Quack pen

Japanese: 鵞ペン - がぺん
Quack pen

…The word originates from the Latin penna (wing, feather), and originally referred to a tool for writing with ink applied to the tip of a feather shaft. It is also called a feather pen or quill pen, and was used from around the 5th century to the 19th century. In ancient times, people probably used their fingers or a simple pointed stylus to write, but in ancient Egypt, the stems of the calamus reed were used, taking advantage of the fact that the hollow tube holds the ink, and even after the appearance of the quill pen, which made it possible to write small letters, reed pens remained in the Mediterranean region. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "quencher" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…語源はラテン語のpenna(翼,羽毛)で,もとは羽毛の軸の先にインキをつけて書くものを指した。羽根ペン,鵞ペンquillともいわれ,5世紀ころから19世紀まで使われていた。古くは文字を書くのに手の指や簡単な尖筆を用いたと思われるが,中空の管がインキを保持する点を利用して,古代エジプトではアシcalamusの茎が使用され,羽根ペンが出現して小さな字が可能になってからも,アシのペンは地中海地方に残っていた。…

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