Greetings From Finland

[philhygra]

I have been around for a while but have not introduced myself earlier. I am a recently retired scientist who finally realized how nice fountain pens and pencils are compared to keyboards- a return to the early days of my writing,

Unfortunately it is basically impossible to obtain any variety of fountain pens in Finland - they are not seen as part of the modern, efficent world. Internet is a blessing indeed!

I have learnt a lot from this Forum (and others as well) and hope to be able to attend club meetings and shows abroad in the future.

s.

Jyrki

Edited December 5, 2017 by philhygra

[Drawing61]

Hello Jyrki,

 

Very glad you are here.

[jar]

Welcome home. Pull up a stump and set a spell. What area of the sciences?

[ThomasB]

Hello and welcome from Baton Rouge, Louisiana...Enjoy your time here

[OCArt]

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

[mitto]

Greetings and welcome to FPN.

[mana]

Centenary greetings from Helsinki! (For folks outside of Finland, this is Finland's 100th independence day).

Market in Finland > You can make finds in the wild (local & online flea markets). There are also places in Helsinki that sell modern pens (for example the Lamy flagship store near Kauppatori and others too for MB, Aurora etc. Sadly no one carries Pelikan though...).

 

If you are on FB I recently set up a group called Fountain Pens Finland, basically a group with a regional focus on Finland (and well, the neighboring countries) > https://www.facebook.com/groups/365107720561273/

 

On that note, if you are ever in Helsinki please drop me a note, I have a bunch of mostly vintage pens (Pelikan 100N, 140, 400NN, 500, Parker 51s, rOtring 600, Lamy Panther, 99, L2K, some Wateman's Ideal 56, 52 1/2 etc.) that I can arrange for you to try out if you want to get a handle on how different pens and nibs feel and behave.

P.s. Some are also for sale.

Edited December 6, 2017 by mana

[Chrissy]

Hello and welcome to FPN.

[Henricum_Tropen]

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

[philhygra]

Well, well, I DID find another Finn, excellent! Have to join the FB group as well.

I am an entomologist and a systematist and actually work as an emeritus at the Finnish Museum of Natural History.

My favourite pens include, in no particular order: old Kaweco (great nibs, cheap); old Omas; standard Platinum and Sailor (great overall), ST Dupont (feel, weight, writing, all so perfect for me) and Danitrio (to admire, really).

When I get to know the ins and outs of fountain pens, old ones are likely to be my main interest.

[Fountainer]

Swedish people has popped up here once in a while, but finns are very rare although we already have a few. So erittäin paljon tervetuloa, Jyrki!

 

You said you like pencils too and are going for old pens. Note that there are also combo pens, with a fountain pen in one end and a mechanical pencil in the other. I just recently bought one, Packard, and highly recommend it (except the feed of it but i changed that. Those vintage feeds are always rather bad). They are all vintage, no new ones are being made that i know of.

 

About efficiency, now that i'm a fountain pen user, i find more pleasure from writing and that actually improves my efficiency. But yes, i get the point. There are lot of worries maintaining a fountain pen compared to any other pen. Must be considered as a hobby.

[PAKMAN]

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

[Wahl]

Hi Jyrki

[Carrau]

Welcome aboard, Jyrki, from Charleston, South Carolina.

Mike

[Sasha Royale]

Welcome, Jyrki !

 

Agreed ! Fountain pens are not modern, or technically current. However, I enjoy the wonderfully creative innovations, that were incorporated to accommodate such a simple need. It is "old-fashion",

like greeting stranger, holding doors, and rising when one's friend's mother enters the room.