I think the dipping pen is the odd one out in this group : the rest are more or less superceded technologies that are no longer manufactured (give or take the odd person with specialist use for a turntable, possibly).
Whereas dipping pens and nibs are still widely available from most art supply shops : they are not superceded, so much as being specialist items that some people like for specific tasks, in the same way that you can still buy paintbrushes, palette knives and drawing charcoal, even though to take a likeness, a camera is quicker and more accurate.
I have a couple dipping pens and nibs somewhere : I haven't used mine recently, but I know people do.
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Date: 2011-02-11 11:38 am (UTC)Whereas dipping pens and nibs are still widely available from most art supply shops : they are not superceded, so much as being specialist items that some people like for specific tasks, in the same way that you can still buy paintbrushes, palette knives and drawing charcoal, even though to take a likeness, a camera is quicker and more accurate.
I have a couple dipping pens and nibs somewhere : I haven't used mine recently, but I know people do.