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Hi guys,

 

My name is Dammika I'm originally from Sri Lanka currently working in Doha,Qatar, I'm very new to Fountain pens in fact since I last used them in school over 25 years ago and since then I only used one last month.

 

Loved the experience so much I've been reading as much as I can, and been out looking for vintage pens. Also bought my first Fountain pen a Hugo Boss Advance, I know it's not much but was the only things available here.

 

I've used parkers at school at some point but cant recall the models.

 

All advice are welcome, Please feel free to send any resources books, websites etc..c as recommendations.

 

Thanks

 

Rgds

Dammika.J

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Hi guys,

 

My name is Dammika I'm originally from Sri Lanka currently working in Doha,Qatar, I'm very new to Fountain pens in fact since I last used them in school over 25 years ago and since then I only used one last month.

 

Loved the experience so much I've been reading as much as I can, and been out looking for vintage pens. Also bought my first Fountain pen a Hugo Boss Advance, I know it's not much but was the only things available here.

 

I've used parkers at school at some point but cant recall the models.

 

All advice are welcome, Please feel free to send any resources books, websites etc..c as recommendations.

 

Thanks

 

Rgds

Dammika.J

Hi Dammika Ayoubowan my Name is Bryan I am from Adelaide Australia and am a frequent visitor to Sri-lanka, we have a Sri-lanka - south Australia club in Adelaide ,I am a very old user of fountain pens and I edit a website in Japan, I used to edit a Chinese site by the name of Jinhao & Baoer both pens made by the same Manufacturer they are very good pens and are Very affordable I will be glad to help you with information and advice,all you have to do is contact meI forgot to say that I am 87years of age and proudly have a photo of myself and Kumar Sanga at the front of the Cinnamon Lodge some years ago, he is a great ambassador for SL. y wife and I are good friends with a Famous professor from sri lanka who was educated at Gaull Uni his name is Michael Roberts who once was a prof at Adelaide Uni, we are great friends and he loves Cricket and writes books about everything, don't forget to check out the Jinhaos on ebay, I have about 30 at the moment all good writers,regards Bryan. I sign off of these forums like this,Trust Me, Oneill. My Fathers Name was Oneill so that Is why I sign off in this fashion.

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Hello and welcome from Melbourne, Australia

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Hello from the USA. I enjoy Ceylon tea.

 

There are some threads here on vintage pens, and lots of people willing to help. I found that help while looking into vintage Esterbrooks.

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Hi & welcome from the UK

(I'm a new member too - these folks are lovely). Help yourself to a cup of tea and a virtual richtea buscuit. :)

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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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Hi & welcome from the UK
(I'm a new member too - these folks are lovely). Help yourself to a cup of tea and a virtual richtea buscuit. :)

Where abouts in the UK I am from Sunderland. If you ever get the chance to visit Sri-Lanka someone is bound to take you to a tea plantation where you will be treated to a taste that you will never forget and your bound to buy a Tin of TEA and linger awhile 13 times Visitor. Trust me, Oneill

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Thanks for your reply Nicola ,however I have no knowledge of your part of the world me being a Geordie,anyhow if I can help you anytime with pen stuff just send me an email I have been around Fountain Pens a very long time I am still very involved especially with Jinhao Chinese good pens and very affordable and Japanese pens on Engeika ebay, I Edit.regards Oneill

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Welcome aboard, from Charleston, SC. As you are a newbie, you might look at the Reference Pages on a website called Richard's Pens: it has a wealth of info about the basics of fountain pens, their use and care, and it will help you avoid making some mistakes. A couple of other websites with useful information for newbies include PenChalet, Jetpens and the Goulet Pen Company. Goulet has made quite a few videos available on their website and on YouTube, which are helpful with some procedures related to FP use. There is a series of posts here, called A Newbies Guide to Inks, which is worth reviewing (you’ll find it as the first pinned topic under the Inky Thoughts Subforum). Bear in mind that how your writing appears on the page is a complex interplay of pen, paper, nib, ink, and handwriting, so be patient as you experiment with these variables. Enjoy, and good luck.

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Welcome!

 

I know it's not a new idea or anything but every once in a while I realize how crazy awesome the internet is --with something as simple as this website -- people from all over the world can access information and get help from people all over the place and talk about... pens of all things. How cool is that.

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Thank you so very much for your kind words, all of you.

 

Probably due to the settings on this site I never received notice when these wonderful greeting were posted. I just came by and was surprised by all these welcomes. A truly wonderful surprise indeed.

 

To all of you Gentlemen visiting Sri Lanka in the future, The least I could do is maybe offer to find you some good tea at a bargain price.

 

So silver tip tea, the finest probably in the world in my humble opinion, rare and expensive with many supposed benefits to health, I can't say if they are true or not but what I can say is that they are the least processed tea.

 

Only the top most bud leaf is plucked for this tea and dried over the sun naturally, unlike normal tea which are made out of more mature leaves down the tree which are broken, grounded and heated over and over artificially. The more this is done the darker and stronger the taste but poorer the quality, that is a little known well guarded fact. Many don't know this and prefer a strong cup of tea.

 

Silver Tip off the shelf sells for about US $30 for 100grams ($300 for 1kg) commercially, which I believe is what most tourist buy. That is, if they even know what silver tip tea is.

 

So if any of you gentlemen ever visit Sri Lanka I can find this for you at US $90 for 1kg for the very best silver tip, and/or US$50 per 1kg of medium quality silver tips tea.

 

Again this is not a commercial venture, just a goodwill gesture. let me know in advance so I can keep it ready. and I can't get commercial quantities this is for personal consumption not for commercial use please.

 

Thank you again for your wonderful greetings, thank you all.

 

Rgds

Dammika

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