| The manufacturers of fountain pens apparently have | | | | 1. Fountain pens are easier to writer with than |
| not seen such increase in sales since the year Lewis | | | | rollerbals and ballpoints. Thanks to construction and |
| Waterman made the 3 key inventions that allowed | | | | special mechanism, fountain pens do not need |
| the mass-production of quality writing instruments. | | | | additional pressure on part of a writer. The ink literally |
| While ballpoint and rollerball pens were reported to kill | | | | flows onto the paper itself. |
| the market of fountain pens, and hi-tech presented | | | | 2. If gold is best investment of money, then fountain |
| by email and cell-phones was to eliminate writing as | | | | pens are sure to hold the spot among five most |
| activity, something unpredicted happened - and | | | | reliable investments. While cars are too huge to keep |
| changed the world of writing instruments. | | | | and normally drop in prices quickly, fountain pens are |
| I believe this can be explained by several factors. | | | | often made in limited quantities. If you ever got a |
| First, writing made a man, as many of us were | | | | slight interest in Mont Blanc Limited Editions, then you |
| taught at school. No technology can replace the art | | | | might know that these fountain pens become rare |
| of writing and diminish the value of habit. | | | | too fast, and their price tag literally sky rockets. If |
| Spell-checkers in Word make us rely on automatic | | | | you buy a pen for $300, a couple of years later you |
| scripts which, as we all know, cannot guess our | | | | can sell it for $500. Every broker will tell you that this |
| thoughts. You never can trust a spell-checker to | | | | ain't that bad :-) |
| make your article grammatically correct, and human | | | | 3. Fountain pens reflect personality thanks to all kinds |
| reviewing is always necessary, be it a term paper, an | | | | of models, manufacturers, filling mechanisms, etc. The |
| agreement, or some internal company policy. Typing | | | | world of fountain pens probably is way more diverse |
| involves making more errors than writing with a pen, | | | | than the world of computer games. |
| that's for sure. | | | | 4. If you care about you health, a fountain pen can |
| Second, email servers for conveying information, and | | | | help you. Yes! Doctors say that muscles involved in |
| not empathy. Writing involves much of emotional | | | | holding a fountain pen release tension on heart. |
| component, changing the style, pressure on the | | | | Besides, people with some diseases like arthritis have |
| paper, and handwriting. A hand-written letter tells the | | | | difficulties in writing with ballpoints, but fountain pens |
| reader a lot about the writer, while typed email is a | | | | help to alleviate the pain. |
| pure text lacking soul. | | | | 5. Collecting fountain pens is a great hobby, many |
| Finally, fountain pens are a tradition - and this is | | | | people find it to be a great fun. There are online |
| something we badly need in the unstable world. We | | | | communities with thousands of members enjoying |
| all lack connections with the past. Gadgets we use | | | | communication and sharing experience, posting |
| lack the spirit, lack humanity, and are considered as | | | | reviews, solving repair troubles. Every year Pen |
| devices only. You can't really express your | | | | Shows take place in cities all over the world, like |
| personality, your attitude towards assets and values | | | | those in Chicago and London. These are spectacular |
| with an iPod, which is just about in everyone's | | | | events where every fountain pen lover can look at |
| pocket. | | | | and feel almost any pen displayed, and receive most |
| So fountain pens have seen the second birth, so to | | | | accurate information about all aspects of collecting |
| say. Enthusiasts started the wave, collectors | | | | fountain pens. |
| supported it, and then ordinary white-collars joined | | | | So owning a fountain pens is something you might |
| the craze. | | | | really enjoy for the rest of your life, and your |
| So why do you need a fountain pens? | | | | children and grandchildren will have s chance to inherit |
| Here's a short list of reasons that might urge you to | | | | the asset that never looses in price - your fountain |
| have a look at reviews of different brands. | | | | pens. |