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Fountain pen and pen

Posted by GPP on October 21, 2003

In Reply to: Fountain pen and pen posted by R. Berg on October 21, 2003

: : How to differ the two?

: A fountain pen has a refillable reservoir that contains liquid ink. At least, that was the classic design; some fountain pens now have cartridges that are replaced when empty. All fountain pens are pens, but not all pens are fountain pens.

There are basically three different kinds of pens currently used:

the fountain pen, as described above (see pw1.netcom.com/ ~danhle/home.html),

the ball-point pen (see home.howstuffworks.com/ pen3.htm),

and the felt-tip pen (see www.shoplet.com),

all of which have replaced the old-fashioned quill pen (see www.regia.org).

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