With Carl Josef Lamy's background (see the timeline pages), having spent years working for the U.S. pen maker: Parker Pen Company, it is not really all that surprising that his first pens produced after starting his own company (Orthos) resembled Parker's famous and very popular Duofold. Orthos Füllhalter-Fabrik Company, established in 1930, produced two basic button-filler models. A “man's” pen and a slightly smaller “woman's” pen. As mentioned above, they both looked very similar to the best-selling Parker Duofold with their flat-top caps, and efficient filling features.
One model, developed specifically for men, with its big ball styled clip, two plated gold rings around the open-end of the cap, and distinctive concave-shaped blind cap that covered the filling button at the other end of the pen, and available in many colors including a very attractive lapis colored pattern.
As for the slightly smaller model, developed with the woman in mind, it had a ring/loop on the top of the cap, enabling the usre to wear the fountain pen on a chain or necklace, if so desired. This model too was offered in the same attractive colors that the senior or “man's” pen was.
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