The "Five Big Fountain Pens" include: Montblanc's 149, Welden's MAN 100, Pelikan's M800, Sheaffer's TD Heritage and Parker's Dove.
A fountain pen is a writing instrument that mainly uses metal as the pen body. It uses a hollow pen tube to hold ink (mostly black or blue). Through gravity and capillary action, it passes through a duckbill-type pen. The writing tool of the pen, which has different weights when writing, can be said to be the writing tool of Western calligraphy.
The ink in most fountain pens is refillable, usually using an eyedrop vial or a straw to refill the ink. The earliest historical records of water-filled fountain pens date back to the 10th century, and this earliest water-filled fountain pen was used until the 18th century.
Development was slow, however, until the early 19th century, when a pen with a steadily accelerating flow was invented during the production process. Only three key inventions made the fountain pen a widely popular writing instrument. These inventions were: iridium gold nibs, hard rubber, and free-flowing ink.
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Types of pens:
1. Gold pen
The pen tip is made of gold alloy, which is soft and has good elasticity. Comfortable feel. However, gold pens are more expensive, have soft nibs, and are difficult to master, so they should not be used by beginners.
2. Iridium pen
The pen tip does not contain gold, and some pen tips are gold-plated. The pen tip is hard, but it is high-quality and low-priced. It is a suitable tool for beginners to write.
3. Ink bag pen
The ink bag pen does not need to absorb ink, just insert the special ink bag and you can use it.
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