The Significance, Making Process, Evolution, and Impact of the Feather Pen in Humans

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Introduction
The majority of people associate ancient writers with a sheet of parchment and an ornate quill pen. Religious tracts, magnificent manuscripts, great literature, novels, legal treatises, and historical documents were all recorded and documented with quill pens. The Magna Carta was signed using a quill pen by King John, ushering in the reign of British Common Law (Reinhart, 2018). A quill was used to write the United States Declaration of Independence and the American Constitution (Reinhart, 2018). Quill pens are generally manufactured from goose or swan feathers, stronger and more prominent than feathers from other birds. However, hawk and owl feathers have also been used. Quills made from the outer feathers of living birds after they molt in the spring are the strongest. Quill pens work via capillary action, which is the process in which a liquid drags itself down a very narrow tube, similar to how water rises inside a plant. This paper will discuss the significance, making process, evolution, and impact of the feather pen in human pass. The quill pen is the most provenance handwriting tool because of its long history of use.
Significance of Feather Pen
Quills were used to write with ink before the invention of the dip pen, metal-nibbed pen, fountain pen, and, eventually, the ballpoint pen (Reinhart, 2018). Like early reed and later dip pens, a quill does not have intrinsic ink storage and must be dipped into an inkwell frequently while scribbling. Because many papers are now made from wood pulp, which would quickly wear out a hand-cut goose quill, it is no longer used as a calligraphy instrument. On the other hand, Quills provide an unrivaled sharp stroke and greater flexibility than a steel pen for a select few writers hence being the most provenance handwriting tool. Europeans used live swans, geese to produce this tool; the best feathers were obtained from live swans, turkeys, and birds. After that, the feathers were gently dried to remove any oils that would interfere with the ink ("The History of Pens | The Journal Shop," 2017). The feather was then dipped into an inkwell to fill the reservoir in the hollow shaft of the feather ("The History of Pens | The Journal Shop," 2017)). These ink pens were long-lasting, although they needed to be sharpened frequently. The writer needed a particular knife for this; thus, the phrase pen-knife was created. The way people wrote altered as a result of this sort of pen.
Quill pens have been used since the sixth century and were one of the most popular writing utensils throughout the Middle Ages and into the nineteenth century. While historians are not sure where they come from, they are said to have originated in Spain. Quill pens were previously made from various bird feathers, especially large birds like swans, geese, and turkeys (Ames, n.d.). They would then cut a small ink storage area into the surface above it, dip the quill into an ink bottle, and scribble their message on the paper (Ames, n.d.). While quill pens have long been popular, many individuals have lost interest in them. During this time, the Bible, Koran, and T...