Waterman vowed to make a pen that would have its own ink supply so he would never lose a deal in this way again. The first fountain pens were hollow bodied and were filled by using an eyedropper.

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 ...

George S Parker filed his first patent in 1889 ... The factory closed in 2009. The Slimfold fountain pens (left) were sold in 4 colours {black, blue, red and green). Based upon the popular ...

The tradition of engraving the figure on the nib began with the very first Montblanc Meisterstück, and the detail endures a century late Montblanc Meisterstück Platinum-Coated 149 Fountain Pen ...