German fountain pens
Reliability, precision, strength or excellence, are some of the qualities that come to mind when thinking of products manufactured in Germany, and it must be stated that, as expected, the sector of fountain pens is not an exception to this rule.
We are faced with a country that has a great tradition in the production of writing instruments, with brands of recognized prestige as Faber-Castell, whose origins date back to 1761; Pelikan, created by the chemist Carl Hornemann in 1838; Kaweco, who began his career in Heidelberg in 1883; or the least veteran Waldmann (1918) and Lamy (1930), of more recent establishment but with a wide experience anyway. All of them that in no case have renounced the technological innovation and have been able to combine its long history with the search for new solutions to stay in the forefront of the sector and meet the needs of the most demanding users.
Highlights in the world of writing such as the launch, in 1928, of the Pelikan fountain pen model 100, which incorporated absolutely innovative technologies like the channelling of the smudge-proof ink, the transparent sight glass for the control of the ink level and, above all, the mechanism of differential piston filling, are all proof of this statement.
All of this without neglecting the choice of materials of the highest quality in nibs, bodies and other components, nor surrended a careful design that ranges from the predominant classicism in signatures such as Graf von Faber-Castell or Waldmann to the foresightedness of proposals such as the one led by manufacturers such as Lamy or Kaweco.
