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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 90181, member: 360"]Dip pens like these don't have a feed, like a modern fountain pen does (which regulates inkflow), so as a result, they can write extremely 'wet'. This is why blotting paper and rocker-blotters and pounce-pots were so important back in the old days - it took ages for ink to dry - and while it dried it could feather and smear. So to present a clean, legible document, you always kept a rocker-blotter with paper nearby. </p><p><br /></p><p>I still do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 90181, member: 360"]Dip pens like these don't have a feed, like a modern fountain pen does (which regulates inkflow), so as a result, they can write extremely 'wet'. This is why blotting paper and rocker-blotters and pounce-pots were so important back in the old days - it took ages for ink to dry - and while it dried it could feather and smear. So to present a clean, legible document, you always kept a rocker-blotter with paper nearby. I still do.[/QUOTE]
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