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The History of the Pen

By Jake Steele
  • 400 BCE

    The Reed Pen

    The Reed Pen
    The reed pen seems to be one of the first pens to be made and used regularly. These types of pens quickly became out of style due to the fact that the pen becomes dull very quickly. http://www.historyofpencils.com/writing-instruments-history/history-of-reed-pen/
  • Jan 1, 600

    The Feather Pen

    The Feather Pen
    The feather pen, or the quill, was first documented being used back in the 7th century. There is an exception though, it is speculated that the Dead Sea Scrolls were written down using a quill. After that, the feather pen was slowly growing until the 15th century where it became widespread and more popular. Almost everyone used quills, until metal pens were produced making the feather pen obsolete. http://www.historyofpencils.com/writing-instruments-history/history-of-quill-pens/

  • The Fountain Pen

    The Fountain Pen
    One of the earliest mentions of a pen with a reservoir was in the17th century where an inventor made a fountan pen with two quills, one leading the ink into the other. Writings said, in 1663, that a metal pen would carry the ink. In the 19th century, there were multiple patents trying to create their version, nibs were cheaper. All these pens had to be manually filled using an eye dropper until early 20th century.
    http://www.historyofpencils.com/writing-instruments-history/fountain-pen-history/

  • The Inventor of the First Rolling Point Pen

    The Inventor of the First Rolling Point Pen
    The ballpoint's roots will lead back to when, inventor, John J. Loud patented the principle of the rolling ball point pen. He never developed his pen commercially. It was left like this until 50 years later when Laszlo Biro patented his own pen. http://americanprofile.com/articles/john-j-loud-patented-first-rolling-point-writing-pen/

  • The Marker Pen

    The Marker Pen
    The first felt-tip marking pen was patented in 1910 by Lee Newman. Benjamin Paskach patented his “fountain paintbrush" in 1926.In 1944, Walter J. De Groft patented a "marking pen" that held ink in liquid form in its handle and used a felt tip.Yukio Horie of the Tokyo Stationery Company invented a modern fiber-tipped pen in 1962. http://www.historyofpencils.com/writing-instruments-history/history-of-marker-pens/

  • Inventor of the Modern Ballpoint Pen

    Inventor of the Modern Ballpoint Pen
    A Hungarian newspaper editor, Laszlo Biro, tried to make a pen that would dry quickly without smudges. He built his pen off the 40 year old expired patent of John J. Loud. They showed off the pen at the Budapest International Fair in 1931 and patented it in 1938. During WWII the UK liked the pen and started manufacturing them for airplanes. In 1950, Marcel Bich bought the patent from Biro. http://www.historyofpencils.com/writing-instruments-inventors/lászló-bíró/

  • The Gel Pen

    The Gel Pen
    The first to manufacture and sell gel pens were Sakura Color Products Corporation of Osaka, Japan. After that Crayola sold gel pens with larger bodies aimed at kids. http://www.historyofpencils.com/writing-instruments-history/gel-pen-history/

  • The Ring Pen

    The Ring Pen
    Ring Pens' mass production (GRANDEE Corporation) This pens designed to write without gripping the pens with 3 fingers. http://www.ringpen.com/