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[–] irradiated_toaster 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

The people who gave here family food could have easily given them some some ink, that is if the pens were refillable, I wonder if you could still find the original patent.

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[–] KendellTellsLies 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

It seems like the kind of thing that should be public record, as long as it wasn't conveniently misplaced.

Edit: Can't find a picture of it but the first commercially successful ball point wasn't until 1945 and it was a refillable pen so i'm assuming the ones before also were. http://www.historyofpencils.com/writing-instruments-history/history-of-ballpoint-pens/

Interestingly the Biro Brothers didn't patent the first ball point, just the first that worked fairly well so if she was using one of the first ball points it seems like the writing should have been smudged and hard to read.