Hello,

While looking for a Christmas gift for a friend, I remembered my fascination with writing implements and particularly fountain pens. Needless to say I purchased a gift for the friend and one for myself. I now own three and am trying to control myself for awhile but find I continue to desire more fountain pens.

I have never owned a fountain pen before and find I am in love with the experience, the ink on paper, the sound of the nib on paper, all the different pens, colors, ink colors. How do you keep yourself in check?

Pens I have in order of acquisition:

Delta Solaris, M
Moore 72 A, Maniflex (not sure if F or M)
Pelikan M400, Honey, F

Regards,
Rande

Hello and welcome to FPN! Glad you're here - great place to be as a FPNewbie. Soak up as much as you can and let us hear from you. It would be great to see a photo or two of your pens. Which one do you like the best (at least for now) and why? See you around.

Hi Rande,

Welcome to the board We're getting quite crew of Marylanders here

Bill (in southern Maryland)

Rande,

That's a nice trio of pens you have there!

We shall conquer and free the oppressed....

Western MD Cow Country here....... (Washington County).... where men are men and tiptoe around the cow patties like ballerinas


OK, OK, I am in a bit of a goofy mood today....
Welcome to FPN.... UH, BTW ~ they made me like this... just consider yourself warned..

What a great set of pens to start off with. How are you liking them?

The Moore, while quite beautiful - seems very small in my hand. It is apparently from the 40's - not sure if it was a ladies pen - or would there have been a childs pen? Sounds much louder on paper when compared to the Delta and the Pelikan.
But pleasantly loud. Do they call it singing?

I am torn between the Delta (M), using a Diamine Dark Brown - I absolutely love the color as it reminds of me old photographs - and the Pelikan (F) using Aurora Blue.

Both are very smooth writing and I like them for different reasons, but find I really enjoy writing with the Pelikan.

Primarily using the Delta in my journal and trying to break into using the Pelikan at work so I can use them both everyday.

Rande

Welcome! Nice pens. There's nothing wrong in using them at work, I do.

Welcome! Another Marylander here =].

Hi,

Welcome!!

Dillon