Wahl Pen Cap Identification

January 19, 2014

i found this early pre eversharp wahl red hard rubber pen cap in a pile of junk parts today. its really thick, the same size as a waterman #5 cap and has the greek key pattern etched clearly into it. i have seen other early wahl pens but i have not run across any that look like quite like this.

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anyone have any idea what the pen looked like that goes with the cap in the middle?

Edited January 19, 2014 by balson

January 19, 2014

A Wahl-Eversharp cap..double band with lined tulip clip crown in chased plastic or

ebonite....

Fred

Edited January 19, 2014 by Freddy

January 20, 2014

ah, tulip clip, interesting. thanks for the info.

February 5, 2014

Also called tulip-top. Unfortunately, this one appears to be missing the lip that extends below the bottom band.

February 9, 2014

Also called tulip-top. Unfortunately, this one appears to be missing the lip that extends below the bottom band.

yeah, i noticed it was missing the lip. it was such a large size i figured it was worth saving for someone who needs it.

February 10, 2014

One comment - there's no such thing as "pre-Eversharp" Wahl. The Wahl Adding Machine Co. was incorporated in 1905. In 1916, Charles Keeran hired Wahl to manufacture his "Ever Sharp" pencils; by the end of 1916, Wahl had acquired a controlling interest in the Ever Sharp Pencil Co. and by 1917, Wahl had absorbed the company completely.

Late in 1917, Wahl acquired the Boston Fountain Pen Company and began making pens to match the Eversharp pencils (they made it one word in 1917). They called the pens the "Wahl pen" and the matching pencil was still called the Eversharp. That's how we get Wahl Eversharp. The Wahl bit was dropped around 1940.

February 18, 2014

Jon's right on all counts except that the WAHL part was dropped around 1932 after the Equi-Poised pens with the Dorics. However the word WAHL appeared on pens from time to time thereafter to keep that trademark alive (from a legal standpoint).

March 9, 2014

Jon's right on all counts except that the WAHL part was dropped around 1932 after the Equi-Poised pens with the Dorics. However the word WAHL appeared on pens from time to time thereafter to keep that trademark alive (from a legal standpoint).

Sorry Syd, I was talking legalese. I meant that the name of the company was officially changed to Eversharp, Inc. in 1940 -- you are right that the Wahl name was generally dropped from the clips in the early 1930s (although many of my Doric and Pacemaker pencils have "Wahl Co." imprints).