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[[Image:1953-06-Penco-n.53.jpg|thumb|75px|upright|[[Pen-Co 53]] advertising]]

[[Image:1953-06-Penco-n.53.jpg|thumb|75px|upright|[[Pen-Co 53]] advertising]]

The ''Pen-Co'' (or simply ''Penco'') brand is the best known brand of the ''"F. R. V."'' (which stands for ''"[[Fratelli Rossi Vicenza]]"'') a company founded in Sandrigo, a small town located near Vicenza, in [[1923]] by Rinaldo and Marcello Rossi that was known, before the World War II, for producing good quality economic pens under the [[Caesar]] brand.  

The ''Pen-Co'' (or simply ''Penco'') brand is the brand of the most well known production of the ''"F. R. V."'' (an acronym which stands for ''"[[Fratelli Rossi Vicenza]]"'') a company founded in Sandrigo, a small town located near Vicenza, in [[1923]] by Rinaldo and Marcello Rossi, that was known, before the World War II, for producing good quality economic pens under the [[Caesar]] brand.  

[[File:PenCo-53-SteelGoldBandCap-Open.jpg|thumb|left|A [[Pen-Co 53]] ]]</noinclude>

[[File:PenCo-53-SteelGoldBandCap-Open.jpg|thumb|left|A [[Pen-Co 53]] ]]</noinclude>

[[File:PenCo-53-SteelGoldBandCap-BoxAndPens.jpg|thumb|Some [[Pen-Co 53]] ]]

[[File:PenCo-53-SteelGoldBandCap-BoxAndPens.jpg|thumb|Some [[Pen-Co 53]] ]]

The most famous models, however, are those of the 50s, some clear imitation of the [[Sheaffer]] [[Triumph Pen|Triumph]] models, with [[nib conical]], tapering lines and  [[Crest]] style metal cap. The [[Pen-Co 53]] was the top model, widely publicized on many italian magazines, so much to arouse the reaction of the [[Sheaffer]] Italian distributor.  

The most famous models, however, are those of the 50s, some clear imitation of the [[Sheaffer]] [[Triumph Pen|Triumph]] models, with [[nib conical]], tapering lines and  [[Crest]] style metal cap. The [[Pen-Co 53]] was the top model, widely publicized, so much to arouse the reaction of the [[Sheaffer]] Italian distributor.

But in addition to the conical nib version, although much less common, and virtually unknown until recently, ''Pen-Co'' also produced variants with ordinary open nib, like the one shown in the photo at left, as [[Sheaffer]] had done with [[Admiral]] or [[Sheaffer Saratoga|Saratoga]].

But in addition to the conical nib versions ''Pen-Co'' also produced variants with ordinary open nib, although much less common, and virtually unknown until recently, as [[Sheaffer]] had done with [[Admiral]] or [[Sheaffer Saratoga|Saratoga]] models. A sample of such a model is the one shown in the photo at left.

[[File:Penco-AdmiralLike-Open.jpg|thumb|left|An open nib ''Pen-Co'']]

[[File:Penco-AdmiralLike-Open.jpg|thumb|left|An open nib ''Pen-Co'']]

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160401024154/http://www.lucavalente.it/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=126] Luca Valente article about the company's history

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160401024154/http://www.lucavalente.it/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=126] Luca Valente article about the company's history

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140107065837/http://www.pentrace.net/penbase/Data_Returns/full_article.asp?id=416] PenTrace article about the company's history

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140107065837/http://www.pentrace.net/penbase/Data_Returns/full_article.asp?id=416] PenTrace article about the company's history

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