What is a fountain pen?

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_Pen

Answer 2

A fountain pen is a pen that you insert a certain amount of ink into so it writes. The ink is water based but stains very well. Fountain pens are older that the average biro pen which have a barell of ink. The Fountain pens' resovoir of ink is at the case of the pen, you can refill it with a pipette and ink bottle. The problem with Fountain pens is that they are prone to leaking and are not good to use daily. Fountain pens are good for use in craft, decorating and formal invites.

Answer 3

It is a pen that filled with a special ink that allows it to spurt out the top and return to the pen without spilling or splattering, thus the name "fountain"

Answer 4

An old-style pen that is similar to the one that people used by dipping the split tip nib into an ink well, except that this one has an ink resevoir built inside the handle and uses a pump to suck ink up into it from a well.

Answer 5

years ago the fountain was sold & i used them in school. but they have a small lever in the side of the pen & this is used to insert in a bottle or jar of ink & filling it doris

Answer 6

It's a pen that uses refillable ink by means of a cartridge

Answer 7

A pen which uses a plastic cartridge filled with ink, or one with a small rubber bladder to hold ink.

Answer 8

this page gives a really good explanation of what a fountain pen is http://fpkid.com/

Answer 9

err.. it's a pen with a triangly sort of nib thing from which ink comes out. I can't explain it better!

Answer 10

One with ink, you know the really messy kind that gets all over the place. It has a very distinguished point on the end and the ink flows out.

Answer 11

a pen that uses ink cartridges, and the nib (top bit) is shaped into a triangle.
its a bit hard to describe... search a picture of it on the internet.