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Hey all! I am new as yesterday and i have already been made aware of a small group that meets to discuss fountain pens. Could you all fill me in if there are any others or if anyone is from Pittsburgh. I really love this community and hobby and would love to meet other fanatics! I am so happy to be here with all you fine folks. God Bless You all Michael

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Hi Mike,

I am from Pittsburgh and I am also interested in a Fountain Pen group. I got into Fountain pens last year and would love to connect with a group. Have you heard of any that meet on a regular basis?

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I am not from Pittsburgh but my son graduated from Pitt and we almost always stopped at the antiques mall in Somerset when we returned home (NJ) from one of our visits - the pickings were generally slim, but I on one occasion I did score an NOS Sheaffer Cadet Tip-Dip and a nice Parker P51.

 

I noticed that there was a pen gathering planned for yesterday in Bakery Square. Joshua Sasmor (sasmor@setonhill.edu) was the contact listed on FPN. It would be good for you to get acquainted with two other FPN members from the Pittsburgh area: Ron Zorn (Ron Z) moderates the Fountain Pen Repair board and is a font of knowledge on all things fountain pen (and a heck of a nice guy as well; there also is "inkstainedruth" who is a very active and genial contributor on FPN (sorry Ruth, I do not know your full name).

 

Welcome to FPN, you will learn so much here!

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Hopefully you will get to the next meeting, which will probably be the third week in February. We often meet on Wednesday evenings. Some people couldn't make Wednesday this time so Josh moved it to Tuesday, and we were crammed into the back corner alcove (along with some regular patrons at other tables) because most of the Panera Bread was taken up by a local mah jongg group....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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