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Hello from Milwaukee!

 

My fountain pen addiction started about a year ago when my dad gave me his Sheaffer Targa. I instantly fell in love with pens. After receiving the Targa I ordered some Jinhao pens and then a Twsbi ECO. A couple months ago I inherited a Mont Blanc 149 from my grandfather. I think I have fulfilled the top and the bottom of the fountain pen spectrum, now I just need to fill in the middle!

 

I'm really excited to finally be on the fountain pen network and I hope to learn a lot! I am really interested in vintage fountain pens as well as modern ones. I am sure that FPN will help guide me in my fountain pen journey.

 

Regards from Milwaukee!

 

Brett

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

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

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Brett, 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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Welcome, Brett !

 

Grandmother's Montblanc ? She used it to write so many aunts and uncles, and family friends. Perhaps, she wrote letters, bragging about her grandchildren. What a great heirloom treasure !

Priceless !

 

In considering how to fill the middle, make note about the pens that you now own. Which do you like the best ? Which ones have the best ink flow, for your writing needs ? Which have the good balance? What do you NOT like, and would change ? Include these observations, when you ask the membership for suggestions. Unless, of course, you are shopping for a pen, as present for ME. Then, your opinions don't matter. :lticaptd:

Vintage pens are fun. Not all of mine have to be great writers. I like the challenge of some of the low-end, cheap fountain pens. One of my favorites is an lever-fill Arnold. Inferior materials show corrosion on the clip and cap band. It came with am hand-written invoice, date 1950 -- "one gross Arnold pens , $21.50 . Imagine 10 or them, in an old Campbell Soup can, next to the drugstore cash register @ 22¢ a piece. :P

Write with joy.

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

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Welcome Brett who lives in WI..... Your surname isn't Farve by chance!

 

As you can see by the photo below, I like to receive postcards. As I'm a Packers fan, I'd love one from WI! In return, I'll send you one from Jersey in the Channel Islands.

 

If it's something that sounds appealing, then please send me a pm with your address and i'll send one your way.

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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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Welcome to the network Bret! I too, am from WI and I hope you enjoy the site. I'm sure that here you will find many pens that can be classified near the top or depending on your interests even above the coveted Montblanc 149. It is a fantastic pen and I'm proud to own one as well. Either way, welcome and enjoy the site!!

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