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Hello All,

I am new to this forum. Own a small Pen and Woodturning company with my wife. Have been collecting Pens for many years. My two favorite makes are Montblanc and Rotring. My wife and I are retired LEOs and our Rotrings have survived being run over by a cruiser! Makes them OK IMHO! The Montblancs are a different creature altogether, but class and quality all the way. My favorite Montblanc is my Boheme. It is definitely a work of art, and very functional also. I'm an old guy, and when I went to school, they not only taught cursive, but also made us work with pen and ink! We used steel nibbed pens and ink pots! Later..they allowed us to use inexpensive fountain pens. Not so these days! I'm told cursive is no longer even being taught..let alone the required use of steel nibbed or fountain pens! Don't get me wrong...I love computers and digital DSLRs, and have had one of every iPad as it came out! I just think we, as a society, have given up the basics to embrace the easier road!

Anyway..enough of my soap box..I am happy to find this forum and hope to be able to learn and perhaps contribute in some small way.

Cheers,

Unkei

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Deputy Sheriff 1976-2010 Ret.

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Hello and welcome from Baton Rouge, Louisiana where as of our latest legislative session, it is now the law that cursive has be taught in our schools...Enjoy your time here

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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 Unkel. What is a LEO? Lazy Executive Officer is the best that I could come up with and I'm sure that's not it.

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Hello, Unkei, and welcome to the Fountain Pen Network. Glad you have joined us. I'm an old guy, also. I learned to write cursive in school with a fountain pen. So, don't feel lonesome here. There are more of us around who have been around for quite some time. I'm having to teach my grandkids to write cursive because their school system won't. My granddaughter asked, "Papa, will this ink come off my fingers?" I said, "Not if you're lucky."



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Thanks for all the welcomes! For OCArt...an LEO is a Law Enforcement Officer (Cop)! Hopefully I wasn't too lazy! LOL!

Cheers,

Unkei (David)

Well..theres only one fight.

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