Even so, set aside any damaged or less-than-ideal feathers to practice on. After shredding a few of these into smaller pieces, you’ll be ready to make your first quill pen.

Feathers of the crow and raven were used ... ink supply so he would never lose a deal in this way again. The first fountain pens were hollow bodied and were filled by using an eyedropper.

It’s probably hard to imagine writing with a feather and a bottle of ink, but that’s what writing was limited to for hundreds of years. When fountain pens first came along, they were ...

Whenever I open up a new pack of pens, I can't help but feel like I'm about to do something totally productive and badass — and these awesome DIY feather pens make me feel downright unstoppable.