Quill

Quills are the standard writing instument in the Wizarding world, as opposed to pens in the Muggle world.

Numerous types of feathers are used including eagle, knarl, pheasant, peacock (Gilderoy Lockhart's favorite), and perhaps phoenix.

One of the places quills may be purchased is Scrivenshaft’s Quill Shop in Hogsmeade.

Other "special: known quills include:


 * Anti-Cheating Quills
 * Used at Hogwarts durting written exams


 * Auto-Answer Quills
 * Banned during exams at Hogwarts


 * The Magical Quill
 * Detects the birth of each wizard or witch, then writes his or her name down in a large parchment book at Hogwarts.
 * Professor McGonagall checks the book every year, and then sends the owls to these children as they approach their eleventh birthdays to invite them to attend Hogwarts.


 * Quick-Quotes Quill
 * Great for reporters, this quill dictates for the speaker - often exagerating the story.
 * Rita Skeeter has an acid green one.


 * Self-Inking Quills
 * Sold at Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes


 * Sugar Quills
 * a confection


 * Smart-Answer Quills
 * Probably similar to the Auto-Answer Quills; Sold at Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes


 * Spell-Checking Quills
 * Corrects the user's spelling; Sold at Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.
 * Ron has one, but its charm wore off leaving his homework terribly misspelled (example: his name was written as Roonil Wazlib.)


 * Dolores Umbridge's Quill
 * This quill does not use ink, but uses the writer's own blood to mark the paper. Harry had to use this quill to write lines during his fifth year while serving detentions with Professor Umbridge. His hand is now permanently scarred with I must not tell lies from writing with this quill.

Sugar Quills are a confection which look like writing quills.