Show Original Gold Pens Gold was first used in the making ot of pen points In the United States Stales In 1833 Soon It was vas found necessary to harden the points of ot these pens and toI I this was done llone by 11 protecting them with diamonds or rubles which made the pens very costly and ad consequently very cry rare John hawkins to whom Is due the discovery Cry teat hat an alloy of Iridium and osmium soldered on to the gold would serve sene purpose just as aswell aswell aswell well as ns the gem sto es and at nt much less cost was the to use IrIdium In 1850 his method was superseded and for the first Iridium was fused with the go l and n a much stronger and a more durable was produced Ovet pens are manufactured every year jear b by one firm alone I |