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Hi Everyone,

 

I've just joined after reading quite a lot of posts on FPN over the last month or so. What a great forum/resource for information on pens, ink, and paper.

 

I used to use a fountain pen all the time at school and college, but that was over 30 years ago.

I've not done much writing at all over the last 8 or 9 years as I generally use a laptop or tablet to make all notes at work and have had an aversion to paper since I work in IT and have been helping to promote a paperless office culture, work in a totally hot-desking environment, and don't have any storage for paper files.

 

Having said that, following a recent thread on a UK motoring forum (Pistonheads/The Lounge), about fountain pens, I decided to look into fountain pens again as I remembered how nice they were to write with. Also my late Mum always used her Parker 51 for writing lists, notes, greeting cards etc. and my Dad still has his Parker 61.

 

Well, it started off with splashing out 2.26GBP for a Jinhao X450 from China, then a Jinhao X250 from a UK supplier as I was getting bored waiting for the X450 to arrive on the slow boat.

 

Since then I've really started to enjoy improving my handwriting and generally using fountain pens.

 

I've also gone a bit over the top and bought quite a few pens (mainly older ones from eBay), in fact I've now had to have a word with myself and hold off buying any more for a while!

 

I'm making a point of using them all, and favourite at the moment is a 1946 Parker 51 Vacumatic in Cedar Blue with Gold cap, fine nib and a new diaphragm loaded with Graf von Faber Castell ink in Stone Grey colour, with a Rhodia A4 ringbound notebook.

 

Cheers,

 

Conrad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Welcome home. Pull up a stump and set a spell. British motor vehicles always amazed me. My E-type had parts that fell off during the night and I'd put them in the boot. Never seemed to effect performance though. My Triumph Bonneville never need an oil change. Simply pour what leaked out overnight back in in the morning. My mini would stop on a tuppence, but the tuppence is about the size of a cricket pitch. My first MG used British Whitworth bolts and had knock-off hubs. The electrical system was a creation of the Prince of Darkness, Joseph Lucas, and they claimed they used twin SU downdraft carburetors but they must have been fraternal rather than identical twins since they required totally different adjustments to function. The top didn't fold down, you disassembled it and put the pieces parts in the bags in the boot. My Humber Super Snipe did come with the full bar in the back of the front seat, the rail for the lamp rug and both vases for the flowers, which partially compensated for the fact that no heat ever reached the back seat.

 

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Hello Conrad, and welcome to FPN, from Cape Town, South Africa.

 

Here's something to read through - and save your next IT Xmas bonus for: http://www.nakaya.org/en/

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

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Thanks everyone for the welcome.

 

Jar, know what you mean about some of the old British cars. :)

 

Henricum_Tropen, They certainly look like nice pens, although I'll have to save up for a while, and unfortunately working in the public sector part of IT, don't get a bonus at any time of year! :)

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Welcome to our little corner of the universe from a pen user in San Diego. I'm glad you are 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.)

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

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Hi Everyone,

 

Having said that, following a recent thread on a UK motoring forum (Pistonheads/The Lounge), about fountain pens, I decided to look into fountain pens again as I remembered how nice they were to write with. Also my late Mum always used her Parker 51 for writing lists, notes, greeting cards etc. and my Dad still has his Parker 61.

 

Cheers,

 

Conrad.

 

Going to have to wander in and try and find that thread oh fellow Pistonheader ;)

 

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Welcome, Conrad !

 

You have the two Jinhaos that I have found to be the best performers. Also, they are not so dear, that I cannot share them with others.

 

Do you still have your mother's Parker 51 ? Does your father's Parker 61 have cartridge feed, or the capillary feed ? My Parker 61 is an excellent writer.

 

Writing by hand is very personal and great therapy against the "sterile" digital world.

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

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Hello and welcome to you from uup Narth ! :)

A wise man once said    " the best revenge is wealth "   but a wiser man answered back    " the best revenge is happiness "

 

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

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Welcome from a kindred spirit on PH.

 

Jinhao pens offer great value for money, very low prices and you obtain good quality for the money you spend, excellent pens for those wishing to see if they like fountain pen writing.

 

Times have changed a lot with regards to Chinese pens. 10 years ago I was taken to task for suggesting that we give them a try, others suggesting that all they did was copy and they were not interested in developing new styles or innovations. I even got a warning from FPN admin, now we even have a forum for such pens, how times have changed.

 

Using fountain pens, improving handwriting, collecting pens both old and new and encouraging others to take up this most gentle of hobbies is what we are all about, an enjoyable interest that becomes even better with increased knowledge.

 

Enjoy FPN - a font of pen knowledge.

 

And also enjoying the thread on Pistonheads, huge amount of enthusiasm and interest.

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Hello and welcome, Conrad! You can't go wrong with a Parker 51, and Rhodia paper, and gray colored ink. It's time to realize you've just fallen into a rabbit hole.

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Welcome Conrad. First you buy too many pens and scold yourself, then you buy too many inks ;)

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