History of the invention and illustrated process of making Foley's diamond pointed gold pens . chinery has produced thishappy result—aided, of course, by a growing demand, stimulated byactive competition. There are now in this country better Gold Penmakers than can be found in Europe; and indeed it is but fair to say,that there are more Gold Pens made in !New York in twenty daysthan are made in all other places in a whole year. The use of the Gold Pen in America is almost universal, for thereason that it is not only the best and most perfect writing instru-ment—but it will outwear ten times it
History of the invention and illustrated process of making Foley's diamond pointed gold pens . chinery has produced thishappy result—aided, of course, by a growing demand, stimulated byactive competition. There are now in this country better Gold Penmakers than can be found in Europe; and indeed it is but fair to say,that there are more Gold Pens made in !New York in twenty daysthan are made in all other places in a whole year. The use of the Gold Pen in America is almost universal, for thereason that it is not only the best and most perfect writing instru-ment—but it will outwear ten times its cost in Steel Pens. Hence,for comfort and economy it is incomparable. Besides, many a writerhas lost the use of his hand because of the electricity conveyed tothe nerves of the fingers and arm by the constant action and useof Steel Pens. The noble goose quill has been superseded successfully by thesuperior Gold Pen ; the former is troublesome to most writers tomake perfectly, soon breaks, grows blunt and splutters. The cor-rosion of Steel Pens by the acids of ink cannot be THE POLISHING LATHE. This lathe consists of four wheels, two broad ones for polishing and rougeing thePen on the back, and two very narrow ones for polishing the Pen on the inside. Thewheels are covered with cloth of felt charged with rotten stone or tripoli; and for therougeing buckskin is used. The Pen is now nibbed on the inside of the nibs, withScotch stone. This roughens the nibs so as to hold ink and prevent it from flowingtoo freely. This done the Pen goes again to the grinder—who re-adjusts and carefullyexamines it to see if any injury was done while in the hands of Polisher. The pointsare delicately touched up; the nibs carefully adjusted so that they will not cross or lapover; and the Pens are then placed in strong alcohol which removes the oil and otherpolishing materials and makes the Pen perfectly clean. After drying them in line box-wood sawdust, the Pens are put up in boxes
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