http://www.fountainpen.it/index.php?title=Esterbrook/en&feed=atom&action=historyEsterbrook/en - Cronologia2024-03-29T00:06:55ZCronologia della pagina su questo sitoMediaWiki 1.35.4http://www.fountainpen.it/index.php?title=Esterbrook/en&diff=184829&oldid=prevPiccardi il 13:00, 7 ago 20232023-08-07T13:00:04Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><div class="mw-translate-fuzzy"></del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The first fountain pen was introduced in [[1933]]<ref>this date is cited [<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https://web.archive.org/web/20141111173638/</ins>http://www.billspens.com/BillsPens/esterbrook/esterbrook.htm here].</ref> corresponding to the first patent for interchangeable nibs, called [[Renew-Point]]. In [[1935]] the company introduced the [[Dollar Pen]] model, called so for its price, just a dollar. A British production, made by [[Conway Stewart]] from the mid-1930s to the 1950s is however known,<ref>according to what is reported at [http://www.esterbrook.net/relief.shtml this page].</ref> for the model called [[Relief]]. </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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, called [[Renew-Point]]. In [[1935]] the company introduced the [[Dollar Pen]] model, called so for its price, just a dollar. A British production, made by [[Conway Stewart]] from the mid-1930s to the 1950s is however known,<ref>according to what is reported at [http://www.esterbrook.net/relief.shtml this page].</ref> for the model called [[Relief]].</div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The feature that distinguished [[Esterbrook]] production was the interchangeable nib unit,<ref>this feature was protected by the patents {{Cite patent|US|1939753}} and {{Cite patent|US|1999177}} registered respectively in 1933 and 1935, but applied in 1928 and 1933.</ref> but it wasn't the first company offering this feature, that was already used by the [[Personal Point]] nibs made by [[Wahl Eversharp]]. Differently from [[Eversharp]], [[Esterbrook]] used the feature to consent to its clients to easily change their nib as they please, in any moment and not just when buying the pen, helped by the low price of its cheap steel nibs. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The feature that distinguished [[Esterbrook]] production was the interchangeable nib unit,<ref>this feature was protected by the patents {{Cite patent|US|1939753}} and {{Cite patent|US|1999177}} registered respectively in 1933 and 1935, but applied in 1928 and 1933.</ref> but it wasn't the first company offering this feature, that was already used by the [[Personal Point]] nibs made by [[Wahl Eversharp]]. Differently from [[Eversharp]], [[Esterbrook]] used the feature to consent to its clients to easily change their nib as they please, in any moment and not just when buying the pen, helped by the low price of its cheap steel nibs. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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, called [[Renew-Point]]. In [[1935]] the company introduced the [[Dollar Pen]] model, called so for its price, just a dollar. A British production, made by [[Conway Stewart]] from the mid-1930s to the 1950s is however known,<ref>according to what is reported at [http://www.esterbrook.net/relief.shtml this page].</ref> for the model called [[Relief]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The feature that distinguished [[Esterbrook]] production was the interchangeable nib unit,<ref>this feature was protected by the patents {{Cite patent|US|1939753}} and {{Cite patent|US|1999177}} registered respectively in 1933 and 1935, but applied in 1928 and 1933.</ref> but it wasn't the first company offering this feature, that was already used by the [[Personal Point]] nibs made by [[Wahl Eversharp]]. Differently from [[Eversharp]], [[Esterbrook]] used the feature to consent to its clients to easily change their nib as they please, in any moment and not just when buying the pen, helped by the low price of its cheap steel nibs. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The feature that distinguished [[Esterbrook]] production was the interchangeable nib unit,<ref>this feature was protected by the patents {{Cite patent|US|1939753}} and {{Cite patent|US|1999177}} registered respectively in 1933 and 1935, but applied in 1928 and 1933.</ref> but it wasn't the first company offering this feature, that was already used by the [[Personal Point]] nibs made by [[Wahl Eversharp]]. Differently from [[Eversharp]], [[Esterbrook]] used the feature to consent to its clients to easily change their nib as they please, in any moment and not just when buying the pen, helped by the low price of its cheap steel nibs. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The feature that distinguished [[Esterbrook]] production was the interchangeable nib unit,<ref>this feature was protected by the patents {{Cite patent|US|1939753}} and {{Cite patent|US|1999177}} registered respectively in 1933 and 1935, but applied in 1928 and 1933.</ref> but it wasn't the first company offering this feature, that was already used by the [[Personal Point]] nibs made by [[Wahl Eversharp]]. Differently from [[Eversharp]], [[Esterbrook]] used the feature to consent to its clients to easily change their nib as they please, in any moment and not just when buying the pen, helped by the low price of its cheap steel nibs. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The feature that distinguished [[Esterbrook]] production was the interchangeable nib unit,<ref>this feature was protected by the patents {{Cite patent|US|1939753}} and {{Cite patent|US|1999177}} registered respectively in 1933 and 1935, but applied in 1928 and 1933.</ref> but it wasn't the first company offering this feature, that was already used by the [[Personal Point]] nibs made by [[Wahl Eversharp]]. Differently from [[Eversharp]], [[Esterbrook]] used the feature to consent to its clients to easily change their nib as they please, in any moment and not just when buying the pen, helped by the low price of its cheap steel nibs. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><div class="mw-translate-fuzzy"></del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Esterbrook]] was founded in [[1856]], but its fountain pen production is concentrated in the period between '<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">30s </ins>and '50s. The company specialized in the manufacturing of cheap fountain pens, focusing in the mass market segment. Their pens had steel nibs and ordinary metal finishes. Despite the fact that [[Esterbrook]] pens were clearly economic models, they were produced with great care using cheap materials but with good quality manufacturing. </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Esterbrook]] was founded in [[1856]], but its fountain pen production is concentrated in the period between '<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">40s </del>and '50s. The company specialized in the manufacturing of cheap fountain pens, focusing in the mass market segment. Their pens had steel nibs and ordinary metal finishes. Despite the fact that [[Esterbrook]] pens were clearly economic models, they were produced with great care using cheap materials but with good quality manufacturing.</div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The sales of economic models had a great success, including the ability to expand the market to areas hitherto not attained. The [[Esterbrook]] pens were extremely robust and functional and produced in a wide variety of patterns and colors. As happened with most of the other fountain pen manufacturers, the company had an inexorable decline when facing the competition from disposable ballpoint pens, ceasing operations in 1971. The company rests, after the fusion with [[Venus]], were bought by [[Faber Castell]] in 1973.{{Infobox_Brand|Esterbrook}}{{BrandData|Founder=Richard Esterbrook|Date=1856|ProdDate=1933|Place=Camden, New Jersey|Country=US|Fullname=United States Steel Pen Manufacturing Company|Closing=1971}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The sales of economic models had a great success, including the ability to expand the market to areas hitherto not attained. The [[Esterbrook]] pens were extremely robust and functional and produced in a wide variety of patterns and colors. As happened with most of the other fountain pen manufacturers, the company had an inexorable decline when facing the competition from disposable ballpoint pens, ceasing operations in 1971. The company rests, after the fusion with [[Venus]], were bought by [[Faber Castell]] in 1973.{{Infobox_Brand|Esterbrook}}{{BrandData|Founder=Richard Esterbrook|Date=1856|ProdDate=1933|Place=Camden, New Jersey|Country=US|Fullname=United States Steel Pen Manufacturing Company|Closing=1971}}</div></td></tr>
</table>Piccardihttp://www.fountainpen.it/index.php?title=Esterbrook/en&diff=144602&oldid=prevFuzzyBot: Aggiornamento come da nuova versione della pagina di origine2021-06-21T22:43:06Z<p>Aggiornamento come da nuova versione della pagina di origine</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:Logo-Esterbrook.svg|center|400px|Esterbrook Logo]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:Logo-Esterbrook.svg|center|400px|Esterbrook Logo]]</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Esterbrook]] was founded in [[1856]], but its fountain pen production is concentrated in the period between '40s and '50s. The company specialized in the manufacturing of cheap fountain pens, focusing in the mass market segment. Their pens had steel nibs and ordinary metal finishes. Despite the fact that [[Esterbrook]] pens were clearly economic models, they were produced with great care using cheap materials but with good quality manufacturing. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><div class="mw-translate-fuzzy"></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Esterbrook]] was founded in [[1856]], but its fountain pen production is concentrated in the period between '40s and '50s. The company specialized in the manufacturing of cheap fountain pens, focusing in the mass market segment. Their pens had steel nibs and ordinary metal finishes. Despite the fact that [[Esterbrook]] pens were clearly economic models, they were produced with great care using cheap materials but with good quality manufacturing.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></div> </ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The sales of economic models had a great success, including the ability to expand the market to areas hitherto not attained. The [[Esterbrook]] pens were extremely robust and functional and produced in a wide variety of patterns and colors. As happened with most of the other fountain pen manufacturers, the company had an inexorable decline when facing the competition from disposable ballpoint pens, ceasing operations in 1971. The company rests, after the fusion with [[Venus]], were bought by [[Faber Castell]] in 1973.{{Infobox_Brand|Esterbrook}}{{BrandData|Founder=Richard Esterbrook|Date=1856|ProdDate=1933|Place=Camden, New Jersey|Country=US|Fullname=United States Steel Pen Manufacturing Company|Closing=1971}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The sales of economic models had a great success, including the ability to expand the market to areas hitherto not attained. The [[Esterbrook]] pens were extremely robust and functional and produced in a wide variety of patterns and colors. As happened with most of the other fountain pen manufacturers, the company had an inexorable decline when facing the competition from disposable ballpoint pens, ceasing operations in 1971. The company rests, after the fusion with [[Venus]], were bought by [[Faber Castell]] in 1973.{{Infobox_Brand|Esterbrook}}{{BrandData|Founder=Richard Esterbrook|Date=1856|ProdDate=1933|Place=Camden, New Jersey|Country=US|Fullname=United States Steel Pen Manufacturing Company|Closing=1971}}</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><div class="mw-translate-fuzzy"></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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, called [[Renew-Point]]. In [[1935]] the company introduced the [[Dollar Pen]] model, called so for its price, just a dollar.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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, called [[Renew-Point]]. In [[1935]] the company introduced the [[Dollar Pen]] model, called so for its price, just a dollar.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></div> </ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The feature that distinguished [[Esterbrook]] production was the interchangeable nib unit,<ref>this feature was protected by the patents {{Cite patent|US|1939753}} and {{Cite patent|US|1999177}} registered respectively in 1933 and 1935, but applied in 1928 and 1933.</ref> but it wasn't the first company offering this feature, that was already used by the [[Personal Point]] nibs made by [[Wahl Eversharp]]. Differently from [[Eversharp]], [[Esterbrook]] used the feature to consent to its clients to easily change their nib as they please, in any moment and not just when buying the pen, helped by the low price of its cheap steel nibs. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The feature that distinguished [[Esterbrook]] production was the interchangeable nib unit,<ref>this feature was protected by the patents {{Cite patent|US|1939753}} and {{Cite patent|US|1999177}} registered respectively in 1933 and 1935, but applied in 1928 and 1933.</ref> but it wasn't the first company offering this feature, that was already used by the [[Personal Point]] nibs made by [[Wahl Eversharp]]. Differently from [[Eversharp]], [[Esterbrook]] used the feature to consent to its clients to easily change their nib as they please, in any moment and not just when buying the pen, helped by the low price of its cheap steel nibs. </div></td></tr>
</table>FuzzyBothttp://www.fountainpen.it/index.php?title=Esterbrook/en&diff=143055&oldid=prevPiccardi il 22:55, 26 mar 20212021-03-26T22:55:23Z<p></p>
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</tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l16" >Riga 16:</td>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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, called [[Renew-Point]]. In [[1935]] the company introduced the [[Dollar Pen]] model, called so for its price, just a dollar.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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, called [[Renew-Point]]. In [[1935]] the company introduced the [[Dollar Pen]] model, called so for its price, just a dollar.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><div class="mw-translate-fuzzy"></del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The feature that distinguished [[Esterbrook]] production was the interchangeable nib unit,<ref>this feature was protected by the patents {{Cite patent|US|1939753}} and {{Cite patent|US|1999177}} registered respectively in 1933 and 1935, but applied in 1928 and 1933.</ref> but it wasn't the first company offering this feature, that was already used by the [[Personal Point]] nibs made by [[Wahl Eversharp]]. Differently from [[Eversharp]], [[Esterbrook]] used the feature to consent to its clients to easily change their nib as they please, in any moment and not just when buying the pen, helped by the low price of its cheap steel nibs. </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The feature that distinguished [[Esterbrook]] production was the interchangeable nib unit,<ref>this feature was protected by the patents {{Cite patent|US|1939753}} and {{Cite patent|US|1999177}} registered respectively in 1933 and 1935, but applied in 1928 and 1933.</ref> but it wasn't the first company offering this feature, that was already used by the [[Personal Point]] nibs made by [[Wahl Eversharp]]. Differently from [[Eversharp]], [[Esterbrook]] used the feature to consent to its clients to easily change their nib as they please, in any moment and not just when buying the pen, helped by the low price of its cheap steel nibs.</div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The most famous model produced by the company is the [[Esterbrook J|J model]], introduced in [[1943]]. (to be completed)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The most famous model produced by the company is the [[Esterbrook J|J model]], introduced in [[1943]]. (to be completed)</div></td></tr>
</table>Piccardihttp://www.fountainpen.it/index.php?title=Esterbrook/en&diff=143054&oldid=prevPiccardi il 22:55, 26 mar 20212021-03-26T22:55:18Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><div class="mw-translate-fuzzy"></del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, called [[Renew-Point]]</ins>. In [[1935]] the company introduced the [[Dollar Pen]] model, called so for its price, just a dollar.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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</tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l14" >Riga 14:</td>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><div class="mw-translate-fuzzy"></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></div></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The feature that distinguished [[Esterbrook]] production was the interchangeable nib unit,<ref>this feature was protected by the patents {{Cite patent|US|1939753}} and {{Cite patent|US|1999177}} registered respectively in 1933 and 1935, but applied in 1928 and 1933.</ref> but it wasn't the first company offering this feature, that was already used by the [[Personal Point]] nibs made by [[Wahl Eversharp]]. Differently from [[Eversharp]], [[Esterbrook]] used the feature to consent to its clients to easily change their nib as they please, in any moment and not just when buying the pen, helped by the low price of its cheap steel nibs. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><div class="mw-translate-fuzzy"></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The feature that distinguished [[Esterbrook]] production was the interchangeable nib unit,<ref>this feature was protected by the patents {{Cite patent|US|1939753}} and {{Cite patent|US|1999177}} registered respectively in 1933 and 1935, but applied in 1928 and 1933.</ref> but it wasn't the first company offering this feature, that was already used by the [[Personal Point]] nibs made by [[Wahl Eversharp]]. Differently from [[Eversharp]], [[Esterbrook]] used the feature to consent to its clients to easily change their nib as they please, in any moment and not just when buying the pen, helped by the low price of its cheap steel nibs.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></div> </ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The most famous model produced by the company is the [[Esterbrook J|J model]], introduced in [[1943]]. (to be completed)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The most famous model produced by the company is the [[Esterbrook J|J model]], introduced in [[1943]]. (to be completed)</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The most famous model produced by the company is the [[Esterbrook J|J model]], introduced in [[1943]]. (to be completed)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The most famous model produced by the company is the [[Esterbrook J|J model]], introduced in [[1943]]. (to be completed)</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[1967]] [[Esterbrook]] merged with ''Venus Pen and Pencil Corp.'', becoming ''Venus-Esterbrook'' but the brand became less and less significant, up to the full closure in [[1971]], when ''Venus-Esterbrook'' become part of the ''Berol Group''. In [[1973]] the rests of the ''Venus-Esterbrook'' were acquired by [[Faber Castell]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[1967]] [[Esterbrook]] merged with ''Venus Pen and Pencil Corp.'', becoming ''Venus-Esterbrook'' but the brand became less and less significant, up to the full closure in [[1971]], when ''Venus-Esterbrook'' become part of the ''Berol Group''. In [[1973]] the rests of the ''Venus-Esterbrook'' were acquired by [[Faber Castell]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The most famous model produced by the company is the [[Esterbrook J|J model]], introduced in [[1943]]. (to be completed)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The most famous model produced by the company is the [[Esterbrook J|J model]], introduced in [[1943]]. (to be completed)</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Esterbrook-J-Color-Group.jpg|thumb|An [[Esterbrook J]] set]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Esterbrook-J-Color-Group.jpg|thumb|An [[Esterbrook J]] set]]</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[1967]] [[Esterbrook]] merged with ''Venus Pen and Pencil Corp.'', becoming ''Venus-Esterbrook'' but the brand became less and less significant, up to the full closure in [[1971]], when ''Venus-Esterbrook'' become part of the ''Berol Group''. In [[1973]] the rests of the ''Venus-Esterbrook'' were acquired by [[Faber Castell]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[1967]] [[Esterbrook]] merged with ''Venus Pen and Pencil Corp.'', becoming ''Venus-Esterbrook'' but the brand became less and less significant, up to the full closure in [[1971]], when ''Venus-Esterbrook'' become part of the ''Berol Group''. In [[1973]] the rests of the ''Venus-Esterbrook'' were acquired by [[Faber Castell]].</div></td></tr>
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