1883 saw the founding of the Heidelberg Penholder Factory by Messrs. Luce and Enßlen. However, the name does not appear in the Heidelberg directory until 1889. Wooden penholders are manufactured, while fountain pens and gold nibs are imported from Morton in New York. 1889 and the businessmen Heinrich Koch and Rudolph Weber take over the Heidelberg fountain pen factory and set up a new production facility in Handschuhsheim, right outside of Heidelberg. The products are marked with the brand names Perkeo, Omega, and Kaweco and are also stamped with the initials HF, which stand for Heidelberger Federhalterfabrik (Heidelberg fountain pen factory).
Why Kaweco
Good things take time and we take the long list of steps and tasks necessary to build your next writing instrument more than just seriously. The manufacturing process and quality control still lay in our very own, skilled hands, right here in Nuremberg. A city rich with tradition and appreciation for writing instruments, renowned well beyond its infamous walls. Local tradition and technology from afar meet in every single one of our products: Like the premium mechanics from Japan for example. Our designs stem from another era when tradition and craftsmanship were still synonymous and some clocks seemed to go a little slower.
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