5th November 2010

From nibs to rollerballs

Faced with a wall of ballpoint pens, an hour or so ago, I had to pause and remember that life wasn’t always so simple for the writer. Back when I was learning to print, the tool of the trade involved a bottle of ink, blotting paper, a wooden handle and a box of nibs. Nibs, alike like peas in a pod. There were many brands, but I was a railway child, so the box may have resembled this.

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