Fountain pens dominated school desks until the late 1980s, when low-cost ball-points such as the Reynolds 045 swept the student market. The shift forced many of Abids’ once-famous pen emporia ...

A fountain pen, to me, was something people used for actual calligraphy. I knew fountain pens were part of the whole Classic Man thing that Esquire is built on, but I tapped out at buying a nice suit.

And the theoretical physicist favoured a Pelican 100N Fountain Pen, itself a tour de force in the world of writing implements. This was the first pen guaranteed not to cover your hands in ink upon ...

Visconti Hitchcock Vertigo fountain pen. Visconti. While pens are often considered tools of the imagination, it’s not surprising to me that one of this year’s Vertigo-inspired nods is a new ...