Among the earliest writing tools used by the Chinese were brushes, which were employed as early as the 1st millennium bce. The early Egyptians, meanwhile, used thick reeds for penlike implements around 300 bce. These early pens were followed later by the quill pen, made from a sharpened bird feather.
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