Conklin

Established in 1898, the Conklin Pen Company is regarded as one of the most significant and innovative American writing instruments manufacturers from the golden era of fountain pens. Located in Toledo, Ohio, founder Roy Conklin registered the patent for the first working automatic filling mechanism in 1897 and is recognized as creating one of the world's first practical self-filling fountain pen.

In 1903, Mark Twain, the legendary American author, expressed the virtues of this unique self-filling fountain pen by saying, "I prefer it to ten other fountain pens, because it is a profanity saver; it cannot roll off the desk."