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  • Some basic information is here:
      • Amenon (no login)
      Posted Oct 17, 2004 3:52 PM

      (thankyou Uncle Google)

      One even explains which birds, which wing, which quills and why. Not bad...

      http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa100197.htm

      http://www.ringpen.com/history.html

      Hope it helps.

      Amazon has some stuff but I can't see how specific the books are on quills exactly.

      It seems that 1840 is just exactly when quills began to stay on birds thanks to the rise of Osmium, Rhodium and Iridium alloy steel nibs.

      One of these articles also says that the first patent for a "practical" fountain pen was granted to Mr. Waterman in 1884. Osmiroid was one of my first, Waterman one of my last (I hope!)

      Best regards
      Amenon
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