Quill Pen | How to Make Everything: Book

Andy expands his repertoire of writing utensils by making a quill and learning how to use it. Along the way he discovers how this one tool still impacts the way we write today.

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Today, getting what you need is as easy as a trip to the store. From food to clothing, energy, medicine, and so much more, Andy George will discover what it takes to make everything from scratch. His mission is to understand the complex processes of manufacturing that is often taken for granted and do it all himself. Each week he’s traveling the world to bypass the modern supply chain in order to harvest raw materials straight from the source. Along the way, he’s answering the questions you never thought to ask.

Music by the talented Taylor Lewin

[Lichen]

I just thought of a 90's Hogwarts student from a muggle family that brings her 50 pack of glitter gel pens only to find out everyone is using quills... Sad times for Becca.

[kennygo]

This is what we are lacking right now, the appreciation of the art of writing. Awsome stuff you've got here. Thanks for the vid.

[BobbyDukeArts]

Sometimes in the description of Bobby's videos, he talkes about himself in the third person too.

[kaibanda]

1:30 are the sickest rhymes i ever heard

[GyroCannon]

I want to give kudos to the experts that Andy invites on the show. They're always so knowledgeable and teach me something new every single time, and I just swell up with glee from secondhand exposure to their enthusiasm for the topic.

[ThePreciseClimber]

What medieval monks wouldn't give for toenal clippers...

[AlweeNBoo]

I just love that sound of the quill on the paper! So soothing. And fantastic craftsmanship

[feanaro]

Was looking for an easy-to-understand explanation for quill pens, and this was exactly what I was after. Fascinating process.

[captainm]

This video just showed up on my feed and I immediately subscribed. Pens are a fascination of mine, and I collect fountain pens and quills.

Thanks for posting this!

[shcrub]

This is awesome and so well done. I don't know who this guy is but he clearly knows what he is doing and talking about, he even goes into a bit of the history (that all ancient calligraphers had slanted tables, eastern vs western typography etc). Details galore, I just love it! Not only that, I very much appreciate that he is able to articulate exactly why the pens were the way they were.

[christianmarleton]

That guy making the pens seems like such a nice, genuine person. Good vid.

[willpeters]

Hey HTME, you are my favourite YouTuber because you make unique but extremely interesting videos. I hope you continue to grow and make great content!

[fiisshh]

I could listen to that man talk about calligraphy for hours

[Pentence]

As a fan of both eastern and western calligraphy knowing how to make my own quills is very useful, thanks.

[TheZazul]

I have to say your videos are amazing. Love the effort you put in. Thank you

[lonelyjokers]

How awesome is it to meet all these people with these really cool occupations and knowledge!!

[takesthreetospillthetea]

I have a pen

I have a fountain

Ungh, fountain pen

[BettyLeaSeeley-ivde]

That is really amazing! I always wondered exactly how quills worked. Now I’d love to try to make one that would work.

[ramadiii]

This was such a good video! It's going to come in handy for writing my medieval stories, so thank you!

[sazji]

Actually, Middle Eastern calligraphy uses pens cut from reeds. The word for "reed" in Arabic is qalam. So while the modern English word for pen is derived from the Latin word for "feather, " the word in Arabic, Persian and Turkish traces back to the Arabic word for reed.