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Hello everyone. I'm glad to be able to be part of this forum. Feel free to call me Salmon.

 

I'm still a college student studying Journalism and have been a long fan of all things stationery. I like handwriting and I pay so much attention to the pen I'm using. I stumbled upon fountain pen and started taking interest in it.

 

The first one I bought was Pilot Metropolitan along with its black ink. Perhaps it's because of the ink that even the fine nib became too thick for me. I didn't use it much at the time. I decided to go for Pilot Penmanship with its extra fine nib. I also bought Pilot Iroshizuku Shin-Kai. So far, the combination is my favorite because my handwriting is really small. I filled the ink to my Metropolitan and I started to like it too.

 

It's pretty difficult to get fountain pens in Indonesia, especially the inks. Occassionally I spotted Lamy, Pilot, Sheaffer, and Montblanc in the book stores but most of them are beyond my budget.

 

Whenever I looked for something related to fountain pen, the search engine would always lead me here so I hope I can learn more stuff. Thank you.

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Greetings and a warm welcome !

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Greetings!

 

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Hello, Salmon, 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, Salmon !

 

I have never owned a Pilot Penmanship. Do you like the Pilot Penmanship pen better than the Metropolitan ?

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hi Salmon! welcome!

pls join our facebook group also!

Indonesian fountain pen community

our group is supported by pilot pens indonesia.

 

they invite us last month to pilot pens indonesia head office.

they give us the cheapest price of all pilot pens worldwide product including inks!

stay tuned bcos this year pilot will make pen meet again, also montblanc indonesia and pelikan hub 2017!

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Thank you very much for the warm welcome everyone. I'll be sure to enjoy my stay here :)

 

Welcome, Salmon !

 

I have never owned a Pilot Penmanship. Do you like the Pilot Penmanship pen better than the Metropolitan ?

Hello Sasha! So far, yes, I use Penmanship more than the Metropolitan one because it has finer nib (it's extra fine actually). But Metropolitan has smoother nib while Penmanship can be really scratchy.

 

hi Salmon! welcome!

pls join our facebook group also!

Indonesian fountain pen community

our group is supported by pilot pens indonesia.

 

they invite us last month to pilot pens indonesia head office.

they give us the cheapest price of all pilot pens worldwide product including inks!

stay tuned bcos this year pilot will make pen meet again, also montblanc indonesia and pelikan hub 2017!

Hello Edelstein! Yes I already joined the Facebook group, though too bad I just found out about the Pilot Pens event. But still, I can't believe I could get my hands on Iroshizuku because of them! Loving my Shin-Kai until now. Of course, I'll be sure to attend the next pen meet. Thank you for your information!

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Hello and welcome to FPN.

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