Pelikan is a venerated company with stellar fountain pens in a range of prices—their M800 is certainly a grail pen—but for starters, we just love the Twist experience. Advertisement - Continue ...

Inks and nibs: The fountain pen in India. The late economist Bibek Debroy makes a passionate case for this old-school tool in his book Inked In India.

A fountain pen, to me, was something people used for actual calligraphy. I knew fountain pens were part of the whole Classic Man thing that Esquire is built on, but I tapped out at buying a nice suit.

Lamy, a German pen manufacturer, made a recent splash when it quietly rereleased Dark Lilac, a much-celebrated color of ink. A lush purple with a golden sheen, Dark Lilac, despite its popularity ...