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[[Image:Mallat-Logo.svg|center|320px|Mallat Logo]]

[[File:Mallat-Logo.svg|center|320px|Mallat Logo]]

[[Mallat]] is one of the historical French fountain pen producer, and since it was founded in 1842 is also one of the oldest manufacturers of writing instruments in the world, and perhaps it can also be considered, for the invention of Siphoïde, the first producer having launched on the market a real fountain pen precursor.

[[Mallat]] is one of the historical French fountain pen producer, and since it was founded in [[1842]] is also one of the oldest manufacturers of writing instruments in the world, and perhaps it can also be considered, for the invention of [[Siphoïde]], the first producer having launched on the market a real fountain pen precursor.

Despite its beginnings the actual production of fountain pens started at the end of World War I, with a peak of production in the postwar period, when the company was noted for being among the first to use plastic. Fountain pen production stopped around the 60's, when they were removed from the market the success of the disposable ballpoint pens. [[Mallat]] fountain pens are of good quality and the older ones are still experiencing a quite good collector's interest. {{Infobox_Brand|Mallat}}

Despite its beginnings the actual production of fountain pens started at the end of World War I, with a peak of production in the postwar period, when the company was noted for being among the first to use plastic. Fountain pen production stopped around the 60's, when they were removed from the market the success of the disposable ballpoint pens. [[Mallat]] fountain pens are of good quality and the older ones are still experiencing a quite good collector's interest. {{Infobox_Brand|Mallat}}{{BrandData|Founder=Jean Benoit Mallat|Place=Parigi|Date=1842|ProdDate=1920|Country=FR}}

==History==

==History==

[[Mallat]] is probably one of the oldest manufacturers of writing instruments from around the world, its founding by ''Jean Benoit Mallat'', traces to [[1842]]. In [[1852]] ''Jean Benoit Mallat'' first patented a pen with metal nib and in [[1864]] patented the ''Siphoïde'', a real ancestor of a fountain pen, and probably the first writing instrument equipped with a reservoir that has been produced and marketed.

[[Mallat]] is probably one of the oldest manufacturers of writing instruments from around the world, its founding by ''Jean Benoit Mallat'', traces to [[1842]]. In [[1852]] ''Jean Benoit Mallat'' first patented a pen with metal nib and in [[1864]] patented the ''[[Siphoïde]]'', a real ancestor of a fountain pen, and probably the first writing instrument equipped with a reservoir that has been produced and marketed.

[[Image:Mallat-A52-Black-Open-2.jpg|thumb|A Mallat A52 in hard rubber]]

[[Image:Mallat-A52-Black-Open-2.jpg|thumb|A Mallat A52 in hard rubber]]

From its beginnings, the company always operates in the field of writing materials with nibs and straws and other stationery items, while the actual production of fountain pens only began after  World War I (although there are some who reports the date of 1916) with the introduction of various models: the [[Regulier]] an [[eyedropper filler]] model, the [[Sureté]], a [[safety]] filler, and the [[Automatic]], a [[lever filler]]. They were identified respectively by the letters "R", "S" and "A" before the number of model.

From its beginnings, the company always operates in the field of writing materials with nibs and straws and other stationery items, while the actual production of fountain pens only began after  World War I (although there are some who reports the date of [[1916]]) with the introduction of various models: the [[Regulier]] an [[eyedropper filler]] model, the [[Sureté]], a [[safety]] filler, and the [[Automatic]], a [[lever filler]]. They were identified respectively by the letters "R", "S" and "A" before the number of model.

In the early '30s [[Mallat]] introduced the [[celluloid]] producing models with both [[lever filler|lever]] and [[button filler|button]] loading system, using [[streamlined]] shapes and conical-shaped ends. In the [[1930]] they introduced  the [[Mallat 120|120]] a [[lever filler]] ladies model, produced in iridescent colors, and the [[Mallat 130|130]], also a [[lever filler]]. The [[Mallat 150|150]] and the [[Integral]] models, introduced in [[1936]], where instead [[button filler]], produced with the goal of a better ink capacity, as dictated from the French market trend of that period.  

In the early '30s [[Mallat]] introduced the [[celluloid]] producing models with both [[lever filler|lever]] and [[button filler|button]] loading system, using [[streamlined]] shapes and conical-shaped ends. In the [[1930]] they introduced  the [[Mallat 120|120]] a [[lever filler]] ladies model, produced in iridescent colors, and the [[Mallat 130|130]], also a [[lever filler]]. The [[Mallat 150|150]] and the [[Integral]] models, introduced in [[1936]], where instead [[button filler]], produced with the goal of a better ink capacity, as dictated from the French market trend of that period.  

Having overcome the unlucky period of Second War II, [[Mallat]] was one of the first european companies to realize the potential of injection plastics and began to shift production from [[celluloid]] to it.  In [[1943]] the plastic made [[Plexigraf]] series was introduced, again a [[button filler]]. It was followed the next year by the [[Plexigraf|Junior Plexigraf]] for the women and  student market. The [[Plexigraf]] model will be produced for all the '40s in different versions, from the first one of [[1943]], named [[Plexigraf|Plexigraf 14]], to new models like the [[Plexigraf|Plexigraf 225]] and the [[Plexigraf|Plexigraf 315]], always made of black plastic to the coloured [[Plexicolor]] series introduced in [[1946]].

Having overcome the unlucky period of Second War II, [[Mallat]] was one of the first european companies to realize the potential of injection plastics and began to shift production from [[celluloid]] to it.  In [[1943]] the plastic made [[Plexigraf]] series was introduced, again a [[button filler]]. It was followed the next year by the [[Plexigraf|Junior Plexigraf]] for the women and  student market. The [[Plexigraf]] model will be produced for all the '40s in different versions, from the first one of [[1943]], named [[Plexigraf|Plexigraf 14]], to new models like the [[Plexigraf|Plexigraf 225]] and the [[Plexigraf|Plexigraf 315]], always made of black plastic to the coloured [[Plexicolor]] series introduced in [[1946]].

[[Image:1945-10-Mallat-Plexigraf.jpg|thumb|upright|An advertisement from 1945]]

[[Image:1943-Mallat-Plexigraf.jpg|thumb|upright|An advertisement from 1943]]

In the late '40s, when the the ink visibility trend reached the french market, [[Mallat]] produced a [[piston filler]] model, the [[Mallat 310|310]]. In the '50s the company focused its advertising on the characters of Malatin and his dog Whisky (trying to mimic the success of Tintin) and introduced new models named [[Leda]], [[Ambassador]] and [[Commodore]]. They were equipped with chromed or gold plated metal caps, initially made using a [[button filler]] system, they were later converted to the [[accordion filler]].

In the late '40s, when the the ink visibility trend reached the french market, [[Mallat]] produced a [[piston filler]] model, the [[Mallat 310|310]]. In the '50s the company focused its advertising on the characters of Malatin and his dog Whisky (trying to mimic the success of Tintin) and introduced new models named [[Leda]], [[Ambassador]] and [[Commodore]]. They were equipped with chromed or gold plated metal caps, initially made using a [[button filler]] system, they were later converted to the [[accordion filler]].

== External references ==

== External references ==

* https://web.archive.org/web/20091016020338/http://www.stylos-francais.fr/mallat.php

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091016020338/http://www.stylos-francais.fr/mallat.php] Brand page on a decommissioned website on French fountain pens.

* http://web.archive.org/web/20140103101723/http://mallat.penandco.com/accueil_us.html

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20140103101723/http://mallat.penandco.com/accueil_us.html] Brand page on a decommissioned website.

==Notes==

==Notes==

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