I dipped the nib of the pen into the inkwell to write a letter.
needle? The part of a pen that starts with "n" is NIB. The nib is the writing part of the pen.
If the pen nib is not metal it will be not too smooth to write and can cause complications
The nib
A pen made from a feather is called a quill pen. It was a common writing instrument before the invention of metal-nib pens, typically made from goose, swan, or crow feathers. Writers would use a sharp knife to create a nib out of the feather and dip it in ink to write.
A nib used to be part of a pen
The tip of nib of the pen has a slit. Because it gets the ink through slit under the capillarity action. In this action ink move through the slit on the nib of the pen. Which makes it to write.
the nib
Telescope
the nib
In my primary schoodays we used dip pens. We had a pen with a nib fixed at the end, and we had to dip the nib into an inkwell after writing a few words ... From time to time the nib wore out and had to be replaced. Fountain pens also have nibs.
For ball-point pens, the tip of the pen is actually made of a ball bearing, and so the tip of the ball-point pen would be a point until it is worn or not manufactured properly, in which case it might be abit flattened.