Demonstrator pen

Demonstrator pens were originally furnished by manufacturers to dealers, so that the features of their products could be shown to potential buyers. The first demonstrators had openings cut in their barrels, and usually, their caps. These would typically allow direct viewing of the filling mechanism and the section-inner cap junction, respectively. Cutaway demonstrators were usually not fully functional pens, and many were furnished without nibs or with nonfunctional dummy nibs.

Modern demonstrator fountain pens are clear, or partially clear writing instruments that allow you to see the inner workings of the pen. Originally, the purpose of these pens was for pen manufacturers or pen sellers to show-off the desirable mechanisms of the pen that were not normally visible from the outside. They were not meant to be sold to the public. Some old demonstrator pens were non-functioning and even had holes cut into the barrel. Eventually, clear plastics came to be used to create very limited numbers of these pens and they became sought after by collectors. Their popularity grew, and now they are commonly used by many as daily writing instruments.

There are many reasons writers are attracted to demonstrator fountain pens. It’s easy to monitor the level of your ink so you’ll know when you need to refill. If you like to use bright, colorful inks a demonstrator pen with a clear, colorless barrel really shows off your ink color. Mechanically minded engineer types like to see how all of the parts that make up the fountain pen function and it’s easier to diagnose pen problems and repair them. Others say that the transparency of these pens reminds them of a crystal.

Back in the heyday of fountain pens, salesmen would use demonstrator models to show customers how pens worked on the inside. The first transparent demonstrator pens were probably Parker’s Bakelite-barreled eyedropper-fillers, which were soon made a regular production model. Most transparent demonstrators, however, postdate the general adoption of celluloid for fountain pen manufacture. Parker and Sheaffer both made fully transparent versions of their best-selling Duofold and Balance models in the early 1930s. Other demonstrators were only partially transparent, the transparency highlighting the pen’s special features. Examples include the transparent-barreled Parker Vacuum Filler demonstrators (showing the filling mechanism) and the Parker 51 demonstrators with transparent hoods (showing the collector).

Some demonstrator fountain pens are very luxurious and are only produced as limited editions. You might be able to spothidden ink reservoir system that allows an extra page of writing when your normal ink supply runs out. In addition to clear, colorless barrels, many demonstrator fountain pens are made with clear, colorful barrels and caps.

In recent years, transparent fountain pens have become very popular. The demo and normal versions are very popular unlike the Calligraphy version. In contrast to demonstrators past, which were made in very limited numbers and not sold to the public, these pens are regular production items, though sometimes made as limited editions.

Since demonstrator fountain pens are clear, when they have a cartridge or converter filling system, the appearance of the converter matters. Demonstrator Fountain Pen is the demonstrator version of the popular fountain pen, we like to think of the red top of its converter as the “heart” inside the pen. Demonstrator Fountain Pen thoughtfully designed the converter inside demonstrator fountain pen to match the color of the gold-plated trim.

Demonstrator fountain pens don’t have to be expensive. Luxury demonstrator fountain pens are design to have a handsome appearance, otherwise an attractive and more affordable alternative Demonstrator Fountain Pen. It also has a clear, colorless body with a colorful contrasting trim on the end of both the cap and the barrel. In addition to red, you can get a variety of trim colors, and the stainless steel fine nib is great especially if you like to write with a very fine line.