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Hello there, greetings from the Low Lands of Belgium!

I've been using fountain pens since university - mostly old ones, which I inherited from my grandfather. I very much prefer that way of writing (I even used dip-pens at some time!)

Glad to join a community of like-minded.

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

 

You have the Antwerp based "Conid" pen manufacturer right on your doorstep; visit their website and familiarize yourself with their pens, if you haven't done so already.

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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Welcome !

 

From your grandfather ? Heirloom fountain pens are the most precious of all. I have my father's Parker 51. My grandfather was a physician, who delivered me at birth. I have his Sheaffer, with which he wrote my birth certificate.

 

Fifty years ago, I "railroaded" through Europe, with a schoolmate. On the beach, at DuPanne, we shared a lunch of mussels, with the most beautiful, dark-haired girl, I have ever met. (Don't tell my wife.) If I haven't forgotten Rebecca by now, I never will. Those were beautiful years !

 

What are some of the pens from your grandfather ? Do you use them ?

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

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Welcome !

 

From your grandfather ? Heirloom fountain pens are the most precious of all. I have my father's Parker 51. My grandfather was a physician, who delivered me at birth. I have his Sheaffer, with which he wrote my birth certificate.

 

Fifty years ago, I "railroaded" through Europe, with a schoolmate. On the beach, at DuPanne, we shared a lunch of mussels, with the most beautiful, dark-haired girl, I have ever met. (Don't tell my wife.) If I haven't forgotten Rebecca by now, I never will. Those were beautiful years !

 

What are some of the pens from your grandfather ? Do you use them ?

 

Hi Sasha

 

My grandfather used to run a book/office supplies store until some time in the 40s (he stopped after the war). There's not much left of this, but I could use an old Pelican (no idea what model) and an Osmia (AFAIK, this brand was purchased by Faber-Castell at some time and does not exist anymore).

 

I also salvaged a bottle of ink. Loved it! Its was a kind of dark blue with a hint of violet, and with wonderful shading. I liked that ink better than other types commonly available in the 90s. It had a distinct smell (no, no fungus or anything like that) that for me was *the* smell of fountain-pen ink. Unfortunately I don't have any of it left. But it was amazing to use ink from 50 years ago, without any trace of deterioration.

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Welcome from the UK.

 

There's lots of information on FPN about the history of fountain pens and their development if that's the sort of thing that interests you or you can just share your enjoyment with the rest of the community.

"In my early days there were few schools to help us in the pursuit of learning.

If we wanted to climb, we had first to make our own ladders".

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