stationer'' (2/12/1889): "The first steel pens made in Birmingham about the year 1837, while providing a ready made instrument for penmen, failed to give that ease in writing which was the characteristic of the old quill. [Steel pens] were uniformly fine pointed and naturally more or less scratchy. The remedy for this was not found until a generation later, when ... the happy idea occurred to turn up the points. ... The penman can write longer with less fatigue than with the ordinary styles. The tediousness of writing is almost entirely avoided, and the relief is so complete that it converts a drudgery into a delight."
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	==External Links==		==External Links==

	* [https://theesterbrookproject.com/NIB%20SHEETS/ESTERBROOK%~~20788~~%~~20OVAL~~%~~20POINT~~/ESTERBROOK%~~20788~~%~~20OVAL~~%~~20POINT~~.html The Esterbrook Project - 940 page]		* [https://theesterbrookproject.com/NIB%20SHEETS/ESTERBROOK%20940%20RADIO%20PEN/ESTERBROOK%20940%20RADIO%20PEN.html The Esterbrook Project - 940 page]
	* [http://www.whiteapplemultimedia.com/history.html History of Esterbrook - McKinney]		* [http://www.whiteapplemultimedia.com/history.html History of Esterbrook - McKinney]
	* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esterbrook Wikipedia - Esterbrook page]		* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esterbrook Wikipedia - Esterbrook page]

GBASysop at 03:51, 23 February 2021

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	\|'''Descr.''' \|\|Radio Pen, Version 1		\|'''Descr.''' \|\|Radio Pen, Version 1
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	\|'''Tip''' \|\|		\|'''Tip''' \|\|M
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	\|'''Markings''' \|\|Exterior		\|'''Markings''' \|\|Exterior
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	~~Described in contemporary advertising (~~[~~http~~://~~www.zanerian~~.com/~~ZanCat~~.html ~~Zanarian~~]~~) as~~: "~~No. 940. '~~Radio.~~' The points~~ of ~~these~~ pens ~~have a perfect oval that comes in contact with the paper~~ and ~~makes them glide over the surface with~~ a ~~smoothness that~~ is ~~delightful~~."		[https://theesterbrookproject.com/SITE%20DOCS/NIBS%20900%20TO%20999.html The Esterbrook Project] describes the Radio Pens: "In 1913, Esterbrook introduced the 900-series of The Radio Pens. Most of the Radio Pens were simply existing popular pens given new numbers and a 'triple silver plating.' The plating was probably nickel plating to prevent corrosion from ink." The #940 is probably based on the [https://peelpenshop.com/products/vintage-dip-pens-nibs-r-esterbrook-co #672 Transmitter Pen].

	''The 1938 Esterbrook Catalog'' says, "~~Slightly flexible~~, medium~~, Radio. Most popular Radio pen~~. ~~Ultrasmooth~~. ~~Gray~~ finish. ~~Gold plated~~"		''The 1938 Esterbrook Catalog'' says, "Extra firm, medium. Smooth action. - Silver finish."

	[https://theesterbrookproject.com/NIB%20SHEETS/ESTERBROOK%20788%20OVAL%20POINT/ESTERBROOK%20788%20OVAL%20POINT.html The Esterbrook Project] describes this nib as having "a semi-pinched waist with a sharp, turned-up tip. Firm flex. Trapezoidal vent hole." The #940 Radio is distinguished from a nib with the same descriptor, but a different number--the Esterbrook #787 Radio Pen.		[https://theesterbrookproject.com/NIB%20SHEETS/ESTERBROOK%20788%20OVAL%20POINT/ESTERBROOK%20788%20OVAL%20POINT.html The Esterbrook Project] describes this nib as having "a semi-pinched waist with a sharp, turned-up tip. Firm flex. Trapezoidal vent hole." The #940 Radio is distinguished from a nib with the same descriptor, but a different number--the Esterbrook #787 Radio Pen.

GBASysop at 03:34, 23 February 2021

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	''The 1938 Esterbrook Catalog'' says, "Slightly flexible, medium, Radio. Most popular Radio pen. Ultrasmooth. Gray finish. Gold plated"		''The 1938 Esterbrook Catalog'' says, "Slightly flexible, medium, Radio. Most popular Radio pen. Ultrasmooth. Gray finish. Gold plated"

	[https://theesterbrookproject.com/NIB%20SHEETS/ESTERBROOK%20788%20OVAL%20POINT/ESTERBROOK%20788%20OVAL%20POINT.html The Esterbrook Project] describes this nib as having "a pinched waist ~~body~~ with a ~~spoon head and~~ sharp, turned-up tip. ~~The~~ vent hole ~~is a large baseball bat shape. Firm flex~~." The #940 Radio is distinguished from a nib with the same descriptor, but a different number--the Esterbrook #787 Radio Pen.		[https://theesterbrookproject.com/NIB%20SHEETS/ESTERBROOK%20788%20OVAL%20POINT/ESTERBROOK%20788%20OVAL%20POINT.html The Esterbrook Project] describes this nib as having "a semi-pinched waist with a sharp, turned-up tip. Firm flex. Trapezoidal vent hole." The #940 Radio is distinguished from a nib with the same descriptor, but a different number--the Esterbrook #787 Radio Pen.

	AAAndrew's [https://thesteelpen.com/category/pen-types/ Steel Pen blog] references a history of Turned Up Point Pens in ''The American Stationer'' (2/12/1889): "The first steel pens made in Birmingham about the year 1837, while providing a ready made instrument for penmen, failed to give that ease in writing which was the characteristic of the old quill. [Steel pens] were uniformly fine pointed and naturally more or less scratchy. The remedy for this was not found until a generation later, when ... the happy idea occurred to turn up the points. ... The penman can write longer with less fatigue than with the ordinary styles. The tediousness of writing is almost entirely avoided, and the relief is so complete that it converts a drudgery into a delight."		AAAndrew's [https://thesteelpen.com/category/pen-types/ Steel Pen blog] references a history of Turned Up Point Pens in ''The American Stationer'' (2/12/1889): "The first steel pens made in Birmingham about the year 1837, while providing a ready made instrument for penmen, failed to give that ease in writing which was the characteristic of the old quill. [Steel pens] were uniformly fine pointed and naturally more or less scratchy. The remedy for this was not found until a generation later, when ... the happy idea occurred to turn up the points. ... The penman can write longer with less fatigue than with the ordinary styles. The tediousness of writing is almost entirely avoided, and the relief is so complete that it converts a drudgery into a delight."

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	* [[Esterbrook 940 v1 int \| '''Version 1 int imprint:''' ]] silver-plated finish, same as Version 1 except with interior imprint		* [[Esterbrook 940 v1 int \| '''Version 1 int imprint:''' ]] silver-plated finish, same as Version 1 except with interior imprint
	* [[Esterbrook 940 v2\| '''Version 2 gold:''' ]] silver-plated finish, company listed as R.ESTERBROOK & Co		* [[Esterbrook 940 v2\| '''Version 2 gold:''' ]] silver-plated finish, company listed as R.ESTERBROOK & Co
	* [[Esterbrook 940 v3 \| '''Version 3:''' ]] silver-plated finish, ~~adds~~		* [[Esterbrook 940 v3 \| '''Version 3:''' ]] silver-plated finish, plus a third line, "MADE IN U.S.A."

	(These version names are defined for this collection alone, and are not necessarily industry-wide terms.)		(These version names are defined for this collection alone, and are not necessarily industry-wide terms.)

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	There are four distinct versions of the Esterbrook #940 Radio Pen in the Chappy's Nibs collection:		There are four distinct versions of the Esterbrook #940 Radio Pen in the Chappy's Nibs collection:

	* [[Esterbrook 940 v1 \| '''Version 1:''' ]] silver-plated finish, company listed as		* [[Esterbrook 940 v1 \| '''Version 1:''' ]] silver-plated finish, company listed as R.ESTERBROOK & CO'S
	* [[Esterbrook 940 v1 int \| '''Version 1 int imprint:''' ]] silver-plated finish, same as Version 1 except with interior imprint		* [[Esterbrook 940 v1 int \| '''Version 1 int imprint:''' ]] silver-plated finish, same as Version 1 except with interior imprint
	* [[Esterbrook 940 v2\| '''Version 2 gold:''' ]] silver-plated finish		* [[Esterbrook 940 v2\| '''Version 2 gold:''' ]] silver-plated finish, company listed as R.ESTERBROOK & Co
	* [[Esterbrook 940 v3 \| '''Version 3:''' ]] silver-plated finish, ~~company imprint ESTERBROOK~~		* [[Esterbrook 940 v3 \| '''Version 3:''' ]] silver-plated finish, adds

	(These version names are defined for this collection alone, and are not necessarily industry-wide terms.)		(These version names are defined for this collection alone, and are not necessarily industry-wide terms.)

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	There are four distinct versions of the Esterbrook #940 Radio Pen in the Chappy's Nibs collection:		There are four distinct versions of the Esterbrook #940 Radio Pen in the Chappy's Nibs collection:

	* [[Esterbrook 940 v1 \| '''Version 1:''' ]] ~~gray~~ finish, ~~no location imprint (''i.e.,'' no MADE IN U.S.A.)~~		* [[Esterbrook 940 v1 \| '''Version 1:''' ]] silver-plated finish, company listed as
	* [[Esterbrook 940 v1 int \| '''Version 1 int imprint:''' ]] ~~gray~~ finish, ~~company~~ imprint ~~R.ESTERBROOK & CO.~~		* [[Esterbrook 940 v1 int \| '''Version 1 int imprint:''' ]] silver-plated finish, same as Version 1 except with interior imprint
	* [[Esterbrook 940 v2\| '''Version 2 gold:''' ]] ~~same as Version 2, except gold~~-plated finish		* [[Esterbrook 940 v2\| '''Version 2 gold:''' ]] silver-plated finish
	* [[Esterbrook 940 v3 \| '''Version 3:''' ]] ~~gray~~ finish, company imprint ESTERBROOK		* [[Esterbrook 940 v3 \| '''Version 3:''' ]] silver-plated finish, company imprint ESTERBROOK

	(These version names are defined for this collection alone, and are not necessarily industry-wide terms.)		(These version names are defined for this collection alone, and are not necessarily industry-wide terms.)

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	\|'''Nib No.''' \|\|940		\|'''Nib No.''' \|\|940
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	\|'''Descr.''' \|\|Radio, Version 1		\|'''Descr.''' \|\|Radio Pen, Version 1
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	\|'''Mark 2''' \|\|R.ESTERBROOK & CO'S		\|'''Mark 2''' \|\|R.ESTERBROOK & CO'S
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	\|'''Mark 3''' \|\|RADIO		\|'''Mark 3''' \|\|RADIO PEN
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	\|colspan=2 align=center\| [[File:Picture 598.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|right\|Esterbrook 940 Version 1 - top view, with ruler]]		\|colspan=2 align=center\| [[File:Picture 598.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|right\|Esterbrook 940 Version 1 - top view, with ruler]]
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	====Versions====		====Versions====
	There are ~~six~~ distinct versions of the Esterbrook #940 Radio Pen in the Chappy's Nibs collection:		There are four distinct versions of the Esterbrook #940 Radio Pen in the Chappy's Nibs collection:

	* [[Esterbrook 940 v1 \| '''Version 1:''' ]] gray finish, no location imprint (''i.e.,'' no MADE IN U.S.A.)		* [[Esterbrook 940 v1 \| '''Version 1:''' ]] gray finish, no location imprint (''i.e.,'' no MADE IN U.S.A.)
	* [[Esterbrook 940 v2 \| '''Version 2:''' ]] gray finish, company imprint R.ESTERBROOK & CO.		* [[Esterbrook 940 v1 int \| '''Version 1 int imprint:''' ]] gray finish, company imprint R.ESTERBROOK & CO.
	* [[Esterbrook 940 v2 ~~gold~~\| '''Version 2 gold:''' ]] same as Version 2, except gold-plated finish		* [[Esterbrook 940 v2\| '''Version 2 gold:''' ]] same as Version 2, except gold-plated finish
	* [[Esterbrook 940 v3 \| '''Version 3:''' ]] gray finish, company imprint ESTERBROOK		* [[Esterbrook 940 v3 \| '''Version 3:''' ]] gray finish, company imprint ESTERBROOK
	* [[Esterbrook 940 v4 \| '''Version 4:''' ]] gray finish, company imprint ESTERBROOK moved to Mark #5
	* [[Esterbrook 940 v4 gold\| '''Version 4 gold:''' ]] same as Version 4, except gold-plated finish

	(These version names are defined for this collection alone, and are not necessarily industry-wide terms.)		(These version names are defined for this collection alone, and are not necessarily industry-wide terms.)

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	* [[Esterbrook 940 v1 \| '''Version 1:''' ]] silver-plated finish, company listed as R.ESTERBROOK & CO'S		* [[Esterbrook 940 v1 \| '''Version 1:''' ]] silver-plated finish, company listed as R.ESTERBROOK & CO'S
	* [[Esterbrook 940 v1 int \| '''Version 1 int imprint:''' ]] silver-plated finish, same as Version 1 except with interior imprint		* [[Esterbrook 940 v1 int \| '''Version 1 int imprint:''' ]] silver-plated finish, same as Version 1 except with interior imprint
	* [[Esterbrook 940 v2\| '''Version 2 ~~gold~~:''' ]] silver-plated finish, company listed as R.ESTERBROOK & Co		* [[Esterbrook 940 v2 \| '''Version 2:''' ]] silver-plated finish, company listed as R.ESTERBROOK & Co
	* [[Esterbrook 940 v3 \| '''Version 3:''' ]] silver-plated finish, plus a third line, "MADE IN U.S.A."		* [[Esterbrook 940 v3 \| '''Version 3:''' ]] silver-plated finish, plus a third line, "MADE IN U.S.A."