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  2. Pounce (powder) - Wikipedia

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    Pounce is gently sprinkled all over the writing on the paper. When using a quill or a steel nib, and with inks that are made up to match those typically in use during the 18th and 19th centuries, and provided the pen has been used with the fine strokes typical of handwriting of that period, the handwriting will be sufficiently dry within 10 seconds to allow the paper to be folded without blotting.

  3. Fountain pen ink - Wikipedia

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    The ideal fountain pen ink is free-flowing, free of sediment, and non-corrosive. These qualities may be compromised in the interests of permanence, manufacturability and in order to use some widely available dyes. [4] A form of ink that predates fountain pens by centuries is iron gall ink. This blue-black ink is made from iron salts and tannic ...

  4. Watch: How to protect your hair in the winter - AOL

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    In the winter months, you will need to change a few things to your hair routine to maintain beautiful hair. Deep conditioning once a week and wearing a hat to shield your hair from the harsh ...

  5. Ink - Wikipedia

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    Bottles of ink from Germany Writing ink and a quill. Ink is a gel, sol, or solution that contains at least one colorant, such as a dye or pigment, and is used to color a surface to produce an image, text, or design. Ink is used for drawing or writing with a pen, brush, reed pen, or quill.

  6. Fountain pen - Wikipedia

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    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 distinguished from earlier dip pens by using an internal reservoir to hold ink, eliminating the need to repeatedly dip the pen in an inkwell during use.

  7. Gel pen - Wikipedia

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    Gel pens can be used for many types of writing and illustration. The general design of a gel pen is similar to that of a regular ink-based pen, with a barrel containing the writing mechanism and a cap, and a reservoir filled with ink. At the end of the ink tube is an ink "follower", made of more viscous gelled material which is usually ...

  8. Pen - Wikipedia

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    A luxury pen. A pen is a common writing instrument that applies ink to a surface, usually paper, for writing or drawing. [1] Early pens such as reed pens, quill pens, dip pens and ruling pens held a small amount of ink on a nib or in a small void or cavity that had to be periodically recharged by dipping the tip of the pen into an inkwell.

  9. Iron gall ink - Wikipedia

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    Iron gall ink (also known as common ink, standard ink, oak gall ink or iron gall nut ink) is a purple-black or brown-black ink made from iron salts and tannic acids from vegetable sources. It was the standard ink formulation used in Europe for the 1400-year period between the 5th and 19th centuries, remained in widespread use well into the 20th ...