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Hi my fellow (fountain) pen lovers,

 

This is Pravin Pai from Mumbai, India. I am just 2 years short of being a senior citizen (60 years) and it was just recently that I again reactivated my old love for fountain pens which had been dormant since my school days (1970~1975).

 

School days I had a large collection of fountain pens and I still fondly remember many of my favorite possessions from those days, which are no more with me, particularly a Chinese made called "Wing Sung" which was so smooth and flowed like heated butter.

Another favorite was a Japanese Pilot (don't remember the model name) with a telescopic bottom barrel such that while writing you could pull-out and extend the barrel and again push to shorten it before inserting in your shirt pocket. Don't know where all these possessions disappeared over the course of my travel in life.

 

But I do have in my possession antique original black tiger-striped over green, 18K gold nibbed Parker which is about 75 years old. I don't use this anymore but once in a while remove it from its box, admire and caress it and again put it back in to the box. Over these years one pen that has stuck with me is a Sheaffer - again don't know the model name, but with its nib embedded to the top barrel.

Anyway, recently I bought on Amazon a Pilot (Lizard design) fountain pen - I guess this is marketed as 'Metropolitan' outside India. This has a Fine nib and is just too good in smoothness as well as feel of writing. It is delight to write with this pen. I think every pen aficionado should have a PILOT pen in his possession.

 

I am once again thinking of being a serious pen collector. So with the help of you friends on this forum, I hope to make some collection of good fountain pens. Please do advice.

 

Regards

Paiwah

 

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Welcome! It's nice to have you with us.

 

If you are interested in fountain pens made in India, there is a forum here that focuses on that.

 

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Welcome to the forum. As AD64 said there is the Indian pen sub forum on here and there are some lovely pens being made in India. Wing sung pens, including semi-vintage ones, are also readily available on eBay. :)

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Welcome sir to the forum. Glad to have you on the forum, that too from India. Hmm that pilot pen I saw with penspoint at Ansal Plaza, New Delhi. Contact Mr Ravi Tiwari ( 09711427616 ). He has a good collection of vintage pens. Im a satisfied customer and have bought from him .

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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 Pravin Pai.

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Welcome to the FPN.from Texas in the USA.

 

Do you have favorite inks or paper that you like more than others? They are as important as the pen in having a satisfactory writing experience.

 

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H I think every pen aficionado should have a PILOT pen in his possession.

 

I feel the same way, except the pen should be a Parker 45 instead. :lticaptd:

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