When I was 19, I spent a semester in the northern-English city of York. Every Monday, a professor dutifully doled out our weekly food allowance in the Queen’s paper notes, and I’d walk the cobbled ...

It was a time of gas lamps and street cars when Fred Krinke’s grandfather flung open the doors to the Fountain Pen Shop, supplying the writing instruments and bottles of midnight-black ink that the ...

You—yes, you—you’re an artist, even if you don’t know it. Think about it: When you compose a letter or write in a journal by hand, you’re inadvertently creating nothing less than a piece of found art, ...

At its most basic, a pen has to do just one thing, but there are so many reasons to choose one over another. Does it glide along the page, or does it drag? Does the ink flow in a smooth line, or is it ...

There’s nothing quite like using the best fountain pens to get your writing done. The whole experience is rewarding, from purchasing one and unpacking it, to using it for the first time. When you buy ...

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,” the sign in ...