Early pens such as reed pens, quill pens, dip pens and ruling pens held a small amount of ink on a nib or in a small void or cavity which had to be.... . . ... The first practical version of the fountain pen was produced in by the American inventor L.E. Waterman. Ballpoint pens date from the late.... If we only think about a pen as an instrument used for making marks on another surface, we must consider that the pen as being invented during the stone age.. . . ... The earliest known form of writing using a pen began in Ancient Egypt where reed pens were created to write on papyrus. Ancient Egyptians.... . . ... They first appeared in the th century but didnt become popular until the th century, when fountain pens were invented in France. And here,.... . . ... The history of pens can be traced back to ancient Egypt in B.C. The Egyptians didnt invent pens, but they did use a reed stylus to carve.... . . ... Pens finally took on an actual shape in BC with the ancient Egyptians. They used a special type