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The anatomy of the pen

evolution of the anatomy

In ancient times, the art of writing was the exclusive privilege of a elite class. Using simple tools, these scribes managed sophisticated economies and recorded their civilization's history. They categorized writing styles and paired each with a specific, one-piece tool. The earliest anatomy of a pen was deceptively simple: a single instrument body. Scribes used wooden styluses for pressing into clay, or metal chisels for carving into stone to preserve generational records. 

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Anatomy of our fountain pens

The Anatomy of our fountain pens.

 

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Accent Rings

"Our accent rings are individually hand-turned on a manual lathe and integrated into the resin Compression Joints at a 0.05 mm tolerance, securing up to 25 structural components purely through mechanical friction."

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The Barrel Assembly

This is where your precious resins (Conway Stewart, Omas, Erinoid) and your multi-part compression engineering shine.
    •    The Barrel: The main body of the pen that houses the ink system.
    •    Monolithic Body (or Turning): Use this term if a part is machined from a single, unbroken block of raw resin stock.

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The Nib & Section Assembly

This is the engine room of the pen. Since you source premium JoWo #6 components but machine the housing ourselves, the terms should highlight that seamless transition.
    •    Grip Section (or simply "The Section"): The precisely contoured part where the writer's fingers rest.
    •    Section Thread: The 0.05mm tolerance threads that screw the section directly into the barrel.

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The symbols of Coat of Arms Nigtevecht

The symbols of Coat of Arms

Left blue means "science and truth"

Right white or silver means "loyalty"
This is also according other sources a reference to water.

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Pen Body material

PEN-BODY MATERIALS

The variety of materials used for pens is enormous, from wood and metal to plastics and resins. I use a small number of high-quality materials for my pens, known as Conway Stewart, Omas, Erinoid, and Casein. The latter is a polymer made from milk. It is a wonderful material but not as durable as modern resins. These are all premium materials that are excellent for fine threading and assembly via compression rather than glues. These materials are types of PMMA.

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Origin of the Brand Logo

The Corporate Logo Branding of Powerful Signature is a variant of the ancient Coat of Arms of Nigtevecht, a former Dutch municipality, as a reference to my family name "van Nigtevecht". The inverted keys as Logo is out of respect of the Family Huydecoper Lord of Nigtevecht as their Coat of Arms.

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Copyright

The Logo's, product images, and webdesign made by Rob van Nigtevecht owener of Powerful Signature.
Occasionally I use a background image from Pexels, the free images are credit to the photographers.

© Copyright 1 Jan 2017
Powerful Signature
Rob van Nigtevecht

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Tracing historical information

In the year 2000 I read a lot about the history of the "van Nigtevecht" family maintained by someone in Weesp with the same family name. The information on this personal website seems lost. I read a lot of details here with reference to archives no longer available on the web. It may be available within in old historical paper archives held by Dutch authorities and organisations. We have to remember that what's available on the web is only a small portion of all the historical documents.

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