This essay is part of a collection of Lore Segal’s work, to be published by Melville House. I was not keeping a journal in the fifth form at Guildford High School the year my fountain pen went missing ...

T-shirts at the show read, “My fountain pen scoffs at your subpar writing instrument,” and “Don’t touch my nibs.” Companies had names such as Pendemonium and Penquisition.The DC Metro ...

The Studio Fountain Pen is a modern take on a classic form from this small boutique maker based in the UK. The carefully weighted Studio is available in five hand dip-dyed colours, with six different ...

The fountain pen was invented in 1880 by an insurance salesman named Louis Edson Waterman. Before the invention of the typewriter, most legal documents had to be handwritten and took a long time ...

Writing with a fountain pen demands mindfulness. Each stroke is intentional. They are finicky and need to be handled gently. But their finickiness is what infuses even banal tasks with thoughtfulness.

For Rob Franciosi, coming to the fountain pen later in scholarly life has been a revelation. For the past two years, during the twilight of my academic career, I have become a devotee of the fountain ...

I nabbed another fountain pen quickly after college and used it daily for a few years. But it was when I turned 30 that I found my pride and joy: the Lamy 2000.

The new Montblanc is a fountain pen, created from light titanium (unusual for the company) and carrying some stylistic and technological elements unique to both brands.The car that inspired the ...