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I am new to the Fountain Pen Network and new to fountain pens in general. My interest began when I found a nice Sheaffer Craftsman Snorkel pen at an antique shop. I sourced a new ink sac and gasket to restore the pen.....now I'm hooked. I am more interested in vintage fountain pens at this time. I have since restored a Esterbrook J, a Sheaffer Touchdown and a couple of Parker 21's. Nothing huge but fun enough.

 

I hope to enjoy my time here and I am sure I will gain plenty of knowledge from you all.

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Greetings from Pittsburgh! :W2FPN:

Sounds as if you're off to a good start on vintage pens. What ink(s) are you using?

I generally suggest that new people click on the "view new content" button at the top of the page, for a good overview of a range of topics. And to have a look at the pinned Index to the Ink Review Forum.

Wow, your first foray into repairs was a SNORKEL? I don't think I'd have the guts to do that -- I'm still trying to get up the nerve to re-sac my Esties! (Fortunately, there *are* repair people out there: a while back a friend of mine who just moved back to the area said she'd inherited a pen and it turned out to be a non-working Snorkel and I told her "don't worry -- I know a guy. Actually a COUPLE of guys!"; it's so good that I did have someone to take her pen to, because it turned out the spring was bad as well....)

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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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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Thanks for the warm welcoming!

 

As far as ink is concerned, I'm currently using Levenger ink. I scored a six pack at an antique/thrift store for $25. I also have a bottle of PR Sherwood Green.

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

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Greetings and welcome!

 

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...The history, culture and sophistication; the rich, aesthetic beauty; the indulgent, ritualistic sensations of unscrewing the cap and filling from a bottle of ink; the ambient scratch of the ink-stained nib on fine paper; A noble instrument, descendant from a line of ever-refined tools, and the luster of writing,
with a charge from over several millennia of continuing the art of recording man's life.

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Greetings from Pittsburgh! :W2FPN:

Sounds as if you're off to a good start on vintage pens. What ink(s) are you using?

I generally suggest that new people click on the "view new content" button at the top of the page, for a good overview of a range of topics. And to have a look at the pinned Index to the Ink Review Forum.

Wow, your first foray into repairs was a SNORKEL? I don't think I'd have the guts to do that -- I'm still trying to get up the nerve to re-sac my Esties! (Fortunately, there *are* repair people out there: a while back a friend of mine who just moved back to the area said she'd inherited a pen and it turned out to be a non-working Snorkel and I told her "don't worry -- I know a guy. Actually a COUPLE of guys!"; it's so good that I did have someone to take her pen to, because it turned out the spring was bad as well....)

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Yes! The Snorkel was definitely a challenge but also a great reward after restoration. I actually enjoyed it! I just picked up an Estie SJ model :). I'm cleaning it up as we speak.

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Welcome !

 

Vintage fountain pens can sometimes be challenging to use, but I find them always fun.

Fountain pens, of the mid-twentieth century, were made to be used. They were made for everyday writing. As a rule mine are good writers.

 

Have fun.

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Zum Augenblicke dürft ich sagen:
Verweile doch, du bist so schön !

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Hello and a warm welcome to you :)

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The true definition of madness - Doing the same thing everyday and expecting different results......

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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.)

Forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much. - Oscar Wilde.

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Hello and welcome to FPN.

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Hello and welcome to FPN.

To sit at one's table on a sunny morning, with four clear hours of uninterruptible security, plenty of nice white paper, and a [fountain] pen - that is true happiness!


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Greetings and a warm welcome !

Retired, twice. Time to do more things, writing being one.

 

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