> > 11. Writing With a Fountain Pen - While it’s true that your grandparents > were skilled in the lost art of writing in cursive, your grandparents > probably were, too. However, the invention of the ballpoint pen in the > late > 1930s and other advances in pen technology mean that your > great-grandparents > were the last generation who had to refill their pens with ink. LOVED > WRITING WITH A FOUNTAIN PEN. I LIVED IN CALIFORNIA AND WOULD GO DOWN TO A > SPECIFIC STORE IN LONG BEACH TO BUY MY PAPER AND WOULD GET BROWN INK TO GO > WITH THE PAPER. MY LETTERS LOOKED QUITE ELEGANT. > > Although invented in 1930's the "BallPoint" didn't become universal until the late 1950's, certainly in my end of the world. As a left handed school boy up until 1962 I struggled firstly with dunking pens and then fountain pens as I pushed them across inferior paper resulting an a series of splodges and splatters. (I suspect some of my work was inspiration for Psycatrists with their ink blot tests. lol) I suspect that ballpoints were actually banned at my high school. Probably because they were expensive and therefore elitist. Biro and Bic saved my life! Murray NZ