October 7, 2019 What’s in a name? [Cool Fountain Pens] This post might make quite a few of us think about Juliet from Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet lamenting about their family names keeping the…
September 23, 2019 Best Inexpensive Fountain Pens [How to get your money’s worth!] When we think of fountain pen prices, I think most of us would think of a relatively more expensive Mont Blanc or something else…
August 20, 2019 The Fountain Pen Makes a Comeback Yes! It’s true. I have mentioned in before here that with the wane of the 1960s fountain pen heydays and the introduction of the…
August 15, 2019 Parker Sonnet Fountain Pen [Review and Thoughts] As I mentioned in another post, my first fountain pen was a Parker and right now I wish I can remember what it was….
August 10, 2019 What is in Fountain Pen Ink [All You Need to Know] Forget about that wonderful shade of Noodler’s ink or that octagonal Montegrappa ink bottle you’re dying to open. Here we will examine what is…
August 6, 2019 What is a Fountain Pen? [A Beginner’s Guide] A few posts in, it might seem odd that I am writing about what a fountain pen is. But I thought it might be…
July 31, 2019 Waterman Carene Fountain Pen – Review and thoughts I can’t remember what the first fountain pen I used was but I do know that it was from Parker. Why I say “was”…
July 29, 2019 How to buy a fountain pen – Things to look out for When we have made a decision to buy a fountain pen, there are several things to keep in mind. First of all, why do…
July 23, 2019 Fountain pen nib types, fountain pen nib sizes and varieties Image by Kingkongfive – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30045837 In my last post I talked about cleaning fountain pens and fountain pen nibs….
July 18, 2019 How to clean a fountain pen nib – Proper fountain pen care If you are a proud owner of a fountain pen, you would want to give it the proper care and maintenance it deserves and…