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A Spencerian [https://in.pinterest.com/pin/346706871291054636/ sample card] includes the #9 Bank Pen among 26 samples. It is included in the section of the card for Fine Pointed nibs.
A [https://in.pinterest.com/pin/346706871291054636/ Spencerian sample card] includes the #9 Bank Pen among 26 samples. It is included in the section of the card for Fine Pointed nibs.


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/2018/12/07/pen-shapes-a-proposed-glossary/ Steel Pen blog] describes the Bank Pen nib as "a long, straight pen with longer tines than normal, but not as long as a Beaked pen.  Though the Bank pen is sometimes classified as a Beaked pen, I think there’s enough of a difference between the very common “Bank” pen shape and the longer tines of the rest of the beaked pens that I call out the Bank as a separate shape."
 
The asterisk-shaped vent hole is unusual for bank pens. Most bank pens have a vent hole in the shape of a torch. ([https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/344473-the-shape-of-the-hole/ AAAndrew])


[http://hans.presto.tripod.com/nibs/spencerian.html The Blam Nib site] says that The Spencerian Steel Pen Co. was formed In 1858 as a subsidiary of the Ivison Phinney Publishing Company, later known as Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman, & Co., and finally in 1869 as Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor, & Co.  The New York City-based pen company (Spencerian Steel Pen Co.), was a pen distribution company that purchased its nibs from an English manufacturer, having no factories of its own. The Spencerian pens were made in Birmingham, England, by Sir Josiah Mason for Perry & Co.  This explains why many Spencerian nibs have markings for both New York, N.Y. and England.
[http://hans.presto.tripod.com/nibs/spencerian.html The Blam Nib site] says that The Spencerian Steel Pen Co. was formed In 1858 as a subsidiary of the Ivison Phinney Publishing Company, later known as Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman, & Co., and finally in 1869 as Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor, & Co.  The New York City-based pen company (Spencerian Steel Pen Co.), was a pen distribution company that purchased its nibs from an English manufacturer, having no factories of its own. The Spencerian pens were made in Birmingham, England, by Sir Josiah Mason for Perry & Co.  This explains why many Spencerian nibs have markings for both New York, N.Y. and England.


====Versions====
====Versions====
There is only one version of the Spencerian 9 nib in the Chappy's Nibs collection. The nib pictured below is '''Spencerian 9'''.
There are no additional versions of the '''Spencerian #9 Bank Pen''' in the Chappy's Nibs collection, as pictured below (tar-finish).


====Photos====
====Photos====
Click any image for a full-resolution photo: 2200 x 640. The image with the ruler is 2300 x 1196.
Click any image for a full-resolution photo: 1925 x 560. The image with the ruler is 2300 x 1196.
[[File:Picture 902.jpg|thumb|650px|none|Spencerian 9 - top view]]
[[File:Picture 902.jpg|thumb|650px|none|Spencerian 9 - top view]]
[[File:Picture 904.jpg|thumb|650px|none|Spencerian 9 - side view, upper]]
[[File:Picture 904.jpg|thumb|650px|none|Spencerian 9 - side view, upper]]
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* [http://hans.presto.tripod.com/nibs/spencerian.html Blam Nib site - Spencerian page]
* [http://hans.presto.tripod.com/nibs/spencerian.html Blam Nib site - Spencerian page]
* [http://www.whiteapplemultimedia.com/vintagenibs.html Vintage Nibs site - McKinney]
* [http://www.whiteapplemultimedia.com/vintagenibs.html Vintage Nibs site - McKinney]
* [https://thesteelpen.com/category/pen-types/ Steel Pen blog - AAAndrew]
* [https://thesteelpen.com/2018/12/07/pen-shapes-a-proposed-glossary/ Steel Pen blog - AAAndrew]
* [http://www.zanerian.com/ZanCat.html Zanerian - catalog]
* [http://www.zanerian.com/ZanCat.html Zanerian - catalog]




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Latest revision as of 17:57, 13 February 2021

Spencerian 9
Manufacturer Perry & Co. for
Spencerian Steel Pen Co.
Nib No. 9
Descr. Bank Pen
Tip F
Markings Exterior
Mark 1 lateral L Nº 9
Mark 2 SPENCERIAN
Mark 3 PEN Cº N-Y
Mark 4 BANK PEN
Spencerian 9 - top view, with ruler

A Spencerian sample card includes the #9 Bank Pen among 26 samples. It is included in the section of the card for Fine Pointed nibs.

AAAndrew's Steel Pen blog describes the Bank Pen nib as "a long, straight pen with longer tines than normal, but not as long as a Beaked pen. Though the Bank pen is sometimes classified as a Beaked pen, I think there’s enough of a difference between the very common “Bank” pen shape and the longer tines of the rest of the beaked pens that I call out the Bank as a separate shape."

The asterisk-shaped vent hole is unusual for bank pens. Most bank pens have a vent hole in the shape of a torch. (AAAndrew)

The Blam Nib site says that The Spencerian Steel Pen Co. was formed In 1858 as a subsidiary of the Ivison Phinney Publishing Company, later known as Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman, & Co., and finally in 1869 as Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor, & Co. The New York City-based pen company (Spencerian Steel Pen Co.), was a pen distribution company that purchased its nibs from an English manufacturer, having no factories of its own. The Spencerian pens were made in Birmingham, England, by Sir Josiah Mason for Perry & Co. This explains why many Spencerian nibs have markings for both New York, N.Y. and England.

Versions

There are no additional versions of the Spencerian #9 Bank Pen in the Chappy's Nibs collection, as pictured below (tar-finish).

Photos

Click any image for a full-resolution photo: 1925 x 560. The image with the ruler is 2300 x 1196.

Spencerian 9 - top view
Spencerian 9 - side view, upper
Spencerian 9 - side view, lower

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