The calamus will become the “nib” of your homemade pen, or the part that comes into contact with, and deposits ink on, the paper. Instructions Find a feather .

However, the feather or quill has been in use since Middle Ages. In fact, the word pen is derived from the Latin penna for feather. Quills were taken from the wing feathers of a goose or other ...

Look around you. Chances are, there’s a BiC Cristal ballpoint pen among your odds and ends. Since 1950, it has far outsold the Rubik’s Cube and even the iPhone, and yet, it’s one … ...