Source-backed fountain pen identification

Identify the fountain pen.
Keep the paper trail.

Browse model records and use conservative identification tools built from maker archives, period documents, named references, and visible unknowns.

Curator’s rule № 01 If a fact cannot be traced, it does not enter the register.

Register snapshot Facts currently on file
Verified families
100
Documented variants
26
Evidence entries
218
Public price data
Held

The recognized core · First folios

A working register,
not a content pile.

Records are arranged by maker, supported at field level, and honest about what remains unknown. Open a folio to inspect the dated source trail.

100 verified folios open Catalog facts only · No market values
Maker file 01

Aurora

6 folios

Maker file 02

LAMY

12 folios

Maker file 03

Montblanc

7 folios

Maker file 04

Parker

10 folios

Maker file 05

Pelikan

14 folios

Maker file 06

Pilot

6 folios

Maker file 07

Platinum

6 folios

Maker file 08

Sailor

10 folios

Maker file 09

Sheaffer

6 folios

Maker file 10

Wahl-Eversharp

3 folios

Maker file 11

Waterman

20 folios

Permission before publication

The blank chart is
part of the record.

Historical prices stay withheld until a source grants the exact rights needed for retention, public aggregates, derivative statistics, and commercial use. Access alone is never entered as permission.

0 sources cleared for public price history
Candidate source Rights status

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Four promises on every future chart

Show the evidence.
Name the limits.

A chart is not trustworthy because it is polished. It is trustworthy when another collector can see what supports it—and what does not.

Collect Charts standardVol. 01
  1. ⅠSource class

    State where every observation came from.

  2. ⅡSample size

    Return “insufficient data” when the evidence is thin.

  3. ⅢCovered dates

    Name the exact period represented—never an implied one.

  4. ⅣFreshness

    Keep the last update and any interruption in view.

Collect Charts · Source folio Evidence remains attached

Catalog record

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