Hello! From Sydney, Australia

[SNAK]

Hi FPN members,

 

I have been reading the posts on this forum for a good year or so now, and found the wealth of knowledge shared by fellow fountain pen people, especially the ink reviews, very helpful.

 

I thought it is about time I delurked and came out and said hello!

 

I am based in Sydney Australia, but I buy a lot of pen and ink related things from Japan too. If anyone needs help with Japanese language maybe I can help.

 

I look forward to learning more things from you all, and hopefully give back what I can also.

[PAKMAN]

Hello and Welcome to FPN!! Glad to have you as a member!!

[estie1948]

Hello and welcome. I am glad you have joined us. Please make yourself right at home and don't be shy about asking questions or stating your opinions. I hope you enjoy the time you spend with us.

 

-David.

Edited May 5, 2014 by estie1948

[notVirtuThe3rd]

Hi! Welcome to FPN.
I'm really glad you've joined us.

Enjoy!

Kind regards,
VirtuThe3rd

[Sasha Royale]

Hello, Rubberduckie !

 

Welcome to the Toy-Bird-Avatar-Network. Which fountain pen is your choice for daily writing ?

 

Glad you "delurked".

[RMN]

Hi Snak and welcome to FPN

 

 

Good you took time to become a member and to say hello.

 

good too if someone is able to help with Japanese. I have no need sofar, but good to know you're there

 

 

D.ick

[Clancy]

Greetings from northern California and a warm welcome to FPN. It's great to have you here with us.

[SNAK]

Thank you all for the warm welcome.

 

Sasha, my Toy Bird Avatar is one of my 3-year-old's rubber duckies. We somehow have about a dozen of them, and they come in different faces did you know.

 

My very first fountain pen was a dark blue Montblanc Noblesse that was given to me by my parents a very long time ago (ran out of fingers and toes to count the years), and I used that pen with the single bottle of MB dark blue ink that was also given to me at the same time, which to this day I still have. I don't even know the name of the MB ink because it doesn't seem to have it printed on the sticker, and I no longer have the box. It's the shoe shaped MB bottle but looks different from what current MB bottles look like. Is there a way to tell the name of old MB inks? It's a dark blue ink, and colour is not very saturated compared to PR and Diamine blue inks that I bought recently.

 

I was using that pen and ink for all those years, very sporadically, and as I didn't know anything about pen maintenance, I confess I never once cleaned this pen and I had left ink sitting in it for months on end until about a year ago, when I found FPN! I know. It is shocking. Luckily, this pen still writes perfectly, and the 18K nib is as shiny as the day this pen was given to me. Of course I now take better care of it and flush it regularly.

 

Ever since I found FPN, the number of pens in my stash has increased but they are mostly cheap Chinese or Japanese pens and a few colours of Lamy Safari's. My current favourite writers are Jinhao X750's and X450's and Wancher pens. Since I started practicing my Copperplate with dip pens I have been addicted to the look of glistening wet bead of ink on paper, so I love wet writers in fountain pens too. I find that Jinhao nibs are made of slightly softer steel or maybe they are thinner, so they are easier to tinker with to my liking. My favourite nib size is broad and I am loving inks with great shading.

 

I still love and use my very first fountain pen and it will always have a special place in my heart, but I am enjoying the logistics of ink/pen/nib matching at the moment.

Edited May 5, 2014 by SNAK

[Wahl]

[The Blue Knight]

Welcome aboard! There there are a lot of Japanese pen fans on the board so I'm sure you will be in company with lots of others who appreciate similar pens!

[kulindi]

Always great to have another fellow Sydneysider on board....

[KaB]

Welcome from the other side of the world...

[Ligaya30]

Hello and welcome to the forums, SNAK! I was a lurker as well until I got my first fountain pen in the mail. Since then, it's been about a fountain pen per month, but luckily I've stopped that now that I'm going back to school soon (Monday, to be exact). Please post pictures of your pen collection whenever you can!