This undated photo provided by the Goulet Pen Company shows a LAMY Vista fountain pen and drawing made with the pen by Adam Schultz. In our computerized age, the old-fashioned fountain pen _ all ...

In an age of screens and keyboarding, when kids hardly learn cursive anymore, fountain pens – along with their old-timey accoutrements like blotters, bottled ink and fancy nibs – are making a comeback ...

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 ...

The increasing intrusion of all things digital into our lives could well be killing off many old crafts and objects that once were considered vital. Yet, it is the increased connectivity and ...

New York-based novelist Amitav Ghosh recently ordered a fountain pen from an artisanal maker in India. "The last time I looked at his online list, it said my order would be ready in 95 weeks," the ...

While no longer objects of functional necessity, mechanical watches and fine writing instruments still appeal to those who appreciate obsessive craftsmanship and sophisticated style. Now, designer ...

Valentine’s Day prompts an explosion of red in local retail stores, from candy boxes to fresh flowers, greeting cards to lingerie. Red, traditionally used for matters of the heart, also exudes a ...

The name alone, “Rouge et Noir,” makes pen collectors swoon, both for what it meant to Montblanc in the early part of the 20 th century and for what it means today as part of Montblanc’s stellar ...

New York-based novelist Amitav Ghosh recently ordered a fountain pen from an artisanal maker in India. "The last time I looked at his online list, it said my order would be ready in 95 weeks," the ...

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