Fountain pen caps protect the nib and ink from drying too quickly,  protect your clothes from ink bleeds, and protect the nib from being damaged from drops.  

The clip’s purpose is to protect the pen from rolling on a surface, secure the pen to your shirt pocket, and is a decorative part of the pen.

The barrel is the first thing that strikes your eye.  The color, texture, and the way the light strikes the material.  The barrel sets the tone for the entire aesthetic experience of the pen.

The material also determines how light or heavy a pen will be and what it feels like in your hand.  Need a heavy pen?  Then brass is what you need.  Brass gives the pen weight.  Need a light pen? Then acrylic is the best choice.

  The common types of materials used for fountain pens for mass manufacture are chrome, brass, and acrylic.  Custom made pens have used material such as wood, bone, and antler. If you choose to have a custom design creator to make your fountain pen such as desert pen turning uses wood, bone, antler, acrylic, brass, and chrome.  You can have various color combinations, intriguing patterns, carve or burn a unique design into the surface of the barrel this will help make the pen unique and maybe more valuable.

Benefit 1: Do you suffer from involuntary muscle contractions in you fingers, hand, forearm, and even your shoulder when you are using fine motor cooperation such as writing? If you do, it might be hand dystonia also known as writer’s cramp. This problem is caused by putting to much pressure on your pen when you are writing. To prevent this pain from occurring is best to use a fountain pen. This type of writing instrument prevents you from applying pressure while writing. The smoothness of the pen’s nib makes it an easier writing experience especially for long periods of time. There are two famous authors who each wrote a novel using a fountain pen that was Stephen King and J. K. Rowling.

Benefit 2: Handwriting information and seeing it help with memory retention. Using a fountain pen is easier then other types of pens, because it take little to no pressure to put ink to paper which is great when writing for long periods of time. Handwriting is not a pleasure for everyone, but it is beneficial when learning something new.

Another benefit of handwriting is journal writing, according Amanda Chan 6 Unexpected Ways Writing Can Transform Your Health https://www.huffpost.com/entry/writing-health-benefits-journal_n_4242456 “ A 2008 study in the journal The Oncologist that expressive writing could help cancer patients not only think about their disease in a different way, but also improve the quality of life. ‘”Moreover, despite the pilot nature of the present study, initial findings suggest that a single, 20-minute writing exercise led to changes in how some patients thought about their illness,’” the researchers wrote in the study.”

Letter writing is a powerful way to connect with loved ones. Letters are keepsakes just as a fountain pen especially if one is inherited or custom made. If inherited pen is not happening then custom made fountain pen can benefit future generations. https://etsy.com/shop/desertpenturning is a little online shop that sales custom made fountain pens.

Fountain pen nib is what controls the ink flow.  The smoothness of the pen’s nib makes it an easier writing experience.  For handwriting they come as extra fine, fine, and medium.  If your handwriting is small? Extra fine and fine nibs are great for small precise detailed writing because it leaves white space in your letters.

Is your handwriting large?  Medium nibs are more suited for larger penmanship because the ink can close in on the white space.

The most common type of nib is rigid with a round tip to create uniform lines to maintain consistency in writing which are great for everyday use.  Steel the type of material used for the modern fountain pens. 

Which hand do you write with?  Did you know that if you write with your right hand you pull the nib of the pen across the paper.  If you write with your left hand you push the nib of the pen across the paper.  The left-handed nib is similar to the right-handed nib. They are smooth, round, but ground at angle for left-hand accommodation.