Pranam The distinction of the Gazetted is using the green ink and he is permitted to use all inks; exclusive documentary signatures can only be done by him if he prefers so, which is in vogue even today. KR IRS 201121
On Fri, 19 Nov 2021 at 19:41, 'gopala krishnan' via Thatha_Patty < [email protected]> wrote: > *PENHOLDER* > > *Dear friends,* > > *I woke up after siesta hearing the question from the wife - where is my > penholder? While preparing things for Karthika, I did not feel her urgency > of pen stand. I just went and took it from the table, kept behind the Land > phone. It was slightly hidden by the telephone cover. It was the pen stand > brought by my son from Jeddah, a parabola type finish, with a separation in > middle. * > > *Even from my boyhood days I have seen penholders. As decades pass > through, their design and size has increased. Penholders in home were never > thought of at one time. It was mostly used in offices at that time. Later > penholders became a gift item. Present day penholders have their volume > increased, contain more items. Incidentally pen holder costing high is a > gift item now also. * > > *This posting is a nostalgic look in penholders. It has no very > informative or serious contents.* > > *Sincerely,* > > *Gopalakrishnan. 19-11-2021* > > *1 Ink bottle, dip pen holders* > > *In my boyhood days the pen holders were made of wood. It was a > rectangular wooden container. In the two ends two dip areas were there to > keep ink bottles. In between them slots were carved to accommodate dip > pens. Mostly blue/ black and ink bottle at one end, red ink bottle in other > end was kept in the dip area. It prevented slipping of bottle. The nibs of > pen were dipped after removing cover of bottle, wrote on a rough paper one > or two letters and then in the paper after flow of ink were good. > Periodically, the nib was dipped in ink bottle before exhausting ink in the > pen so that no letters become not legible clearly. Writing with same > clarity of ink was an art. * > > *Black ink was used by document writers and by sub registrar office. The > court also used black inks. Additional pens were there in the stand, if nib > failed in writing. Changing of nibs was periodically done, availability of > ink was daily looked in to by subordinate officers. * > > *In the court the nib of the pen is broken after issuing a capital > punishment * > > *Other offices mostly used blue and red inks; use of green ink was not > there. * > > *Use of red ink was limited in offices**. ** But in schools red ink was > used by teachers for all corrections. In teacher’s room three or four ink > stands were kept, shared by teachers. Additional thing kept was chalk piece > to absorb excess ink by rolling chalk piece on the letters. Blotting paper > was attached to a small half cylindrical wood and used in offices. * > > *2. Changing of dip pens to fountain pens.* > > *After change of dip pens to fountain pens, still ink bottle continued in > offices. In officers table ink filled pens were kept on two flexible > cylindrical fittings and spare ones in slot. Gradually ink bottle and > filler took the position in shelf. In the morning subordinate staff ensured > ink is filled in pens. Fountain pen quality increased by years. Parker, > Pilot etc. were/are good quality pens. Now too many use ink pens. * > > *About a year back, in my area in Chennai an exclusive ink pen shop was > opened and still functioning. * > > *Ink pen has a spider to control flow of ink to tip of the pen. It has a > neck which is opened and pen is filled with ink using filler. Protecting > nib, spider etc., cap is provided Some pens have ink sucking arrangement. > Pen is simply opened removing cap and ink is sucked in. Earlier pens had > the problem of leaking through neck and spider. * > > *3 Pen holders in attractive painted metal holders.* > > *Pen holders appeared with four. cylindrical holders. Ink started > appearing in violet and green colors in addition. At what time the orders > came is not sure, gazetted officers had to sign in green ink and high level > officers had to sign in red ink. Teachers continued correction in red ink. > Students had to use blue/violet ink. * > > *With arrival of fountain pen many started to keep pens in table drawers > also* > > *4. Penholder* > > *Pen holders in conical or cylindrical shapes started to appear, for > holding more pens, pencils, high lighter pens. Whitening ink or correction > fluid appeared to remove any portion to be deleted by just applying the > liquid over letters. However whitening liquid was in bottle and applying > brush kept separately. * > > *In homes also by the time keeping pen holders became a fashion to keep on > writing table. It became a piece of attraction in homes in the drawing room > over the table. * > > *5 Appearance of ball point pens.* > > *With the appearance of ball point pens, ink pens faced a down fall. Bank > instruments were not permitted to write using ball point pens for some > time. Now permitted.* > > *Now in offices each table has pen holder, in homes for each student has > separate pen holder. Ball point pen comes with different types of flow and > color inks. Debit and Credit cards are signed using good flow ball point > pen/ink pen. * > > *Gazetted officer attesting is no further required, with the order - Xerox > copies with SELF ATTESTATION are sufficient for all official submissions.** > Now gazetted officers sign with blue ink. Documents prepared in computer > with black color and printed in black ink are accepted in sub-registrar > office. High lighter pens are used in offices and homes. * > > *6 Price of penstand price* > > *Stationery shops have different models of pen stand from plastic to wood > and metal. Depending on the type charged pen stands are priced from 50-00 > rupees to 1000-00 rupees or more. * > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Thatha_Patty" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1700688304.2001055.1637331082626%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1700688304.2001055.1637331082626%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZor_W8zEYc1Vo9-puvTJ2AcWMM3YfqYMsHVUCN4tNjqj1Q%40mail.gmail.com.
