Though I had grown up seeing my dad always using them, my own obsession with fountain pens started a little over three years ago, when I ordered my first pen, a jade-colored TWSBI Eco. It made writing ...
This is One Thing, a column with tips on how to live. Growing up in Saudi Arabia, I learned cursive with a fountain pen in the third grade as part of the standard curriculum. I wasn’t good at school, ...
Handwriting, once a cherished art, is fading in the digital era. The right pen can revive the warmth and personality of ...
Fountain pens are the most personal of writing instruments. For a long time, fountain pens were the only type of pen available. When mass-produced ballpoint pens came along, however, most people opted ...
What do you get for your money? That’s the question everyone looking to buy a piece of tech asks themselves. It also happens to be the question this recurring feature will try to answer. Is it worth ...
Andrew Samtoy, a 33-year-old Cleveland attorney, grew enamored with his father’s Cross and Parker pens while he was still a young boy growing up in San Diego. One day he visited a garage sale across ...
The Birmingham Pen Company is just one of a number of small companies worldwide that offer alternatives to heritage brands. By Rachel Felder When the brothers Josh and Nick Cotherman decided to start ...