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In 3000 BC, Reed Pens were used by the Egyptians.
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600 – 1800 AD was the time Quills were being used. Quills are bird feathers dipped into ink, and the tip used like a pencil / pen.
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The steel point pen were still ink pens and functioned in the same way as quill, needing to be dipped into ink, but were sturdier and much less expensive.
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Romanian Petrache Poenaru invented the first pen, the fountain pen, which the French Government patented in May 1827.
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The ball point pen was invented in: October 30th, 1888.
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