Edacoto
Edacoto is one of the main historic French brands, the company's origins are uncertain but before the First World War. It was founded as a manufacturer of mechanical pencils, entering fountain pens market after a collaboration with Aurora since the '30s.
The Edacoto pens are characterized by a general average quality, and although the company has never been reported for special contributions or innovative styling, the validity of its products has ensured the success and is still popular with collectors.
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Edacoto was established (it is assumed in the '10s, an exact date is unknown) with the Edac name by Jacques Bonhomme in Issy-Les-Moulineaux, but the company seat was moved to the Boulevard Arago 104, in Paris, at the end of the World War I. Until 1920 the company marketed its products under the Edac brand name, passing to use of the Edacoto trademark only in a second time for commercial reasons.
The company was founded as a metal mechanical pencils manufacturer, but since 1922 also began to produce fountain pens. These initial models were black or mottled hard rubber lever filler or safety pens, with ball clip and double ring on the cap. In this period was also made a particular lever filler metal pen (using a nickel and copper alloy) and friction cap; the peculiarity was due to the fact that the pen had difficulties in the ink flow to the nib, which tended to dry out. For this reason the internal spring was "U" shaped, one side was driven by the lever mechanism, the other by a button near the junction used to compress the sac and restore the ink flow.
Until the '30s the company produced mostly mechanical pencils, but in 1930 it reached a trade agreement with Aurora italian company, who entrusted it the marketing in France for his fountain pens. From this agreement comes a new product, Le Duo Moderne, a combination of an Aurora fountain pen (an Internationale model) and an Edacoto mechanical pencil.
In 1932, the company introduced its new fountain pen models, with lever filler double band cap and and ball clip similar to the Duofold one. The following year were produced new pens with more streamlined shapes and more band/rings (up to five) (Edacoto 104?). It's from this time the beginning of the Bijouterie serie production, fountain pens made in gold plated metal (but also in solid gold and silver), and characterized by a great attention in the engravings and decorations. The serie remained in production until after the WWII, changing various filling systems.
In 1934 the brand name was engraved on the clip and in 1937 were adopted, new clips with a jagged line with a triangular arrow-shaped tip. The new line was produced with two or three cap band, until 1943. In 1938 was introduced the Super Edacoto 200 model, also called Visible or Transparent, this is probably the most significant model produced by the company. The pen had the front part of the barrel transparent, and was equipped with a rubber sac on the back. This was compressed by a lever, which caused the filling of both the transparent section and the sac. When the transparent section had been emptied it was possible to make use the in reserve maintained inside the rubber sac with the action on the lever itself.
Nel 1941 vennero introdotti nuovi modelli simili ai precedenti ma senza sezione trasparente e con caricamento a levetta. Nel 1943 venne introdotta la Edacoto 87, con caricamento a pulsante di fondo oltre che a levetta,[1] un nuovo fermaglio ed una forma più affusolata, prodotta anche in plastica a stampo in tinta unita, che venne chiamata Le stylo de france. Nel 1947 venne prodotto un altro modello con lo stesso nome, con il corpo trasparente ed una forma più gonfia. La qualità, pur restando di rilievo, non era però equivalente a quella dei modelli precedenti.
It should be noted, starting from 1948, the production attempt of a curious ballpoint pen, the Pointor, equipped by a particular button filling system, which however did not reach the expected success. From 1948, mentioned in an advertisement, is also the model 95 grand luxe, still called Le stylo de france. In the '50s, put into crisis by the advent of the ballpoint pen, the Edacoto produced a large variety of average quality models. In 1955, following the success of the Parker 51, was created an hooded nib model. In 1958 was introduced the cartridge filling system.
In 1959 together with a group of other companies (Evergood, Mallat, Gold Starry, Walkover and Soma), the company participated in the consortium that produced the Visor Pen, that was a great success, but was unable to revive the fortunes of the company that was absorbed by Mallat at the end of the '50s. The brand Edacoto continued to appear for a few years to finally disappear in the mid '60s.
Cronologia
| Anno | Avvenimento |
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| 1910 | l'azienda viene fondata da Jacques Bonhomme a Parigi come Edac |
| 1922 | l'azienda inizia la produzione di stilografiche |
| 1930 | l'Aurora conclude l'accordo con la Edacoto per Le Duo Moderne |
| 1932 | l'azienda introduce dei modelli in stile Duofold |
| 1933 | l'azienda introduce le Edacoto 104 |
| 1933 | l'azienda introduce i fermagli marcati "Edacoto"[2] |
| 1933 | l'azienda introduce dei modelli streamlined con fino a cinque anelli sul cappuccio |
| 1937 | l'azienda introduce i fermagli a sezione scalettata e punta a freccia (o 1935?) |
| 1937 | l'azienda introduce le Super Edacoto 200 dette anche Visible |
| 1941 | l'azienda introduce i modelli con caricamento a levetta e clip scalettata |
| 1941 | l'azienda introduce le Super Edacoto |
| 1943 | l'azienda introduce le Edacoto 87 "Le stylo de France" |
| 1947 | l'azienda introduce una nuova versione del modello Edacoto 87, con corpo trasparente |
| 1948 | l'azienda introduce le Pointor penne a sfera con caricamento a pulsante di fondo |
| 1955 | l'azienda introduce i modelli a pennino carenato |
| 1958 | l'azienda introduce i modelli con caricamento a cartuccia |
| 1959 | la Visor Pen viene prodotta da Evergood, Edacoto, Mallat, Gold Starry, Walkover e Soma |
Riferimenti esterni
- http://web.archive.org/web/20071012135047/http://stylos-francais.fr/edacoto.php
- http://edacoto.penandco.com/accueil_us.html
Note
- ↑ in questa discussione viene mostrata una versione a levetta.
- ↑ anche se su questa pagina viene indicato il 1934 questa pubblicità del 1933 mostra chiaramente una clip marcata "Edacoto".
