{"id":1658,"date":"2006-12-12T07:53:14","date_gmt":"2006-12-12T07:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2006\/12\/on-fountain-pens.html"},"modified":"2006-12-12T07:53:14","modified_gmt":"2006-12-12T07:53:14","slug":"on-fountain-pens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2006\/12\/on-fountain-pens.html","title":{"rendered":"On Fountain Pens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night as I sat at a table to sign a copy of The Real Mary<\/em> for someone who asked, a very kind young woman from England, Helen, observed that she liked my fountain pen. Which of course made me think she was not only observant but also a woman of good taste.
\nOn top of that, a former student of mine and now a professor in his own right, sent me a fountain pen for Christmas. I wrote him to tell him that he is now my Best Friend.
\nOne more: about a week ago I ordered a fountain pen for myself for Christmas. I will wrap it up, write on the present “To Scot from Scot”, and put it under the tree.
\nThere’s something about a fountain pen — real wet ink; writing in such a way that one maintains a steady flow of ink (not too fast or the lines are unclear, not too slow or it can glob). Once one begins writing with a fountain pen and one is asked then to write something with a ball point, the difference is immediately obvious: no comparison. A fountain pen is an instrument and a friend at the same time. We fountain pen users don’t throw our pens away; they are with us for a lifetime.
\nHere is a good article on the revival of fountain pens<\/a> in Scotland (from ChrisB).
\nMy favorite fountain pen is a Pelikan — great nibs, solid converters that do not fail, and a classy lightness in the hand. Ah, but one must not get choosy among friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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