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"At first, a steel pen was no more flexible than a
copper or gold one, but refinements were gradually introduced. A number
of inventors had a part to play in this process, but the man who
probably did most to popularise the steel nib was Joseph Gillott, the
Birmingham pen-manufacturer, who started as a button maker. Gillott is
said to have discovered that he could use techniques learnt in making
buttons to produce steel pen nibs, and he patented an example in 1831.
Ironically, Gillott himself was probably illiterate, but "His Nibs"
completely transformed the activity of writing for several generations." Excerpted from the book, Writing by Leonee Ormond |
| Manufacturer | Point # | Imprint on Nib | Color | Quantity Available | Type | Price per Nib |
| Falcon Pen | Made in England | bronze | 51 | flex medium | $1 | |
| Mark Ferth | 1 | Chilled Steel Made in U.S.A. | gray | 136 | firm medium | $1 |
| Mark Ferth | 1 | Steel Pen | gray | 1 | firm medium | $1 |
| Mark Ferth | 2 | Chilled Steel Made in U.S.A. | gray | 12 | medium | $1 |
| Alfred Field & Co’s | 71 | Criterion Medial Pen England | gray | 4 | flex fine | $1 |
| Gage’s | 70 | Muscular Movement Silver Pen | silver | 1 | flex fine | $2 |
| Gilbert & Blanzy-Poure | 0172 | ”Montgolfier” | bronze | 3 | flex fine | $2 |
| Gilbert & Blanzy-Poure | 632 | L’Expeditive | bronze | 1 | fine | $3 |
| Joseph Gillott & Sons | 71 | Medial Pen School Series England | gray | 1 | firm medium | $1 |
| Joseph Gillott’s | 170 | Warranted England | bronze | 55 | extra fine extra flex | $3 |
| Joseph Gillott’s | 290 | Lithographic England | bronze | 29 | extra fine extra flex | $3 |
| Joseph Gillott’s | 292 | Public Pen F England | bronze | 1 | $2 | |
| Joseph Gillott’s | 303 | Extra Fine England | bronze | 64 | extra fine flex | $4 |
| Joseph Gillott’s | 352 | School Pen M England | bronze | 34 | medium flex | $2 |
| Joseph Gillott’s | 404 | Warranted F England | bronze | 5 | fine flex | $2 |
| Joseph Gillott’s | 427 | National School Pen Fine Point England | bronze | 3 | fine flex | $5 |
| Joseph Gillott’s | 601EF | Magnum Quill Pen England | 2 | extra fine, extra flex | $5 | |
| Joseph Gillott’s | 659 | Crow Quill England | bronze | 4 | extra fine flex | $3 |
| Joseph Gillott’s | 1045 | Verticular Pen England | gray | 59 | fine | $2 |
| Joseph Gillott’s | 1064 | Court-House Pen England | gray | 2 | flex medium | $3 |
| Joseph Gillott’s | 1065 | Official Pen England | gray | 90 | flex fine | $2 |
| Joseph Gillott’s | 1066 | Registry Pen England | gray | 43 | Slight Flex Fine | $3 |
| Gimbel Brothers | Falcon | gray | 29 | fine | $1 | |
| Golden Montana | 64 | Regular | gray | 30 | firm extra fine | $1 |
| Goldsmith Bros. | 77 | Continental Falcon Nassau St, N.Y. | bronze | 1 | fine | $2 |
| Gopher | 800 | J.S. | gray | 7 | responsive fine | $2 |
| S.R.Gray | H | bronze w/raised H | 1 | fine flex | $2 | |
| Ground M.V. Points | 4 | gray | 12 | slight flex fine | $1 | |
| Ground M.V. Points | 6 | gray | 4 | firm fine | $1 | |
| Ground M.V. Points | 13 | gray | 1 | $1 |
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