The Conklin Mark Twain Crescent Collection is an exact replica of the original Conklin crescent filler which was used and promoted by Mark Twain himself. Mark Twain, the legendary American author, became a spokesman for the Conklin brand in 1903.
Why is Samuel Langhorne Clemens known as Mark Twain? He adopted the pen name in early 1863 when he was a newspaperman in Nevada. It referred to his steamboating days, when the measure of the depth of the water was expressed with a crewman's cry “mark twain!,” meaning two fathoms, or 12 feet.
During the First World War he would use an Onoto pen. He later favored “Red Dwarf” Stylographs—pens with flexible nibs that produced fine lines ideal for sketching and drawing—made by J. Kearney & Co. Liverpool.
She's a billionaire author now, but when Harry Potter scribe J. K. Rowling drafted her famous series about the boy wizard, she used good old-fashioned loose-leaf paper and pen. The Sherlock Holmes author wrote several of his works with a Parker Duofold pen.
Albert Einstein used both a Pelikan 100 N and a Waterman Taper-cap Fountain Pen which he used to develop the Theory of Relativity. The Waterman pen is on display at the Boerhaave Museum in Leiden.
Austen's letters and manuscripts were all written in her own hand, using a quill pen periodically recharged with ink from an inkwell.
The model which was used by the Queen was the Parker 51 – a fountain pen which was introduced in 1941. It was developed from 1939 and named so as it was Parker's 51st year. It became one of their most iconic models and although production stopped in the 1970s, it remains popular with collectors to this day.
QUILL PEN used by Queen Victoria to sign her 'Declaration against Popery' (1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)]
John F. Kennedy seems to have used a number of different pens: the Parker “45,” an Esterbrook fountain pen, and a Montblanc Meisterstück No. 149.
What's more, like all true stationery nerds, Obama is “very particular” about his writing tools, preferring the combination of yellow legal pad and black Uni-ball Vision Elite rollerball pen with a micro-point.
Italian luxury penmaker Montegrappa has partnered with 007 to create the exclusive 007 Spymaster Duo Rollerball Pen. Limited to only 380 pieces worldwide and filled with 007 secrets, this is a true collectible. The number 380 is a reference to James Bond's infamous .
Those were the years when King, a newly established young writer, published secretly under his pseudonym of choice, "Richard Bachman," enjoying the anonymity for quite some time before his cover was blown.
In a letter of endorsement later used in an ad, Twain wrote: “I prefer it to ten other fountain pens, because it carries its filler in its own stomach, and I cannot mislay even by art or intention. Also, I prefer it because it is a profanity saver; it cannot roll off the desk.”
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
Twain was a great admirer of Dickens and his work, and read him over and over his entire life (even, it has been intimated, “borrowed” some of Dickens' characters). But it turns out that no, Mark Twain never met Charles Dickens.
Fulgor Nocturnus
Believe it or not, the most expensive pen in the world was sold at a charity auction back in 2020 for a staggering $8 million. This unique writing tool is made of several precious gemstones, including black diamonds and rubies, but that isn't the only thing that makes it so special.
The UK adopted Parker as a stationery national treasure when the Queen proffered a highly prized Royal Warrant for Parker to supply the Royal Household, due to its 'highest standards of service, quality and excellence'. The warrant is still in place today, and was renewed by HRH the Prince Of Wales in 1990.
Consider this: the most expensive pen sold for $8 million (Rs 65.45 crore) at a charity auction in Shanghai in 2010. Called the Fulgus Nocturnus, which roughly translates to “Night Glow”, the pen manufactured by Italian pen designer Tibaldi comprises 945 black diamonds and 123 rubies with an 18k gold nib.
Fountain Pen or Rollerball
The King Charles III Coronation Commemorative Pen is available as either a fountain pen or a rollerball. If you buy the fountain pen, you can also buy a conversion kit from our accessories that can convert it into a rollerball.
A thin, white stick was broken by the senior-most official of the royal household and placed on Queen Elizabeth's coffin before it was lowered into the royal vault. The 'Wand of Office' is a ceremonial tool of the Lord Chamberlain, once used to 'discipline' people in the monarch's court.
As for what the queen kept in her bag, royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith says the items weren't all that different from what normal women carry with them: a mirror, lipstick, mint lozenges and reading glasses. As for the rest of the royal family, they have their own dress code rules they have to follow.
A 17th century goose feather quill pen of the type Shakespeare would have used.
Walt Disney famously became a spokesperson for Wahl-Eversharp and its line of Skyline pens.
The Reed Pen
The earliest known form of writing using a 'pen' began in Ancient Egypt where reed pens were created to write on papyrus. Ancient Egyptians first used reed styluses to carve hieroglyphs into tablets made from clay similar to the Sumerians.