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Good morning FPN! I'm a recent pen addict already I've got too many pens and too much ink

 

Pretty much any time I search for pen knowledge Google directs me here, so I figured I'd make it official. I'm trying to stick to one pen a week, and this week it's a Noodler's Konrad filled with Black Swan in Australian Roses.

 

My most luxurious purchase so far was a turquoise Pelikan Classic 200, and my cheapest was a vintage Sheaffer I bought on the street for $1.

 

Pen people are the best people, and I'm looking forward to meeting a lot more

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Welcome! I also love Black Swan in Australian Roses - a great ink with lots of shading!

 

I bet your Sheaffer is one of your best writers -

 

Erick

Using right now:

Visconti Voyager 30 "M" nib running Birmingham Streetcar

Jinhao 9019 "EF" nib running Birmingham Railroad Spike

Pelikan M1000 "F" nib running Birmingham Sugar Kelp

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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 also love Black Swan in Australian Roses - a great ink with lots of shading!

 

I bet your Sheaffer is one of your best writers -

 

Erick

 

It's a beautiful ink indeed. The Konrad is a bit temperamental, but when it flows just right the black comes right through the purple.

 

And you're right about the Sheaffer - it's a 1970's cartridge pen that probably was probably pretty common in its day, but it writes wet and smooth.

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

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Welcome!!! Glad you are among us!

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What a warm welcome!! I forgot to mention that I work in NYC and live in New Jersey... anyone going to the pre-holiday pen show at Fountain Pen Hospital today?

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Good morning FPN! I'm a recent pen addict already I've got too many pens and too much ink

 

 

 

Welcome !

 

Sorry, but you err ! There is no such condition as "too many pens". (Unless you chose poorly, and your spouse declares it.) One fountain pen per week is reasonable. I recently acquired

another Parker 45, for the week of December 1, 2039 . :lticaptd:

Write with joy.

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

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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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It's a beautiful ink indeed. The Konrad is a bit temperamental, but when it flows just right the black comes right through the purple.

 

And you're right about the Sheaffer - it's a 1970's cartridge pen that probably was probably pretty common in its day, but it writes wet and smooth.

 

 

Welcome !

 

Sorry, but you err ! There is no such condition as "too many pens". (Unless you chose poorly, and your spouse declares it.) One fountain pen per week is reasonable. I recently acquired

another Parker 45, for the week of December 1, 2039 . :lticaptd:

Write with joy.

 

Is it totally normal to order have your eye on a Wing Sung 698 to see if it's a better clone of your TWSBI 580 than the 3008 that you already have and see that the same seller's got a TWSBI classic for sale which you've never tried and so you buy both and then find the pen you've really looking for (a sailor procolor) comes up for sale the next morning so you buy that too and suddenly you have 3 on the way? Because that's where I am right now.

 

Not complaining...

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