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, ...

As much as the digital world has sparked a counter-revolution in analogue technologies – vinyl, film cameras and the like – the fountain pen is back in favour. Yandell argues it answers a need for the ...

I'm a self-admitted fanatic when it comes to pens and writing utensils of pretty much any sort. I have lusted after fountain pens for a long time, and wanted to try and start using one for my day to ...

Walk into any college lecture hall, and you’ll see a sea of laptops clicking away, accompanied by the occasional frantic scribble of a ballpoint. But every now and then, you’ll spot a glint of metal ...

From the new David Oscarson Take It to the Limit collection in Ruby Red Smoke. There’s lots to consider when choosing a fountain pen for daily use, from material to weight to nib options to price—not ...

Joel Blumberg was running a $75 million leather company when in 1992 he announced to his wife that he’d be going into the fountain pen business. She immediately wrote off the idea because she didn’t ...