The name Wahl-Eversharp is a proud one in the history of writing instruments. Eversharp, the inventor and first successful mass marketer of the mechanical pencil, goes back to 1915. The company was started by Charles Rood Keeran in 1913. He applied for a patent on the pencil on October 10, 1913, and was granted US patent 1,130,741 on March 9, 1915.The first production Eversharp pencils were made in New Jersey by Heath Corporation, a prominent provider of high quality metalwork to the writing equipment industry. These pencils were test-marketed over the holiday season of 1913 at Wanamaker's in New York City. Shortly thereafter, Keeran moved his base of operations back to Illinois. In October 1915, Keeran signed a contract with the Wahl Adding Machine Company of Chicago to manufacture Eversharp pencils. In mid-November 1915 Wahl took control of Eversharp in exchange for a capital infusion of $20,000. At the end of 1916, Eversharp was wholly absorbed by Wahl through an exchange of stock. Keeran retained a small stake in the combined firm and held the position of sales manager, but by the end of 1917 Keeran had been squeezed out of the company.
The Eversharp pencil was a huge success. By 1921 over 12 million had been sold. The Eversharp allowed Wahl to become one of the leading manufacturers of both pencils and pens, its entry into the fountain pen business in 1917 also facilitated by Charles Keeran, through purchase of the Boston Fountain Pen Company. Somewhat confusingly, the Wahl Pen Company used the Wahl name for its pens and the Eversharp name for its pencils. At the end of the 1920s, however, the company renamed itself Wahl-Eversharp, and all products, pens and pencils alike, were marked accordingly. In 1941 the company renamed itself, this time as Eversharp. It remained a major player throughout the 1940s, but a series of missteps in its attempts to enter the then-new field of ballpoint pens hurt the company badly.
Wahl was the brand name given to some of the finest fountain pens ever made and goes back to 1917. The hyphenated name Wahl-Eversharp first appeared on some of the finest “golden era” fountain pens in 1929. The Deco Band, the Doric and the Skyline fountain pens of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s were among the most successful fountain pens and mechanical pencils ever made.So competitive was the playing field of pen manufacturers in the “golden era” that new designs, new materials, and new colours were in perpetual development. Producing the best fountain pens, like many other consumer goods in the early to mid 1900s saw the involvement of notable industrial designers such as Lowey and Dreyfus. The makers of Wahl-Eversharp pens employed both men in the 1940’s. Mr. Dreyfus is responsible for the design of the world famous Skyline pens.
The race to produce a reliable ballpoint pen in the mid to late 1940s was a costly experience for Eversharp, who poured millions into their own effort to create and market their own line of ballpoint pens. After producing both the CA pen and the ballpoint pen, the company was plagued with warranty repair costs on the pens they sold. Add to that the cost of litigation over an alleged patent infringement against the Reynolds pen company, and you have the ingredients for financial disaster. So great was the impact of this downturn. In 1957 the Parker Pen Company acquired Eversharp, and the Eversharp name was used for a time, but the Wahl-Eversharp brand languished in the role of a lower tier brand under the Parker banner and within a few years the production of Eversharp pens and pencils had come to an end. Parker sold the Eversharp company to a successor who in turn sold it to another, where it existed virtually in name only for almost 50 years until being revived by the owners of the 
Wahl-Eversharp Company who today bring you the pens. Beginning in 2012, Syd Saperstein and Emmanuel Caltagirone acquired the rights to the original Wahl and Eversharp trademarks and revived the brand name as the new Wahl-Eversharp Company, otherwise legally unconnected to the operations of either the old Eversharp, Inc or Wahl Company. Today the Wahl-Eversharp Company produces modern fountain pens based on original patented designs of both Wahl Pen and Eversharp.
Many authorities consider the design of the Skyline Pen to be among the timeless icons of the 1900s. Collectors and writers still seek out the surviving examples of this pen today, 66 years after production ceased. Time has taken its toll on these survivors in the form of brittle plastic, and the unpredictable ink containing characteristics of the rubber sac pen.Now The Wahl-Eversharp Company answers the desire for the classic retro look of the Wahl-Eversharp Skyline Fountain Pen, in a pen constructed of modern materials and incorporating a reliable, modern filling and ink handling system.