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[[Image:1948-10-Esterbrook.jpg|thumb|A 1948 advertisement]]

[[Image:1948-10-Esterbrook.jpg|thumb|A 1948 advertisement]]

[[Esterbrook]] was founded in [[1856]] in Camden in New Jersey, by ''Richard Esterbrook'', a Cornish Quaker, who was an immigrant in the United States. He was a stationery, and had assisted to the move from goose pen down to steel nibs. Foretelling a great opportunity in the United States nib market expansion he took five English craftsmen (by the ''John Mitchell'' firm of Birmingham) and then start producing steel nibs in the U.S.A.  

[[Esterbrook]] was founded in [[1856]] in Camden in New Jersey, by ''Richard Esterbrook'', a Cornish Quaker, who was an immigrant in the United States. He was a stationery, and had assisted to the move from goose pen down to steel nibs. Foretelling a great opportunity in the United States nib market expansion he took five English craftsmen (by the ''John Mitchell'' firm of Birmingham) and then start producing steel nibs in the U.S.A.

[[File:Esterbrook-J-Green-Open.jpg|left|thumb|100px|An [[Esterbrook J]] model]]

[[File:Esterbrook-J-Green-Open.jpg|left|thumb|100px|An [[Esterbrook J]] model]]

The company operated for the first two years under the name of ''United States Steel Pen Manufacturing Company''; in 1858 it become the ''Esterbrook Steel Pen Manufacturing Company''. The company activities were a great success so that at the end of 1900 [[Esterbrook]] was considered, along with ''Perry & Co.'' (better known as ''Osmiroid''),  as the largest nib manufacturer of the world. In [[1896]] the company launched itself in the British market.

The company operated for the first two years under the name of ''United States Steel Pen Manufacturing Company''; in 1858 it become the ''Esterbrook Steel Pen Manufacturing Company''. The company activities were a great success so that at the end of 1900 [[Esterbrook]] was considered, along with ''[[Perry]] & Co.'' (better known later as ''Osmiroid''),  as the largest nib manufacturer of the world. In [[1896]] the company launched itself in the British market.

The first fountain pen was introduced in [[1933]]<ref>this date is cited [http://www.billspens.com/BillsPens/esterbrook/esterbrook.htm here].</ref> corresponding to the first patent for interchangeable nibs. In [[1935]] the company introduced the  [[Dollar Pen]] model, called so for its price, just a dollar.

The first fountain pen was introduced in [[1933]]<ref>this date is cited [http://www.billspens.com/BillsPens/esterbrook/esterbrook.htm here].</ref> corresponding to the first patent for interchangeable nibs. In [[1935]] the company introduced the  [[Dollar Pen]] model, called so for its price, just a dollar.

==External references==

==External references==

* [http://www.esterbrook.net/] A site dedicated to the company, a mine of information.

* [http://www.esterbrook.net/] A site dedicated to the company, a mine of information.

* [http://www.rickconner.net/penoply/eb.0.html] An article about the company.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20171216155147/http://www.rickconner.net:80/penspotters/esterbrook.html] An article about the company.

* [http://www.penhero.com/PenGallery/Esterbrook/EsterbrookAds.htm] An advertising gallery.

* [http://www.penhero.com/PenGallery/Esterbrook/EsterbrookAds.htm] An advertising gallery.

* [http://www.richardspens.com/ref/profiles/j.htm] An article on [[Esterbrook J|J model]].

* [http://www.richardspens.com/ref/profiles/j.htm] An article on [[Esterbrook J|J model]].

* [http://www.richardspens.com/ref/profiles/dollar.htm] An article on [[Dollar Pen]].

* [http://www.richardspens.com/ref/profiles/dollar.htm] An article on [[Dollar Pen]].

* [http://www.rickconner.net/penspotters/esterbrook.html] An article about the company.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20171216155147/http://www.rickconner.net:80/penspotters/esterbrook.html] An article about the company.

* [http://www.vintagepens.com/Esterbrook.shtml] Brand page on David Nishimura website.

* [http://www.vintagepens.com/Esterbrook.shtml] Brand page on David Nishimura website.

* [http://www.billspens.com/BillsPens/esterbrook/esterbrook.htm] Brand page on Bill Acker website.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141111173638/http://www.billspens.com:80/billspens/esterbrook/esterbrook.htm] Brand page on Bill Acker website.

* [http://hans.presto.tripod.com/nibs/esterbrook02.html] An article on the company's history.

* [http://hans.presto.tripod.com/nibs/esterbrook02.html] An article on the company's history.

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20080819205512/http://www.zianet.com/jmcdgwin/ebrook.htm] An article on the company's history.

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20080819205512/http://www.zianet.com/jmcdgwin/ebrook.htm] An article on the company's history.