house. It is where he mixes ink for the company he started in 2012, Organic Studio. His colorful creations are popular with fountain pen enthusiasts. (John Kelly/The Washington Post) Perspective ...

Consider a fountain pen. These writing instruments are pretty neat, and to get the ink flowing, they use four components: One, the reservoir, which is simply the cylinder that stores ink in the ...

EVANSTON, Ill. --- The first practical fountain pen was invented in 1884 by Lewis Waterman. Although pens with self-contained ink reservoirs had existed for more than a hundred years before his ...

“An absolutely beautiful ink,” Bernal said in a telephone interview. Long overshadowed by its ballpoint, gel and felt-tip rivals, the regal fountain pen, which has an internal reservoir for ...

A mechanical, not unpleasant buzz ran underneath the constant talk of vermilion ink and vintage Watermans. The sound came from grinding, as craftspeople shaped fountain pen nibs for customers.

Hi/Low: Fountain ... pen—the part behind the nib that you hold—has two indented sections that the thumb and index finger naturally fall into. Similarly, the barrel—the part that fits over ...