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  2. Quill - Wikipedia

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    Quill and a parchment. A quill is a writing tool made from a moulted flight feather (preferably a primary wing-feather) of a large bird. Quills were used for writing with ink before the invention of the dip pen/metal-nibbed pen, the fountain pen, and, eventually, the ballpoint pen. [1] Ink bottle and quill

  3. Dip pen - Wikipedia

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    The earliest known split-nib metal dip pen is a surviving copper-alloy pen found in Roman Britain (AD 43 to 410). [4] Several other surviving all-metal and removable-nib pens from the Middle Ages and Renaissance have been found, suggesting they were used alongside quill pens. [5] [6] [7] [8]

  4. Nib (pen) - Wikipedia

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    The quill replaced the reed pen across Europe by the Early Middle Ages and remained the main writing tool of the West for nearly a thousand years until the 17th century. . Quills are fashioned by cutting a nib into the end of a feather obtained from a fairly large bird, such as a goose, traditionally from its left

  5. Reynolds International Pen Company - Wikipedia

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    "Reynolds Rocket" pen was introduced at Gimbel’s department store in New York City, selling $100,000 worth of pens on the first day. [2] Demand in 1945 was running 30,000 pens per day, making it America's #1 ballpoint pen. [3] However, within three years the price of the pen went from $12.50 to 50¢.

  6. Quill Corporation - Wikipedia

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    1956 — Quill is founded by Jack Miller in Chicago, IL; 1957 — Quill moves into its first real office and warehouse; 1963 — Quill's first big mail-order catalog is introduced; 1974 — Quill reports annual sales of $3.5 million; 1986 — Quill reports annual revenues of $180 million

  7. Autopoint Company - Wikipedia

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    Deli remained an officer of the Autopoint Company until his death in 1946. Bakelite did not integrate Autopoint into its organization but operated Autopoint as a separate company. The Autopoint trademark (No. 125,149) was registered by Keeran on April 15, 1919. The trademark was used by the Autopoint Company in Chicago from the 1920s to the 1970s.

  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. Reed pen - Wikipedia

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    Being skilled at making reed pens was important for early scribes due to low durability of the pen. [3] Reed pens are stiffer than quill pens cut from feathers and did not retain a sharp point for as long. This led to them being replaced by quills. [4] Nevertheless, a reed pen can make bold strokes, and it remains an important tool in ...

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