Joseph Gillott, an English inventor, developed a machine in 1831 to produce steel pen nibs which could be inserted into a wooden handle. By 1850, one of his factories alone was producing 180 ...

Their use remains as an affectation. Steel pens, made to slip into a holder, were a 19th Century development, although some experiments occured before. Scientist Joseph Priestly, in 1780 ...

Origin and Improvement ot Steel Pens. "B'ew of the millions who use a steel pen give its origin a thought, yet there is no invention which is so universally used. During the first twenty years of ...

Joseph Gillott, a pioneering figure in the world of steel pen manufacturing and a passionate art collector, was born in ...