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The importance of this component is even more evident in the fact that the most important invention of ''Lewis Edson Waterman'', the one that leads many to consider him (with some exaggeration) the father of the fountain pen, is related to the construction of the feeder. Of course, well before concentrating on [[materials]] and [[loading systems]] at the end of the 1800s, manufacturers were competing (and investing their research efforts) on this very element, which characterized their pens (think, for example, of [[Parker]] ''[[Lucky Curve]]'' or [[Waterman]] ''[[Spoon feed]]'') since a well-functioning feeder was then what could lead to success or failure.  

The importance of this component is even more evident in the fact that the most important invention of ''Lewis Edson Waterman'', the one that leads many to consider him (with some exaggeration) the father of the fountain pen, is related to the construction of the feeder. Of course, well before concentrating on [[materials]] and [[loading systems]] at the end of the 1800s, manufacturers were competing (and investing their research efforts) on this very element, which characterized their pens (think, for example, of [[Parker]] ''[[Lucky Curve]]'' or [[Waterman]] ''[[Spoon feed]]'') since a well-functioning feeder was then what could lead to success or failure.  

And although later on the importance of the feeder, at least in the promotional material, has decreased at the expense of other parts and technical characteristics (and especially compared to the stylistic ones), it is still one of the essential parts of the functioning of a fountain pen, taken up in several cases by the manufacturers (as for the [[Eversharp]] ''[[Magic Feed]]'' or the [[Lamy]] ''[[tintomatic]]'').  

And although later on the importance of the feed, at least in the promotional material, has decreased at the expense of other parts and technical characteristics (and especially compared to the stylistic ones), it is still one of the essential parts of the functioning of a fountain pen, taken up in several cases by the manufacturers (as for the [[Eversharp]] ''[[Magic Feed]]'' or the [[Lamy]] ''[[tintomatic]]'').  

Apart from the still very primitive constructions present until the first years of 1900, which still provided for some companies (such as [[Swan]] and [[Onoto]]) the presence of the so-called [[overfeed]] the canonical shape of the feed as an element placed under the nib has been developing quite quickly.  

Apart from the still very primitive constructions present until the first years of 1900, which still provided for some companies (such as [[Swan]] and [[Onoto]]) the presence of the so-called [[overfeed]] the canonical shape of the feed as an element placed under the nib has been developing quite quickly.