Feeling Optimistic About The Pessimist

Atelier Lusso and Hardy Penwrights partner in a two-pen series.

Where Waters Meet

David Oscarson celebrates home, family, and another of his Swedish heroes: the sculptor Carl Milles.

Visconti's (18 Karat) Golden Age

The Italian company explores its roots with a new 18 karat gold nib and the Voyager 30 series.

The Long And The Short Of It, V:

Pilot’s MYU pen and the Big Three’s “Karat War.

Excellentia! A Superlative Writing Paper

How a chance meeting between an American Master Penman and a 753-year-old Italian artisan paper manufacturer resulted in a masterpiece of deluxe writing paper pleasure.

23rd Annual Readers' Choice Awards

Pen World Readers Vote for their Favorite Pens.

A Penfriend Is A Friend Indeed

It is hard to imagine the city of London without monarchs and medicine, reason and religion, taxes and trade, plague and revolution.

Nick Bantock

In the first part of a two-part profile, Deborah Basel discusses Pharos Gate and the legacy of his beloved book series.

The Ubiquity Of The Piston Filler

Today, it’s the most popular filling system in pendom. How did we get there?

It's All In The Hands...And The Heart

Greg Minuskin is a different type of nibmaster.

Jake Parker: The Man Behind Ink Tober (And So Much More!)

Jake Parker is an artist, illustrator, animator, and children’s book author. He’s also a partner in the online school, Society of Visual Storytelling (svslearn.com), which he began with friend and fellow children’s book illustrator, Will Terry. The two are joined in the running of the school by Lee White (leewhiteillustration.com). 

Montblanc's Rainbow

The Maison has a series of standard and limited edition inks for all your writing needs.

Santini Italia: Writing A New Chapter

We control our surroundings in so many ways that we sometimes forget it’s a two way street: our environment shapes us, too.

Seasons and Synergy

Staedtler comes full circle with Pen of the Season: Californian Winter.

Being The Change

Cross and Liberty United bring attention to gun violence in the United States with a new pen.

Visconti Goes Wild...West

An Italian pen company pays homage to the American frontier.

Timmermans 1845

A historical Belgian pen shop holds everything a pen lover needs.

Inkology 101

In this class, students explore the basics of fountain pen ink chemistry. Three credits.

Everything Old Is New Again

Sailor Pens gives itself a colorful makeover for the North American market.

Metro Chic

STAEDTLER’s Corium Urbes celebrates cities of the world.

Bridging Borders One Hooded Nib At A Time

Aurora Pens and its U.S. distributor, Kenro Industries, celebrate major milestones.

Make A Joyful Sound

Kanilea Pen Co. celebrates the aloha spirit.

Augment Your Analog Writing

Montblanc’s Augmented Paper is an elegant tool for digitizing your handwriting.

Number One with a Bullet

Bullet Journaling is the new organization sensation, and anyone can do it.

Off A Beaten Path

Artisan penmaker Tim Cullen makes pens that are living history.

The Prime Minister Of Pens

RiK will’s Conway Stewart Winston Churchill is engraved greatness. You can quote us!