Unique Dipping Pheasant Feather Quill Pen with Pen Points & Ink

Specifications:

• Write like Shakespeare with this feather pen
• This feather pen is a must have for anyone who wants to have a unique feather pen to write down
• their thoughts, correspond with friends or decorate their desk
• Feather pen is made from naturally shed feathers, organically dyed and assembled
• Let your customers, clients or guests decorate their desks with this unique quill pen
• Also suitable as party favors for weddings, sweet sixteens, Bar, Bat Mitzvah, reunions and more
• A very unique way with dip pen to promote your business or give a memorable party favor  
• Material: Pheasant Feather
• Size: 252 x 32 x 10mm/9.9 x 1.3 x 0.4in(L x W x Dia.)

Details:

• This feather pen is a must have for anyone who wants to have a unique feather pen to write down

• You can write beautiful and smooth letters with the durable and delicate pen nib. Very convenient and useful

• The light and beautiful feather. Feather pen is made from naturally shed feathers, organically dyed and assembled

• You can image the size of dip pen according to the coin. It is mini size and special design which is convenient to taking along

• The durable and beautiful box can protect your pen. Their thoughts, correspond with friends or decorate their desk

How to Write With a Dip Pen:

• Insert one of the metal writing nibs into the wood dip pen holder. Push in until it feels secure

• Open the bottle of walnut drawing ink. Holding the bottle with one hand and the dip pen and holder in the other, dip the nib into the ink deep enough to collect some ink from the reservoir. Gently tap any excess ink on the inside of the bottle

• Hold the pen in your hand so the flat nib is slanted at about a 45-degree angle. Keep it rigid in your hand at all times while writing, and do not twist or turn it between your fingers. If you do, you will lose the angle to write properly
• Place the nib of the dip pen flat on white card stock (a good, smooth, heavy paper). Write short practice strokes by moving your entire hand on the paper, holding the dip pen and holder rigid. You can rest your palm on the paper if it helps. Practice developing crisp, uniform, sharp images that are equidistant apart
• Write lowercase italic letters "A" through "Z." Make sure each letter is the same height and width and has equal distance between them. The aim is to write letters with wide and thin dimensions
• Write words on white card stock such as "elephant," "cucumbers," flowerpot" or "gymnasium." This is an exercise in spacing, sizing and using angles
• Dip the pen into the ink well and tap off excess whenever the reservoir is empty. This is evident when you can no longer write because of a lack of ink on the pen. Filling the pen properly takes a little practice

How to Make a Dip Pen:

Twig Dip Pen:

• Choose a twig from which you can make a dip pen. The twig can have some character by being crooked, with knobs, or interesting twists, or it can be perfectly straight. No one design is right are wrong. As it's your pen, make something that is pleasing to you and feels good in your hand when you hold it
• Cut the twig to the length of your choice
• Measure up one inch at one end, and make an angled cut that at the tip is 2/3 of the full diameter. If there is any bark on the twig, you'll want to strip it from this end
• Angle either side of the tip so that the tip becomes chisel-like. This will form the point of your twig dip pen
• Make a slit in the middle center of the tip that is ½ inch long
• Finish the dip pen with varnish, so that it becomes waterproof. By doing this, you're preventing the pen from absorbing the ink when you write with it

Quill Dip Pen:

• Choose a quill that you would like to make into a dip pen. It can be a plain white quill, or as elaborately patterned as you would like
• Use a pen knife to make an angled cut at the tip of the quill. You can, if you like, shape the point of the quill more so that it's like a chisel. You can even round the bottom of the tip slightly
• Split the tip of your quill dip pen down the middle, so that it resembles the conventional fountain pen
• Keep the point of your quill dip pen by sharpening it with your pen knife

Bulrush Dip Pen:

• Pick a likely bulrush from which to make a dip pen. A dead one would work best, rather than one that's green
• Strip away the outer layers of the bulrush until you reach the firm middle
• Cut the bulrush to about eight inches in length. Save the rest of the bulrush in case you make a mistake and need to start over, or if you wish to make more bulrush dip pens
• Soak one of the ends that will become the bulrush dip pen's point for at least 15 minutes. If you skip this step, the bulrush will splinter when you attempt to cut it into a point
• Make an angled cut at the end. You may have to do this with several cuts rather than just one or two. Unlike the two previous dip pens, the nib of this pen will be square
• Bevel the sides of the point or nib, while still retaining the squareness of the nib
• Square the point of nib as you make a bulrush dip pen by cutting it as exactly as you can with a sharp knife or pen knife. Split the nib with a knife. Be careful as you do this so that you split only the nib or the point and not the entire of the bulrush dip pen

Package Included:

• 1 x Feather Pen
• 5 x Pen Points
• 1 x Bottle of Ink