Why are fountain pen sales rising?



You might expect that email and the ballpoint pen had killed the fountain pen. But sales are rising, so is the fountain pen a curious example of an old-fashioned object surviving the winds of change?

from https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-18071830
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