Why Fountain Pens?

Recreation of a Conklin Crescent Filler fountain pen. (Photo by Unattributed, Licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) Introduction I don't recall any point in time where I had any interest in fountain pens. I was born well after the time of the fountain pen, and there weren't any relatives in my family that had any special attachments to fountain pens. Then, there are some questions to answer: What drove my initial interest? How long have I been interested in them? Do I have some objective in collecting fountain pens? And of course: why fountain pens? Why not other writing tools? Answers to these questions await, along with a few extra tidbits here and there along the way. Why Fountain Pens The idea came to me last fall. I was looking for something to do during the coming winter, didn't rely on a computer or cellphone. And, it was on my mind that as I age, it's necessary to do things that will help with hand/eye coordination, and manual dexterity. Fountain pens was a natural fit. I'd always liked…