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Thread: How do you carry a fountain pen?
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01-18-2009, 10:24 AM #15
Ha ha, yes, indeed, why would anyone carry a fountain pen these days? In fact, why would anyone shave with a straight razor?
The fountain pen was passed to me by my father. I've never felt the need to use one since school. But there's something inherently enjoyable in signing off a contract at work, or indeed anything requiring signatures, with an ink pen.
One thing that has been an unexpected pleasure is that fountain pens seem to make me take a little more time and care in the writing. With a ballpoint you can scrawl very quickly, but with a fountain pen it seems (to me at least) that you need to take a little more care. Apart from a better looking outcome (the appearance of the writing), the enjoyment I've found from this is very much like the enjoyment I get from shaving with a straight in that it forces me to take more care and time over the shave (compared to a cartridge razor).
Cartridge razor = disposable ballpoint
Straight razor = fountain pen