So the Esterbrook Brand being Revived?

[KBeezie]

http://www.esterbrookpens.com/

No details, and just noticed it. I wonder if future nib units will be backwards compatible (as in the units screwing in).

[Jon Szanto]

I saw that, too. They've had some very vague FB posts lately, couldn't even tell if they were personal or business in nature (impending news, etc). Certainly *hope* Renew Points would work, it would be a great thing. I'll be interested to see how this plays out...

[KBeezie]

I saw that, too. They've had some very vague FB posts lately, couldn't even tell if they were personal or business in nature (impending news, etc). Certainly *hope* Renew Points would work, it would be a great thing. I'll be interested to see how this plays out...

Yea, should be interesting, as mentioned over on FPN there's a suspicion that it could be a knockoff.

Edit

Well not sure if this even means anything,

The website is created with Godaddy website generator. the Images are not hosted at that domain but at wsimg.com

and the domain is registered to :

Registrant Name: Robert Rosenberg
Registrant Organization: Harpen Brand Holdings,
Registrant Street: 87 Cooper Ave
Registrant City: West Long Branch
Registrant State/Province: New Jersey
Registrant Postal Code: 07764
Registrant Country: United States
Registrant Phone: +1.7326753448
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: harpenbrands@aol.com

Robert Rosenberg has posted in Pentrace in the past according to a friend of mine.

[gbryal]

He used to own Conklin Pens before they were acquired by Yafa and looks like in the past he acquired trademarks for Mabie-Todd, Chilton, and other brands. Based on Conklin's new pens I would guess any continuity with the original Esterbrooks would be rough approximations of the original designs, but those pictures don't remind me of any of the Esterbrooks I have seen.

[KBeezie]

Well they got some preview pictures up on their facebook page... I'm not really impressed, and the nib engraving looks really lazy, it's like they super-imposed the logo a little.

Definitely not what I expected if the idea was to bring back the brand.

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.p...53384988067149





Looks like the Ranga Acrylic pen minus the center band, but also something sort of like Duke/Uranus makes. (they deleted the entire comment thread when someone mentioned that in reply to someone asking where they were made on the facebook link above).

[Lady Onogaro]

This is weird. Look at this: http://www.richardspens.com/?info=nibnoise

[mrcharlie]

This is weird. Look at this: http://www.richardspens.com/?info=nibnoise

I don't see anything related to Esterbrook, but it looks like the November email was posted today and maybe it was the October Nib Noise when you added the link? I didn't find anyway to see last month's Nib Noise.

[Jon Szanto]

I note, both on the page posted as well as the email that I received previously, that their schedule and timing has been altered by a death in the family, and then travel to and participation in the Ohio Pen Show.. Yes, these aren't right on time, but also for a fairly clear reason.

I saw nothing there about Esterbrook, though, so why the mention?

[Steph]

I'd say this effort is closer to the modern Mabie Todd than the Wahl-Eversharp. Not much continuity here.

[Sailor Kenshin]

The metal section would rule it out for me.

[Ernst Bitterman]

It does look rather like non-Crescent stuff from the early days of the Conklin revival. I think I'd have a more open mind if they weren't calling this model "J Series."

[Lady Onogaro]

This is weird. Look at this: http://www.richardspens.com/?info=nibnoise

I don't see anything related to Esterbrook, but it looks like the November email was posted today and maybe it was the October Nib Noise when you added the link? I didn't find anyway to see last month's Nib Noise.

I was referring to the pictures of the pens. The new "Esterbrooks" look just like the pens on the Binder site's page. I should have sent this link: http://www.richardspens.com/. My bad. I don't know why it came up as the Nib Noise site.

I guess I expect an Esterbrook to look like one of the old ones, not like a Konrad Acrylic or a kit pen.

[gbryal]

This is weird. Look at this: http://www.richardspens.com/?info=nibnoise

I don't see anything related to Esterbrook, but it looks like the November email was posted today and maybe it was the October Nib Noise when you added the link? I didn't find anyway to see last month's Nib Noise.

I was referring to the pictures of the pens. The new "Esterbrooks" look just like the pens on the Binder site's page. I should have sent this link: http://www.richardspens.com/. My bad. I don't know why it came up as the Nib Noise site.

I guess I expect an Esterbrook to look like one of the old ones, not like a Konrad Acrylic or a kit pen.

I might be ok with Bexleys with an Esterbrook name and price point!

[KBeezie]

This is weird. Look at this: http://www.richardspens.com/?info=nibnoise

I don't see anything related to Esterbrook, but it looks like the November email was posted today and maybe it was the October Nib Noise when you added the link? I didn't find anyway to see last month's Nib Noise.

I was referring to the pictures of the pens. The new "Esterbrooks" look just like the pens on the Binder site's page. I should have sent this link: http://www.richardspens.com/. My bad. I don't know why it came up as the Nib Noise site.

I guess I expect an Esterbrook to look like one of the old ones, not like a Konrad Acrylic or a kit pen.

I might be ok with Bexleys with an Esterbrook name and price point!

I have my doubts that they would be belexy or at least in the same quality as them.

Based on the pics, skittish lack of replies, disappearing comments and responses (and request for legitimate questions to be removed from open facebook groups) I'm going to guess it's just going to be a rebranded low quality Chinese/Indian pen. Time will tell tough but they are not off to a good star as far as how they handle public relations.

[gregamckinney]

I am sure I'm not the market they are looking toward, but these do not appeal to me at all.
I am also amused that I keep reading the last word in the title of this thread as reviled.

greg

[Farmboy]

I am sure I'm not the market they are looking toward, but these do not appeal to me at all.
I am also amused that I keep reading the last word in the title of this thread as reviled.

greg

Greg,

It was determined on another board that the introduction of these pens would not mean the original (vintage) Esterbrooks would be removed from the market. I guess for now, you and I can continue to fill gaps in the hoard.

Todd

[Jon Szanto]

Greg,

It was determined on another board that the introduction of these pens would not mean the original (vintage) Esterbrooks would be removed from the market. I guess for now, you and I can continue to fill gaps in the hoard.

Todd

Thank gods. I have a couple of those rare "Bell System Property" pens, and I didn't want the market to bottom out. Big-time money, here I come!!

[Farmboy]

Greg,

It was determined on another board that the introduction of these pens would not mean the original (vintage) Esterbrooks would be removed from the market. I guess for now, you and I can continue to fill gaps in the hoard.

Todd

Thank gods. I have a couple of those rare "Bell System Property" pens, and I didn't want the market to bottom out. Big-time money, here I come!!

Jon,

Not bottom out, the fear was the old Esterbrooks were going to be pulled from the market by the manufacturer in favor of pushing sales to the new models.

My sources confirm that this will not happen. If you are worried, there is still adequate stocking levels at this major retailer.

[Jon Szanto]

My sources confirm that this will not happen.

I am relieved and filled with gratitude. Not to mention being stuck with those #*^%$#%& "Bell" pens...

[gregamckinney]

I am sure I'm not the market they are looking toward, but these do not appeal to me at all.
I am also amused that I keep reading the last word in the title of this thread as reviled.

greg

Greg,

It was determined on another board that the introduction of these pens would not mean the original (vintage) Esterbrooks would be removed from the market. I guess for now, you and I can continue to fill gaps in the hoard.

Todd

I am not generally on the supply side of the Esterbrook economy.
Yet still, having recently moved, I was reminded of the volume and mass of the pens in my life.
Even at a mere 0.03 picoTodds of Esterbrooks, maybe I could afford to let a few go.

greg