Editing Esterbrook (section)

==Prominent users of Esterbrook==
Esterbrook pens were among those used by Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson to sign legislation.<ref name="PenMarket">{{cite web|last1=Cerf|first1=Nathaniel|title=The Pens of Presidents Kennedy & Johnson|url=http://www.thepenmarket.com/vintage-pens-blog/2013/11/the-pens-of-presidents-kennedy-johnson/|website=The Pen Market|accessdate=3 February 2017|date=5 November 2013|quote=Kennedy’s pens are Esterbrook dip writers ... The Esterbrook nib Kennedy used on the majority of these pens was the 2668. That is the firm-medium steel nib.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=337: President Johnson signing pen with certificate|url=https://new.liveauctioneers.com/item/6368489|website=Live Auctioneers|accessdate=3 February 2017}}</ref><ref name="Loring">{{cite web|last1=Loring|first1=John|title=The Presidential Pen - the first fifty years|url=http://www.loringpage.com/attpensetc/penbookupdate.html|publisher=John Loring|accessdate=3 February 2017}}</ref> A set of 72 clear Lucite Esterbrook fountain pens were famously used to sign the civil rights bill into law in 1964.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Historically Significant First Pen Used By President Lyndon Johnson to Sign Civil Rights Bill into Law|url=https://goldinauctions.com/the_first_pen_used_by_president__lyndon_johnson__t-lot12278.aspx|website=Goldin Auctions|accessdate=3 February 2017|quote=A fountain pen manufactured by Esterbrook – the first pen used by President Lyndon Johnson to sign the Civil Rights Act into law on July 2, 1964 ... Johnson used 72 pens to sign the ... legislation}}</ref> 

[[File:Carl_barks.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Carl Barks]] was an Esterbrook enthusiast.]]

The famous Disney artist Carl Barks was an enthusiastic user of Esterbrook pens. He particularly used a Nº 356 model to ink and letter his famous Donald Duck comic-book pages.<ref name=hanspresto/><ref>[http://www.badboycomics.com/ddweekly-2010-45/carl-barks-esterbrook-356.html Carl Barks talks about Esterbook pens]</ref>

 ...I drew direct onto the drawing paper with a Scripto light blue pencil, and inked with a 356 Esterbrook pen. My wife inked the dialogue with an A-5 or B-6 Speedball, and blacked the solid areas with a #2 sable brush." Carl Barks (Letter to [[Michael Barrier (historian)|Michael Barrier]], January 14, 1967)<ref name=Barks>[http://hans.presto.tripod.com/isbn/1578065011.html Carl Barks letters]</ref>

 ...I used a #356 Esterbrook art and drafting pen which could do everything from thin 'fadeaways' to broad accented curve sweeps on foreground circles such as the ducks' forms. The trick of breaking in a new pen, I discovered, is to soak it for several minutes in the ink bottle. Then wipe off the ink and the pen's varnish. For some weird reason most new pens then start out flexible and free-flowing..." Carl Barks (Letter to Scott Matheson, March 21, 1973)<ref name=Barks/>}}

Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz used an Esterbrook 914 Radio nib for inking the comic strip. He liked the nib so much, he bought the remaining stock when Esterbrook went out of business.<ref name=making/><ref name=schulz>[https://schulzmuseum.org/collections/pen/ Charles M. Schulz Personal Effects Collection]</ref>