When do you actually become a Pen Guy? Similar to being Fashion Guy, Car Guy, or Watch Guy, it comes at a point in adulthood ...

Pilot’s Frixion series of groundbreaking erasable-ink pens became international bestsellers following their launch in 2006. Frixion products have now sold a total of 1.5 billion units worldwide. Forms ...

Confession: I have a desk drawer filled with gel pens in a variety of colors (think neon pink, shimmery gold, deep black and beyond). I use them to write birthday cards for my friends and for my ...

At its most basic, a pen has to do just one thing, but there are so many reasons to choose one over another. Does it glide along the page, or does it drag? Does the ink flow in a smooth line, or is it ...

Whether you’re an artist, a fan of adult coloring books, or just love doodling on paper, gel pens are a great tool for expressing your creativity. The best gel pens for coloring have smooth-flowing ...

If you conducted the anatomy of a fountain pen, Swedish illustrator Mattias Adolfsson believes you would find, from cap to nib, a pink brain, a tangle of artistic clout, a reproductive organ, a pair ...

Look around you. Chances are, there’s a BiC Cristal ballpoint pen among your odds and ends. Since 1950, it has far outsold the Rubik’s Cube and even the iPhone, and yet, it’s one of the most unsung ...

Fountain pens were a stylish statement but messy and impractical. Their replacement was a stroke of design genius perfectly in time for the era of mass production. On 29 October 1945, the New York ...

You want a pen that is comfortable to hold and writes smoothly, but not all pens are cut out for all types of paper. The best pens for Moleskines, for example, should meet certain criteria that differ ...