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Hi there

 

I enjoy using a fountain pen although it's getting harder at work with computers taking over and offices going paperless but I'm making a point now of using one for making notes wherever possible as my handwriting tends to be better with a fountain pen compared to a ball point.

 

I've a fairly random mix of pens, my favourite pen (because it was a gift from my wife) is a Cross Apogee Sable Herringbone and I've also got a Waterman Executive (stainless steel), my late Father's old (discoloured) Jade Green Parker Duofold Streamline (I think 1930s era - a very smooth writer), 3 Black Parker 45 CTs and a Black 45 Classic (all relics from my schooldays in the 70s), two Parker Falcon 50s (Flighter and Matte Brown) - I love the idea and looks of the integral nib, a Daniel Hechter and my latest acquisition, a 4th quarter in 1950 Parker "51" Aero-metric, Black with a Custom cap, which I got to match my Father's "51" ball point, and which writes beautifully.

 

I'm currently keeping my eye open for an early Parker 61 as I'm intrigued by the capillary filler.

 

I came across this site a few weeks ago and I'm now having great fun trawling through all the threads.

 

Best

 

James

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"If you want to succeed in the world, you don't have to be much cleverer than other people. You just have to be one day earlier." -- Leo Szilard

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

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Hello James 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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Thanks for the welcome OCArt, jar, Chrissy, Henricum_Tropen, Thomas and Khan.

 

I like the Churchill quote in your signature, Henricum_Tropen. I hope the drought breaks soon, Cape Town is a lovely city, had my honeymoon there after getting married in Zim where I grew up, although I was born in Malawi.

"If you want to succeed in the world, you don't have to be much cleverer than other people. You just have to be one day earlier." -- Leo Szilard

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Hello and welcome to FPN.

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Welcome, James !

 

Bless you and your father's Parker Duofold. Someone here has the address of the Parker Pen identification site. I have fun using it (leaving few items for your girlfriend). :rolleyes:

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Thanks for the welcome Northstar, PAKMAN, Sasha Royale and Wahl. It's good to be here.

 

Sasha - If you mean the Parker Pens Penography site, yes it's a mine of information on all the various versions and definitely great fun to look through.

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Hello and welcome to you from 'down South' in Manchester :)

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Thanks for the welcome, Pen Nut, TurboPen and Mike.

 

Pen Nut, when I saw your safe door avatar it brought to my mind pictures of the early computer built at Manchester in 1948 by Alan Turing and others!

 

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James

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