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On 7/11/2018 9:35 AM, wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 7:50:54 AM UTC-5, 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, and in different colours. Peacock blue was always
>> popular with students but not with teachers.
>>
>>
> To be honest, I don't think they would have allowed open ink pots in
> any classroom when I was child, even all the way to senior high school.
> Ruined clothes, ink fights, spilled ink on the floor. Nope, definitely
> no open ink pots in a classroom.
>
Same here, Joan. Although I did attend a few elementary schools where
the wooden desks were so old they still had an inkwell in the upper
corner.

> I've never anyone write with a dipped pen except on TV. It looks messy
> as hell and slow and tedious with all the blotting.
>
Probably so, but I suppose it did force you to take your time and
correctly form the letters.

Jill
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