It just dawned on me that this would have been the perfect question to ask Fred Krinke, who passed away just about a month ago. His family business (The Fountain Pen Shop), which he inherited from his father, has been in business for over 90 years in Los Angeles (later Monrovia). I'm certain that he would have known what the customers were buying and using and needing maintenance on well back into the 1920s.
Sadly, too late.
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