After the Second World War, others tried to sell their ballpoint pens but with limited success. Milton Reynolds saw a ballpoint pen when he was on a business trip to Buenos Aires in 1945 and, when he returned to America, redesigned it so he could obtain an American patent. His ballpoint pen, manufactured in his Reynolds International Pen Company and called “Reynolds Rocket” was the first commercially successful ballpoint pen. It was sold under the ad that said that it won’t need refilling for 15 years. Gimbels department store in New York City sold few thousand ballpoint pens just in one week. Eversharp Co., a maker of mechanical pencils, also made their own pen and started selling it. Britain saw its first commercially successful ballpoint pen in the same year made by Miles Martin Pen Company. Market soon became saturated and Reynolds’ company folded in early 1950s.
After the Second World War, others tried to sell their ballpoint pens but with limited success. Milton Reynolds saw a ballpoint pen when he was on a business trip to Buenos Aires in 1945 and, when he returned to America, redesigned it so he could obtain an American patent. His ballpoint pen, manufactured in his Reynolds International Pen Company and called “Reynolds Rocket” was the first commercially successful ballpoint pen. It was sold under the ad that said that it won’t need refilling for 15 years. Gimbels department store in New York City sold few thousand ballpoint pens just in one week. Eversharp Co., a maker of mechanical pencils, also made their own pen and started selling it. Britain saw its first commercially successful ballpoint pen in the same year made by Miles Martin Pen Company. Market soon became saturated and Reynolds’ company folded in early 1950s.
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