| If you love all things stylish and timeless, then you | | | | clog the nib, making it unusable. In addition, if you lay |
| have probably already considered buying a fountain | | | | it down flat, the ink can surge back up toward the |
| pen. But you should know all of the little details that | | | | capsule and you will then have to wait about twenty |
| make a fountain pen glamorous; firstly, they are not | | | | minutes with the pen in its correct position for ink to |
| terribly easy to use and require some practice. Not | | | | flow back down again. |
| everyone has the luxury of time to use them. The | | | | They are known to be messy instruments. You can |
| old pens were even worse and required being dipped | | | | throw a ballpoint pen in any bag or backpack and it |
| in an ink well. If you buy one with a fountain pen nib, | | | | will be fine. You must be very careful with these, |
| you will not have to worry about that. | | | | though. Even the most conscientious get their fingers |
| These pens comes with little plastic capsules which | | | | covered in ink on a regular basis. |
| you must attach to the nib inside the pen. You | | | | If you write hard, pressing the tip of a pen roughly |
| puncture the capsule on the nib so the ink can slowly | | | | onto the paper, these pens are not for you. They |
| drain into the nib. Once the capsule runs dry, you | | | | require far lighter hands, because the nibs can be |
| unscrew the pen, take it out, throw it away, and use | | | | easily broken. The nib is very finely split in two so |
| a new one. Another option you have is to use a | | | | there is a place for the ink to run down to the paper. |
| syringe or eyedropper to refill and empty capsule will | | | | Pressing to hard will for the split apart, even to the |
| more ink from an ink well. | | | | point of the pen never working again unless you buy |
| You must be careful with the nibs, though, because | | | | a new nib. |
| they can be much more difficult to use than a | | | | These pens do write beautifully, though, once you |
| ballpoint pen. For example, you should always leave | | | | get the hang of them. You have to hold it a certain |
| your pen standing with the nib facing down. Never lay | | | | way at a certain angle, but with a little practice, you |
| it down flat. | | | | will hate writing with anything else. They do lovely |
| These pens really require the use of gravity in order | | | | calligraphy--something which other pens could never |
| for you to write. If you lay it down flat, especially | | | | dream of doing. |
| when the ink is running low, the ink could dry up and | | | | |