A lot was going on in the United States in 1929, and not all of it was good. The stock market crashed, and the country was plunged into the Great Depression. But businessman Earl Fahrney took a gamble ...

Roger Cromwell buys and sells fountain pens. He repairs and restores them, knows their history and can speak at length on the various nibs, ink sacs, converters, pistons, barrels and pump fillers that ...

Pens might have lost their significance in today's technology-driven world where the keyboard or text messages are becoming essential. But not for many keen writers, for whom fountain pens are still a ...

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 ...

Mohammad Shahbaz Reyaz is in a hurry. He politely says, ek second (one second) and puts the phone aside. For the next two minutes or so, as different voices move across my ears like moody waves, I am ...

At a nondescript store in Kolkata, India with worn-out glass cabinets flaunting elite fountain pens, Shahbaz Reyaz is busy with a surgery of sorts. He gingerly unscrews a fountain pen, then removes a ...