Chinese knockoffs are flooding the market, shaking up the community of enthusiasts still devoted to the old-timey instruments ...

The fountain pen as a practical writing instrument has been declared obsolete numerous times. It was supposedly doomed by the innovations of the drip-free ballpoint pen and the typewriter, then the ...

Fountain pens have seen a resurgence in recent months. Some see that in viral videos of the nib-tipped pens smoothy running over paper to create calligraphy-style fonts. Whether a fountain pen is ...

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In an age of screens and keyboarding, when kids hardly learn cursive anymore, fountain pens — along with their old-timey accoutrements like blotters, bottled ink and fancy nibs — are making a comeback ...

The art of putting pen to paper has undeniably dwindled in the past few decades, but for a small number of dedicated enthusiasts, nothing beats traditional fountain pens. Elegant tools for creative ...

“Sharpie has a great line of pens [but] the best Sharpie pen is the S-Gel ,” says Salazar, who prefers the 0.7mm nib (it also ...

Long seen as symbols of wealth and status, fountain pens have evolved into more than just writing tools. Adorned with things like precious metals, gemstones, or intricate details, some of these pens ...

Today’s businessmen are able to keep pace while on the go with BlackBerries or iPhones or portable devices with increasingly speedy processors and intuitive user interfaces. But in the 1800s the ...