Dave Smith wrote:
>
> We had to learn to write with a dip pen first. That meant having to
> dip the tip into an ink pot every few words and to blot it dry so the
> ink didn't run and smear.
>
> After we learned how to use dip pens we could use fountain pens. They
> were typically loaded from the ink pot in the desk. Cartridges soon
> became available,

Dude. I thought you were younger than me but you are talking 19th
century nonsense, imo.
I just turned 65 12 days ago and none of that applied when I was
in school. Always pencils and ballpoint pens for my time. Except:
an option was to use a cartridge pen. I tried that for a time
only because I thought it was kind of cool. Sharp and scratchy
and wet ink though so I didn't use that much.

Pens "loaded from the ink pot in the desk?"
Are you Ben Franklin?
Or maybe grew up in a little house on the prairie?



Did you start out young, using a feather with an ink well?