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Posted 25, January, 2018

smithsonianlibraries:

Put down your electric device, find a turkey feather, and follow the guide to making your own feather quill in Writing & illuminating & lettering as you celebrate National Handwriting Day! 

The annual event is sponsored by the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association. So, on second thought, maybe making your own quill isn’t the best way to celebrate…

How about some lovely pen nibs?

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Quills:

Johnston, Edward. Writing & illuminating, & lettering. J. Hogg, 1906. doi: 10.5479/sil.278842.39088006193718

Nibs:  

Spencer [Pen nibs] [1937?]. 
(Image of trade literature from our long ago exhibit Voyages)

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    i loved making these with goose feathers as a kid
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