Montblanc is not the biggest pen maker; that position belongs to Bic.

Introduced in 1912, this innovation was rapidly imitated by the other major pen makers.

Pelikan is notable for manufacturing many of their pens using Cellulose acetate, instead of the more modern plastics used by most other major pen makers.

Jeweled Fountain Pens In a New East Side Boutique Montblanc, the German-based pen maker, will open its third American store, on 595 Madison Avenue between 57th and 58th Streets, on Nov. 6.

As a jeweller, Walter Sheaffer was familiar with most of the pen makers of his day.

Pilot Corporation, a pen maker, has joined a handful of smaller companies in marketing styluses that aren't just styluses anymore.

On Wednesday, she will participate in an event sponsored by Montblanc, the pen maker, in which she will write the first line of a love story.

But this year, he found work as a programmer again, fixing millennium bugs on the Unisys computer of a pen maker.

"Like 'a nose' in perfume, the pen makers listen to the nib to detect subtle differences in tone and reject anything with a hint of a scratch," said Michael Christmas, a spokesman for Montblanc.

Aspinal of London are one of the world's most renowned pen makers, each pen is handmade by genuine craftsmen.