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Brand directory

48 pen & ink makers

From 350-year-old ink houses to pens launched last year — every brand in Inktend's catalog, with founding history and country of origin.

Aurora
Italy · 1919
4 pens · 3 inks
Benu
Lithuania · c. 2015
2 pens
Caran d'Ache
Switzerland · 1915
9 inks
Colorverse
South Korea · c. 2016
2 inks
Conklin
United States · 1898 (revived)
2 pens
Cross
United States · 1846
3 pens · 2 inks
De Atramentis
Germany · c. 2004
8 inks
Diamine
United Kingdom · 1864
85 inks
Diplomat
Germany · 1922
2 pens
Esterbrook
United States · 1858 (revived 2018)
2 pens
Faber-Castell
Germany · 1761
5 pens
Ferris Wheel Press
Canada · c. 2017
1 pens · 3 inks
Graf von Faber-Castell
Germany · 1978 (revived)
2 pens · 8 inks
Hero
China · 1931
1 pens
J. Herbin
France · 1670
27 inks
Jinhao
China · 1988
4 pens
Kaweco
Germany · 1883
7 pens · 9 inks
Krishna
India · c. 2018
2 inks
KWZ
Poland · c. 2011
9 inks
Kyo-iro
Japan · c. 2018
1 inks
Kyo-no-oto
Japan · c. 2017
3 inks
Lamy
Germany · 1930
8 pens · 14 inks
Leonardo
Italy · c. 2015
2 pens
Majohn
China · c. 2015
2 pens
Montblanc
Germany · 1906
4 pens · 9 inks
Montegrappa
Italy · 1912
2 pens
Monteverde
United States · c. 1990s
3 inks
Nahvalur
Indonesia / Singapore · c. 2018
2 pens
Noodler's
United States · c. 2004
2 pens · 16 inks
Opus 88
Taiwan · c. 2015
2 pens
Organics Studio
United States · c. 2016
2 inks
Papier Plume
United States · c. 2017
2 inks
Parker
United States / UK · 1888
6 pens
Parker Quink
United States / UK · 1931
5 inks
Pelikan
Germany · 1838
7 pens · 24 inks
Pilot
Japan · 1918
10 pens · 3 inks
Pilot Iroshizuku
Japan · 2010s
24 inks
Platinum
Japan · 1919
7 pens · 10 inks
Robert Oster
Australia · c. 2014
25 inks
Rohrer & Klingner
Germany · 1892
11 inks
Sailor
Japan · 1911
5 pens · 22 inks
Sheaffer
United States · 1912
3 pens
Sheaffer Skrip
United States · 1912
4 inks
Taccia Ukiyo-e
Japan / United States · c. 2015
2 inks
Troublemaker
China · c. 2019
2 inks
TWSBI
Taiwan · 2009
7 pens · 2 inks
Visconti
Italy · 1988
4 pens · 6 inks
Waterman
United States / France · 1884
3 pens · 8 inks