![]() Vintage steel Esterbrook Bookkeeper Firm Extra Fine nibĪs mentioned I subsequently also bought myself a Cobalt Blue Estie from Desk Bandit with a standard Fine nib. MV Adaptor (“modern to vintage nib adapter”) (this was meant to be just one The Journaler nib as week as a standard medium) Two The Journaler Nibs by Gena Gena Salorino of the Custom Nib Studio In the care package that Esterbrook sent me consisted of a few things: From talking with Bryan Hulser, Desk Bandit, and watching Esterbrook’s presentation to the Australian community, Esterbrook seem to really believe in the brand and will want to back their products and do right by the consumer. This current Esterbrook seems to be doing a lot of good things. ![]() This new Kenro-owned Esterbrook company has finally relaunched the brand in an appropriate manner with some very nice pens, interesting materials, unique nibs, fun accessories and cases while still harkening back to Esterbrook’s early history (at least insofar as vintage nibs are concerned). (a company that, coincidentally, was also established by Robert Rosenberg until being sold) bought the Esterbrook brand from Harpen Brand Holdings. Not a good look for such an iconic brand.įast forward four short years and Kenro Industries, Inc. Even Brad Dowdy from The Pen Addict had his strong reservations about how feedback was handled. The designs were curious to say the least and there were also accusations of Kickstarter scams. This relaunch was not without controversy with several accusations of cheaply and poorly made pens stamped with an Esterbrook logo and given a marked up price. Moving forward a 43 years the brand and IP assets were acquired by Robert Rosenberg’s Harpen Brand Holdings, LLC. In 1967 the company had declined a bit and was bought out by Venus Pencil Company and in 1971, after being bought by Berol, all Esterbrook operations ceased. It became a dominant US pen maker and at its hight was making over 200 million pens in a year. I was surprised by how much I liked the pen so after receiving the review pen I bought the Cobalt Blue Etsie from Desk Bandit who just recently started stocking Esterbrook.Įsterbrook was established in 1858 by British man Richard Esterbrook in Camden, New Jersey, USA. Afterwards we got in contact with each other and they organised a care package with a Honeycomb Etsie, some accessories and a 6 pen Nook case to give away (see the bottom of this review for details)! There’s a bit going on and it’s all quite interesting!Įsterbrook, wanting to expand into the Australian market organised a virtual pen meet of sorts for the Australian fountain pen community where they discussed the brand, its early history, and what they are doing with it now. has been a much more confidence inspiring relaunch with the company releasing multiple pens and cases as well as integrating with vintage nibs and custom ground nibs. The 2018 relaunch by the folks at Kenro Industries, Inc. Esterbrook is a company with a lot of renowned early history until 1971 and a bit of a hiccuped relaunch of the brand since 2014.
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