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Ha..ha..the word "matsalleh".

Thanks for sharing piece of the pen history in Malaysia. I wasn't really aware when ballpoints started dominating in schools but I know I am probably the only one using a fountain pen when I started secondary school in early 80s.

 

 

It's a steep slippery slope :D I'll be waving from the bottom of this deep well...

 

 

Does it hurts ? :lol:

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Does it hurts ? :lol:

 

Only to your wallet.... :rolleyes:

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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Ain't that the truth. :/

 

Got Vacs with Flexi nibs that I can't replicate in anything modern yet; some say to look for a Custom Heritage but I'm not ready to sniff into that tier of FP just yet.

 

Ha..ha..the word "matsalleh".

Thanks for sharing piece of the pen history in Malaysia. I wasn't really aware when ballpoints started dominating in schools but I know I am probably the only one using a fountain pen when I started secondary school in early 80s.

we sound like similar era vintage ;)

 

Up in KL ~1980 there were still a few FP users in class... perhaps 20-40%. Imho usually the smarter/geekier ones used FPs haha (going by exam rankings). Whereas I packed a bottle of Quink at bottom of my schoolbag so became the go-to for the brainstrust whenever they ran outta juice...

 

Some kids had really bad pen holds, some even had fingers touching nibs... guess these kids went ballpoint first; also around this time the Artline fineliner felt tips appeared.

 

Ballpoints back then weren't all that smooth either, most were draggy & skipped. I used Parkers which were better than most, also played with PaperMate with the 'pump' refill, "EraserMate" was a flop... think the first decent ballpoint on the market (that wrote faultfree until empty) was the Pilot BP-S.

 

Anyhow most of my schools had a bookroom selling stationery supplies open during breaks. They sold FPs, mainly Pilot & Hero I think... I liked Japanese gear so only ever bought Pilots. Many have gotten lost/stolen/broken but today still own at least 1 Pilot Birdie from primary school & 1 Pilot 55 from secondary school bookshop.

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