There are very There are few tools that are less valued by most people than the fountain pen. They seem to spring from an inexhaustible stockpile of mugs, drawers and backpacks, both logoed and unlogoed. Any of these pens—or most, with just a little spit—will do just about any ink job you need them to.
But when you think about your own experience with an online brand of souvenir ballpoint pens, which you may or may not disappear with the NFT marketplace, you realize that this pen really sucks. The ink is sticky and horrible, the struggle to scroll across the page is palpable, and the tiny plastic shafts dig into your fingers and force your fingertips to slide.
That all changed when I got my first cheap fountain pen – I realized I could actually have fun with the physical act of writing. The first time I put a wet nib on paper, it felt like I was in a Tolkien novel.every time it is used it becomes event And not mundane drudgery.I feel like Bilbo Baggins, it’s over back and forth In Bag-End, but not a grand adventure story, I’ll write a check to the IRS or a letter to an accountant.
I bought another pen soon after college and used it daily for a few years. But when I turned 30, I found my pride and joy: the Lamy 2000.
excellent
This black polycarbonate torpedo has been handcrafted the same way in Germany since the mid-1960s. The medium-tipped Lamy 2000 features a capped, platinum-plated 14-karat gold nib that’s honed to surf the page, leaving a gloriously thick finish no matter what ink you draw through the perfectly concealed piston filler. Wire. Forget cartridges—this is a pen you drop straight into the bottle. I paired it with this ink and no worries, it never leaked once.
I use it for to-do lists and to keep track of my way through personal crises. I used it to write my wedding vows (I admit, then I typed and typed it for fear I couldn’t read my own handwriting). It’s hard to describe the joy of writing code with a well-designed tool; I feel like Uma Thurman and Hattori Hanzō katana kill bill. This is authorization.
Photography: Lamy
