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[[Image:1950-06-Luxor-Booklet25th-p01.jpg|thumb|upright|Cover of the book celebrating [[Luxor]] 25 years]]

[[Image:1950-06-Luxor-Booklet25th-p01.jpg|thumb|upright|Cover of the book celebrating [[Luxor]] 25 years]]

The [[Luxor]] was founded in [[1925]] in Heidelberg by ''Heinrich Hebborn''.

The ''Luxor'' was founded in [[1925]] in Heidelberg by ''Heinrich Hebborn''. His young age avoided him to go in the WWI and he started working at a paper mill until, around 1921, he meet in Heidelberg ''Rudolph Weber'', a [[Kaweco]] shareholder, with which he began to collaborate becoming head of the Cologne branch. In 1925 he associated with a merchant of Jewish origins, ''Leo Boettigheimer'' (who later died in Auschwitz in 1943) and with a [[Kaweco]] agent, Heinrich Schlicksupp. The three together gave birth to ''"H. Hebborn & Co."''.

Benché il nome ufficiale dell'azienda sia ''H. Hebborn & Co.'' essa è universalmente nota con il nome del suo marchio principale, [[Luxor]]; oltre a questo, mantenendo una ispirazione ai temi dell'antico Egitto, venne usato come marchio secondario anche ''[[Sphinx]]''. Nel [[1938]] la ditta spostò gli impianti produttivi a Colonia.

Although the company official name was ''H. Hebborn & Co.'' it was universally known by the name of its main brand: [[Luxor]]; besides this, maintaining an inspiration to the themes of ancient Egypt, it also used as a sub-brand ''[[Sphinx]]''. In [[1938]], the company moved production facilities in Cologne.

In the '40s, the company invented a telescopic [[piston filler]] with two concentric sections which allowed to have a much shorter mechanism, resulting in more space for the ink reservoir. The mechanism was mounted on a model called [[Luxor Teleskop| Teleskop]], and it seems that it is the same one that was later adopted also by [[Montblanc]] for its flagship models of the series [[Montblanc 13x|130]] and [[Montblanc 14x|140]].

In [[1935]], the company invented a telescopic [[piston filler]] (patent {{Cite patent|AT|149872}})  with two concentric sections which allowed to have a much shorter mechanism, resulting in more space for the ink reservoir. The mechanism was mounted on a model called [[Luxor Teleskop| Teleskop]], and it seems that it is the same one that was later adopted also by [[Montblanc]] for its flagship models of the series [[Montblanc 13x|130]] and [[Montblanc 14x|140]].

Other well-known names for the models produced by the company are the following: '' [[Luxor Visible|Visible]] '', ...

Other well-known names for the models produced by the company are the following: ''[[Luxor Visible|Visible]]'', ''[[Luxor Grandvisible|Grandvisible]]'',  ...

The activities of the [[Luxor]] ended around the 70s with the acquisition by the [[Parker]] German branch, and today the brand is no more.

The activities of the ''Luxor'' ended around the 70s with the acquisition by the [[Parker]] German branch, and today the brand is no more.

===External references===

==External references==

* http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/205127-older-luxor-and-parker-sets

* [http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/205127-older-luxor-and-parker-sets] Discussion on FPN

===Notes===

* [https://forum.fountainpen.it/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=24196] Presentation of a [[Luxor 71]] in the forum

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