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Hello All,

 

I've been lurking for about 6 months and started posting a couple of weeks ago, so I thought I'd go ahead and introduce myself more formally. My name is Sarah, and I am addicted to fountain pens. I used them for the first time many years ago while an undergrad, then got distracted. I'm a scholar in the field of Renaissance poetics, and won a grant last summer to work in a library holding an autograph manuscript of one of "my" authors. Getting to touch the hand-written work of someone who has been dead for 400 years gave me the shivers (in a good way), and renewed my interest in writing by hand. I jumped right in to nib grinding (so that I could get the perfect italic to imitate the lines on that manuscript) and have now started in on hobby restorations.

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Yet another Sarah.

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Hello Mrs. Sarah and :W2FPN:, enjoy the forum.

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Welcome! I am in the chicago area too - will you be attending the Chicago Pen Show in the first weekend of May? Mark your calendar!

 

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"Writing is 1/3 nib width & flex, 1/3 paper and 1/3 ink. In that order."Bo Bo Olson

"No one needs to rotate a pen while using an oblique, in fact, that's against the whole concept of an oblique, which is to give you shading without any special effort."Professor Propas, 24 December 2010

 

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Hi Sarah. Greetings from the west coast and a warm welcome to FPN. Glad you've joined us; it's great to have you here.

"Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause." - Gandhi -

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Hi Sarah and a very :W2FPN:

 

 

Enjoy the forum

 

 

D.ick

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KEEP SAFE, WEAR A MASK, KEEP A DISTANCE.

Freedom exists by virtue of self limitation.

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Hello and welcome. I am glad you have joined us. Please don't be shy about asking questions or stating your opinions. I believe you could help many of us. I have never ground a nib. I have some I would like to grind from a medium to an extra fine but I haven't the nerve. I actually have two Parker Vactumatics from the 1940s that I don't use because of their generous medium nibs. The idea of ruining a nib in one of those pens . . . yet as they are they are useless to me.

 

I hope you enjoy the time you spend with us.

 

-David.

No matter how much you push the envelope, it will still be stationery. -Anon.

A backward poet writes inverse. -Anon.

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Hello and Welcome!

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Welcome., Sarah !

 

You have reminded me that writing allows us to communicate great expanses of distance AND of time.

Good luck in your studies.

 

Sooooooo, whatcha got ?

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Zum Augenblicke dürft ich sagen:
Verweile doch, du bist so schön !

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Hi and welcome to FPN!

 

Enjoy :D

 

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Welcome from another Chicagoan!

 

Maybe if we all shout at the same time, we can convince the Chicago Pen Club to move their meetings from Hillside to somewhere up North or Northwest.

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