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After reading, reading and you guessed it reading some more I have joined.

 

I grew up with a italic fountain pen and being a left handed pen and what I believe now to be poor quality ink (cheapest rubbish available my parents would buy and zero maintenance) I HATED IT.

 

Being in Somerset UK I havent found anywhere that you can actually try before you buy- hence looking at piston fillers etc, Im dubious to buy a £50-100 plus pen.

 

My reason for wanting to get back into fountain pens is I feel my handwriting is vastly better with one and my son is interested.

 

Currently I have the cheapest and nastiest WH Smith fountain pen which I put a converter in and pelikan 4001 royal Blue. ( the nib is too fine and although I opened nib slightly, it still sounds scratchy.

 

I have a couple of Jinhao 159 which I like un posted, for size and weight.

 

I guess Im interested in a genuine fake clone at a disposable price which I can modify cheaply to find my Ideal nib and ink.

 

As left handed a fast drying ink with a sheen when dry appeals.

 

There is no way I can justify a £650 pen and particularly if I couldnt try it.

 

Currently looking at Lamy Vista, pilot vanishing point, lamy 2000

 

Or possibly a several Chinese clone / second hand pens which I can experiment with.

 

Regards

 

Dan

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Welcome to our little corner of the universe from a pen user in San Diego. If you like the Jinhao 159 look at the Kaigelu 316.

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Welcome to fpn!

If your first italic was like mine, it slanted the wrong way for the way you hold pens. Not all leftys use a lefty italic.

 

It's possible to blow through a lot of money on cheap pens & modifying nibs. Consider setting a limit since it sounds like you want to get into the $100+ range in pens too.

 

For now consider a pilot metro, it will have a similar weight to the 159. The metro pens and nibs are fairly consistent in quality and come in F, M, a cursive italic. Nibs from a few other pilot pens fit.

If you're used to ballpoints or rollerballs, you may prefer an M nib.

 

Look for a pen club/meetup near you or a pen shop in a city and write a bit with some different pens.

 

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Thank you for suggestions, I think a pen club would be great if there is such a thing locally.

 

I’m edging medium to broad nib / italic.

 

Last bank holiday I practised with a pad of paper and a glass of wine and found it relaxing to see my writing improve.

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Welcome to FPN! Good luck finding a good pen/ink combo - lots of good info on Chinese pens in the sub forum, and your listed interests are all great pens as well!

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Thank you for warm welcome.

 

Bought a couple of pilot v disposable fountain pens for work, so far if they remain leak free I can see a fountain pen as Work pen on call out Work.

 

That and my son likes pilot v at six years old it may not be a bad choice as he cannot disassemble it and get ink everywhere.

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

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Welcome! You will find lots of great information here and many suggestions to expand your collection.

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