Always wondered how to make a homemade quill pen and ink? Learn how to make quill ink from beets and a quill pen from a single feather in this comprehensive tutorial. Quill pens have been used as ...

A.D. 400: A stable form of ink is developed, with iron-salts, nutgalls and gum. 600: Quill pens, made from the outer feathers of crows and other large birds, become popular. The first books are ...

I am a literal ink-stained wretch ... taking notes with my trusty goose quill. I dipped my quill in the inkwell, and, to my horror, a big drop of black liquid fell on the red carpet, forming ...

As the quill pen evolved into the dip pen ... As it was being signed, a large drop of ink fell from the pen obscuring some of the important wording. Waterman asked for time to have the document ...