(Article) Reinvention of a fountain pen purveyor

**catbert** · April 6th, 2018, 03:26 AM

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/n...s-digital.html

In some ways, Court Street was a throwback to an earlier time. It had a glass counter that was stocked with numerous brands of fountain pens, including a $500 Pelikan, and it sold ink for those pens. It carried carbon paper.
“There are still some lawyers who use it,” Mr. Gutman said.
And who uses fountain pens anymore?
“Real traditional lawyers or judges from the old school, and they usually use it to make an impression when they’re with people,” he said.

**Chrissy** · April 6th, 2018, 05:05 AM

It's actually quite sad.

**FredRydr** · April 6th, 2018, 05:22 AM

Thank you for the link.

**catbert** · April 6th, 2018, 06:49 AM

Originally Posted by Chrissy

It's actually quite sad.

Yes. 'Reinvention' in the headline led me to expect a different kind of story.

**welch** · April 6th, 2018, 06:03 PM

Sad story, but thanks for spotting it for us.

**Hawk** · April 7th, 2018, 01:57 PM

Times change. There are other small businesses that suffer from the way consumers do business. I live in a small town, 5000 population with other towns the same or smaller in size. We are looking for businesses to open here but to no avail. Support of small business doesn’t exist in most cases unless it’s trendy.