Systems of filling Fountain Pen

The writing instrument that dominated for theof an eyedropper. An eyedropper was used to
longest period in history was the quill pen. Quill pens,transfer ink from the bottle to the pen. However,
made from the wing feathers of geese, lasted forthis process was messy and inconvenient. There are
only a week before they needed to be replaced.three main components in a fountain pen –
When handwriting developed into an art form,the reservoir, the feed mechanism and the nib. The
inventors began improving the writing instrument withreservoir holds the ink, the feed mechanism channels
newer technologies.the ink from the reservoir to the nib and the nib
Fountain Pen innovators created filling systems that(usually made of gold or steel) does the actual
gave optimum performance in their reservoir designs.writing.
The earliest fountain pens were filled through the use