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A longer sample of writing (with a thinner ink - Jinhao Deep Blue).
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'What sort of nib did he use, when he did write?'
'A "J" pen, my lord.'
Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
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'What sort of nib did he use, when he did write?'
'A "J" pen, my lord.'
Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
#DipPens #JPen #DorothyLSayers #LordPeterWimsey

Ever wonder what a "J pen" is when you read it in a Sherlock Holmes story or other literature of the past?
Here's the answer (not shown in pen holder as I don't have one of a suitable era).
The box originally held one gross - 144 nibs, or pens as they were then called.
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