Hi everyone!

I've been lurking around on these forums for a while now but decided to pop my head in and say hi =)

I'm in Sydney, Australia, formerly was on the ramblingsnail.net forums a couple of years back. I've rekindled the fountain pen obsession recently and may be spending more time than is healthy browsing around here. I love Pelikan, Dupont and at times Montegrappa (love/hate relationship with Montegrappa), but recently Lamy is fast becoming my new favourite.

Um I think that's it ^_^

Welcome to FPN! Jump right on in and enjoy the forum!

Welcome to FPN.

Hello and welcome to FPN.

Hi and welcome, there are quite a few other Aussie residents already here!

Hello and welcome aboard the FPN! Montegrappa has some very interesting pens to say the least. If you like Italian fountain pens, then you are sure to like Aurora. If I had to choose between the two, I would go with Aurora, but of course that is my personal preference.

So what kinds of inks do you enjoy using?

Welcome to FPN. Member from Melbourne here, a few of us scattered around.

Hello and welcome, I hope you enjoy your time on FPN

Welcome to FPN! ( from somebody about 2 hours drive east-ish of Melbourne)

An open offer to Australian residents - I'm currently attempting to circulate a set of small pads and some loose pages from various paper makers showing a variety of written ink samples - let me know by PM if you'd like to be on the list. Paper samples from companies Clairefontaine, Rhodia, Apica, Kokuyo, Crown Mill, and more readily available papers such as Pukka, Tudor (Spicer), and Spirax (Esselte) - more added as I find them (again, credits and thanks to InkyPete for contributions making up the bulk of this selection and to Phthalo for some notable additions). Add your own ink samples, try out the paper. Samples of excellent papers and one really bad example as a contrast (smooth surface but bad feathering and bleedthrough).

Regards, Myles.