History of the invention and illustrated process of making Foley's diamond pointed gold pens . he pleasant elasticity of the quill, and completely realizedall his hopes on the subject, satisfying him that he had a Pen forhis lifetime, with fair usage. The Fiest Pens then made the third Pen of the kind, which he sold April26, 1834, to Mr. Vine, an eminent merchant of London, in theRussian trade, who soon procured several orders for the Pens fromSt. Petersburg for the use of the Czar and others. The seventh Penmade was selected by Mr. Christopher Kreeft, the Mecklenburg Con-sul in London
History of the invention and illustrated process of making Foley's diamond pointed gold pens . he pleasant elasticity of the quill, and completely realizedall his hopes on the subject, satisfying him that he had a Pen forhis lifetime, with fair usage. The Fiest Pens then made the third Pen of the kind, which he sold April26, 1834, to Mr. Vine, an eminent merchant of London, in theRussian trade, who soon procured several orders for the Pens fromSt. Petersburg for the use of the Czar and others. The seventh Penmade was selected by Mr. Christopher Kreeft, the Mecklenburg Con-sul in London, April, 1834, as suiting his hand, and from this salemany orders were also received. Peices of the Fiest Gold Hawkins sold the first seven Pens made, for twelve shil-lings Sterling each, without a holder, (about $). The Pen thenmade was no larger than the present No. 3 size, now sold at$ each. The price he received afforded him but a very smallprofit, as every Pen at this time had to be made almost entirely byhand—rounded and hammered into shape with a hammer. The price. THE BLANK ROLLS. With this machine the blank Pen is rolled down or stretched to the length shownabove. This is done by placing the blank between the two rolls. The under roll hasa recess in which the point is protected, and the pen is passed through the rolls severaltimes until the required length is attained. The blank as shown above is now ready tohave the Springiness or Elasticity hammered into it. 58 continued at twelve shillings till June following, when it was raisedto fifteen shillings, or $, with a view of making the business worthpursuing. In December, 1834, finding the Iridium growing very scarceand dear, and that dealers in the Pens required a profit of thirty percent., in order to introduce them and push the sales, the price was raisedto twenty shillings, or $, for the Pen only, not including Pencilor Pen Holder, and he found no difficulty in obtaining that price, whichwa
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