In a day and age of fast consumption and a disregard of times gone by, I have often pondered about tradition and how new ones form and old ones disappear.  It’s those traditions that are dying that I want to emphasise.  Japan is a country steeped in traditions and with […]

Art expresses life, beauty, and at times suffering that reveals an unspoken communication between artists and viewers. In many ways, writing with a fountain pen explores artistic abilities through several methods, which include writing about daily experiences in a journal, jotting down a swift expletive on a scrap of paper, […]

I don’t know about you, but the holidays seem to be approaching much faster this year. Perhaps it has something to do with now being vaccinated, so I am antsy to travel. Perhaps it is simply something to look forward to in the doldrums of winter. In any case, Hanukkah […]

One wouldn’t be mistaken to say that there is a direct correlation with digital progress and the decline of pen sales. It makes sense, in a way. One didn’t expect a boom in iPods when Spotify got on the scene. Technology – both analog and digital – has a Darwinism […]

Pen brands that genuinely deliver a unique experience are far and few as pens seemingly imitate the same classic shapes—cigar shapes, long flat top shapes, and conical shapes at the finial and bottom of the pen barrel, which have dominated several pen silhouettes for decades. Of course, there are numerous […]

Bold and innovative designs, carefully chosen colours, high-quality materials and such distinctive nonchalance – to briefly describe the Italian pens, but what are the most important brands and their market positioning? In today’s article we’ve rounded up a few Italian pen brands, some with over 100 years of tradition behind […]

Launched in early 2021, the Bauhaus-inspired fountain pen created by Otto Hutt is already enjoying success among pen enthusiasts and collectors and it’s quite easy to see why. The pen is anything but ordinary and its unique design is perfectly adapted to modern times. In today’s article we’re going to […]

Living in the Digital Age doesn’t mean that we have given up handwriting, quite the contrary. Due to the fact that we already spend most of our time on laptops, smartphones or other devices, writing with a fountain pen is back on the list of our daily activities. It helps […]

If you read our recently published article, you may have noticed that we covered the first four editions of the famous collection signed by Graf von Faber-Castell – ‘Pen of the Year – Pillars of History’. With only four editions left, in today’s article we will be focusing on each […]

Some fountain pens are just fountain pens whilst others are simply works of art. That’s why today we are going to be looking at 4 masterpieces launched between 2014 and 2017. Created by Graf von Faber-Castell as part of the legendary “Pen of the Year” line and divided into “Nature’s […]