My name is Andy and I've been messing with pens for just a few months. I stumbled across this site while looking for clues on what cartridges go with which pens. I hope I've come to the right plance.

Look forward to getting to know you a bit and getting educated!

All good wishes!

Hello Andy,
Welcome to the FPN society You are going to learn a lot of things here!

Take Care
Emrecan

welcome to the FPNuthouse. we're a friendly and chatty lot and i hope you'll find it comfy here.

look forward to reading more from you.

KCat

Greetings, nice to see new members!!!

TNS

Welcome to FPN! Glad to have you aboard. Enjoy and look forward to seeing you on the boards.

Hi Andy and welcome to FPN!

Thanks for posting a "hello" in this thread. Now...the question that is on everyone's mind ... What kind of pens do you have in your collection (even if it's just a collection of one)?

My pens? I'm new at this so it is a little embarrasing to be among such experts. You will have to tell me what some are. (At least what to look for) Also, some of the print is too small for me to read and I don't have a magnifyer handy but here goes:

2 Green Waterman Phileas, 1 fp 1mp
1 Black plastic Parker white dot with gold trim
Gold Cross mp with black crown
Parker Insignia mp
Sensa Champagne mp
Rotring Millennium Annual Limited Edition "-4" series, 1996
Cross in pale green plastic
Hero fp burgundy with silver top with horses on it
2 Lamy plastic with steel nibs (red and yellow) mp
Arnold pen/pencil combo in yellow mottle, smallish, lever filled, well chewed
6 cheap plastic Shaeffer's
3 cheap Hero "Worker Bees"
Very long Yaffa pen/pencil combo with crack near nib I'd love to get fixed
Ugly old plastic Pelikan, green and black, missing crown with flat tip nib
Nice old plastic Pelikan, black with gold rings with very fat flat tip nib
Black plastic Osmiroid with strange nib
Black plastic Osmiroid with tan ring and extremely long, pointy, flexible nib

23 out of these 25 work (ink and write) without leaking. I use about 6 regularly.

So far as I know none are rare or valuable. The Arnold is probably the only one pre-1960.

I'm interested in acquiring a fine large Pelikan and an Esterbrook.

I bid from time to time on Ebay but have no good sense of values and most of the time I'm outbid or sniped.

I'm here for education and networking so I read most anything but am baffled by most of it.

I'm contemplating attending the upcoming LA Pen Show so if any on the network are planning to attend, maybe we can meet and say Howdy.

All good wishes,

Andy

Pendemonium has a comprehensive list of cartridge-to-pen matches under "Inks and Refills | Ink Facts"

Steve, I looked but didn't find it. Can you provide a direct link or tips on where on the Pendemonium site to look? I did look at the ink section pretty thoroughly but didn't find a clue.

Andy

Howdy Andy: You have most certainly come to the right place on the Web for information. I am sure that you will find everyone here not only friendly, but able to point you in the right direction.

Happy Holidays!

Hi Andy,

I am not Goodwhiskers (I love that name!) but here is the direct link to the page:

Pendemonium's page on "Ink Facts".

The info on cartridges is at the very bottom of the page----good info!

Welcome! You WILL learn a lot here.