Do you miss fountain pens? Will old-fashioned writing implements make a meaningful comeback in 2021? A renaissance? Cherish my priceless collection of ‘fountain pens‘, memories of ink-smeared white school shirts. For a pen nerd, a treasure of endless pleasure! An emotionally hard transition from leaking ink bottles. Drawing ink into pen from an ink bottle, gently wiping the nib was a creative, Zen-like experience!
Fountain pen has been imperilled since the rise of disposable ball-points in 60’s. By 90’s, the almighty keyboard was positioned to kill it entirely. Once stalwart household names like Sheaffer were closing factories to manufacture cheap parts in Asia, seek corporate buyers. Hold-out users were mainly aging collectors. Only a few like Montblanc, Visconti managed to flourish.
Love innocent inky fingers on smudged notebooks while writing…
