A Pen for A Bar Mitzvah

Why a Fountain Pen for Bar/Bat Mitzvah?
OK so it is almost a joke now to give a Fountain Pen. It has been said:, "Today, I am a fountain pen," instead of "Today, I am a man."
Pens were the traditional gift starting over a century ago.  A pen is symbolic of the learning and the writing that has yet to be accomplished, just as the watch, which is a traditional graduation gift, may represent the young person’s hopefully long and fruitful life ahead. Since a pen originally was meant to serve one for his/her lifetime, they were appropriately made to last for a lifetime (and even then passed on to the next generation), with timeless designs. Pen makers and watchmakers were recognized artisans, just as the repairers were respected members of the community.
Nowadays, pens are so common that we have hundreds of pens in a lifetime. Neverthelesss, recently, an interest has been rekindled in those old pens that belonged to "grandpa" or " great uncle." Many have become collectors’ items. Also new fountain pens have become popular again.   So it is ok to give a quality fountain pen and a wish for many years of learning and writing.
About Pens and Jewish Tradition Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin said: I love fountain pens. Whenever I choose a pen, I do it Jewishly. What do I mean? The "Jewish" way to test a pen is to write the word Amalek in Hebrew with it and then immediately scratch it out. If the pen works and performs this holy task without skipping or blotting, then the pen is good.
From where does this custom come? It comes from the Torah portion -Deuteronomy 25:17-19 we read the imprecation against Amalek, the genocidal desert raider, the archetypal murderous anti-Semite: "Remember what Amalek did to you on your journey after you left Egypt-how, undeterred by fear of God, he surprised you on the march, when you were famished and weary, and cut down all the stragglers in your rear.... You shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!" (source:MEMORY VERSUS REALITY: A BALANCING ACT xJeffrey K. Salkin)