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I am new to FPN and FPs in general - I am the new owner of a whopping one FP, namely a Pilot Metropolitan with F nib. My single ink purchase so far has been a bottle of black Parker Quink once the start cartridge ran out. I'm a graduate student and thus have ample opportunity to write on a daily basis, so I'm beginning to appreciate the availability of fine tools. Looking forward to FPN!

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I am new to FPN and FPs in general - I am the new owner of a whopping one FP, namely a Pilot Metropolitan with F nib. My single ink purchase so far has been a bottle of black Parker Quink once the start cartridge ran out. I'm a graduate student and thus have ample opportunity to write on a daily basis, so I'm beginning to appreciate the availability of fine tools. Looking forward to FPN!

Welcome! By any chance did you keep the starter cartridge even though it ran out of ink? You can reuse the cartridge by simply using a blunt syringe ( the tip) and refill with bottled ink. In any case, what a nice first fountain pen. :)

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She Flies by Her Own Wings, with filled Fountain Pen

 

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Welcome! By any chance did you keep the starter cartridge even though it ran out of ink? You can reuse the cartridge by simply using a blunt syringe ( the tip) and refill with bottled ink. In any case, what a nice first fountain pen. :)

Sadly, no - I was unaware of that possibility and chucked it!

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Sadly, no - I was unaware of that possibility and chucked it!

Don't fret, neither did I for many years ago and I was an avid fountain pen user at the time. Believe I learned it from one of the forums. In any case, keep that in mind. I thought about it since you said you were a college student. Yet, as I think about it with your "ample opportunity" to write any given day, you would still need plenty of back up cartridges immediately available. How I remember those days well and early mornings for that matter, hours before.... :lticaptd:

Ea Alis Volat Propiis, per/Repletus Fontis Calamus!
She Flies by Her Own Wings, with filled Fountain Pen

 

Delta DolceVita, F-C Intrinsic 02, Pelikan M800 red/black striation, Bexley ATB Strawberry Swirl, Red Jinhao 159, Platinum 3776 Bourgogne. :wub:

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

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Hello and welcome to the network! :) Parker Quink Permanent Black was my first bottle of ink, also!

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Hi! Welcome to FPN. :W2FPN:

I'm really glad you've joined us.


Enjoy!


Best wishes from Japan,

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Welcome, mscaggs !

 

I wish that you had discovered fountain pens as an undergrad. I did. The easy flow of liquid ink allows a fingers- extended, relaxed grip. We had long-winded professors, in those days, and after a long day, hand cramping was common (also tear gas). :lticaptd: Fountain pens save me from cramps and callouses of the writing hand.

 

Syringes are easy to obtain. Larger syringes and larger needles are more function. "Un-blunted" needles hurt more, when one stabs oneself. There are two obvious solutions.

 

Just a reminder, the best way to uncap a fountain pen is to hold the pen upright, at the cap band(s) and remove the pen barrel downward. Re-cap the fountain pen in a reverse action. (99.9% of the people don't care.)

 

Write with joy.

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In that case you have many years and many opportunities to become addicted to fountain pens and the collection of them....

 

Welcome to the forum enjoy... :)

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Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently. - Jean Cocteau

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