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Hello there. As a school teacher, I need ways to motivate me to get grading those papers I am silly enough to keep assigning, so a fun fountain pen takes a little of the dreary drudgery out of my least favorite part of teaching.

 

I started with a Lamy Safari, black with a medium nib, and I have never looked back. I have a box of pens in my drawer and like to ink up a different one every now and then. My inner cheapskate rebels at the cost of too many new things too often, so I like looking for cheap to modestly priced pens to feed my habit.

 

I recently started setting up a few pens (an old Parker from the 90s, a couple of Platinum Preppies and a Safari Vista) as eyedroppers, to greater or lesser levels of success. I love the feel of a smooth nib gliding across paper… and it's never good paper, so the nib has to work its magic on loose leaf filler and copy paper.

 

I discovered the FPN years ago, and after lurking for quite a while decided to jump on board and ask a few questions. Most recently regarding trouble I have had with a Pelikan Level 5.

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Hi - fellow (comparative) newbie here. My wife and I live in the foothills, about an hour from Denver so it's good to see another Coloradan. Enjoy the forum.

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Welcome! I was a fellow lurker too for a few years =) best of luck with the paper grading. Maybe a few cool-looking inks will add fun to the process.

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Welcome !

 

While I think a carefully chosen pen is appropriate for extended personal writing, "just-for-fun" fountain pens are easier. Have you considered vintage fountain pens. They do not have to be expensive ones, rather the "cheap", everyday pens of yesteryear -- ones intended for school pupils, drugstore clerks, the milkman. Perhaps, these are the kind of pens that the owner filled by stealing sips of ink at the bank or Post Office.

 

I enjoy such pens from the 1940's to 1960's. Most are in the price range of $15, restored to working state. Imaging writing " B- " with an Empire fountain pen, or correcting spelling with a 1960 Sheaffer "first generation" cartridge pen, or " A+ " with an old Tuckersharpe ? Paying my bills with a Sheaffer NoNonsense fountain pen is, somehow, less painful.

 

Write with joy.

Auf freiem Grund mit freiem Volke stehn.
Zum Augenblicke dürft ich sagen:
Verweile doch, du bist so schön !

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Hello and welcome from Indiana!

Please visit my store A&D Penworx.

Brands we carry: Benu Pen, Conklin, Kaweco, Monteverde, TWSBI - Diamine, J Herbin, KWZ- Clairefontaine, Field Notes, Rhodia, Whitelines

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

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Greetings!

 

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Hello and welcome to the Fountain Pen Network. Glad you have joined us. You, having joined us, make us better. This is now your place as much as it is ours. Please don't be shy. Ask all the questions you have and don't hesitate to state your opinions. I hope you enjoy your time here.



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Welcome to our warm nook of the internet, where you can share this beautiful hobby with good and friendly people. Or as we say in low Saxon: Mooi a'j dr bint! (Good you're here.)

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