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 ...

Fountain pens have been in use for a very long time, with the first patent registered all the way back in 1827. With the invention of word processors, writing has changed a lot since then but one ...

We continue our Analogs series, about people who make things by hand, and what those things tell us about those people.

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 ...

At which point, in the mode of 20th-century American Judaism, he received a fountain pen. Yes, such was the importance of the fountain pen in the previous century that it became a symbol of the ...

So, when Montblanc, the famed maker of luxury pens, timepieces, and fragrances, asked if we wanted to test the new Meisterstück Platinum-coated 149 Fountain Pen, I jumped at the opportunity.

In a blog post, Microsoft says one of the new pens that has been added to OneNote is a Fountain Pen. When selected in the app, the company says users will be able to take digital notes with ...

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 ...