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|'''Manufacturer''' ||Perry & Co. for <BR>Spencerian Steel Pen Co.
|'''Manufacturer''' ||Perry & Co. for <BR>Spencerian Steel Pen Co.
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|'''Descr.''' ||Gray Falcon
|'''Descr.''' ||Gray Falcon
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|'''Tip''' ||Turned Up Point
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|'''Mark 5''' ||MADE IN ENGLAND
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A [https://in.pinterest.com/pin/346706871291054636/ Spencerian sample card] includes the #50 Gray Falcon Pen among 26 samples. It is included in the section of the card for Dome Pointed nibs.
A [https://in.pinterest.com/pin/346706871291054636/ Spencerian sample card] includes the #50 Gray Falcon Pen among 26 samples. It is included in the section of the card for Dome 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."


[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.

Revision as of 23:49, 11 February 2021

Spencerian 50
Manufacturer Perry & Co. for
Spencerian Steel Pen Co.
Nib No. 50
Descr. Gray Falcon
Tip Dome Point
Markings Exterior
Mark 1 body lateral L Nº 50
Mark 2 SPENCERIAN
Mark 3 DOME-POINT FALCON
Mark 4 PEN
Spencerian 50 - top view, with ruler

A Spencerian sample card includes the #50 Gray Falcon Pen among 26 samples. It is included in the section of the card for Dome Pointed nibs.

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 #50 Gray Falcon Pen in the Chappy's Nibs collection, as pictured below (gray-finish).

Photos

Click any image for a full-resolution photo: 2200 x 640. The image with the ruler is 2300 x 1196.

Spencerian 50 - top view
Spencerian 50 - side view, upper
Spencerian 50 - side view, lower

External Links

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