Hello, pen historians. I’m writing a fiction story, and I’m hoping you can help me out with a few period details because while I love the modern pens I have, my knowledge of vintage is practically nil.
What uniform-rules-compliant pen is the most likely choice for a very poor US soldier to have purchased in 1943?
I’ve read up a bit on pens with military clips, but am still rather unclear regarding the prices as they would have stood then. Any recommendations you folks have would be a big help.
So, again: inexpensive pen with military clip available for purchase by US servicemen in 1943. What am I?
Thank you,
~DorothyNotGale
PS: Also, information on where to go to learn about likely inks and the performance of the hypothetical pen for sketching as well as writing purposes would be appreciated.