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Hello everybody, I'm Samrat from India. I have been using fountain pens for the last one year and it all started with something akin to the titular character in 'The book theif' , whereas I took one unused fountain pen from the corner of someone's desk, without notifying her. Stealing, you might be prompted to call my action, but considering that the pen sat there for five years without any attention, I only did a fair job. A Pierre Cardin president fountain pen it was, with cartridges from the same company. And for first few months I didn't know how to use cartidge pens, so it sat in my desk, unused! It reminded me of my school days. We had only Indian eye dropper and cheap Chinese pens in our childhood. So I searched eBay for my childhood buddies, Hero hooded fountain pens. And guess what, they are there. Before buying them I had to overcome the shock of seeing the price difference between ball point pens and fountain pens.

That was the beginning. The last one year had seen me progress from hero, jinhao , Baoer, Parker cheap, Parker costly, sheaffer cheap, Waterman cheap, sheaffer costly to vintage pens and so on. The fountain pen scenario in my part of the world is dead. No shop with any useful supply exist. It's totally gone. My search have lead me to cheap Chinese pens of absolute no worth, Parker vector and frontier, pilot tank filler and that's the end of road. The ink section consists of only some Waterman ink, some quink and camlin ink.

So eBay, Amazon, flipcart have provided me with some good pens and inks, they have become my saviour, though extracting some extravagant price for anything I bought....Of late I have acquired quite a few ebonite pens from ASA pens. I have become lazy, so only the finest nib get into my rotation now.

My realization : there are two reasons I like using fountain pens.

1. The writing experience, the tactile sensation. It's kind of addicting.

2. There is a certain liberating feel, certain 'kick' when after long toil you make one pen work to your writing preferences . It's evolution for you as well.

For every fountain pen lover- happy penmanship.

PS: the president pen was very smooth when ultimately I used it.

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

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Hello, glad you are here,

Love all, trust a few, do harm to none. Shakespeare

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Hello and welcome to FPN.

Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous  Who taught by the pen

Taught man that which he knew not (96/3-5)

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Welcome to our little corner of the universe from a pen user in San Diego. I'm sure you will enjoy your time here Samrat.

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I shall reserve my welcome, until I hear that you have returned the stolen fountain pen.

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

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Welcome Samrat.

 

And, be careful. The lady you stole the pen from may be reading this post. Lol.

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Hello and welcome from Idaho! Enjoy your time here.

 

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"You want to be a writer, don't know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen." ---Paul Simon

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welcome brother .. Also check out INDIA AND SUBCONTINENT under REGIONAL FOCUS for more topics from india..

ALWAYS LOOKING FOR INDIAN PENS .. IF YOU HAVE ANY KINDLY PM ME..

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Hello everybody, I'm Samrat from India. I have been using fountain pens for the last one year and it all started with something akin to the titular character in 'The book theif' , whereas I took one unused fountain pen from the corner of someone's desk, without notifying her. Stealing, you might be prompted to call my action, but considering that the pen sat there for five years without any attention, I only did a fair job. A Pierre Cardin president fountain pen it was, with cartridges from the same company. And for first few months I didn't know how to use cartidge pens, so it sat in my desk, unused! It reminded me of my school days. We had only Indian eye dropper and cheap Chinese pens in our childhood. So I searched eBay for my childhood buddies, Hero hooded fountain pens. And guess what, they are there. Before buying them I had to overcome the shock of seeing the price difference between ball point pens and fountain pens.

That was the beginning. The last one year had seen me progress from hero, jinhao , Baoer, Parker cheap, Parker costly, sheaffer cheap, Waterman cheap, sheaffer costly to vintage pens and so on. The fountain pen scenario in my part of the world is dead. No shop with any useful supply exist. It's totally gone. My search have lead me to cheap Chinese pens of absolute no worth, Parker vector and frontier, pilot tank filler and that's the end of road. The ink section consists of only some Waterman ink, some quink and camlin ink.

So eBay, Amazon, flipcart have provided me with some good pens and inks, they have become my saviour, though extracting some extravagant price for anything I bought....Of late I have acquired quite a few ebonite pens from ASA pens. I have become lazy, so only the finest nib get into my rotation now.

My realization : there are two reasons I like using fountain pens.

1. The writing experience, the tactile sensation. It's kind of addicting.

2. There is a certain liberating feel, certain 'kick' when after long toil you make one pen work to your writing preferences . It's evolution for you as well.

For every fountain pen lover- happy penmanship.

PS: the president pen was very smooth when ultimately I used it.

lots of indian pen makers are making amazing pens like ASA , RANGA .. founain pen culture isnt dead here.. as i said previously dive into INDIAN SECTION to know more

ALWAYS LOOKING FOR INDIAN PENS .. IF YOU HAVE ANY KINDLY PM ME..

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Welcome Samrat-ji!!!:):)

You will find a lot of friends here who share the same interests as you. Also, there are a lot of desis here too, some in India, and a number of NRIs.

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welcome to fpn :)

"Friendship is the purest love. It is the highest form of Love where nothing is asked for, no condition, where one simply enjoys giving.”
- Osho

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lots of indian pen makers are making amazing pens like ASA , RANGA .. founain pen culture isnt dead here.. as i said previously dive into INDIAN SECTION to know more

I was more talking about the region I live (and you live as well) .....if we consider whole India there definitely are wonderful fountain pen makers still doing wonderful job....but the province or state we live in has none of them....

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I am overwhelmed to see the encouragement from fellow members.....I'm grateful....please accept my warm wishes everybody....

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