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Hi all!

 

Thanks for an awesome forum with great tone and veritable wealth of information.

 

Bought a fountain pen for my 10y.o. son recently in an effort to help him improve his handwriting - he's a leftie with ligament laxity. So far his Lamy Nexx with LH nib plus advice from me re grip and paper positioning has worked well :) step 1 accomplished. Step 2 is working on consistently sized strokes with a tiny bit of angle (80 degrees).

 

In the meantime, I felt it was only fair that I spend time improving my own. Which is scrappy. So I chose Spencerian, downloaded the antique pdfs from iampeth, and have spent way too many hours in the last week practicing instead of university study. And researching nibs, inks, mods... You name it.

 

It became addictive very quickly. Lol. Especially after my Konrad arrived. Fun, looks good, great to play with the nib/feed and gain confidence with fountain pen parts, helped me determine I *really* like flex, but alas the hand cramps - vintage nib hunt here I come! Or pterodactyl's EMF mod. If I get brave enough.

 

Anyway, thanks for a wonderful forum.

Noodler's Konrad Acrylics (normal+Da Luz custom flex) ~ Lamy AL-Stars/Vista F/M/1.1 ~ Handmade Barry Roberts Dayacom M ~ Waterman 32 1/2, F semi-flex nib ~ Conklin crescent, EF super-flex ~ Aikin Lambert dip pen EEF super-flex ~ Aikin Lambert dip pen semi-flex M ~ Jinhao X450s ~ Pilot Custom Heritage 912 Posting Nib ~ Sailor 1911 Profit 21k Rhodium F. Favourite inks: Iroshizuku blends, Noodler's CMYK blends.

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Hi and welcome to FPN

 

 

That writing you are showing looks great, and a nice pen, too.

 

At first your writing speed will be low but once the movements get automated things will go faster.

 

 

Enjoy you Spencerian, enjoy your pen, and also our forum.

 

 

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Hello and Welcome to FPN!! Glad to have you as a member!!

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Greetings from northern California and a warm welcome to FPN. It's great to have you here with us.

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HOLD ON!!!... Is there a Toronto, Australia ???? COOLL!!!!! B)

 

 

Greetings from Toronto, CANADA !!!!!! :lol:

 

 

 

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Welcome !

 

The family that writes together, bonds together.

(In my native dialect, it rhymes.) :lticaptd:

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HOLD ON!!!... Is there a Toronto, Australia ???? COOLL!!!!! B)

 

 

Greetings from Toronto, CANADA !!!!!! :lol:

 

 

 

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Haha, I was thinking the same thing.

 

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Hi and welcome!

 

Nice writing!

 

So glad to see more Aussies here!

 

There's a place called Gunnedah in Australia and it's easily misheard as Canada.

 

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Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. Especially Toronto, Canada ;) Toronto, Australia is a (salt)lakeside suburb in Newcastle, Australia, just over an hour's drive North from Sydney.

Noodler's Konrad Acrylics (normal+Da Luz custom flex) ~ Lamy AL-Stars/Vista F/M/1.1 ~ Handmade Barry Roberts Dayacom M ~ Waterman 32 1/2, F semi-flex nib ~ Conklin crescent, EF super-flex ~ Aikin Lambert dip pen EEF super-flex ~ Aikin Lambert dip pen semi-flex M ~ Jinhao X450s ~ Pilot Custom Heritage 912 Posting Nib ~ Sailor 1911 Profit 21k Rhodium F. Favourite inks: Iroshizuku blends, Noodler's CMYK blends.

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