Sheaffer Viewpoint Calligraphy Pen Broad Point Nib Black

Sold as an inexpensive, carded product containing the barrel, nib and 1 ink cartridge; Sheaffer Viewpoint Calligraphy Pen Fine Nib Black features visible ink cartridge and a comfortable grip to its elegant quill style tapered pen.

Sold Individually in assorted colors Sheaffer Viewpoint Calligraphy Pen Fine is a nice pen to carry and use. I prefer a broader nib for calligraphy, however the Sheaffer Viewpoint Calligraphy Pen Fine is a sturdy, serviceable daily use pen suitable for writing notes, signature signing as needed or filling in documents.

Romanian inventor Petrache Poenaru was a student in Paris when he invented the world's first fountain pen. It was an invention for which the French Government issued a patent on May 25, 1827. Sixty plus years passed before New York insurance broker, Lewis Edson Waterman, invented the capillary feed fountain pen in 1884. This breakthrough innovation produced a much more continuous flow of ink.

Walter A. Sheaffer, in 1912 took his impressive proposal regarding a pen-filling device that makes use of a lever system along with, with his life savings, to found the W.A. Sheaffer company. The physical aspect of the company was an unpretentious one utilizing - the backroom of Mr. Sheaffer's Fort Madison, Iowa jewelry store.

Sheaffer Viewpoint Calligraphy Pen Fine Nib Black with a vent in the nib

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and grooves inside the feed mechanism assure a smooth flow of ink during writing. The pen itself is made of three chief components. The nib, is the point which has contact with paper or other surface during writing. The feed is the part under the nib which manages the flow of ink from the fluid

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reservoir to the nib. The round barrel is the part which is grasped during writing and grips the nib and feed on the writing end of the device. The barrel shelters the ink reservoir internally.

All fountain pens contain an internal reservoir for fluid ink. Early pens were refilled by lever or other method to fill the ink bladder within the pen. Disposable pre-filled ink cartridges introduced during the mid to late 1950s are throwaway, pre-filled plastic or glass sealed units intended for unsoiled and trouble-free insertion into the barrel of the pen. Disposable cartridges were an instantaneous triumph.

When Sheaffer launched the Fineline cartridge pen (I still have and use two) in 1955, a quiet writer cataclysm surged across the nation and changed fountain pen designs significantly. Up until the introduction of those low cost, easy to use ink cartridges, all fountain pens were bottle fillers of some type. We all carried a supply of pencils for use when our pens went dry. The only moveable ink supply at the time was a glass bottle carried with you to school or on your business.

Quite as Sheaffer's lever fill system facilitated in the changeover to the time of self-filling fountain pens, the Sheaffer Skrip disposable ink cartridge helped steer the modern era of cartridge / converter pens.

The introduction of ballpoint pens began to overshadow the creation of the disposable cartridge pen and for a time all but finished off the fountain pen industry. Today there is a resurgence of writers who are again turning to low cost, disposable cartridge fountain pens such as Sheaffer Viewpoint Pen.

Nearly a century after its inception, the Shaeffer company continues to offer style after style in ground-breaking, consistent and stylish writing instruments. These pens are used worldwide by loyal and diverse friends who appreciate elegance and class.

Sheaffer Viewpoint Calligraphy Pen Fine Nib Black is a quality product manufactured for daily use. Happy to recommend. I bought my first Sheaffer Viewpoint Calligraphy Pen Fine Nib Black at Staples, the second I got at Hobby Lobby. Price was commensurate.

Product Details for ordering from Amazon include: Product Dimensions: 0.8 ounces, Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces ASIN: B000JCPCRA
Price Range: $4

Sheaffer Viewpoint Calligraphy Pen Fine Nib Black is available at various on line sites as well as at many brick and mortar stores. I have not found at Wal Mart.