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[[File:Aurora-Internazionale-Serie-Color-Body.jpg|thumb|left|Example of different colors]]

[[File:Aurora-Internazionale-Serie-Color-Body.jpg|thumb|left|Example of different colors]]

For its mechanical strength, for beeing unbreakable and waterproof, for ease of processing and above all for the almost infinite capacity of being made in different colors and patterns (a classification is in [[Elenco tipologie celluloide|this page]]) from the mid '20s celluloid became the main material used by fountain pens manufacturers and it remained so until the '40s when the [[plastic resin]] started to spread.  

For its mechanical strength, unbreakable, waterproof, for ease of processing and above all for the almost infinite capacity of being made in different colors and patterns (a classification is in [[Elenco Tipologie Celluloide|this page]])) from the mid '20s celluloid became the main material used by fountain pens manufacturers and it remained so until the '40s when the [[plastic resin]] started to spread.

Although some book reported that the celluloid was introduced on the market by [[Sheaffer]] actually the first American company to have used it extensively in its production was [[LeBoeuf]], who used it for its fountain pen starting from about 1920 thanks to a patent ({{Cite patent|US|1302935}}) for the production of pipes in this material, the [[Conway Stewart]] contends  this leadership, asserting that they were the first manufacturer to have produced (still in those years) the first pen in celluloid.  

Although some book reported that the celluloid was introduced on the market by [[Sheaffer]] actually the first American company to have used it extensively in its production was [[LeBoeuf]], who used it for its fountain pen starting from about 1920 thanks to a patent ({{Cite patent|US|1302935}}) for the production of pipes in this material, the [[Conway Stewart]] contends  this leadership, asserting that they were the first manufacturer to have produced (still in those years) the first pen in celluloid.  

In fact, there are references to the production of celluloid pens up since 1905<ref>David Nishimura in [http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=136998&st=0&gopid=1360934&#entry1360934 this discussion] refers to a 1905 article that speaks of (black) celluloid pens.</ref> but in this case it is still black celluloid, and not the one made in multiple colors and patterns which will become the most significant material from the second half of the 20s.<noinclude>

In fact, there are references to the production of celluloid pens up since 1905<ref>David Nishimura in [http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=136998&st=0&gopid=1360934&#entry1360934 this discussion] refers to a 1905 article that speaks of (black) celluloid pens.</ref> but in this case it is still black celluloid, and not the one made in multiple colors and patterns which will become the most significant material from the second half of the 20s.<noinclude>

== External references ==

== External references ==

* [http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/pdf_publications/cellulose_ethers.html] Evaluation of Cellulose Ethers for Conservation

* [http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/pdf_publications/cellulose_ethers.html] Evaluation of Cellulose Ethers for Conservation

* [http://pickcollecting.presspublisher.us/issue/summer-2010/article/pick-degradation] On picks degradation

* [http://pickcollecting.presspublisher.us/issue/summer-2010/article/pick-degradation] On picks degradation

* [http://chestofbooks.com/reference/Henley-s-20th-Century-Formulas-Recipes-Processes-Vol1/Solvents-for-Celluloid.html] Solvent recipes for celluloid

* [http://chestofbooks.com/reference/Henley-s-20th-Century-Formulas-Recipes-Processes-Vol1/Solvents-for-Celluloid.html] Solvent recipes for celluloid

* [http://chestofbooks.com/reference/Henley-s-20th-Century-Formulas-Recipes-Processes-Vol1/Mending-Celluloid.html] More recipes

* [http://chestofbooks.com/reference/Henley-s-20th-Century-Formulas-Recipes-Processes-Vol1/Mending-Celluloid.html] More recipes

* [http://forum.fountainpen.it/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=11452] Forum discussion<noinclude>

* [http://forum.fountainpen.it/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=11452] Forum discussion

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