This is One Thing, a column with tips on how to live. Growing up in Saudi Arabia, I learned cursive with a fountain pen in the third grade as part of the standard curriculum. I wasn’t good at school, ...

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Fountain pens are the most personal of writing instruments. For a long time, fountain pens were the only type of pen available. When mass-produced ballpoint pens came along, however, most people opted ...

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Fellow writers Paul Auster, Tony Kushner and Colm Toibin have likewise sung the praises of the fountain pen for how it best gives vent to their thoughts. Because a nib gradually moulds to its owner’s ...

The Varsity pens definitely write smoother than the Zebras, also write a little wetter and have a richer ink color. But they're also a (Japanese) Medium nib, and maybe a little broader than a "real" ...

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