to wonder if anyone uses fountain pens anymore?

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I do use them sometimes, but they always seem to leak, dry up etc. I have a Mont Blanc which my husband bought me for my birthday a couple of years ago, which has never worked - or perhaps it is something to do with the way I use it....

I always think that letters written in ink look so elegant, so perhaps I should persevere: or am I just old fashioned?

I use a Parker with a calligraphy nib, so much neater than with a biro. I don't write by hand very much niwadays though.

this is where I get my pen porn from www.cultpens.com and I've just ordered some more stuff!!

My dad does. Always. Every card we have ever received has had smudged ink.

The Queen eschews biros and always carries a fountain pen in her handbag.

If my arthritis wasn't so bad, I'd use a fountain pen. I used one for years. Now I use a special pen with a squishy thing on it so I can hold it.

Or just use my iPhone.

No soul, but at least I can read it when I'm finished!

I have a sheaffer that I use at home, but I would never take it anywhere as it was my dads and I would be so upset to lose it.

Noooo! Fountain pens are not for sharing. I'd be cross and twitchy as well

You should never share your fountain pen as the nib adjusts to your writing and if you let someone else use it, it will damage the nib.

One of my colleagues will use my fountain pen given half a chance and it enrages me!

I do all the time. It's the only pen I use. I also write letters.

Definitely NEVER share a pen. NEVER!

I've had two fountain pens that I've used and abused - a lovely Elysee pen that I lost and a Waterman that fell apart. This thread has made me think about treating myself to a new one.

I'd love to know who would spend nearly £3,000 on a pen

Reassuring to know I'm not the only one who gets furious over other people touching my pen!

My dc school insist they write in fountain pens

Pocket money! I once sold a pen for £28,000

28,000k on a pen? What was it, solid gold?

Nar, but it was a one of a kind hand-painted Japanese lacquer pen from the late 1920s. I know similar that sold for $250,000+

I recommend fountain pens for students who struggle with their handwriting. It works. It slows them down, enabling them to form letters more clearly.

You'd never ever use a pen that cost £28,000 though would you? As for $250,000 you'd stick in a safe never to be seen again!

When I worked in the pen shop we sold a 1920s pen that had never been filled with ink. Cost a couple of thousand. New owner filled it up in the shop in front of us - I thought my boss was going to cry.

They explain on the cult owns site that over a certain amount you are paying for embellishments. They also have retractable fountain pens for £250 which I covet

*pens

What's a retractable fountain pen?

My DH does.