Joon Pens

[jkingrph]

Has anyone had any orders or communication with Joon pens in NY lately?

 

I have a couple of pen cases on order and was told they were backordered, this was in May. I tried e mailing and now mails are bounced back as undeliverable and when I call I get a message that my party is on the phone and to please call back.

 

It sounds strange, and I am wondering if they are still in business.

[Doug1426]

Hmmm, it is strange. I tried to order a pen recently, and when I clicked on the "Buy" button I got a message about not being able to make the connection.

 

[penmanila]

there was a recent thread here that said they were out of business, that the NYC shop had closed. maybe do a site search for "joon"?

Edited July 12, 2012 by penmanila

[montegrappaman1]

I have been trying to contact Joon also. The number is no longer in service and the website is pretty much dead. I believe they are "outta here." It's no surprise to me. Their customer service as not good and anytime I called to see if they had something I needed, I almost always go the same answer: "no, we are out of stock." So, it's no skin of my back because I prefer the Fountain Pen Hospital anyway. I live in New York, so maybe I'll go by their shop and see what's up.

 

David

Edited July 12, 2012 by montegrappaman1

[penmanila]

here's that thread about the stores being closed:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/225138-joon-pen-stores-in-nyc/page__p__2395889__hl__joon__fromsearch__1#entry2395889

[akrishna59]

yet another fp store closed. will there be a time in our own lifetime that there will be no pen stores at all? i guess so. this is sad news indeed. i really cant understand why people dont write with fps anymore.

 

rgds.

 

krishna.

[sumgaikid]

yet another fp store closed. will there be a time in our own lifetime that there will be no pen stores at all? i guess so. this is sad news indeed. i really cant understand why people dont write with fps anymore.

 

rgds.

 

krishna.

 

While I can't speak for the rest of the world,I can say this: Most adult Americans in

this country don't use them,and of those,some of them wouldn't have any idea how

to use them--let alone even opening them(i.e.,those pens w/screw-on caps).

 

Doesn't mean they couldn't be taught--it just means we Americans live in a society

based on quick communication devices.

 

 

John

[javachoco]

yet another fp store closed. will there be a time in our own lifetime that there will be no pen stores at all? i guess so. this is sad news indeed. i really cant understand why people dont write with fps anymore.

 

rgds.

 

krishna.

 

While I can't speak for the rest of the world,I can say this: Most adult Americans in

this country don't use them,and of those,some of them wouldn't have any idea how

to use them--let alone even opening them(i.e.,those pens w/screw-on caps).

 

Doesn't mean they couldn't be taught--it just means we Americans live in a society

based on quick communication devices.

 

 

John

 

It seems to me American kids in primary schools are not required to write with fountain pens. My American friend said he was never required to write with fountain pen. He started using ballpoint pens in 3rd grade. Ballpoint pens weren't allowed in my primary school.

[Ghost Plane]

Our children aren't even taught to write! Half the children I see don't know how to hold a pencil and come to school with whatever "gimme" ballpoint they find around the house.

[terminal]

redacted -- (*mark of shame*)

 

Jimmy Joe set me straight.

Edited July 16, 2012 by terminal

[Jimmy Joe]

Well this new, so called "Common Core Curriculum" in our schools dictates that cursive no longer be taught... and that curriculum has been adopted by 48 states now.

The Common Core does not dictate that cursive no longer be taught. It does not require cursive to be taught, which is all together different. It leaves it as something that states can either include in their curricula or leave up to to each of their districts.

[tenney]

I know that topics end up going all over the place, but perhaps this would better fit a topic dedicated to discussing the what is/isn't taught in school? or on penmanship?

[terminal]

Well this new, so called "Common Core Curriculum" in our schools dictates that cursive no longer be taught... and that curriculum has been adopted by 48 states now.

The Common Core does not dictate that cursive no longer be taught. It does not require cursive to be taught, which is all together different. It leaves it as something that states can either include in their curricula or leave up to to each of their districts.

I know that topics end up going all over the place, but perhaps this would better fit a topic dedicated to discussing the what is/isn't taught in school? or on penmanship?

 

Yeah I took out my post. I'm even deleting all the sarcastic responses I started to type!

[MR. PEN MAN]

American kids are dumbing down.

All they know is how to use their cell phones to text , not talk and update their facebook page.

 

As a chinese american i can see the decline first hand, i remember 30 years ago we were a classy society,dressed well and had manners.

 

Now we dress like bums, men and women go out in flip flops.

 

Too much casual and not business/professional looking.

 

Whereas i remember seeing the chinese dress with their worker mao look and riding bicycles.

 

Now they dress very sharp and we look like bums and ride bikes while they drive nice cars.

 

To me you can see the power(money) shift in the way we dress.

 

These kids would never appreciate a fountain pen.

[pajaro]

yet another fp store closed. will there be a time in our own lifetime that there will be no pen stores at all? i guess so. this is sad news indeed. i really cant understand why people dont write with fps anymore.

 

rgds.

 

krishna.

 

While I can't speak for the rest of the world,I can say this: Most adult Americans in

this country don't use them,and of those,some of them wouldn't have any idea how

to use them--let alone even opening them(i.e.,those pens w/screw-on caps).

 

Doesn't mean they couldn't be taught--it just means we Americans live in a society

based on quick communication devices.

 

 

John

 

It seems to me American kids in primary schools are not required to write with fountain pens. My American friend said he was never required to write with fountain pen. He started using ballpoint pens in 3rd grade. Ballpoint pens weren't allowed in my primary school.

When I was in school in the 1950s and 1960s fountain pens were used for a while, but after about 1960 few students used fountain pens in the Catholic schools I went to. Fountain pen use is a niche thing, and has been for a long time. There is nothing about a fountain pen that makes it de rigeur for writing.

[kps]

American kids are dumbing down. All they know is how to use their cell phones to text , not talk and update their facebook page.

 

For [writing] will produce forgetfulness in the minds of those who learn to use it, because they will not practice their memory. Their trust in writing, produced by external characters which are no part of themselves, will discourage the use of their own memory within them. You have invented an elixir not of memory, but of reminding; and you offer your pupils the appearance of wisdom, not true wisdom, for they will read many things without instruction and will therefore seem to know many things, when they are for the most part ignorant and hard to get along with, since they are not wise, but only appear wise.

[akrishna59]

yet another fp store closed. will there be a time in our own lifetime that there will be no pen stores at all? i guess so. this is sad news indeed. i really cant understand why people dont write with fps anymore.

 

rgds.

 

krishna.

 

While I can't speak for the rest of the world,I can say this: Most adult Americans in

this country don't use them,and of those,some of them wouldn't have any idea how

to use them--let alone even opening them(i.e.,those pens w/screw-on caps).

 

Doesn't mean they couldn't be taught--it just means we Americans live in a society

based on quick communication devices.

 

 

 

 

John

 

this is exactly the case in india too and i suppose in most other countries, people here look with amusement at us who write with fps. carrying an fp is an indication that the person is old fashioned in his thoughts. no prestige factor in writing with fps here, as may be there in the west. on the other hand if you are in a young crowd whatever prestige you have will also be lost, once you pull out an fp.

 

rgds.

 

krishna.

[Ghost Plane]

Okay, doing the moderator mode here as this seems to be drifting toward the forbidden politics. Let's focus on the Joon Pens closure as this will affect people on the board who left pens with them.

 

Anyone heard any news from the NYC authorities?

[pencils+pens]

According to NYS records Joon New York LLC is still active.

[akrishna59]

American kids are dumbing down.

All they know is how to use their cell phones to text , not talk and update their facebook page.

 

As a chinese american i can see the decline first hand, i remember 30 years ago we were a classy society,dressed well and had manners.

 

Now we dress like bums, men and women go out in flip flops.

 

Too much casual and not business/professional looking.

 

Whereas i remember seeing the chinese dress with their worker mao look and riding bicycles.

 

Now they dress very sharp and we look like bums and ride bikes while they drive nice cars.

 

To me you can see the power(money) shift in the way we dress.

 

These kids would never appreciate a fountain pen.

 

i dont know whether this post of this gentleman is the reason for the moderator stepping in, but mr. penman you have raised a very valid point.

 

it is time that i stopped spending time on this forum.

 

tks and regards,

 

krishna.

Edited July 20, 2012 by akrishna59