According to legend, an insurance salesman named Lewis Waterman purportedly lost a substantial sale as the result of a leaky fountain pen, and he vowed to make a better one.

Another fountain pen innovation from the period was found in U.S. Patent No. 293545, simply titled Fountain Pen.Issued to Lewis E. Waterman of Brooklyn, NY, the patent claims an ink-duct for a ...

Ballpoint pens, invited by Hungarian ... Australia, New Zealand, parts of Africa and the Middle East, and North America too. ... In 1958, the company purchased the Waterman Pen Company, ...

One visitor brought along a pristine set of Waterman ballpoint pens, a gift from her father who served in the Dutch Merchant Navy. ... In other parts of Sunday's Antiques Roadshow episode, ...

In Springs Preserve, Hour 3, Philip Weiss appraises a Waterman silver overlay fountain pen, ca. 1910. Aired 10/03/2024 | Rating TV-G Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is provided by Ancestry and ...

Lewis Waterman opened up the possibility of portable pens with his invention of a practical fountain pen in 1884. ... When the War ended, ballpoint pens went into commercial production in 1945.