Pens through time and what I’ve noticed.
My pen collection has pens from 1922 to 2024 and I’ve noticed a few things.
1) As the decades passed pens got more subtle, pens did not have as many patterns or as much “status” symbol appeal to them.
2) Pens have gone through interesting changes which reflect the year they’re in, notably from the 1960s onwards.
3) Gold nibs appear to be more common on vintage pens, whereas now they’re more equally divided between gold and steel.
4) The filling mechanisms! From pens having integrated filling systems to going to cartridge converter pens. I don’t know if it’s just me but I feel like in moderner pens (80s onward) what you pay for is how the pen looks and just that, the filling systems and near enough the same, a split between cartridge converters, piston fillers or vacuum fillers.
I love every pen in my collection because each one is unique and has a distinct design, especially my vintage pens which I just love!
My pen collection has pens from 1922 to 2024 and I’ve noticed a few things.
1) As the decades passed pens got more subtle, pens did not have as many patterns or as much “status” symbol appeal to them.
2) Pens have gone through interesting changes which reflect the year they’re in, notably from the 1960s onwards.
3) Gold nibs appear to be more common on vintage pens, whereas now they’re more equally divided between gold and steel.
4) The filling mechanisms! From pens having integrated filling systems to going to cartridge converter pens. I don’t know if it’s just me but I feel like in moderner pens (80s onward) what you pay for is how the pen looks and just that, the filling systems and near enough the same, a split between cartridge converters, piston fillers or vacuum fillers.
I love every pen in my collection because each one is unique and has a distinct design, especially my vintage pens which I just love!