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A fountain pen is a writing instrument that uses a metal nib to apply water-based ink, or special pigment ink—suitable for fountain pens—to paper.
A fountain pen can be used with permanent or non-permanent inks. A dip pen (or nib pen) consists of a metal nib with capillary channels, like that of a fountain pen, mounted on a handle or holder, often made of wood.
The Waterman Pen Company is a major manufacturing company of luxury fountain pens and inks, based in Paris, France. The firm was established in 1884 in New York City by Lewis Waterman, [1] being one of the few remaining first-generation fountain pen companies, as "Waterman S.A."
A pen is a handheld device used to apply ink to a surface, usually paper, for writing or drawing. [1] Additional types of specialized pens are used in specific types of applications and environments such as in artwork, electronics, digital scanning and spaceflight, and computing.
Lamy's product range includes fountain pens, ballpoint pens, mechanical pencils, and ink. In February 2024, Lamy was bought by the Japanese Mitsubishi Pencil Company . History
The Parker 51 is a fountain pen first introduced in 1941. Parker marketed it as "The World’s Most Wanted Pen", a slogan alluding to restrictions on production of consumer goods for civilian markets in the United States during World War II.
The Parker Pen Company is an American manufacturer of luxury writing pens, founded in 1888 [1] by George Safford Parker in Janesville, Wisconsin, United States.In 2011 the Parker factory at Newhaven, East Sussex, England, was closed, and its production transferred to Nantes, France. [2] The Parker pens were used by many famous people like the Nobel laurate Ivo Andric (Parker 21 fountain pen ...
A fountain pen is a pen which has a nib and a reservoir of ink. The pen draws ink from the reservoir through a feed to the nib. The ink travels by a combination of gravity and capillary action. The nib is the part of the pen that writes on the paper.
An easy-to-understand introduction to fountain pens. Explains simply how they use gravity and capillary action to lay ink smoothly on the paper.
A fountain pen is a refillable pen that holds water-based ink in the pen body, allowing that ink to flow to the tip when you touch it to paper through the process of capillary action. While there are many designs and methods of filling and cleaning a pen, the underlying principle of how they all work is the same.