MKE's view on pens

  click on the photos to see them larger The Précieux was presented for the first time in 2016 and is still in production. It came out with two black pens with silver cap having either the fine diamond cut wave pattern or the deep weave pattern as well as the fully silver pen with the deep wide pattern . From these models, only the fine diamond cut wave pattern is on offer for the whole 8 years. In 2019, the Précieux was offered as a limited edition steel model, the Précieux P2000 in 1000 pieces. The steel used for the production of this model was obtained from barrels of recycled Heckler & Koch police pistols. A large part of the profit was donated to the German organisat ion Weisser Ring wh ich has projects for "crime victim support", "crime prevention", among others.  At the end of 2020, two models were retired, the black silver model with deep weave cap pattern and the model entirely made from silver with the deep wide lines pattern . In 2021, three ne...

data collection for a Wikipedia entry Waldmann KG was founded by Adolf Waldmann in 1918 as Waldmann Manufaktur in Pforzheim, Germany. Waldmann manufactured mechanical pencils from Sterling silver. In the 1930s, they developed the first four-color mechanical pencil based on a revolver mechanism. For this invention, they obtained patent rights in the US, Canada, UK, France and Germany. The first German publication of the patent was published in 1937: as DE647345C . At the Paris World Exhibition in 1937, they were awarded for this innovation the silver medal laudating "the exceptional design and function of a 4-color mechanical pencil". Wurden vor dem 2.Weltkrieg nur mechanische Bleistifte hergestellt? Wurden ausser Sterlingsilber auch andere Materialien wie Gold benutzt? During the bombing of the city of Pforzheim on February 23, 1945, the Waldmann factory was completely destroyed. After rebuilding, production was resumed and new patent rights were obtained from 1949 onw...