The old "dip pen" ~ now, that's old-fashioned!

I have a little bit of experience using that ancient implement. In Catholic elementary school in New Jersey, in the 1950s, we had to use those nasty things (with removeable nibs), but only during "Palmer Method" penmanship class. We used pencils and/or ballpoints most of the time. Our desks had inkwells built into them, by the way.

I realize that the average age among the Mudcat population is pretty close to my own advanced number of years, but I doubt if many have ever written with a nib "dip" pen. (Not in America, anyway ~ maybe the practice lasted longer in Europe.) I know that my peers in public school did not have to cope with such an already-obsolete item, even in 1955-56-57...