Fountain pens have an elegant and timeless look. Used for many centuries, fountain pens are a great writing tool not just for calligraphy, but for sketching and day-to-day writing or journaling. While they have been commonly used during the older ages, fountain pens are still around today because of the exquisite writing and sketching that you can get from them that cannot be provided by other writing tools.  But how does a fountain pen work? Compared to your typical ballpoint pen, a fountain pen looks very different and functions differently too on how it delivers ink to a paper. If...

Fountain pens are a very classy and elegant writing tool. It has evolved throughout the centuries wherein fountain pens in the 10th century were made from feathers and quills. It was in the 1800s that the fountain pen was mass-produced and continued to evolve into what it looks like at present.  When looking at fountain pens, it is the nib that is often looked at, especially since this comes in different styles and designs. However, the fountain pen feed is just as important as the nib since without it, the ink will not be delivered to the nib.  In this...

Most of the time, when people mention sketching, you wouldn’t think about using a fountain pen. There is the limiting thought that fountain pens are often just used for calligraphy and cannot be used for drawing and sketching since these pens are very fragile.  However, sketching with a fountain pen provides a whole different experience when compared to using other pens and markers. Fountain pens offer a unique, especially with the way the ink is delivered across the paper. If you own a fountain pen and would like to try sketching or an artist looking for a different way to...

Having good and legible handwriting takes a lot of practice. When you were a child and you were first learning how to write, your handwriting most likely looked like scribbles and lines on paper. As you grow old and gain more practice, your handwriting will have become more “perfected” to how you want it to be.  However, there are times when people still find it difficult to have good handwriting no matter how much they try. While we are already in the digital age where everything that you want to write can easily be typewritten, there are still times when...