Anyone familiar with Quill (brand) pens?

[brh]

The art supply store where I got my Rotring Mini Esprit sells mainly two other types of fountain pens - old Reforms, and pens by a company called Quill. Anyone have any info on these pens? History, how they write, anything would be appreciated. Googling 'Quill pen' doesn't do much, you just get a bunch of feathers.

 

-brian

[sleek_lover]

The only Quill brand with which I am familiar is a line of "award" pens. I never ran across any fountain pens by them, usually twist to use BPs.

 

I suppose they might have a line of FPs...

 

Try a search for awards or promotional merchandise...Quill should pop up somewhere.

 

There is a discount mail-order office supply house called Quill, now that I think about it...

 

And Amsterdam Printing...the folks that make probably more promotional advertising pens and mugs and stuff used to have FPs.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Bill in S. Jersey

[Mary P]

The Quill Pen Company was started in 1945 in Providence Rhode Island. They make a full line of pens. I've included a link to their web site at the bottom of this post.

 

In the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s we carried their higher end ballpoint pens and mid-range fountain pens in the college bookstore I managed along with Garland, Cross, Sheaffer and Parker.

 

Quill pens were of quite high quality. Unlike some companies, they really worked to serve the college market. We were able to get reasonable pricing on pens with the university seal done in school colors at a reasonable price point even though we were a small school and not ordering in large quantity. Someplace around the house I have a blue and chrome Quill pen that my husband brough home from a Teamster convention.

 

 

http://www.quillpen.com/home.asp

[brh]

Interesting! These certainly look right! Next time I'm back home, I'll have to see if the pens there were branded in any way... I don't remember them being such, and it was just an art supply store, not our college store or anything like that. Thanks much for the info!

 

-brian

[TheClassicCarol]

I discovered a Quill Pen at the Goodwill today. It is pearlescent-white and on the slanted end cap it hosts a yellowed logo and the words "American Red Cross." It looks exactly like the reintroduced Quill 500 (website noted below for reference). Mine is a ballpoint, used of course, and a price tag of only $4.99. Cheers! Carol

 

http://www.quillpen.com/shop/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=90&idcategory=

Edited December 30, 2012 by TheClassicCarol

[mremptypants]

I have a quill I bought on ebay on my quest for an Alphabet of pens. It was only Q I could find and afford. I was pleasantly surprised at quality. I would compare it to a Jinhao 450. That being said, at $19 threr are 25 other pens I prefer, but I needed Q

[queenofpens]

I just got a good deal on an unused Quill fountain pen, blue and silver, and with a logo "Grandma" on the end cap. I'm pretty sure it was an award or advertising pen, but I have no idea what sort of organization had the "Grandma" as its logo. However, I am a grandmother and my favorite color scheme for pens is blue and silver, so I was certain this pen was meant to be part of my collection!

 

It may have been an unsold "second" or "defective" because the nib seems to be loose in the section, but I think I can repair that.

 

I also remember getting the much more common Quill ballpoint as a performance award in my government agency sometime in the 80's. But as a dedicated fountain pen devotee, I never used it - it's still somewhere in a drawer of my filing cabinet.

[kestrel]

I picked up a Quill 900 (I think that's the model number) at the Cornell Campus store four years ago. It was a salesman's demo pen that had been sitting around on a shelf in the office for longer than any of the staff had worked there. The cap was a piece of junk with a poor fit as well as cosmetic problems with the Cornell logo in the cap end. The store manager saw a chance to sell the pen so she swapped the bad cap for a better fitting cap on a rollerball. The pen is a typical converter filler with a mostly metal (Brass?) barrel and cap, a good nib for the price range, and a really good converter inside. The plastic part of the barrel where the nib section screws in seems a bit cheap but the rest of the barrel is well made. It's a pretty good writer and balances well in the hand. The manager said they sell a lot of the ballpoints and rollerballs but there was obviously no demand for a fountain pen until I came along. I wanted a Cornell fountain pen and got one a little better than I was hoping for. I'm still looking for that Cornell self-tie bow tie, though.

[Felix1]

Quill 900:

 

http://www.quillpen....16&idcategory=6

[sexauerw]

I have a Quill Magnum fountain pen. It's quite a nice pen, lacquer over brass. It's a bit on the heavy side, but a very nice writer. I bought it from Pendemonium a while back (2009) and they had ground it to a medium cursive italic. It writes a .75mm line when the nib is moving perpendicular to the face of the nib; I haven't measured the width when moving parallel to the nib face but it is thinner.

 

This is a C/C filler using standard international long or short cartridges and most generic converters.

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j66/sexauerw/Pentrace%20Sundays/sMysteryPen2Closed.jpg

 

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j66/sexauerw/Pentrace%20Sundays/sMysteryPen2Open.jpg

[bullfighter]

I have a Quill Magnum fountain pen. It's quite a nice pen, lacquer over brass. It's a bit on the heavy side, but a very nice writer. I bought it from Pendemonium a while back (2009) and they had ground it to a medium cursive italic. It writes a .75mm line when the nib is moving perpendicular to the face of the nib; I haven't measured the width when moving parallel to the nib face but it is thinner.

 

This is a C/C filler using standard international long or short cartridges and most generic converters.

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j66/sexauerw/Pentrace%20Sundays/sMysteryPen2Closed.jpg

 

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j66/sexauerw/Pentrace%20Sundays/sMysteryPen2Open.jpg

I have the same exact model series only in a retractible ball point which I converted to a gel pen with a Parker gel cartridge. The only other difference is that mine has what I assume to be a company name embossed in gold near the clip. This is the third pen I have converted from BP to gel using the same Parker cartridge, along with a Tombow and a Porsche Design.

[write to me often]

I recently got a (most probably a vintage 70's or 80's) Quill fountain pen but couldn't find any online images related to this particular pen. I really liked it since the clips is shaped as a feather itself. It was made in USA.

[write to me often]

I have a Quill Magnum fountain pen. It's quite a nice pen, lacquer over brass. It's a bit on the heavy side, but a very nice writer. I bought it from Pendemonium a while back (2009) and they had ground it to a medium cursive italic. It writes a .75mm line when the nib is moving perpendicular to the face of the nib; I haven't measured the width when moving parallel to the nib face but it is thinner.

 

This is a C/C filler using standard international long or short cartridges and most generic converters.

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j66/sexauerw/Pentrace%20Sundays/sMysteryPen2Closed.jpg

 

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j66/sexauerw/Pentrace%20Sundays/sMysteryPen2Open.jpg

 

Hi,

 

I also came across with a Quill brand fountain pen. I got it and made a review out of it. Here you can find the review. http://www.banasikcayaz.com/2013/08/quill-fountain-pen-review-quill.html (When you open the link, you can read the English text, if you scroll down)

 

Do you know the model of this pen?

 

Thanks.

[Unky]

I was given a Quill ballpoint a few years ago for contributing to a children/public education fund. It is nicer than a cross with more weight than most "fine" writing instruments. It writes well for a ballpoint.

[Editor_HU]

On 1/27/2007 at 4:52 AM, Mary P said:

The Quill Pen Company was started in 1945 in Providence Rhode Island. They make a full line of pens. I've included a link to their web site at the bottom of this post.

 

In the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s we carried their higher end ballpoint pens and mid-range fountain pens in the college bookstore I managed along with Garland, Cross, Sheaffer and Parker.

 

Quill pens were of quite high quality. Unlike some companies, they really worked to serve the college market. We were able to get reasonable pricing on pens with the university seal done in school colors at a reasonable price point even though we were a small school and not ordering in large quantity. Someplace around the house I have a blue and chrome Quill pen that my husband brough home from a Teamster convention.

 

 

http://www.quillpen.com/home.asp

Thank you for this information! About 30 years ago I bought a Quill pen to my wife, a heavy pen-user. That pen still looks like new and very high quality. Always wanted to know more about this Quill company but all internet hits only bring the bird feather pen, except your post, thank you so much. 

 

The link you gave fourteen years agou sadly lands on Newell, investor of fallen pen brands, but no products are seen. I hope for a renaissance like Kaweco.