The 100 best pens as tested by the writers and editors of the Strategist. They tested felt-tip, gel, rollerball, ballpoint, and fountain pens, including ones from Pilot, Baron Fig, Montblanc, Ohto ...

Writing with a fountain pen demands mindfulness. Each stroke is intentional. They are finicky and need to be handled gently. But their finickiness is what infuses even banal tasks with thoughtfulness.

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 ...

In 1951, Mirchandani founded Airmail Pen Company, one of the earliest Indian companies to make writing instruments. Their specialisation: fountain pens with large, transparent ink tanks.

Ross Cameron of Conklin Pens shows a self-filling fountain pen at Fahrney’s Pens on F Street NW. Some millennials embrace the pens, which are undergoing a resurgence. (John Kelly/The Washington ...

The enormous patina-green fountain pen juts over the sidewalk on F Street, two blocks from the White House, its gold nib pointing down at the front doors like a command. “Fahrney’s Pens ...

Not surprisingly, this shop is also Boston’s sole purveyor of Noodler’s Ink: a line of internationally renowned fountain-pen inks made right here in Massachusetts. Must-Buy: Noodler’s Ink ...

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 ...