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Hi Fountain Pen Network,

 

Longtime fountain pen and stationery fan. I have been obsessed with pens and stationery since I was a child due to my dad (an accountant). The first pen I remember using was my dad's Parker 51. Ever since then, I have been crazy over fountain pens. I look forward to chatting with everyone on this network!!

 

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Welcome to our little corner of the universe from a pen user in San Diego.

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Welcome! I am also a fancier, although I think of myself as a stationery hoarder, since I don't write enough letters any more.

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Hi Fountain Pen Network,

 

Longtime fountain pen and stationery fan. I have been obsessed with pens and stationery since I was a child due to my dad (an accountant). The first pen I remember using was my dad's Parker 51. Ever since then, I have been crazy over fountain pens. I look forward to chatting with everyone on this network!!

 

Welcome! I can relate to your childhood experience as I got my obsession with stationery and fountain pens from my (accountant) father, who also owned 3 Parker 51 fountain pens.

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Hi...if you're a little bit (or a whole lot!) crazy about pens, inks, and paper...then you'll fit right in. :D

 

What are you using right now?

 

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Hello and a warm welcome to you :)

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 to FPN! glad to have you on board and don't hesitate to share your experience with pens, ink and paper with us!

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Welcome home. Pull up a stump and set a spell. Never pass the Talking Feather widdershins.

 

 

 

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

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Welcome from another fountain pen user living in NYC! Please visit us in Big Apple Pen Club. Check the "clubs" sub-forum. We meet the second Thursday of each month at Bard Hall, near Columbus Circle.

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Welcome !

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This is my late Dad's Parker 51 set, purchased around 1954. He was an accountant, as well. I was forbidden to use it. I got caught half the time. Mom gave it to me because I am best suited to care for it. In 1960, I bought by own fountain pen, a Sheaffer cartridge pen, on a blister card. With two cartridges, the price was 79¢. (There ! I am duly "dated")

 

Is your father's Parker 51 still in the family ?

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Verweile doch, du bist so schön !

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Greetings from Pittsburgh! :W2FPN:

You're lucky -- you had fountain pens in your family growing up -- and a 51 at that! (I'm totally jealous....) My parents were confirmed ballpoint users and my mom typed everything (including personal letters) as well. At one point, I remember having what in retrospect was probably a combo pen/pencil. It had belonged to my grandfather, and my mother couldn't understand my fascination with it -- she remembered fountain pens as being messy and troublesome (but I'm now thinking that, since both my parents grew up during the Depression, they may never have had anything but third or fourth tier junkers....

I usually suggest that new people click on the "View New Content" button. at the top of the page, when they log in: that gets them a good overview of a range of topics. And to also have a look at the pinned Index to the Ink Reviews Forum. But be aware that we are all shameless enablers here, and will happily help you spend your discretionary budget on pens, inks, paper, repair tools, etc.... I speak from experience: 5-1/2 years ago I had never heard of Parker 51s, and now I have *8* of them (5 Aerometric models and 3 51 Vacs); plus a 51 Special, a 21 and a 41.... And that's not counting the Vacumatics, the Vectors, a couple of Laidtone Duofolds, a couple of Parkettes, a Challenger.... And I have OTHER pen brands 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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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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