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Historic pens

These historic types of pens are no longer in common use as writing instruments, but may be

used by calligraphers and other artists:

Adip pen(ornib pen) consists of a metalnibwithcapillary channels, like that of afountain pen, mounted on a handle or holder, often made of wood. A dip pen usually has

no ink reservoir and must be repeatedly recharged with ink whiledrawingorwriting. The

dip pen has certain advantages over a fountain pen. It can use waterproof pigmented

(particle-and-binder-based) inks, such as so-calledIndia ink, drawing ink, or acrylic inks,which would destroy a fountain pen by clogging, as well as the traditionaliron gall ink,

which can causecorrosionin a fountain pen. Dip pens are now mainly used in

illustration,calligraphy, andcomics. A particularly fine-pointed type of dip pen known as

a crowquillis a favorite instrument of artists, such asDavid Stone MartinandJay Lynch,because its flexible metal point can create a variety of delicate lines, textures and tones

with slight pressures while drawing.

Theink brushis the traditional writing implement in East Asian calligraphy. The bodyof the brush can be made from either bamboo, or rarer materials such as red sandalwood,

glass, ivory, silver, and gold. The head of the brush can be made from the hair (or

feathers) of a wide variety of animals, including the weasel, rabbit, deer, chicken, duck,goat, pig, tiger, etc. There is also a tradition in both China and Japan of making a brush

using the hair of a newborn, as a once-in-a-lifetime souvenir for the child. This practice is

associated with the legend of an ancient Chinese scholar who scored first in the Imperial

examinations by using such a personalized brush. Calligraphy brushes are widelyconsidered an extension of the calligrapher's arm. Today, calligraphy may also be done

using a pen, but pen calligraphy does not enjoy the same prestige as traditional brush

calligraphy.

Aquillis a pen made from aflight featherof a large bird, most often agoose. Quillswere used as instruments for writing with ink before the metal dip pen, the fountain pen,

and eventually the ballpoint pen came into use. Quill pens were used inmedievaltimes to

write onparchmentor paper. The quill eventually replaced the reed pen.

Areed penis cut from a reed or bamboo, with a slit in a narrow tip. Its mechanism isessentially similar to that of a quill. The reed pen has almost disappeared but it is still

used by young school students in some parts of India and Pakistan, who learn to writewith them on small timber boards known as "Takhti".

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