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Hello everyone,

 

I have recently been afflicted by fountain pen syndrome...

 

Since I was a kid I have always loved a good pen (think child playing around with the massive pen selection at Kinko's), but up until about 2 weeks ago I had never delved into the realm of fountain pens. My advisor in grad school always writes with one (Lamy Studio w/14k nib), and she has impeccable handwriting, so I figure why not give it a go. A short search later I found that Pilot metros are a great place to start. It was instantly the most gratifying writing experience I have ever had! I was hooked, with no hope of letting go.... Needless to say, I have been using a fountain pen for 2 weeks and now have 2 Metros, 1 Al-Star (with a F and 1.5 Stub nib), a TWSBI 580AL, converters for all, 2 bottles of ink, and a bunch of Rhodia.

 

Some may say that I have a problem (wife?), but I figured I would be in good company here on this forum! :D I look forward to tapping into your wealth of knowledge and chatting about pens.

 

Cheers,

 

-Tyler

 

PS - My precious TWSBI just arrived yesterday, couldn't help but show it off! How can you rotate pic in post, file itself isn't sideways...?

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Welcome to FPN and greetings from Portland! If you are in the Portland area there will be a meet up next Sunday.

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

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Greetings! I'm from the Portland Metro area too! Glad to hear there are other enthusiasts nearby. :)

 

 

Kathy

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Glad you are here Kaffe!

 

So much to learn and such a good place to do so.

"The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it."  - Selwyn Duke    

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Welcome, Tyler !

 

It's okay. Your TWSBI looks very nice when I am lying on my sofa. :P

Don't you love the way the sunlight shines through the ink in the pen barrel ?

Auf freiem Grund mit freiem Volke stehn.
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Verweile doch, du bist so schön !

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If you are in the Portland area there will be a meet up next Sunday.

 

What is this meet up you speak of?

 

Welcome to FPN fellow Portlander!

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It's great to see that there are so many others in Oregon on here. I am in Corvallis, but if there are events along the I-5 I would likely make the trip!

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Bit by the fountain pen bug, eh? There are worse afflictions. Anyway, welcome aboard from an annual July visitor to Oregon, trawling for books. Maybe we'll bump into each other at Gold Beach Books or Powell's. Look for the Edison Collier Persimmon Swirl in the shirt pocket. Cheers.

I love the smell of fountain pen ink in the morning.

 

 

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Sounds to me like you have the makings for a Portland Pen Posse (PPP) here. All you have to do is set up a time and a place. One of your local coffee houses would work. Then everyone shows up with her or his favorite pens, inks papers, etc. and you share stories and ink. Bring along a few uninked pens because someone will be willing to share some ink. They usually last one to two hours and everyone goes home and writes Thank-You notes the rest of the day. (I just made up the last part!)

 

The Las Vegas Pen Posse has been meeting for several years. The original, as far as I know, was in the San Francisco Bay Area. Los Angeles has a very large and active group. They have a dinner every year at The LA Pen show that is loads of fun.

"One can not waste time worrying about small minds . . . If we were normal, we'd still be using free ball point pens." —Bo Bo Olson

 

"I already own more ink than a rational person can use in a lifetime." —Waski_the_Squirrel

 

I'm still trying to figure out how to list all my pens down here.

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The PDX Pen group on yahoo is meeting at the Lucky Labrador Brewing Company, 1945 NW Quimby St (I believe) at 1pm this Sunday (April 26th).

 

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