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.
Updated the list in a first session. Looks, like I gonna have to spend much more time researching.