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Fountain Pens Today -- fountain pens
| Fountain Pens Today  Good quality steel and gold pens are available inexpensively today and can even buy disposable fountain pens available. ~~People seek fountain pens in recent times for mainly these reasons: - Ease of writing and comfort as some sufferers of arthritis are unable to use ballpoint pens, but can use fountain pens
- Expressive penmanship and calligraphy
- Longevity as fountain pens can last many lifetimes
- Professional art/design
- Wide range of ink colors available
- Recreational collecting and
- Academic benefits
Many users also mention that fountain pens retain a sense of timeless elegance, personalization and sentimentality that computers and ballpoint pens seem to lack. Fountain pens have also always been prized as works of art. Ornate pens are sometimes made of precious metals and jewels with cloisonné designs; others are inlaid with lacquer designs in a process known as maki-e (Maki-e is lacquering, a centuries-old technique in which multi-layered patterns are drawn on the barrel and cap with urushi - sap from Japanese lacquer trees). An avid community of pen enthusiasts collect and use antique and modern pens and also collect and exchange information about old and modern inks, ink bottles, and inkwells. To view more information on the history of fountain pens... |
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