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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) by SrMono@feddit.org to c/buyfromeu@feddit.org

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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
- https://www.conidpen.com/
- https://wetandwise.com/
Bulgaria
Croatia
Republic of Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
- https://www.cartier.com/
- Élysée via dupont https://www.st-dupont.com/pages/elysee
- https://st-dupont.com/
- https://www.jacquesherbin.com/en/
- https://www.recife.paris/en/
- https://www.fountainpen.it/OldChap collectables
- https://www.waterman.com/pen-collections.html
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
- https://www.aurorapen.it/en/
- https://ancora1919.it/en-en
- https://leonardopen.com/
- https://www.visconti.it/en/
- https://marlenpens.com/
- https://www.vecchietti.it/en/signum-italy
- https://www.stipula.com/
- https://www.fountainpen.it/Nettuno/en collectables
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

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[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

FYI, карандаш means pencil in russian.

There is a legend that the word карандаш (pencil) was originally the name of the founder of a pencil company. Swiss entrepreneur Arnold Schweitzer (1885-1947) actually founded the company Caran d'Ache in 1915, naming it after the famous French cartoonist of the Belle Epoque, Emmanuel Poiret[2]. However, the Caran d'Ache pseudonym chosen by Poiret was itself a transcription of the word карандаш (pencil), which already existed in Russian at that time.

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