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 ...

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

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 ...