First Time Writing Sample - Esterbrook J Series Pen

[thebbqguy]

Thanks to everyone who encouraged me to research the Esterbrook J Series fountain pen. I received my first pen on Thursday and picked up some ink today. By the standards of most on this forum, I am sure the Manuscript brand ink that I purchased locally is not considered "high quality", but it's the only ink I could find locally today. Now that I have the pen, I want to write with it.

 

Here is the first writing sample from the pen on some inexpensive legal pad paper. Please excuse my penmanship. Many, many years ago I received a penmanship award in school, but I am afraid it's gone way, way, downhill since then.

 

 

I am sorry, but when I reduced the picture size for forum considerations, the picture lost some of it's sharpness; but you get the idea. (It went from almost 11 meg down to 157 kb)

 

Here is also a picture of the pen for anyone who is curious and did not see it in the other thread where I posted it originally.

 

Edited January 16, 2016 by thebbqguy

[linearM]

Congratulations on your Easterbrook. They are very durable, attractive pens, and generally good writers. You may find your penmanship improving when you start using a fountain pen. I think the first fountain pen I purchased for myself was an Easterbrook when I was in college in the 60's. Finding that pen is one of the reasons I became interested in fountain pens about 6 years ago.

[ScienceChick]

Congrats on your lovely green J; I'm sure it'll be the first of many. And welcome to Estieville!

[jdllizard]

Congrats! Now start experimenting with various nibs to find your favorite.

 

And you may want to add a few more Esties to the family while you're at it. :-)

[Runnin_Ute]

Don't worry about your penmanship. You have a good base it appears. And it will improve as you use the pen and practice. Enjoy that Estie!! Now to branch out into some different colored inks. Goulet and Anderson pens as well as others have samples available. So you can try different inks (colors and brands) without spending a lot on something you don't like.