Glass Dip Pens (2022)

Re:Glass Dip Pens (2022) by dylan604 on Friday July 28, 2023 @08:58PM (#36915604)

thanks for sharing though. i never would have thought about that as late as the 60s, the Bic roller ball style pen still wasn't around yet. I guess it took NASA trying to write in space for that to be developed. And who says the moon landings weren't worth it?!

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Re:Glass Dip Pens (2022) by zabzonk on Friday July 28, 2023 @09:05PM (#36915647)

the bic/biro pen WAS around when i started secondary school, and was used by sensible people. our teachers simply thought that water-based ink pens were more "character-building" and resulted in more readable handwriting - how wrong they were.

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Re:Glass Dip Pens (2022) by devilbunny on Friday July 28, 2023 @09:34PM (#36915850)

> our teachers simply thought that water-based ink pens were more "character-building" and resulted in more readable handwriting

In fairness, writing with a fountain pen encourages proper cursive handwriting, because it is far less physical effort. Disjointed handwriting is easier than cursive with a ballpoint, because you have to apply pressure the entire time you are writing or the ball won't roll and pick up ink.

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Re:Glass Dip Pens (2022) by zabzonk on Friday July 28, 2023 @10:07PM (#36916080)

i think this may work for an adult - i really don't think it works for a child. at least it didn't for me.

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Re:Glass Dip Pens (2022) by nradov on Saturday July 29, 2023 @12:15AM (#36916841)

I didn't find that to be the case when I was in school. Handwriting in cursive with a fountain pen was miserable, an utterly pointless waste of valuable class time.

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Re:Glass Dip Pens (2022) by sudosysgen on Saturday July 29, 2023 @12:45AM (#36917035)

Really? When I first got a fountain pen in school my cursive handwriting experience was far, far better both for me and for my poor teachers.

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Re:Glass Dip Pens (2022) by bbarnett on Saturday July 29, 2023 @01:46AM (#36917308)

From the lefties, we hate all you fountain pen lovers, one and all.

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Re:Glass Dip Pens (2022) by sudosysgen on Saturday July 29, 2023 @12:08PM (#36921597)

As a a rightie who had to write in Arabic with a fountain pen, I really do understand, though there are some inks that make this easier.

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Re:Glass Dip Pens (2022) by martijnvds on Saturday July 29, 2023 @02:04AM (#36917396)

Not completely pointless. Fine motor skills need training too.

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Re:Glass Dip Pens (2022) by Aeolun on Saturday July 29, 2023 @05:21AM (#36918396)

I learned writing with a fountain pen as late as 1995. We’d stopped using separate inkwells at the time though.

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