Ballpoint Pens

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A ballpoint pen, also known as a biro (British English), ball pen (Hong Kong, Indonesia, Pakistani, Indian and Philippine English), or dot pen (Nepali English), is a pen that dispenses ink (usually in paste form) over a metal ball at its point, i.e., over a "ball point". The metals commonly used are steel, brass, or tungsten carbide. The design was conceived and developed as a cleaner and more reliable alternative to dip pens and fountain pens, and it is now the world's most-used writing instrument; millions are manufactured and sold daily. It has influenced art and graphic design and spawned an artwork genre.

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Article Title : Ballpoint pen
Article Snippet :aircrew as the "Biro". Ballpoint pens were found to be more versatile than fountain pens, especially in airplanes, where fountain pens were prone to leak
Article Title : Ballpoint pen artwork
Article Snippet :mid-20th century, ballpoint pens have proven to be a versatile art medium for professional artists as well as amateur doodlers. Ballpoint pen artwork created
Article Title : Pen
Article Snippet :dip pens, which were used for writing, have been replaced by ballpoint pens, rollerball pens, fountain pens and felt or ceramic tip pens. Ruling pens, which
Article Title : Ballpoint pen knife
Article Snippet :A ballpoint pen knife is a multi-tool pocketknife consisting of a blade concealed inside an ordinary-looking ballpoint pen. The blade, typically 50 to
Article Title : Reynolds International Pen Company
Article Snippet :ballpoint, the Biro pen. In October 1945, Milton was able to reverse engineer the Biro pen and was the first to manufacture and sell ballpoint pens into
Article Title : Marcel Bich
Article Snippet :manufacturer and co-founder of Bic, the world's leading producer of ballpoint pens, lighters and razors. Bich was born in Turin, Italy on 29 July 1914
Article Title : Lamy
Article Snippet :Rösner then took over as CEO. Lamy's product range includes fountain pens, ballpoint pens, mechanical pencils, and ink. In 1984, newspapers reported that Lamy's
Article Title : Parker Pen Company
Article Snippet :Company pens. Products offered by the Parker Pen Company as of 2012[update]: Sonnet in box Vector Fountain pen tip Gold I.M. pen Frontier ballpoint Sonnet
Article Title : Space Pen
Article Snippet :type of refill), and a "universal" refill that fits some other ballpoint pens. The ballpoint is made from tungsten carbide and is precisely fitted in order
Article Title : Rotring
Article Snippet :first decade of the 2000s Rotring released some lines of fountain and ballpoint pens, the "Skynn" (2003) and the "Newton" (2005). In 2014, the brand introduced

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