I post reviews of my FPs and other FP-related information on the Fountain
Pen Network (FPN) and later post them here on my blog…My friend Hari, who is
IMHO very knowledgeable and passionate about FPs, usually responds with his
comments and his comments have been especially useful for me w.r.t. to this
series on Old Indian Fountain Pen Brands…he has a keen eye and is able to spot
the influences that these Indian FPs incorporated into their design from other
well-known international models and he also gives information about manufacturers,
if he is aware of them, and has these interesting anecdotes to share and above
all, he supports and encourages my interest in documenting these long-forgotten
pens…
As he always does, Hari responded to the PLAZA post on FPN and said
that the shape and features of PLAZA, the squarish cap top and barrel end, are
inspired by Sheaffer Imperial… Now that I know from Hari the inspiration for PLAZA,
I realised that I had another pen in the lot with similar features…it is a
model of the brand called EVERLAST…since the name is similar to Eversharp, I
did a bit of surfing and realised that there existed a pen company called
Everlast Pen Company in the US which “made low end pens in the 40s and 50s”…but
this pen doesn’t look like it was made in the US…the ‘REGD’ on the barrel is I
think a typical Indian FP feature…I could be wrong though…
The pen has a bluish (teal?) plastic barrel and a gold coloured metal
cap…it is a slip cap…no names on the cap or on the clip, but EVERLAST (REGD) is
pressed on the barrel and the nib too has the brand name engraved on it along
with TIPPED FINE…like I said earlier, this pen is similar to PLAZA when it
comes to the cap end and the barrel end…both are squarish… but, now I know
where the squarish ends of this pen too comes from…here are some pictures…
And just for comparison, here are some group photos of PLAZA, EVERLAST, and my Sheaffer Imperial…
8 comments:
nice pens.
William pen
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Dear Subha Roy, thanks for visiting for your comment...you signature indicates that you are in some way connected with William Penn...in what way?
Regards,
Jai
The Everlast Pen Company late 40's to mid 50's. Nice mom and pops company. The CEO was a woman. AND a little girl who was a holocaust survivor was the child in their ads (who is uncredited). She is Sigrid Olsen and to show how smooth the pen writes she scribbles on the wall with ease. OLD commercial.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3153215/
The Internet Movie Database for the commercial
EVERLAST PEN CORPORATION
NEW YORK, NY
(Everlast Pen Company) A pen and pencil manufacturer located in New York City; founded in the latter half of the 1940s by Theresa Waidlinger (president), Paul Waidlinger (vice president), and Richard Waidlinger (secretary/treasurer). The company operated at least into the 1950s, producing third-tier and novelty fountain pens, ballpoint pens, and mechanical pencils. It was among the first to offer a fountain pen combo whose other end was a ballpoint pen rather than a pencil.
Among Everlast’s novelty items were floaty pencils and a Lone Ranger Silver Bullet Pen Set (shown below); the set’s pens wrote in blue (“Lone Ranger,” for secret codes), red (“Silver,” for danger), and green (“Tonto’s Own Pen”). www.richardspens.com
Title: Writing instrument
United States Patent 2574561
Inventors:
Hagel, Herbert N.
Application Number:
US16135950A
Publication Date:
11/13/1951
Filing Date:
05/11/1950
Export Citation:
Click for automatic bibliography generation
Assignee:
EVERLAST PEN CORP
Primary Class:
40/334
Other Classes:
40/905, 401/52
International Classes:
B43K29/007; G09F23/00
View Patent Images:
Download PDF 2574561 PDF help
US Patent References:
2502328 Display casing for pencils 1950-03-28
2475934 Advertising pencil or like device 1949-07-12
2264194 Advertising pencil, pen, or the like 1941-11-25
2237883 Ornamental device for pencils or the like 1941-04-08
Their Court Case in 1952
Secretary Pen Co., Inc. v. Everlast Pen Corp, 186 F.2d 575 (2d Cir. 1951)
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Filed: January 29th, 1951
Status: Precedential
Citations:186 F.2d 575
Docket Number:21855_1
Fingerprint:84763f01f24932d690fc95b7cc2be95aedcb8934
186 F.2d 575
SECRETARY PEN CO., Inc., et al.
v.
EVERLAST PEN CORP.
No. 142.
Docket 21855.
United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.
Argued January 4, 1951.
Decided January 29, 1951.
Rudolf Callmann, Greene, Pineles & Durr, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants. Orville N. Greene, New York City, and Joseph Y. Houghton, Washington, D. C., of counsel.
Nichol M. Sandoe, New York City, for defendant-appellee.
Before L. HAND, SWAN and AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judges.
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.
Secretary Pen Co., Inc. v. Everlast Pen Corp, 186 F.2d 575 (2d Cir. 1951)
This opinion cites 2 opinions
ITS Co. v. Essex Co., 272 U.S. 429 (1926)
Supreme Court of the United States | Nov. 22, 1926 | Cited 32 times
Western States MacH. Co. v. SS Hepworth Co., 147 F.2d 345 (2d Cir. 1945)
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Jan. 16, 1945 | Cited 24 times
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http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/268127-everlast-signature-nib/
Can you write a Wikipedia article on them?? Thank You
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