It’s a shame that computers have made the art of handwriting obsolete. These days email has replaced post and documents are processed, not written. But pen and paper cannot die completely – even if you only break out a real pen to sign cheques (if you still have cheques). So when you take out that pen, it should remind us of that bygone era when handwriting meant something and, subsequently, when choosing a pen was just as important as choosing a Blackberry.

The Conklin Pen Company wants to help us with this by introducing a 100th Anniversary Limited Edition of only 388 pens worldwide. The pen uses the Crescent Filling technology originally patented in 1901, an homage to what was the most commercially successful pen of its time. The Conklin Crescent Filler was a near-perfect writing instrument, and the thing with which Mark Twain wrote most of his books. The new edition is updated with a black celluloid body, sterling silver overlay and an 18kt gold nib. If you had this pen, you’d ditch your computer.

Conklin Crescent Filler Limited Edition, $1,200. See conklinpen.com for more information.