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This site was created by a [[Speciale:Utenti|small group]] of fountain pens enthusiasts, as a virtual notebook where to collect and share information about fountain pens. The site is based on the [http://www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki] software, the same used by the far more famous [http://www.wikipedia.org WikiPedia]. The license used for all the site contents (for more information see [[Project:Copyright]]) is the [[GNU Free Documentation License|GFDL]], the same license used by [http://www.wikipedia.org WikiPedia]. This means that the information you find on this site is available to anyone and can be reused freely, with the only condition that this freedom must be maintained: this simply means that whether you use the content of this site on your work, that work must also remain free and be released under the same license.

== Disclaimer ==

== Disclaimer ==

Most of this site is written in Italian, and just a few page have been translated in english. They should appear automatically when using an english localization for your browser, but you can find a language link on the left panel if the page has some translation. The main author is not good enough to write it directly in english, so it was written in italian, and then translated and revised, but the poor quality of the language is evident. Our apologies for that.

Most of this site is written in Italian, and just a few page have been translated in english. They should appear automatically when using an english localization for your browser, but you can find a language link on the left panel if the page has some translation. The main author is not good enough to write the pages directly in english, so they were written in italian, and then translated and revised, but the poor quality of the language is evident. Our apologies for that.

== Fountain pen history ==

== Fountain pen history ==

Therefore, despite the existence of various precursors, many people set the birth date of the modern fountain pen in 1883, when ''Lewis Edson Waterman'', with the invention of the multichannel feeder, began the production of what is considered to be the first truly functional and reliable pen. This is only a partial truth, because many other functional fountain pens were produced at that same time, but is true that the [[Waterman]] invention was an important improvement, as well its contribution to the industrialization of production.

Therefore, despite the existence of various precursors, many people set the birth date of the modern fountain pen in 1883, when ''Lewis Edson Waterman'', with the invention of the multichannel feeder, began the production of what is considered to be the first truly functional and reliable pen. This is only a partial truth, because many other functional fountain pens were produced at that same time, but is true that the [[Waterman]] invention was an important improvement, as well its contribution to the industrialization of production.

Since then the fountain pen experienced a period of great improvements, in the [[Materiali|materials]], in the [[Caricamento|filling systems]], and also in style and design. In particular the period between the '20s and '50s is considered to be the golden age of fountain pens. Starting from the '60s, with the pervasive diffusion of the ballpen, the use of fountain pens has been decreasing, but it's knowing a new peak of interest in recent years, because the fountain pens had the characteristic of being a very personal object, capable to give uniqueness and distinction to every people writing.

Since then the fountain pen experienced a period of great improvements, in the [[Materiali|materials]], in the [[Caricamento|filling systems]], and also in style and design. In particular the period between the '20s and '50s is considered to be the golden age of fountain pens. Starting from the '60s, with the pervasive diffusion of cheap ballpens, the use of fountain pens has been decreasing. Today we assist to a new peak of interest in fountain pens because they had the characteristic of being very personal objects, capable to give uniqueness and distinction to any people writing.

== How to use a fountain pen ==

== How to use a fountain pen ==