− | Although it is probably the least important part in the aesthetic aspect of a pen, the feeder (also called ''conductor'') is actually the heart of the [[functioning]] of a fountain pen, and on a technical level it is probably the most important component of it. It is in fact the feeder that creates the delicate balance of forces that allows the correct passage of the ink from the tank to the nib that deposits it on the sheet of paper, and a fountain pen writes well because its feeder does its job correctly. | + | Although it is probably the least important part in the aesthetic aspect of a pen, the feeder (also called ''conductor'' or ''feed'') is actually the heart of the [[functioning]] of a fountain pen, and on a technical level it is probably the most important component of it. It is in fact the feeder that creates the delicate balance of forces that allows the correct passage of the ink from the tank to the nib that deposits it on the sheet of paper, and a fountain pen writes well because its feeder does its job correctly. |