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 Studio Fountain Pen is a modern take on a classic form from this small ... history – all are written into trees in Karimoku Research Center's debut Tokyo exhibition The layered world of forests – ...

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 ...

“So, now, in 2023, I find myself managing four brands related to the writing instruments world,” shares the ... Maiora Ogiva Golden Age piston-filled fountain pen with 14-karat nib.

According to a new nationwide survey conducted on behalf of Parker Pens, not only do over three-quarters (76 per cent) of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Glass fountain pens, always more of a novelty item than ... and writing with it will allow me to lose myself in my own private world.” She said she makes it a habit to write a page in her ...

Classic bulk-bought ball-point pens cause painful writer’s bumps, while traditional fountain pens can often be too messy and high-maintenance for some. That one, unbranded hotel pen you’d ...

The cap is crowned with the Montblanc emblem in mother-of-pearl. The 18-karat rose gold handmade fountain pen nib is expertly engraved with the likeness of a rabbit in another tribute to this ...