And these, of course, are just the fountain models — there are also five rollerball and five ballpoint pens, all of which feature elegant decoration to match their fountain pen cousins.

It’s worth noting, though, that a ballpoint pen will deliver consistent writing across all paper types, whereas a fountain pen’s ink will bleed on low-quality thin paper. A fountain pen ...

After all, buying the best fountain pen could last you a lifetime. So, how much should you spend on a fountain pen? We'd say the average amount should be between £80 and £400. This will buy you ...

The Studio Fountain Pen is a modern take on a classic form from this ... Handmade in Italy, it’s also available in black and chrome with four different nib weights. Like all pocket pens, the balance ...

“Marketing is in my blood,” says Marino, who is part artist, part businessman and all-over imaginative. Maiora Ogiva Golden Age piston-filled fountain pen with 14-karat nib. “We have ...

Glass fountain pens, always more of a novelty item than a ... contracting and extending the rods, which produces all sorts of patterns on the glass. Watching a craftsman at work, it sometimes ...

Conventional dip pens typically had to be reloaded with ink by the end of each sentence. The fountain pen was invented in 1880 by an insurance salesman named Louis Edson Waterman. Before the ...

Writer, editor, publisher and fan of all things handwritten ... The shape of the Homage to Homer, available as a fountain pen, rollerball, ballpoint and a mechanical pencil available only as ...

Muji’s take on the everyday fountain pen is as meticulous and composed as all its beautiful basic stationery items. With a nib by German manufacturer Schmidt, a round aluminium body with a tactile ...

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 ...