As my thread title implied, I tend to use ballpoints (sometimes with gel refills) more then fountain pens. Though I do own a couple Pelikans, Lamy Safaris and Namiki Vanishing Point fountain pens. I'm also considering a Namiki Falcon. So I certainly have more then enough of an interest in fountain pens to find this a very interesting and useful site. Happy to be aboard.

welcome! i too use BPs with rollerball ink (e.g. yafa RB refill for montblanc BP or schmidt capless RB for parker style pens). i do try to stay away from gel.

by the way, good selection of FPs!!!

Thank you. My Pelikans are a blue/black 800 which, to my utter shame, I haven't used in quite some time and a 215 black w/ lozenge pattern. My Namiki VPs are the old style or design. They look much nicer then the more recent design to my eye. Just a cleaner look. And you can't go wrong with the Safaris. They write quite well for a pen of that price point.

What don't you like about gel ink?

I avoid using ballpoints, but when I do write with one, I notice that the experience can be quite satisfying. I never mention that here at FPN because some here know where I live.

Doug

that's what you get for giving out coordinates, hdoug.

Welcome to FPN.

Hello! Welcome to FPN. Hopefully we can convince you to use those FP's of yours more often!

Tis a brave man that steps up in here and says 'I have em but I don't use em - much'

Welcome welcome - and remember there is always a home for those FP's at my house.......

I almost never use a ballpoint.
99.9% of the time I use my Pelikan M400 Extra fine nib or M215 with a M250 fine nib.

No, I use them (except, as mentioned above, the Pelikan 800 ) more then that. If I had to guess, I'd say it was something like 70% ballpoints (w/ or w/o gel ink) and 30% fountains. It may not sound like much but it is a pretty good amount. The Vanishing Points get the most use; what fantastic pens they are!

And I recently bought a large quantity of high quality paper (Clairefontaine & Rhodia) which I think will inspire me to use my fountain pens even more.

Welcome to the group!

Mark

Welcome to FPN.

After being here for a while you'll notice that 70% is starting to shift into the fountainpen side........
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Try out any old FP such as a Pelikan (e.g. M215) ora Lamy (e.g. 2000) as a starter.

Mike

Welcome! I use BPs too - for me it just suits my needs better most of the time.

Cant stand BP or RB but glad to have you aboard-welcome

they feel sticky and don't dry as fast as RB ink!! IMHO!

Hello and welcome to FPN.