Historical Resources for Conklin Pens?

**popcod** · April 23rd, 2016, 07:43 PM

Does anyone happen to know of any books or online resources with "penographies" of vintage Conklin pens and their evolution? I'm acquainted with the overviews one finds on sites like penhero and richardspens, but was looking for something more along the lines of Waterman: Past and Present by Lehrer and Davis or parkerpens.net. Even links to histories of particular models would be helpful.

**Wahl** · April 24th, 2016, 11:43 AM

The Conklin legacy by Alfonso Mur Bohigas

ISBN, 978-84-616-5732-2

**popcod** · April 24th, 2016, 12:20 PM

Wow – precisely what I was looking for. Thank you! Do you own this one yourself? I'm wondering about what the proportion of text to photography is, more or less. Still would appreciate any online leads too if anyone has em to share.

**Farmboy** · April 24th, 2016, 04:41 PM

Dave Glass and Pete Kirby come to mind.

**Wahl** · April 26th, 2016, 08:16 AM

Originally Posted by popcod

Wow – precisely what I was looking for. Thank you! Do you own this one yourself? I'm wondering about what the proportion of text to photography is, more or less. Still would appreciate any online leads too if anyone has em to share.

I do own the book, nº6 out of 300, first print, the author is a friend of mine and has one of the two largest collections of Conklin FP´s, in the world.
It´s a large book, 318 pages, 12 1/2 by 9 inches. I would say proportion of text to photography 40/60.

If you collect Conklins it´s a "must have" !

http://www.pensandfriends.com/en/boo...in-legacy.html

**popcod** · April 26th, 2016, 02:34 PM

Originally Posted by Wahl

http://www.pensandfriends.com/en/boo...in-legacy.html

My gawd, that sure is a real humdinger of a tome! And on sale at FPH too

. The only FP book in my possession is Lambrou's Fountain Pens of the World. Really tempted to expand my library now – especially given the paucity of info online.