A.J. Jacobs has been writing with an old-fashioned quill for a year. He argues they allow for slower, more contemplative thinking. Writer A.J. Jacobs wrote his manuscript using a quill and ink, ...

I’m writing this article with a pen. And not just a regular pen. A quill pen. It's a goose feather I've carved with a straight razor into a sharp point and dipped in ink. I’m doing this because I ...

Swiss watchmaker Pierre Jaquet-Droz builds “The Writer,” a 6,000-part automated doll that could be mechanically programmed to write with a quill. CBS News analyzes presidential election returns ...

The coming of the fountain pen was the start of a transformation in communication (and social interaction) that continues to this day. After all, the steel-nibbed pens of the inkwell days were but a ...