john luke Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 I can remember using these at school. Biros were a big no no. As time progressed a few still used them. Ages now since I saw anyone use one. What about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizondave Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 I still use one of these 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizondave Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 I do remember the Quink ink at school and for some time after. Loved how it looked on the paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Have not used one in years. Don't often use a pen these days and my handwriting has become appalling. People used to spend hours carefully crafting letters and documents on stylish pen and ink, rarely seen in today's world. No one uses sealing wax either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1000 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Remember using blotting paper. Easy to smudge and ruin your work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fygjam Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painter Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 I've still got one, but it's got those new fangled ink cartridges and so you dont have to use an ink bottle. Last used..... er.... um.... many years ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 4 minutes ago, Painter said: I've still got one, but it's got those new fangled ink cartridges and so you dont have to use an ink bottle. Last used..... er.... um.... many years ago! Me too. A Parker. Never used it and still in the box. I have always fancied writing a letter in blood. I guess the cartridge could be refilled😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Used them at primary school and maybe the first year of secondary school , but my handwriting was never that neat so looked a mess ... moved onto these for a while .. And even one of those fancy four coloured pens .... 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 I used them at school but not since. My mum has given me a load of letters I wrote to my parents when I was in the middle east 1980-92 & my handwriting was poor then,I'm guessing it must be near unintelligible now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lirchenfeld Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Since 2002 I have always signed all my letters using a quill and the blood of a virgin.... Haven't written a letter since last millenia, it is the 21st century and email is invented ffs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunDon Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 3 hours ago, john luke said: I can remember using these at school. Biros were a big no no. As time progressed a few still used them. Ages now since I saw anyone use one. What about you? We had inkwells set into the desks and used those awful pens that you had to dip into the ink every line or so. Our fingers were permanently black during our first school years. 🕳️✍️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krapow Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Compulsory at Grammar School, only pen that was allowed. Haven't used them since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 3 hours ago, Horizondave said: I still use one of these We got this temp at work who puts orders on the computer system. He is a bit Aspergery or something, we nicknamed him Rain Man, but anyway he has this fucking great ledger he writes all his orders in, think trainspotter type. That ink and quill would be perfect for him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Streak Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Krapow said: Compulsory at Grammar School, only pen that was allowed. Haven't used them since then. Was compulsory at my secondary modern...back in the day..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krapow Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 11 minutes ago, Blue Streak said: Was compulsory at my secondary modern...back in the day..... Blotting paper heaven 😃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy dee Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 biros are shite and were banned in our school. later in life I lived in switzerland and bought a mont blanc fountain pen, still have. when my daughter got her first job after Uni I gave her similar. she loves it too. be honest i cant remember the last time i used any pen except to sign documents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maipenrai Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 I had to use fountain pens for the first few years in elementary school, and I'll always remember one of our classrooms being selected for a trial use of indoor/outdoor carpeting - wasn't more than a day or two before some kid spilled a whole bottle of ink all over it, lol... Please forgive my ignorance, but when you mention "biro" are you referring to what we colonials would call a "ballpoint" pen? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatbhoytim Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Last time I used one was at my wedding to my first wife at the registrar office. I believe that it is (or was) a legal requirement in Scotland to sign your life away--(and your house car pensions etc) in "free flowing ink" when you were married. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunDon Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 47 minutes ago, fatbhoytim said: Last time I used one was at my wedding to my first wife at the registrar office. I believe that it is (or was) a legal requirement in Scotland to sign your life away--(and your house car pensions etc) in "free flowing ink" when you were married. ^ Same for me, at my wedding I was handed a silver Sheaffer fountain pen to write in the book of marriage. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumper63 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 7 hours ago, Lirchenfeld said: Since 2002 I have always signed all my letters using a quill and the blood of a virgin.... Haven't written a letter since last millenia, it is the 21st century and email is invented ffs Where in the hell did you find a virgin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumper63 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 We never used ink type pens Till 6th or 7th grade. It was was the good old wooden and lead pencil for us in the early years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcolorado Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 23 minutes ago, thumper63 said: We never used ink type pens Till 6th or 7th grade. It was was the good old wooden and lead pencil for us in the early years. #2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelers4Life Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Handwriting will soon be a thing of the past. Give it time and kids will look at a pencil or pen in a museum and say, "Dad, so you mean to tell me you used a piece of yellow wood and scratched it onto paper in school?" ~~while the kid continues to type away on his smartphone. Writing is dying. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 4 hours ago, maipenrai said: I had to use fountain pens for the first few years in elementary school, and I'll always remember one of our classrooms being selected for a trial use of indoor/outdoor carpeting - wasn't more than a day or two before some kid spilled a whole bottle of ink all over it, lol... Please forgive my ignorance, but when you mention "biro" are you referring to what we colonials would call a "ballpoint" pen? Yes mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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