Conklin

The Conklin Pen Company was established in 1898, and it is regarded as one of the most significant and innovative manufacturers from the Golden Age of Fountain Pens.Originator of such models as the Crescent Filler (Mark Twain’s pen of choice), Endura, Nozac and Glider, Conklin is known for producing fountain pens valued by collectors and admired by pen enthusiasts throughout the world.

The Product
In 2000, Conklin was revived as the Conklin Pen Co., Inc. It continues the tradition of innovation and excellence by offering unique limited edition and regular-edition writing instruments of the highest quality. Based on the original designs of earlier models, all Conklin pens are manufactured by artisans dedicated to producing writing instruments worthy of this legendary name.

Highlights of the current collection include the Metropolis and Cushion Point. METROPOLIS combines modern metropolitan style with a sleek contemporary design in a truly elegant writing instrument perfect for today’s modern pen aficionado. The Cushion Point Fountain Pens feature a special hooded nib commonly used in 1950s. This vintage nib style is combined with a sleek contemporary design to create a truly distinctive line of fine writing instruments.

Some highlights from the past:
• 1891—Roy Conklin is granted his first fountain pen patent.
• 1897— Conklin founds the Self Fountain Pen Co.
• 1901—Conklin patents the Crescent Filler for what is now the Conklin Pen Manufacturing Co. Additional patents are issued to him in 1903 and 1904.
• 1903—The company expands its advertising and marketing and includes an endorsement by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens).
• 1916—Conklin develops a patented spring-loaded pocket clip.
• 1920s—Conklin begins exporting pens to Europe and South America.
• 1921—The Crescent Filler is the top-selling pen on the market. While the pen is mechanically superior to the Sheaffer lever filler, the popularity of the Sheaffer pen leads Conklin to design a lever-filled pen.
• 1923—The Duragraph is introduced. It is a well-made and efficient lever filler and leads to the development of the Endura in 1924.
• 1929—Conklin’s first streamlined pen, the Symetrik, is introduced.
• 1931—The Nozac is introduced. A technologically advanced, streamline model with an inventive piston filling mechanism, it is followed with a “word gauge” model in 1934.
• 1938—Conklin is sold to a Chicago Syndicate.
• 1955—Production ceases.    

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