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[[File:Pelikan-400-BlackCapGreenStripes-NewNib-Feed.jpg|thumb|A [[Pelikan 400]] feeder ]]

[[File:Pelikan-400-BlackCapGreenStripes-NewNib-Feed.jpg|thumb|A [[Pelikan 400]] feeder ]]

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.  

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.