Most people who know me would catagorize me as a technophile.
I also have an affinity for fountain pens. Some might see that as a contradiction — bear with me.
Credit for the invention of the fountain pen is given to Lewis Edson Waterman in 1884. The modern ball-point pen wasn't invented until 1943. Some might say the ball point pen was the evolution of the fountain pen. I see things from a slightly different angle: as of 2006, the ball point pen has had 63 years of improvements, whereas the fountain pen has had 122 years, making the fountain pen almost twice as technologically advanced as the ball point pen. Follow?
Up until recently, the fountain pen was lagging behind the ball point pen in one significant area: disposability.
I'm not much for disposable anything (I'd prefer to reduce, reuse, recycle), let alone disposable pens, but now there is a disposable fountain pen — and it's piqued my curiosity. That said, I have three arriving at my house tomorrow, so I'll update this post with an objective review once I've put a mile of ink behind me.