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[Dennis B]

Wonder what Walter A. Sheaffer thought of Davis assigning this patent to the Michael-George Co. (George M. Kraker). Davis was granted two design patents for chasing that he assigned to Sheaffer.

I don't think many of these survived.

Dennis B

[david i]

Wonder what Walter A. Sheaffer thought of Davis assigning this patent to the Michael-George Co. (George M. Kraker). Davis was granted two design patents for chasing that he assigned to Sheaffer.

I don't think many of these survived.

Dennis B

I'm not up on the Sheaffer vs Kraker litigation, but vaguely recalled that was late teens? The plastic in the pencil suggests mid 1920s. Was Kraker making items this late?

regards

david

[Dennis B]

David,

Note the Patent date. The Redbird was made in Libertyville, IL where George was ding business as the Michael-George Co. The Kraker Pen Company was dissolved in 1921.

Sheaffer did not harbor good feelings toward George Kraker, his former employee and one of the original incorporators of the W. A. Sheaffer Pen Co. I imagine he would not have been too happy with Davis assigning a patent to George.

Dennis B

[david i]

David,

Note the Patent date. The Redbird was made in Libertyville, IL where George was ding business as the Michael-George Co. The Kraker Pen Company was dissolved in 1921.

Sheaffer did not harbor good feelings toward George Kraker, his former employee and one of the original incorporators of the W. A. Sheaffer Pen Co. I imagine he would not have been too happy with Davis assigning a patent to George.

Dennis B

Well... "not being too happy" is well n' good (or is that well n' bad) but if this was something outside the issue of their earlier brawls, I guess Sheaffer could not hit him over this. There seems to be no assertion that Davis was obligated to pass all developments along to Sheaffer.

It is impressive how long these figures remained entwined.

-d

[Jon Veley]

[matt]

The image Dennis posted in 2010.  One of these showed up on ebay last summer.

 

Edited by matt, 17 April 2025 - 08:44 PM.