Using a fountain pen may take you back to your childhood ... immediately use a clean cloth to blot and soak up excess ink. Rinse with cold water and then use any of the below home remedies ...

One of the challenges here is that modern pens, for example, a fountain pen, can eject its ink into the water but its nib is large enough to create turbulence in the water, eradicating its traces.

“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 ...

Being a fountain pen enthusiast ... He filled it up with water first to check if it was working. Once satisfied, he took out a bottle of Waterman Serenity Blue ink and filled the pen with the ...

Today’s niche drama is brought to you by the fountain pen community. Fans of the German pen maker Lamy’s Dark Lilac ink are losing their heads because a new version of the product is slightly ...

It’s a debate as old as time and has had the world’s finest intellectuals at war for years – what is better to write with, fountain pens or ballpoint pens? Okay, maybe it’s not that ...

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.

Then I remembered a fountain pen that my mother had gifted me so long ago—was it for my 50th birthday in 2005?—that its ink cartridges had dried up. A trip to Staples yielded a small pack, and I ...

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