quill pens
Feathered writing tools
Quill pens are writing instruments made from the flight feathers of large birds—typically geese, though swan and crow feathers were also used.
The hollow shaft holds ink that flows to the sharpened nib.
Quill pens were the primary writing tool in Western civilization for over a thousand years before steel nibs replaced them in the nineteenth century.
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Ink writers with rolling tips
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Button grids for input
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