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Hello there,

 

Nice to meet you all !

 

It is great to explore this wonderful forum and learn more about fountain pens.

 

 

Cheers,

Ernie

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

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Welcome, Ernie !

 

At the entrance to #6 Homantin , there is a loose stone by the entrance. If you find a silver whistle , behind the stone, it's mine. :lticaptd:

What do you use for daily writing ?

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

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Thank you for you all's warm welcome!

 

 

Sasha Royale,

 

Are you also from Hong Kong?

 

Indeed I am just a newbie in this fountain pen world. For daily work, most of the time I use computer and ballpoint pen and so I don't have much chance to use fountain pen. But I am very much fascinated by the beauty of writing making use of fountain pen and will try to write as much as possible using a fountain pen.

 

I bought a Platinum 3776 board nib last month in Japan but it may be too wet as a daily writer. I have also got a vintage Mont Blanc which is flex but again wet writer.

 

Do you guys have any recommendation? I am thinking about Pilot custom 823 F nib, Pelikan M405 F nib or Cleo Skribent Classic Palladium Piston 14k nib.

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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!


- Winston Churchill



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Welcome from CA! You will find many knowledgeable ENABLERS here! Beware the contagion of accumulating lots of pens and inks and paper!!

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Thank you for you all's warm welcome!

 

 

Sasha Royale,

 

Are you also from Hong Kong?

 

Indeed I am just a newbie in this fountain pen world. For daily work, most of the time I use computer and ballpoint pen and so I don't have much chance to use fountain pen. But I am very much fascinated by the beauty of writing making use of fountain pen and will try to write as much as possible using a fountain pen.

 

I bought a Platinum 3776 board nib last month in Japan but it may be too wet as a daily writer. I have also got a vintage Mont Blanc which is flex but again wet writer.

 

Do you guys have any recommendation? I am thinking about Pilot custom 823 F nib, Pelikan M405 F nib or Cleo Skribent Classic Palladium Piston 14k nib.

Me too, Hong Kong :)

3776 seems to be a pen with dry-flow . If you found it to be very wet, perhaps you can try dryer or slower flowing inks(but I got experience that those inks can refuse to flow in 3776), ink can greatly affect the performance of a pen.

 

Flex pens seems always very wet in nature otherwise they will railroad like crazy.

 

May be you're not using fountain pen friendly papers?

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Hello!

 

It's good to meet someone from HK.

 

Right, I only use ordinary notebook for fountain pen. Another reason for 3776 being wet may be due to its broad nib?

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Hello!

 

It's good to meet someone from HK.

 

Right, I only use ordinary notebook for fountain pen. Another reason for 3776 being wet may be due to its broad nib?

yes broad nibs are usually wetter and require longer drying time. if "too wet" refers to feathering, your notebook is probably not so fountain-pen friendly

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