The factory closed in 2009. The Slimfold fountain pens (left) were sold in 4 colours {black, blue, red and green). Based upon the popular Duofold it is smaller and more slender. The choice of nibs ...

New York-based novelist Amitav Ghosh recently ordered a fountain pen from an artisanal maker in India. "The last time I looked at his online list, it said my order would be ready in 95 weeks," the ...