Always wondered how to make a homemade quill pen and ink? Learn how to make quill ink from beets and a quill pen from a single feather in this comprehensive tutorial. Quill pens have been used as ...

A quill pen made from a sharpened feather was used ... Improved pens had a nib, a metal point with a small slit and a ball tip, and later, a reservoir with a feeding mechanism for the ink.

From disposable plastic pens that cost mere pence to high-tech pens that link paper notepads to apps, the pen has changed immensely over the years. And as touchscreen technology becomes ...

From the Dark Ages to the middle of the 19th century, the quill pen was used to record every work of religion, philosophy, science, medicine and law. The best quills for writing were taken from ...

Metal nibs (part of the quill or pen which comes into contact with the writing surface to deposit ink) appeared to replace quills as they were more durable and could be mass-produced. Even though ...

The quill pen that Admiral Lord Nelson wrote his last, unfinished letter on HMS Victory has sold for £10,000. Two days before the Battle of Trafalgar, the British naval hero sat down at his ...

Writer A.J. Jacobs wrote his manuscript using a quill and ink, inspired by a year of adopting the mindset and habits of the U.S. founders. This is A.J. Jacob's pen and article. I am a literal ink ...