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How to Write With a Fountain Pen
In 1884 the fountain pen was invented by Lewis Waterman. It was designed after the feather quill pen. Waterman found a way...
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How to Use a Sheaffer Fountain Pen
The Sheaffer Pen company was established in 1912 with an innovative filling system that set it apart from other pen producers of...
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How to Maintain a Cross Fountain Pen
Cross brand fountain pens are pens you keep for a lifetime, even passing them down to the next generation. They are cherished...
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How to Use Cross Hatching in Pen and Ink Drawings
Cross hatching is a technique used in drawing and illustrating to add details and texture to drawings. This technique is primarily used...
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How to Clean a Fountain Pen Nib
Although, rarely used today, the fountain pen is an elegant and costly instrument used for writing. The fountain pen has a reservoir...
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How to Use Pen Ink to Tattoo
What was once only popular with the military, bikers and prison gangs, tattoos have come a long way in the last few...
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Fountain Pen vs. Ballpoint Pen
The fountain pen was a great technological advance in the 1800s. While primitive by today's standards, it created a self-contained writing mechanism....
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How to Make Fountain Pen Ink
Fountain pens are a sign of good handwriting. They are from a time when handwriting was a reflection of your character. Now,...
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How to Hold a Fountain Pen
Fountain pens were developed more than 100 years ago before pen makers developed the simpler ballpoint pen. Relatively expensive, fountain pens may...
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How to Identify a Parker Fountain Pen
The Parker Pen company has been making fountain pens since 1889. As you can imagine, Parker has made many fountain pen models...
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How to Take Care of Your X450 Vintage Style Fountain Pen
Taking care of vintage fountain pens is simply a matter of remembering to clean the nib and keep ink from drying in...
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How to Write with a Bamboo Fountain Pen
Bamboo pens have been in use since the ancient Egyptians and look similar to reed pens. Bamboo fountain pens are large and...
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How to Use Calligraphy Dip Pens
There are times--graduation announcements, wedding invitations or special awards--when beautiful handwritten calligraphy is preferred to a printed page. Some people ...
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How to Put Ink Into a Fountain Pen
Fountain pens are pens in which ink is fed from a reservoir in the pen to a nib on the tip where...
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How to Use a Glass Pen and Ink
Glass pens are a type of ink dip pen, but with several unique attributes. Glass pens do not incorporate interchangeable nibs, so...
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How to Mix Fountain Pen Ink
Fountain pens offer a smooth and elegant writing experience and are a great way to experiment with colored inks. Mix unique shades...
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How to Fill a Fountain Pen With an Ink Cartridge
Gone are the days when a fountain pen is filled directly from an open bottle of ink. Today, you can purchase pre-filled...
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How to Store a Fountain Pen
Fountain pens promote comfort when writing and are a great choice if you spend hours each day writing. Fountain pens also help...
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How to Repair a Parker Fountain Pen
Fountain pens are treasured by collectors. Once made from a duck feather, steel nips replaced quills in the early 1900s and have...
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How to Flush a Fountain Pen
Fountain pens should be stored in an upright position, with the nib of the pen pointing upward. Failure to store your pen...