THE ORIGIN OF PEN

:huh: The word pen has come from the word 'penna' which means feather. Earlier pointed sticks were used to scratch records and pictures and picture on cave walls. The prehistoric man even diped his fingers in plant juices or the blood of animals and used it as a pen. Later on he tried lumps of earth and pieces of chalks. The Chinese used to plant their letter with fine camel's hairbrush. The EGYPTIANS were probably the first to invent pens. They fastened piece of copper similar to the end of hollow slem. The GREEK did the first letter hand writing almost four thousand year ago. When man learnt that the feather of goose, crow or swan could be made into pen. steel pens were made in ENGLAND and the first pen were made in UNITED STATE (U.S). The nib of pen was of 14 carat gold. :huh: