When fountain pens first came along, they were revolutionary, albeit expensive and leaky. In 1900, the world literacy rate stood around 20%, and exorbitantly-priced, unreliable utensils weren’t ...

The year 1924 is an auspicious one as far as fountain pen history is concerned. It was then that a German company called Simplizissimus-Füllhalter — something or other about fountain pens ...

Pens where orginally supplied to the UK from Canada until 1941 when some models where made in Newhaven. The factory closed in 2009. The Slimfold fountain pens (left) were sold in 4 colours {black ...

Growing up in Saudi Arabia, I learned cursive with a fountain pen in the third grade as part of the standard curriculum. I ...

It’s a debate as old as time and has had the world’s finest intellectuals at war for years – what is better to write with, fountain pens or ballpoint pens? Okay, maybe it’s not that ...

The promise all good fountain pens deliver—be they expensive or affordable—is that they make your handwriting better than you ever imagined. At the very least, they make handwriting more fun ...

“Since its beginning, the Maiora company has been licensed to use the Nettuno 1911 trademark, the oldest Italian trademark for fountain pens, registered back in 1911,” Marino explains about ...

There’s nothing quite like using the best fountain pens to get your writing done. The whole experience is rewarding, from purchasing one and unpacking it, to using it for the first time.

New York-based novelist Amitav Ghosh recently ordered a fountain pen from an artisanal maker in India. "The last time I looked at his online list, it said my order would be ready in 95 weeks," the ...

“Did you see the pens in the other corner? I think we should tackle this exhibition by corners to get all the information,” says an excited grandfather to his teenage granddaughter at Chennai ...