A fountain pen is a writing instrument that uses a metal nib to apply water-based ink, or special pigment ink—suitable for fountain pens—to paper. It is...
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dip pens, which were used for writing, have been replaced by ballpoint pens, rollerball pens, fountain pens and felt or ceramic tip pens. Ruling pens, which...
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Fountain pen ink is a water-based ink intended for use with fountain pens. Fountain pen ink is almost exclusively dye-based because fountain pens operate...
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A nib is the part of a quill, dip pen, fountain pen, ball point or stylus which comes into contact with the writing surface in order to deposit ink. Different...
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and developed as a cleaner and more reliable alternative to dip pens and fountain pens, and it is now the world's most-used writing instrument; millions...
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Africa, Germany and France. Most Pilot pens are made in Japan, France and the US. Namiki, Pilot's fountain pens with maki-e lacquering designs, are made...
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Gold Pen Company. He received his first fountain pen related patent in 1889. In 1894, Parker received a patent on his "Lucky Curve" fountain pen feed...
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dip pen is a writing instrument used to apply ink to paper. It usually consists of a metal nib with capillary channels like those of fountain pen nibs...
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Writing implement (section Fountain pens)
the steel-nibbed dip pens had a limited ink reservoir and a tendency to drip inkblots on the page. The first modern fountain pens were developed in the...
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The Waterman Pen Company is a major manufacturing company of luxury fountain pens and inks, based in Paris, France. The firm was established in 1884 in...
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Iron gall ink (section Fountain pens)
small ink passages in fountain pen feeds. Further, very acidic traditional iron gall inks intended for dip pens can corrode metal pen parts (a phenomenon...
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Waterman Philéas (category Waterman pens)
series of writing instruments including fountain pens, rollerballs, ballpoints and pencils produced by the Waterman pen company. It is well-known because of...
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Petrache Poenaru (section Poenaru's fountain pen)
While a student in Paris, Petrache Poenaru invented the world's first fountain pen, an invention for which the French Government issued a patent on 25 May...
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from the 1960s and 1970s, Charlie Brown tries to write to a pen pal using a fountain pen, but after several literally "botched" attempts, Charlie switches...
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Montblanc (company) (redirect from Mont Blanc pen)
production fountain pens are traditionally Montblancs, with some retail pens selling in excess of US $30,000, and some specialty and limited edition pens selling...
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Flux Fountain Fudepen (or "brush pen") Gel Marker pen, also known as a felt-tip pen Highlighter Mean Streak Paint Permanent Quill Rastrum Reed pen Kalamos...
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Parker 51 (category Parker pens)
The Parker 51 is a fountain pen first introduced in 1941. Parker marketed it as "The World’s Most Wanted Pen", a slogan alluding to restrictions on production...
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tripod. Schwenter did not invent the fountain pen, but in 1636, in his Deliciae Physic-Mathematicae, he described a pen made in two parts, using portions...
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inventor. He held multiple fountain pen patents and was the founder of the Waterman Pen Company. His entry into fountain pen manufacturing has only recently...
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Lamy (category Fountain pen and ink manufacturers)
Rösner then took over as CEO. Lamy's product range includes fountain pens, ballpoint pens, mechanical pencils, and ink. In 1984, newspapers reported that...
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latter half of the 20th century Fountain pen – a nib pen which contains a reservoir of ink Fountain pen inks Gel pen – any pen using a water-based liquid or...
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The Fountain Pen Shop was a historic fountain pen retailer, museum, and repair shop in Downtown Los Angeles, and later, Monrovia, originally established...
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The reservoir pen, which may have been the first fountain pen, dates back to 953, when Ma'ād al-Mu'izz, the caliph of Egypt, demanded a pen that would not...
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served', which marked the end of the apprenticeship. In the 1950s, fountain pens with cylindrical points became available, but they were complex instruments...
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Parker Duofold (redirect from Duofold (pen))
Duofold is a range of fountain pens produced by the Parker Pen Company. The first model was produced in 1921 and was a large pen – 5.5 inches long when...
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Chelpark (category Fountain pen and ink manufacturers)
manufacturers of fountain pen ink in the country. "Chelpark" is a portmanteau of "Chellaram" and "Parker". Originally a subsidiary of the Parker Pen Company in...
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A. T. Cross Company (redirect from Cross (pens))
1846, it is one of the oldest pen manufacturers in the world. Cross' products include fountain, ballpoint, and rollerball pens, mechanical pencils and refills...
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Meadows was tested for a lead role. Two sketches — "The Tank," where a fountain pen is demonstrated under water, and "Noises on the Street" — were purchased...
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