Are there readers to whom I should explain the fountain pen? It was the precursor of the ballpoint and the felt-tip. You dipped the nib into an inkwell and pumped the inner tube full of as much ink as ...

He had written my daughter’s name in a beautiful ... talk of vermilion ink and vintage Watermans. The sound came from grinding, as craftspeople shaped fountain pen nibs for customers.

The enormous patina-green fountain pen juts over the sidewalk on F Street, two blocks from the White House, its gold nib pointing down at the front doors like a command. “Fahrney’s Pens ...

(If you haven't been able to tell yet, I never had to use a fountain pen ... Blue cartridges will work endlessly, without fail. I've gotten a Lamy converter to use my own ink, and it's just ...

The promise all good fountain ... pen for airline travel. (Like the Eco, this pen doesn’t take ink cartridges.) The 700R is a wet writer, meaning the ink flows liberally. It’s smooth with ...

The base color, according to an early YouTube review, was neither as blue ... ink was different. The man behind Fountain Pen Memes said he believed the company was unaware of the ink’s immense ...

It was a time of gas lamps and street cars when Fred Krinke’s grandfather flung open the doors to the Fountain Pen Shop, supplying the writing instruments and bottles of midnight-black ink that ...

Initially, the pair sold third-party brands of fountain pens and ink ... s Meisterstück pen. The colors and finishes vary, with eye-catching shades like bright pink, royal blue and turquoise ...

I have a collection of 70 fountain ... ready for ink!” Another pen collector names his vintage Waterman 56s and 58s as some of his prized pens. “But I take a Duke 805—that's the one with ...

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 ...

One person who responded to the TikToker’s post said that folks can go a step further and use blue ink. “My mother works in Finance. She always made sure I have a pen on me at all time and a ...