I came here after watching Seinfeld where Elaine in S6:E2 goes to buy the Rolomac 1000 mechanical pencil. Brought back all memories of how \ why we were forced to write with Pencils in school until the 3rd grade and with fountain pens from 4th grade onwards. Fountain Pen from Airmail were my favorite and I had even won the first prize for most beautiful handwriting from Camlin ☺️ Several decades past now , haven't seen anyone use fountain pens !!!