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Fragments from France, a 1917 book of cartoons by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, drawn from his life at the front.
World War I was a horribly brutal and tragically unnecessary conflict, and its outcome, the Treaty of Versailles, set the stage for World War II. While generating advances in aviation, medical care, and many other fields, the war also stirred the pot in the mundane world of the fountain pen. In essence, the change wrought on the manufacture and use of fountain pens by the war was related to their use by soldiers serving in the field, as pens for military use were introduced to provide those soldiers with a more convenient way to write home.
In the early months of the war, the most popular type of fountain pen on both sides of the lines was a safety pen. The majority of safety pens were retractable models like the one shown at the top of page 46, from Gold Starry of France.
Because these pens were common in the trenches, they were sometimes called "trench pens," and at least one manufacturer, the Willard Pen Company of Bayonne, New Jersey, actually used that terminology in its advertising, as shown on page 46 from a January 1917 advertisement in Office Appliances: The Magazine of Office Equipment.
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Show Your Summer Style
The newest Visconti Homo Sapiens, Iris Garden, is a tribute to the beautiful irises that bloom each spring in Florence, Italy's Iris Garden.
Good Made Better Keeps Getting Better
SUZANNE C. LEE tests Dan Keller's wood and metal reading and writing accessories and finds her childhood dream desk come to fruition.
Layers of Talent: River City Pen Company
With his skills in design and eye for details, Rich Paul crafts pens that are as beautiful as they are functional.
Fathoming the Unfathomable
The new Kanilea Pen Co. Blue Moana fountain pen and Mau Loa cap band are inspired by the ocean's depths and universal interconnectivity.
Truphae: Flexibility Is Key
This young pen shop is writing a new chapter in retail pen sales by finding unique ways to foster community.
"Winter Counts:" Transforming Non-fiction into Fiction
Creative writing typically blends what we know and experience with what we invent and imagine.
Swivodex, Sailors, and the Plastic Revolution: An Overview of Dip-less Desk Sets, Part V
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The Mystery of the Purloined Parkers
What do G-men, mobsters, and tampons have in common? The two most epic fountain pen heists in history.
The Other Articles of Impeachment
\"Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye! All persons are commanded to keep silent, on pain of imprisonment...\"
The Road to Recovery
A recent trip to Wajima, Japan, by TACCIA's Shu-Jen Lin shows tragedy in the present but hope for the future.