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PEN WORLD
Urushi and Maki-e with Italian Flair
Bottegando Italia uses traditional Asian lacquer techniques and materials to create iconoclastic fountain pens.
5 min |
August 2025
PEN WORLD
Inkypalooza 2025: the summer inkfest
The TACCIA Ukiyo-e collection of bottled fountain pen inks are inspired by some of the Japanese masters of ukiyo-e art and their trademark color palettes.
8 min |
August 2025
PEN WORLD
The Master Penman’s Masterful Pen Blocks
American Master Penman Michael R. Sull has made a vocation out of his love of calligraphy and fine handwriting, producing works in Spencerian and American cursive as well as teaching his craft around the world. As one might imagine, Sull possesses a large collection of fountain pens.
2 min |
August 2025
PEN WORLD
Go Fourth and Win!
The 2025 Graceful Envelope Contest was another rousing success.
2 min |
August 2025
PEN WORLD
The STUMPY: Doodle & Dirigibles, Trees & Trifles
The Parker-Garrick STUMPY was an anomalous pocket-size lead holder, always at the ready for those creative moments.
2 min |
August 2025
PEN WORLD
Farmer, Artist, Chemist, Pen Maker
Artisan Abigail Markov wears many hats, and her artisanal fountain pens have captured the pen public's imagination.
6 min |
August 2025
PEN WORLD
Shopping in D.C. and Ballmer
Washington D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland, offer diverse and welcoming pen communities.
5 min |
August 2025
PEN WORLD
The Surrender Pens of World War II: The Berlin Surrender and Berlin Declaration Pens
The German surrender document from May 9, 1945, ended World War II in Europe, and the Berlin Declaration documents tackled the war's aftermath.
9 min |
August 2025
PEN WORLD
The Conscientious Ink Maker
Australia's Robert Oster Signature Inks puts thought into everything it does, from its colors to its carbon footprint.
5 min |
August 2025
PEN WORLD
Art in Every Facet
Each winner in the 31st Annual PW Readers' Choice Awards is an artistic masterpiece.
4 min |
August 2025
PEN WORLD
The Bewitching Hour
The new Pilot Vanishing Point Limited Edition Link Midnight is another sign that the legendary Japanese company is on a continuing creative journey.
7 min |
August 2025
PEN WORLD
The 2025 Detroit Pen Show Is Motoring Ahead
The U.S. Midwest's storied manufacturing history is well documented, but often overlooked in import is the culture of the greater Detroit, Michigan, area. Known for its automotive history and as the home of Motown music, it also is home to academics, professionals, and of course, pen enthusiasts.
1 min |
August 2025
PEN WORLD
Excelsior! The First Annual Empire State Pen Show
For years now—decades, even—there were rumors, whispers, and murmurs of a pen show returning to Manhattan, New York.
2 min |
August 2025
PEN WORLD
Remembering Pen Legends
Our community recently lost three stalwarts: a Sheaffer maven, an Italian pen expert, and a masterful vintage pen restorer.
4 min |
June 2025
PEN WORLD
How Did That Name Get on My Pen?
The art and science of pen personalization through the years.
4 min |
June 2025
PEN WORLD
The Journal of Your Dreams
Jenni Bick Custom Journals is more than a stationery store. It's the place to design your bespoke writing experience.
5 min |
June 2025
PEN WORLD
Music x Fountain Pens: An Intergenerational Exchange
It wasn't always easy for me and my father to bond, especially when I became a sullen teenager and then a principled yet woefully naive 20-something, but as a philosopher once said, “Music makes the people come together.” Yeah.
3 min |
June 2025
PEN WORLD
Inspired by: Jan Zander Design Studio
Jan Zander studies the world around him and transforms it into writing instruments of unsurpassed beauty and quality.
6 min |
June 2025
PEN WORLD
The Surrender Pens of World War II: Lüneburg Heath and Rheims
The year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. This multipart series explores the surrender ceremonies, participants, and pens that were used to sign the surrender documents.
9 min |
June 2025
PEN WORLD
A Healthy Pen Addiction
Through his Pen Addict blog channels, Brad Dowdy is an influencer extraordinaire, and this summer promises a slew of exclusive Pen Addict product partnerships.
4 min |
June 2025
PEN WORLD
Elbwood and The Nine
Frank Pressentin crafts writing instruments in precious materials, and the philosophy behind the design is a manifesto for makers.
5 min |
June 2025
PEN WORLD
The Wicked Good Pen Show Turns 10
New England's largest pen show will celebrate its 10th anniversary at a very special new venue.
2 min |
June 2025
PEN WORLD
S.T. Dupont Strikes a Chord
From a new product line with Fender Guitars to redesigns of its classics, S.T. Dupont CEO Alain Crevet has overseen a golden age of writing instruments during his nearly 20 years heading up the French maison.
10 min |
June 2025
PEN WORLD
It's a (Found) Family Affair
The Texas-based artisan pen brand Hinze Pen Co. began with one man, Jim Hinze. Ten years on, he has found the team he needs to realize his ultimate vision: a legacy.
6 min |
June 2025
PEN WORLD
Write Your Own Penventure
The David Oscarson Black Water Snake Collection from 2013 is considered a classic.
8 min |
June 2025
PEN WORLD
Kanilea Papakōlea: Written in Green Sand
The newest writing instrument inspired by Hawaii's flora and fauna takes as its inspiration one of only four green sand beaches in the world.
4 min |
June 2025
PEN WORLD
Hastil and the Slim, Straight, Metal Pen Today
In this concluding chapter, we explore the ways that current makers are applying modernist design in a new formulation of the well-worn dialogue between form and function.
5 min |
February 2025
PEN WORLD
The Show with a Capital “T”
Pen show patriarch Terry Mawhorter is beloved for his two pen shows, but it is his principled nature that inspires loyalty.
6 min |
February 2025
PEN WORLD
Inspiration from Ottoman Culture
The new Graf von Faber-Castell Pen of the Year 2024: Ottoman Culture recalls the era when Europe's fascination with Turkish art and culture began.
6 min |
February 2025
PEN WORLD
Feeling Fine
JULIAN H. KREEGER explores trends in nib preferences.
4 min |