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* [https://theesterbrookproject.com/NIB%20SHEETS/ESTERBROOK%20356%20ART%20AND%20DRAFTING%20PEN/ESTERBROOK%20356%20ART%20AND%20DRAFTING%20PEN.html The Esterbrook Project - 356 page]
* [https://theesterbrookproject.com/NIB%20SHEETS/ESTERBROOK%20356%20ART%20AND%20DRAFTING%20PEN/ESTERBROOK%20356%20ART%20AND%20DRAFTING%20PEN.html The Esterbrook Project - 356 page]
* [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]
* [http://hans.presto.tripod.com/nibs/esterbrook.html Blam Nib site - Esterbrook page]
* [http://hans.presto.tripod.com/nibs/esterbrook.html Blam Nib site - Esterbrook page]

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Esterbrook 356
Manufacturer Esterbrook
Nib No. 356
Descr. Art & Drafting Pen
Tip Fine
Markings Exterior
Mark 1 lateral L 356
Mark 2 R.ESTERBROOK & Co
Mark 3 ART & DRAFTING
Mark 4 MADE IN U.S.A.
Esterbrook 356 - top view, with ruler

Described in contemporary advertising (1938 Esterbrook Catalog) as: "An extremely fine, small pen with extra flexible action. Bronze finish"

The Esterbrook Project describes this nib as the third in the "Art & Drafting" series. This is a straight-bodied pen with a fine, sharp point. The vent hole is a narrow rectangle. Good flexibility. Bronze finish.

Famous as the nib used to ink the original Donald Duck comics. "I used a #356 Esterbrook art and drafting pen which could do everything from thin 'fadeaways' to broad accented curve sweeps on foreground circles such as the ducks' forms." —  Carl Barks (Letter to Scott Matheson, March 21, 1973, Blam Nib site)

Versions

There is only one version of the Esterbrook 356 nib in the Chappy's Nibs collection. The nib pictured below is Esterbrook 356.

Photos

Click any image for a full-resolution photo: 1650 x 480. The image with the ruler is 2300 x 1196.

Esterbrook 356 - top view
Esterbrook 356 - side view, upper
Esterbrook 356 - side view, lower

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