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''Tabo'' is the second trademark used by [[Stiassi e Tantini]] for fountain pen production. It was registered in 1940, so we consider this year the start of production for this brand. There no known evidences for a different production start date, nor the reason for changing trademark from [[The Scotland]].  

''Tabo'' is the second trademark used by [[Stiassi e Tantini]] for fountain pen production. It was registered in 1940, so we consider this year the start of production for this brand. There no known evidences for a different production start date, nor the reason for changing trademark from [[The Scotland]].  

The ''Tabo'' branded pens, as for the previous ''[[The Scotland]]''  ones produced by the same company are high-quality and some model are made by very nice semi-transparent celluoid. ''Tabo'' pens seems to have a good success, because they are less rare than ''[[The Scotland]]'' but still are highly sought by collectors.{{Infobox_Brand|Tabo}}{{BrandData|Founder=Giuseppe Tantini, Giorgio Stiassi|Place=Bologna|Country=IT}}

The ''Tabo'' branded pens, as for the previous ''[[The Scotland]]''  ones produced by the same company are high-quality and some model are made by very nice semi-transparent celluloid. ''Tabo'' pens seems to have a good success, because they are less rare than ''[[The Scotland]]'' but still are highly sought by collectors.{{Infobox_Brand|Tabo}}{{BrandData|Founder=Giuseppe Tantini, Giorgio Stiassi|Place=Bologna|Country=IT}}

== History ==

== History ==

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[[File:1942-02-Tabo-Trasparente-Sfinge.jpg|thumb|A [[Tabo]] advertisement]]

[[File:1942-02-Tabo-Trasparente-Sfinge.jpg|thumb|A [[Tabo]] advertisement]]

The [[Tabo]] brand fountain pens production is rather late and goes back to the late '30s. The activities of ''[[Stiassi e Tantini]]'' results to be closed in [[1939]], but the two members founded the previous year a new company named ''"S.I.S.A."'', acromym of ''Società Italiana Stilografiche e Affini'' (meaning ''Italian Company Fountain Pens and Related''), that was remaned in [[1940]] (?) as ''"F.I.S.A."'', acronym of ''Fabbrica Italiana Stilografiche e Affini'' (meaning ''Italian Factory Fountain Pens and Related'') who was the company giving birth to the production of [[Tabo]] branded pens, another acronym used as an abbreviation for the term  ''Tantini - Bologna''. In later years the  company name was changed again in ''Stiassi e Tantini S. A.'', wording that appears in the first [[Tabo]] pen advertising dating from the early '40s.

The [[Tabo]] brand fountain pens production is rather late and goes back to the late '30s. The activities of ''[[Stiassi e Tantini]]'' results to be closed in [[1939]], but the two members founded the previous year a new company named ''"S.I.S.A."'', acromym of ''Società Italiana Stilografiche e Affini'' (meaning ''Italian Company Fountain Pens and Related''), that was remaned in [[1940]] (?) as ''"F.I.S.A."'', acronym of ''Fabbrica Italiana Stilografiche e Affini'' (meaning ''Italian Factory Fountain Pens and Related'') who was the company giving birth to the production of [[Tabo]] branded pens, another acronym used as an abbreviation for the term  ''Tantini - Bologna''. In later years the  company name was changed again in ''Stiassi e Tantini S. A.'', wording that appears in the first [[Tabo]] pen advertising dating from the early '40s. The ''F.I.S.A.'' is however reported as a fountain pen company in the general industry directory of 1956.<ref>as resulting from  [[:File:1956-Annuario-Generale-Industria-Stilografiche-C.jpg|this extract]].</ref>

The [[Tabo]] series of late 30's were produced in different versions depending on the filling systems as there were [[button filler]] models, called [[Tabo Mentis|Mentis]], and depression filler models, similar to the [[Vacumatic]], called [[Tabo Trasparente|Trasparente]], as well as models with the more ordinary [[lever filler]] with a faceted body, similar to the [[Omas Extra]], identified by the number ''1931''. Finally there were also [[safety]] [[Tabo Rientrante|models]], made in hard rubber or with metal [[overlay]], very similar to those found in the [[Montegrappa]] production, named with a four digits code number.  

The [[Tabo]] series of late 30's were produced in different versions depending on the filling systems as there were [[button filler]] models, called [[Tabo Mentis|Mentis]], and depression filler models, similar to the [[Vacumatic]], called [[Tabo Trasparente|Trasparente]], as well as models with the more ordinary [[lever filler]] with a faceted body, similar to the [[Omas Extra]], identified by the number ''1931''. Finally there were also [[safety]] [[Tabo Rientrante|models]], made in hard rubber or with metal [[overlay]], very similar to those found in the [[Montegrappa]] production, named with a four digits code number.