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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.
A Flex nib (or flexible nib) is a type of fountain pen nib that can create different line widths. Due to its non-rigid structure, a flex nib allows a writer to control line width by adjusting the pressure of the pen on paper. Increased pressure will cause the two tines of the nib to separate slightly, allowing more ink to flow onto the page.
A diagram of a typical pointed nib Quill pen and ink bottle. 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 types of nibs vary in their purpose, shape and size, as well as the material from which they are made.
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.
Dip pens were widely used well into the 20th century, only gradually being displaced with the development of fountain pens in the later 19th century, [2] and are now mainly used in illustration, calligraphy, and comics. While a fountain pen offers the convenience of less frequent refills, the dip pen has certain advantages over a fountain pen.
Demonstrator pens are models which either are transparent or have cutaways making their internals visible. Lamy Vista rollerball (top) and fountain demonstrator pens. Demonstrator pens were originally special models provided by fountain pen manufacturers to dealers, so that the features of their products could be shown to potential buyers.
Uncapped Parker Vacumatic. The Parker Vacumatic fountain pen was launched in 1932, and would come to out-sell the Parker Duofold, the then top seller.The pen was originally marketed under the name of Golden Arrow, a reference to the new arrow clip but was again changed to Vacuum Filler in reference to its ink reservoir filling action.
Hooded nib of a Hero pen. By the 1990s, the company's Hero brand fountain pens had earned a reputation in China as the best in the country. [2] Hero pens were also popular internationally during the 1980s and 1990s and remain especially desirable among users of fountain pens in India. [3]