笔作为纪录人类思想的工具,一直是人们日常生活中不 可或缺的物品,尤其是十八世纪末美国人威迪文 (Lewis Waterman)发明了便于携带的墨水笔之后,以前昂 贵的书写工具也能进入寻常百姓家。十九世纪二十年代至二 战,更是世界制笔业的顶峰期。在现在的计算机时代,笔的 使用频率不再很高,但亲笔书写的信件传递的温情仍是电子 邮件所不能替代的,一根造型别致的钢笔也是使用者品位的 反映。 As a tool to record human thoughts, the pen has always been an indispensable item in people’s daily life. Especially after the invention of portable ink pen by American Lewis Waterman in the late eighteenth century, Into the homes of ordinary people. From the 1920s to the Second World War, it was the pinnacle of the world’s pen industry. In today’s computer age, pen usage is no longer high, but the warmth of handwritten letters is still an e-mail can not be replaced, a unique style of the pen is also a reflection of the user’s taste.