Owning and writing with a fountain pen makes a difference.

Owning a fountain pen is something permanent. While the smart phone or tablet that we use to "write" an-email will be replaced within a few years, your fountain pen is something you keep for much longer. In fact, it may be passed down to others.

Writing with a fountain pen is a personal experience. The nib and the ink both give character to your writing on the page. It is a experience in writing that can not be created with a ball point or roller ball pen.

Pen Stores & Great Pen Stores

On my travels I always try to find a great pen store. My earlier travels would require looking in phone books, or asking at the hotel. So I started collecting names and addresses of stores that sell fountain pens and published a listing - Directory of Stores.

For those stores that I thought were great, or of note, I created a Great Store list - Great Pen Stores/Stores of Note. For these stores, their selection, service, product line or atmosphere create an experience of note.

I thank those who have visited the site and provided recommendations of stores they have come across in their travels. Please send me a note with your thoughts on stores, pens or inks. Things change, and where a store is no longer at a location noted, a quick note back isbe greatly appreciated.

Inks

A fountain pen requires good ink. There is a wide selection of ink and not every ink performs the same every brand of pen. I provide Ink Reviews to try to help.

Pen Views

Each month or so, in my Pen Views column, I write about a variety of topics relating to pens. Everything from pen cases, new models, price and ink prices, or marketing trends.

About Pens

Under About Pens I have included general information about fountain pens as well photos and reviews of my Pens of Note. The Pens of Note are those pens in my collection that seem I find are particularly a pen of note.