Hello!
My name is Saku Laitinen, I live in Lahti, Finland.
I wouldn't call myself a collector, but I currently own 3 fountain pens:

-Waterman Philéas (brand new)
-Parker Frontier (1996)
-Ballograf gold-plated fountain pen (the whole cap and barrel looks like golden) made in Sweden (bought in 1996), writes very smooth, fine line

Unfortunately there are very few fellow collectors or anybody actually using a fountain pen in my country. So I am very glad to have found this forum

Best wishes,

Saku

Welcome Saku. I was lucky enough to be in Helsinki this past August. Acidentally landed right in the middle of some pre-olympic games!

I have my picture posted on this board in front of the Sibelius monument.

-Bruce

Welcome Saku! Hope to see you around the boards.

Welcome . I'm fairly new here myself but it seems a friendly place (unlike....no, I won't go there).

You into smoky tea by any chance? I'm enjoying a nice cup of Darjeeling at the moment 9.

Martin

Hello, nice to meet you!

Yes, the smoky Lapsang Souchong is one of my favourite teas. Drinking fine tea and writing with fine pens marries well

Welcome, Saku. Have fun here.

Ray

Welcome!

Enjoy this site!

Hi Saku,
Welcome to the FPN Society!!!Have a seat and enjoy!!!
Take Care
Emrecan

Welcome to the board.
There a lot of very friendly people here and a wealth of information

Hi Saku and welcome to FPN!

When I think of Finland, I often think of the great hockey players from there (like Saku Koivu, Teemu Selanne, etc.)! I live in Vancouver, Canada and was pleased to be able to attend a few games at the recent World Junior's (Under 20) Championships held in my hometown this year. The Finns did very well this year, winning the Bronze medal by defeating the team that many thought would win the tournament---the U.S. In the end, Canada took home the Gold and the Russians got the Silver, but it was nice seeing the Finnish team play (they have a great goaltender)

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the site! The pens that you have are very reliable and highly recommended "starter" fountain pens. I would love to see a photo of the Ballograf ® fountain pen; I have a Ballograf ballpoint, but no fountain pen....

Welcome Saku!!

Handlebar

Hello and welcome to FPN. It's nice to get some more Northern European representation here


Kurt Hammerbeck