Graham Greene, the famous author, once said: “My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.” In a world, where handwriting is a dying art, fountain pens were slowly going the way of the dodo. But thanks to a revival of all things slow and old, the pen is indeed on its way to become mightier again. Result? Fountain pen are making a comeback. Hand-written letters signed with fountain pens are the new status symbol – and the absolute must-have item now is a pen that is engraved either with your initials or a quote.Fountain pens’ revival is being fashioned by millennials who in search of a digital detox are turning to handwriting. There’s a growing tribe of millennials that want to keep their phones aside, write their thoughts, poetry and send notes to loved ones. For some, the fascination is using ink, for others, it is about slowing life down.Fountain-pen collectors love the physical ‘scratch’ of nib across paper. In the digital era, the ritual of choosing a pen, filling it, deciding which style to write in has a renewed romance to it. Collectors are going for vintage pens, some buy the high-end creations – what unites them is a passion for craftsmanship and functionality. A recent report by Penfold Research titled ‘Office Products: 2016-18’ reveals that unit imports of fountain pens and stylograph (non-nib) pens increased by 134 per cent.Fountain pen maintenance is very important if you want your pen to write well and last a long time. There are pen websites and forums that tell you how to clean and take care of your pen. Like your choice of watch, these classic writing instruments inject some personality into your life. Time to pick the pen up.In 1884, New York insurance agent Lewis Edson Waterman made the first fountain pen that held its ink within a self-contained tank