It is a niche, but as we proposed before let us try to collect cool brands for fountain pens.
I'll add alle the brands from this two articles https://www.peytonstreetpens.com/pen-makers-europe/ and https://www.jetpens.com/blog/The-Best-Luxury-European-Fountain-Pens/pt/925 as soon as I can. In the meantime, feel free to add your personal pick in the comments. I'll add them.
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Republic of Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- https://www.lamy.com/
- https://www.pelikan.com/
- https://www.faber-castell.de/
- https://www.diplomat-pen.com/en/
- https://www.kaweco-pen.com/
- https://www.porsche-design.com/en/porsche-design-shop/shop/accessories/writing-tools/fountain-pens/
- https://www.diplomat-pen.com/en/
- https://schneiderpen.com/us
- https://www.heritagecollectables.com/reform/ collectables
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Honorable Mentions
- https://www.carandache.com/ Swiss
- https://onoto.com/world-of-onoto/heritage/ UK collectables
- Burnham London, collectables which ceased selling in mid 1960s
- https://www.fountainpen.it/Stephens UK collectables
- https://tibaldipen.co.uk/ UK
- https://www.yard-o-led.com/ UK
- Lessons learned
- rotring is American now
- people are organized and even trade collectible pens
Oh, thank you so much! ♡
I wish I had a list like this a few years ago. Anyway, here are a few I would like to add to the list.
Then there's also
But it seems to be a bit complicated. It started as a German company, but then it went American at some point, and I don't know what's going on with them nowadays.
Faber is according to wikipedia still German. I sorted it under Germany until further infos appear.
Faber-Castell is a "joint-stock company" (not sure, it's Aktiengesellschaft in German), but it's not publicly traded and the info I could find in a quick websearch on who owns those shares says that they're all owned by family members (not sure how reliable the sources are, this isn't really my field of expertise). You might be confusing it with a different company.
And TIL they also make fountain pens.
Updated the list in a first session. Looks, like I gonna have to spend much more time researching.