Comments on: Fountain Pens

By: Robert Freeman Wexler

Robert Freeman Wexler — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:27:28 +0000

Laconic action is kind of like watching tortoises in the 100 meter dash, so come back again eventually…

I accidentally put the Parker away and kept the Waterman out and didn’t realize it till I was using it. Which was obviously a sign to take it out for exercise.

By: marly youmans

marly youmans — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:04:00 +0000

Hi Robert,

Came over to witness the laconic in action. It’s not the ones you have, it’s what you do with them, isn’t it? But it is fun having a good pen. I miss my Rotring–fit my hand perfectly–but now I have a punchy retro-red Levenger fountain pen. (My husband has oodles that he uses at work on a daily basis. Can’t read that writing, though!)

By: JDsg

JDsg — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:38:12 +0000

I discovered that my university bookstore offered rather cheap fountain pens for sale, and I used them for several years for re-writing my college notes. Although I haven’t used them for years, those pens instilled a love for them in me; today I don’t own any fountain pen, but I would love to buy a Mont Blanc or two. The only disappointment I had with them was that the ink smeared way too easily if the paper got wet.