"All you need are some pen nibs and a bottle of ink."
The building was later used to produce steel for the production of pen nibs.
His main invention is the "round writing" style of calligraphy and the pen nib associated with it.
At the industry's peak in the area, 5,000 workers produced 1,500 million pen nibs per year.
One bottle was dry, and the pen nibs had obviously been sharpened many times, for they were almost worn away.
Simon put the pen nib to his mouth and chewed, thoughtfully, then took it out again.
He showed me the page of the book - the passage had been furiously scored with a pen nib.
My king, I have ruined three clean sheets and broken a pen nib in writing this salutation of two words.
It is also possible to do calligraphy in this posture with the left hand, but using right-handed pen nibs.
For days they searched in vain for the right pen nibs.