By the way, about technical progress - for some reason I remembered 1986-1987, when I was in primary school. So I was lucky to still find the times when in schools we wrote with ink fountain pens - those who are more abrupt)), or with fountain pens with replaceable steel nibs - those who are simpler. Ink spots on the pocket of a blue or white shirt were probably remembered by every boy of the time when he received them in the neck from his parents.
So I decided to follow this moment and the most interesting information was discovered - The first steel pen - "only" in 1748 was invented by Johannes Janssen (but this is not clear). The steel nib was patented in 1803. And in 1842, the German firm Heintze & Blanckertz began industrial production of writing pens.
But now answer my question - if, according to traditional history, steel first appeared - already in 1455! year BC !, according to ancient Greek historians - in Asia Minor. Although the first iron products were used in Egypt under Cheops! - well, let's say that. So - what a devil then - in the Middle Ages, for example - the knights-crusaders wrote - "with goose feathers", and this is the 12th century, by the way, and they have been walking for a long time in steel armor "supposedly" riveted with rivets - (by the way, a small detail) - but they have one hobby - they like to write with goose feathers and even if you crack, they honor you understand traditions.
And if there was a Copper and Bronze Age, where am I asking you to mention the "copper and bronze" writing pens? Well, let's climb into Wikipedia and find the following - it turns out that the ancient Greeks still invented the "bronze feather" in the image and likeness of reeds. However (!!! akhtung !!!) because of the "high cost of metal" !!! and metalworking !!! until about the "19th century" metal nibs had a very "limited distribution" !!! So, the oldest metal (bronze) feather found on the territory of Europe is dated no later than the end of the XIV century. - well, how do you like this kind of nonsense - that is, swords, knives, forks, armor, dishes and all kinds of kitchen utensils are produced with a bang and as much as you want - but bronze feathers, (although they seem to know steel) - do you see it expensive to produce? ?? - To me alone it seems sheer insanity or what?
And only in the 18th century, when steel according to traditional history has already been known for more than 3000 years, including copper and bronze, mankind suddenly gets tired of writing with goose pens and it abruptly switches to steel pens, deciding to give a damn about any observance of the traditions of writing and others. restrictions incomprehensible to me. - These are the pies you get when you start to correlate history and metallurgy …