fountainpenkid
November 6th, 2012, 08:23 AM
Hi all!
This came to my mind a little while ago: lets make a hypothetical person: John H. Doolittle. He was born in San Francisco, CA in 1881. In 1901, apon his graduation from ____college, his parents gave him a Waterman's saftey pen; a beauty in molted red HR. He goes into the financial business, and moves to N.Y to take part on wall street. In 1911, he has made a name for himself on Wall street, and his wife buys him a 3rd anniversary present: a fine Onoto de la Rue pump filler, with a wonderful sterling silver overlay. He uses that for many years. When the famed Parker Duofold comes to the market, he buys one of those, at age 40. And he buys a vacumatic when they come out, and a DJ Parker 51 at age 61 (I think my math is right). So the question is, what did he do with his old pens? They were perfectly nice, fine fountain pens, but may have been considered out of style by the 40's. Did he through them away? Put them in a box? What do YOU think people who experienced the hey-day of Fountain Pen-dom did with their "old" pens?
Best!
This came to my mind a little while ago: lets make a hypothetical person: John H. Doolittle. He was born in San Francisco, CA in 1881. In 1901, apon his graduation from ____college, his parents gave him a Waterman's saftey pen; a beauty in molted red HR. He goes into the financial business, and moves to N.Y to take part on wall street. In 1911, he has made a name for himself on Wall street, and his wife buys him a 3rd anniversary present: a fine Onoto de la Rue pump filler, with a wonderful sterling silver overlay. He uses that for many years. When the famed Parker Duofold comes to the market, he buys one of those, at age 40. And he buys a vacumatic when they come out, and a DJ Parker 51 at age 61 (I think my math is right). So the question is, what did he do with his old pens? They were perfectly nice, fine fountain pens, but may have been considered out of style by the 40's. Did he through them away? Put them in a box? What do YOU think people who experienced the hey-day of Fountain Pen-dom did with their "old" pens?
Best!