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Hi everybody!

 

I'm Ryan, been a long-time lurker on the FPN, never signed up for an account to contribute until now. I've been a huge fan of pens ever since I was a pretty young kid. In middle school, my favorite part of going back-to-school was going out the buy school supplies, and I'd always browse every single pen the stores had until I found my favorite ones haha. Purchased my first fountain pen during my freshman year of college, back in 2005, which was a Lamy Vista. Been using fountain pens ever since, however only until recently have I started acquiring more pens. As of now, my current lineup is pretty small, but consist of some great pens which I love (In the order I picked them up): Lamy Vista (Medium), Lamy Safari (White, Fine), Pelikan M600 (Red/Medium), Pelikan M805 (Blue/Medium), Jinhau x450, Lamy Safari (Petrol, Medium), Twsbi Eco (Clear, Medium).

 

Really excited to get to know you all, and finally contributing!

 

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

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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Welcome, Ryan !

 

I bought my first fountain pen, in middle school, as well, although I was never "pretty" :lticaptd:. It was a Scheaffer cartridge pen. (1960) You seem to favor piston-fill pens. I , too, like fountain pens with self-contained mechanisms. On the vintage side, that includes lever fillers.

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Verweile doch, du bist so schön !

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Greetings and a warm welcome !

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

 

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Hi. I'm Maria and live near Woodbridge/Dale city. I came here to find other people who share an interest in using fountain pens.

 

I am recently exploring going a bit more analog and improving my writing. So far I like the results of deliberate analog organization and giving my hand a break by writing with an instrument that feels like an extension of my hand.

 

Fun fact, my one and only quality pen at the time, an Aurora, was stolen off a desk at a previous job a couple of years back and it has delayed me getting into this.

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Hi everybody!

 

I'm Ryan, been a long-time lurker on the FPN, never signed up for an account to contribute until now. I've been a huge fan of pens ever since I was a pretty young kid. In middle school, my favorite part of going back-to-school was going out the buy school supplies, and I'd always browse every single pen the stores had until I found my favorite ones haha. Purchased my first fountain pen during my freshman year of college, back in 2005, which was a Lamy Vista. Been using fountain pens ever since, however only until recently have I started acquiring more pens. As of now, my current lineup is pretty small, but consist of some great pens which I love (In the order I picked them up): Lamy Vista (Medium), Lamy Safari (White, Fine), Pelikan M600 (Red/Medium), Pelikan M805 (Blue/Medium), Jinhau x450, Lamy Safari (Petrol, Medium), Twsbi Eco (Clear, Medium).

 

Really excited to get to know you all, and finally contributing!

 

 

Welcome to FPN Ryan! glad you are into collecting pens, this is a wonderful world!

Please share your experience using your pens; I notice you are using different nibs, which is quite interesting!

Francois

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Hi. I'm Maria and live near Woodbridge/Dale city. I came here to find other people who share an interest in using fountain pens.

 

I am recently exploring going a bit more analog and improving my writing. So far I like the results of deliberate analog organization and giving my hand a break by writing with an instrument that feels like an extension of my hand.

 

Fun fact, my one and only quality pen at the time, an Aurora, was stolen off a desk at a previous job a couple of years back and it has delayed me getting into this.

 

Hello Maria and welcome to FPN! I suggest you make a direct introduction so we can all welcome you directly instead of using Ryan's introduction. Don't be shy = 0) we are all here to share!

BTW I like your expression "writing with an instrument that feels like an extension of my hand", as I feel exactly the same!

Francois

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Welcome to FPN!

 

You have many great fountain pen stores here in the DC area, Bertram's Inkwell in Rockville, MD https://www.bertramsinkwell.com/, Pen Boutique in Bethesda, MD http://www.penboutique.com/, and Fahrney's in DC https://www.fahrneyspens.com/. There's even a Montblanc Boutique in Tysons Galleria Mall http://www.montblanc...en-us/home.html.

 

Be sure to get on each stores email list to be notified of in-store events and specials.

 

If you have an interest in calligraphy, or just want inspiration for improving your handwriting you can join the Washington Calligrapher's Guild http://www.calligraphersguild.org/ .

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yan, 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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