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Hi to everyone,

10 minutes ago I found this site and because of I'm a pens collector (95% are fountain pens) and I was very happy to find a collectors' network. Now I'm one of you.

My real name is Andrea and I'm a male. I know that someone of you could consider it funny but Andrea came from greek name Andreas that means soldier, strong man, so in Italy and in Greece, it is a male name (and in Italy we consider funny that in english Andrea is a female name :) ).

I'm 31 years old and I'm a managerial ICT engineer. I live in Cagliari, in the South Sardinia, that is the second big island of the Italian Mediterranean sea, between Sicily and Corse.

I've got a modest collection of pens, around 50 pieces, some of them I bought broken or dirty and I repaired them successfully with an ultrasonic bathtub and fresh distilled water (it needs a lot of time).

My very big problems are to buy new holders or display boxes for my pens, and to create a good database, with lots of fields and photographic fields too.

I'm going to use all of my pens, one by one, so I can put a field "comment" or "personal experience" in my database. I know that in this way the pen will not be more mint, but this is a personal collection, not thinking about selling my pens. By now I've just used/tested 10 pens, and my favourite is Pelikan M150, that I'm still using.

I think I introduced completely myself, so If you have some questions, don't be afraid to tell me.

Ok, so please forgive my english but it is a long time I don't use it spoken, and writing uses the same rules.

Bye

<i><b><font size="4"><a href="http://www.duninet.com" target="_blank">Andrea Duni</a></font></b><br><font color="#696969">(ex Netnemo)</font></i><br><br><b>Join the FPN Groups on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/fountainpennetwork/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/799587" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></b>

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Welcome Andrea!

 

I too am starting to build a full database of all my pens (around 300 items). You might like to look at this topic here which I found useful. I have downloaded Ray's free software and hope to start using it soon.

 

Good luck,

 

Andy

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Welcome Andrea.

You'll find a friendly bunch here.

 

Looks like Ray may have saved us all a lot of work (thanks for pointing it out Andy).

 

Regards,

Ruaidhrí

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Hello Andrea and welcome aboard! Hope you enjoy the place and contribute as often as you like.

"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Rom. 5:8, NKJV)
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Welcome to FPN, Andrea. You've got a good start on that collection. By doing your own repair work you ought to feel even more proud of your pens.

"Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching." Satchel Paige, Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher

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Welcome! I hope you enjoy the forum as much as we all do... :)

"There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey."

- John Ruskin (1819-1900)

 

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Pelikan M200 "Citroenpers" (14C-585 M), Diamine Monaco Red

Pelikan M200 "Citroenpers" (14C-585 F), Diamine Prussian Blue

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