Vintage Collectible Ballpoint Pens

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Girlie Pens, Again? Why Ordinary Things Go Pink

Score one for the Internet. Not long after Bic launched its new line of "Bic for Her" ballpoint pens—boasting an "elegant design" that "features a thin barrel to fit a women's hand"—women and men alike hopped on Amazon.com to bombard the product page with hilarious and brilliantly snarky reviews. One woman writes, "Someone has answered my gentle prayers and FINALLY designed a pen that I can use all month long! I use it when I'm swimming, riding a horse, walking on the beach and doing yoga."...

The Pinnacle of Pens: Author Barry Gabay on Writing in Style and the Montblanc 149

In 1908, three guys in Hamburg, Germany, founded what would become Montblanc. In the beginning it was known as the Simplo Filler Pen Company—“filler” because their pen featured a filling mechanism that set it apart from desk-dip pens, which was what most of the world used at that time. It wasn’t until 1910 that the firm released a pen with the Montblanc name on it—in 1924, Montblanc was added to the company’s name. Mont Blanc, of course, is a mountain in France, on the French-Italian...

Vintage Sheaffer, Parker, Wahl, and Waterman Fountain Pens

When I got my first job out of college, I did what a lot of people do: I ran out and bought myself a Montblanc pen and fountain pen set. I kept that pen for years, but in the mid-’90s, I lost the ballpoint at a business meeting. I gave it to somebody to use, and they didn’t give it back, which is the common way people lose pens. It wasn’t like the Montblancs you see today, with the twist cap that everybody has in their pocket. It was actually a special one made out of metal, a push...