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TSMIV · 03-10-2019, 11:32 PM

I watched this season 2 episode tonight with my parents who are the age of Jerry Mathers and they thought it was ridiculous that Beaver was using a dip pen and bottle ink to write the letter to Aunt Martha. Mom said something like "It wasn't the 15th century!" LOL! I didn't think anything of it because dip pens are trendy right now, but I guess it is weird that an eight year old boy would use one in 1958. Why do you think the writers/producers had him use a dip pen?

Scrabjan1 · 03-11-2019, 08:29 AM

Wow they did like with an inkwell?? I think I remember that and it was quite ridiculous. I remember in Beaver and Ivanhoe he’s also writing up a pact for becoming a knight and he’s using a fountain pen maybe with ink and wipes ink on his shirt.

stevea · 03-11-2019, 08:45 AM

When Ward went into his desk drawer and got ink all over his hand, and then grounded Beaver (and he then went to the movies and won a bike)...I guess Beaver was filling a pen with ink.

I was a kid in those years, and I don't remember using a pen you had to fill. I vaguely remember some pens had an ink cartridge you could put in them.

When did ball-point pens come onto the scene?

TSMIV · 03-11-2019, 09:56 AM

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Wow they did like with an inkwell?? I think I remember that and it was quite ridiculous.

You need to re-read what I wrote in the first post.

Scrabjan1 · 03-11-2019, 09:59 AM

I know bottle ink but just threw in the bit about the old inkwells in kids’ desks back in the old days.

I believe we used a lot of Bic pens but back in the early grades in penmanship we had black pens ink included.

03-10-2019, 11:32 PM	#1
TSMIV Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 29, 2018 Location: Arkansas Posts: 696	Beaver's Ring I watched this season 2 episode tonight with my parents who are the age of Jerry Mathers and they thought it was ridiculous that Beaver was using a dip pen and bottle ink to write the letter to Aunt Martha. Mom said something like "It wasn't the 15th century!" LOL! I didn't think anything of it because dip pens are trendy right now, but I guess it is weird that an eight year old boy would use one in 1958. Why do you think the writers/producers had him use a dip pen?

03-11-2019, 08:29 AM	#2
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	Wow they did like with an inkwell?? I think I remember that and it was quite ridiculous. I remember in Beaver and Ivanhoe he’s also writing up a pact for becoming a knight and he’s using a fountain pen maybe with ink and wipes ink on his shirt.

03-11-2019, 08:45 AM	#3
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,779	When Ward went into his desk drawer and got ink all over his hand, and then grounded Beaver (and he then went to the movies and won a bike)...I guess Beaver was filling a pen with ink. I was a kid in those years, and I don't remember using a pen you had to fill. I vaguely remember some pens had an ink cartridge you could put in them. When did ball-point pens come onto the scene?

03-11-2019, 09:59 AM	#5
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	I know bottle ink but just threw in the bit about the old inkwells in kids’ desks back in the old days. I believe we used a lot of Bic pens but back in the early grades in penmanship we had black pens ink included.