tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7066831911322883231.post7984856598972193959..comments2024-03-24T18:57:45.174-07:00Comments on The Leadhead's Pencil Blog: DeWitt-LaFrance RoundupUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7066831911322883231.post-41825087113209408432012-10-27T01:30:08.711-07:002012-10-27T01:30:08.711-07:00That person at the Michigan show shouldn't hav...That person at the Michigan show shouldn't have been so insistent that the Laughlin Pen Co. invented the clip later used on Carter's pencils, but he wasn't far off. Actually, it was the other way round. De Witt–La France Co. made pens for Laughlin Pen Co., Carter's Fountain Pen Co., and pencils for Samuel Ward Co. SaWaCo was just a stationery company that had others making their products for them. And Carter's fountain pens were made for them by De Witt–La France using the pen patents and stock parts from Laughlin, and the De Witt–La France clip patent.<br /><br />And by the way, I noticed that you didn't have any Laughlin pencils in your book.<br /><br />George Kovalenko.<br /><br />•George Kovalenkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01438655860118665751noreply@blogger.com