simongarfield

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Finally: a book for fountain-pen people like myself.

#SimonGarfield #ThePen #book #reading #FountainPens #FountainPen #Montblanc #Lamy #Bic #nerds @bookstodon @books

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"For me, pen academia effortlessly turns to pen consumerism. Beyond its history, and beyond its utility, a well-balanced pen is just a beautiful thing to hold in the hand. To buy one – even something as factory-turned as the Lamy Safari – is to experience the most affordable fulfilment. By the end of my visit to the spectacular Montblanc Haus in Hamburg, I was almost convinced that a fountain pen was an essential tool for life. The truth is otherwise. No one – not even a president signing themselves into office or Charles III signing himself into the Kingdom – needs a Montblanc fountain pen, much less one where the price starts at £555 and goes crazy from there. A Bic Cristal will do: 26p each if you buy a box of fifty. Also, a Bic is a good chew, and its cap a good ear-scratch, and it was once fantastic at winding cassettes. How we got to the 26p pen – that too is the focus of this book." (Simon Garfield, The Pen)

"This industry was far from dead, a point emphasised by the spread of Moleskine boutiques and other busy specialist stationery shops in Shoreditch, Le Marais and Nolita. And then there are the most vivid enthusiasms online. Reddit pages and [fountainpennetwork.com](http://fountainpennetwork.com) hum with threads beginning: ‘Fountain pens make me fall in love with writing even more’ and ‘Bought my first *real* pen at the Philly pen show today!’ Stallholders at the fairs told me that the revival had been visible for a decade or so, and showed no signs of slowing; it was not yet at the level of the vinyl record revival, but getting there." (Simon Garfield, The Pen)

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https://pivic.blog/blog/quotes-from-simon-garfields-the-pen/

I've started reading Simon Garfield's new book 'The Pen: A Human History'. It's remarkably good, especially for a fountain-pen idiot like myself.

My blog post contains a few quotes from the first 17% of the book.

#book #reading #FountainPen #FountainPens #pen #SimonGarfield @bookstodon @bookstodon@fedigroups.social

The book cover: créme-white background, the main title written in spencerean calligraphy style; a fountain pen is visible in the top-right corner of the book, the nib of which sports an engraved 'P'.

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