The Rotring 600 that I have is a quality pen. They are easy to find for less than $30, a lot of the chain office stores carry them, they come with a converter to let you use bottled ink, and have a good "feel" and ink delivery for such an inexpensive pen. Alwin Hawkinsĭo try the Waterman Phileas pens. To any list of fountain pen lovers, you must add Natalie Goldberg who wrote Writing Down the Bones in 1986 and advised using fountain pens for the fact that they have low friction/ great flow and help "to keep the hand moving." I believe she did a lot to encourage people in America to write-as a spiritual practice, as self-expression, as an antidote to television, as anything as long as you 'Keep the hand moving." As such, I think she paved the way for the idea of the blog and the value of citizen writers. Like Tinderbox, fountain pens engage you in the process enriching in their feedback. Using a fountain pen isn't the fastest writing tool but I have found it to be one of the more engaging writing tools. There is also a visceral connection with the paper as each pen each has its characteristic friction, unlike the generic press and roll of a ball-point or the soft quiet slide of a felt tip. Your state of being is captured on paper through the varying line width and serifs that a fountain pen leaves. You must be completely connected with the process of writing as you transfer thought to paper.Īnd the results reflect that mindfulness. To write properly with a fountain pen takes mindfulness. I just started using a fountain recently. Here, lightly edited, are some selections. When I asked about fountain pens on my weblog, I received a remarkable outpouring of passionate mail. They're drawn to fountain pens not from nostalgia or from a desire for expensive jewelry, but because they enjoy the way the pen feels in their hand - or the way their writing looks on the page. And that means we should always have a pen.Ī surprising number of very technical people have recently re-embraced the fountain pen for everyday writing. But because the computer isn't always available, we need a second place to write. Ideally, we want to write things down directly in our trusted system, which will usually be stored in a computer. © 2005 by Joachim Robert, /moleskine Reproduced by permission of the artist.
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