Polly Phillips wins in Dubai Third time lucky for Polly Phillips, as she takes out the 2019 Montegrappa Writing Prize, and takes home an Extra Bespoke to power her future writing career. Polly Phillips was the winner of the 2019 Montegrappa Writing Prize, awarded within the programme of the Emirates Airline Festival
A Pen-chant for the fountain pen of eternal blessings? “But wouldn’t the Earth be better off if you switched to using a stylus” asked the PYT in all seriousness when I tried to impress upon her to switch to a fountain pen the other day in my class. “Don’t you
A young man sits in Washington Square Park with a sign around his neck. With only a clipboard, a writing pad and a pen for company, his passion for words is an opening to incredible human connections. Sometimes all it takes to get people to drop their guard is a
Click, scripting the future befitting its glorious past, secure in the present Four decades. A period that witnessed the worst downturn in the global fountain pen industry – when demand vanished, with the young increasingly adopting the ball points as their preferred instrument of writing, and then, slowly replacing
Bauhaus lines and minimalist appointments recall the pre-Montegrappa era and an unsung pioneer of penmaking Among the industrialists who joined to open Italy’s first fountain pen nib factory in 1912, Heinrich Helm’s influence has been by far the most enduring. A production technician by trade, the native Austrian’s duties in
Oscar Schindler (1908-1974). German industrialist. Opportunist businessman. War profiteer. Nazi party member. During the World War II he outwitted the Nazis to save more Jews (some put the number to above a thousand) from the gas chambers and certain death than anyone else. He did this by primarily employing them
Magna Carta. The Charter that establishes that everyone, including the King, is subject to the Law, that the rights to justice and the right to a fair trial are guaranteed – is one of the most important documents ever written in history. To create a line of writing accessories that
Limited Edition Nostalgists rejoice! A 1930s classic returns in a sharp new suit. The latest incarnation of the Nazionale Flex is so smooth, it might just spell the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Sometimes when we dust off a cherished model from our archives, even we are surprised by the
LEONARDO DA VINCI Limited Edition from Montegrappa Nearly half a millennium after his death, the world remains entranced by the brilliance of the great Italian maestro. Our newest limited edition hails the universal genius of Leonardo da Vinci. As museums around the world prepare to mark 500 years since
A salute to rogue spirit While the record books remember Ilie Năstase as a six-time Grand Slam winner and world number one, history will always remember him for what he brought to the court. The swagger, the speed, the look…the attitude. ‘Nasty’ was known as an innovator and entertainer extraordinaire
William Penn – combining convenience with great experience Nikhil Ranjan, the young and dynamic Managing Director of William Penn is credited with creating, almost single handed, the e-commerce space for fountain pens and all related accessories in India, that too with multiple brick and mortar stores across different cities. A prime
Following the original, first-edition rock-metal Fortuna Skull, comes the 4th generation: the Fortuna Crowned Skull– for romantics! The cap and body of the pen are satin-finished to obtain a stylish, velvety matte look, not only soothing to the eye but comfortable to the touch. Its main design pattern is a prominent crowned skull
