Salutations From An Utterly Lost Newbie

[Parker51]

Welcome to our little group. In regard to watching the pen being repaired in person, your best oppertunity for this would be at the San Francisco Pen Show this August.

[Stompie]

That's actually a really good suggestion for writing my aunt's thank you card, thanks! I have read that I shouldn't be using my dip pen inks in a fountain pen, so I'll have to acquire fountain pen ink. I was thinking I'd pick it up wherever I got the repair done, as I haven't read that far into proper inks and what may or may not be good for a vintage pen (so far, I've only seen to use no India Ink ever, and the ink must say it's for fountain pens). Any suggestions for a nice ink for a vintage pen, perhaps in a nice blue since blue was in the pen previously?

Yep, don’t fill your fountain pen with dip inks but to jus dip the fountain pen and write will be okay. Once you have finished writing rinse the nib off with water. All should be fine.

[oraxia]

 

If you want something blue, but somewhat different from regular blue (whatever you consider that), I'd try a bottle of Waterman's Serenity Blue.

 

I'll give it a whirl, thanks for the recommendation

[oraxia]

Welcome to our little group. In regard to watching the pen being repaired in person, your best oppertunity for this would be at the San Francisco Pen Show this August.

 

Ah, I did notice that, and I was wondering if it was common to take pens to such an event for repair!

 

Actually, to quote my husband upon finding me looking at the pen show page, "you've had a fountain pen for ONE week and you're already looking at a pen show and joined a fountain pen forum?!" My poor dear...

 

Yep, don’t fill your fountain pen with dip inks but to jus dip the fountain pen and write will be okay. Once you have finished writing rinse the nib off with water. All should be fine.

 

Oh? Interesting, I thought the same would hold whether filling or dipping, but I suppose it has more to do with clogging the feed mechanism than doing anything weird to the nib? I ordered some fountain pen ink which I expect to arrive in a couple of days, so I might hold out for that, but it's good to know that I could potentially dip the pen in some of the ink I already have... But what I have on hand is iron gall ink (because I'm guessing it's not great to dip it in Dr. Ph. Martin's Copperplate Gold ink on account of all the particulate maybe getting stuck in places), which I realize is an acidic ink. Maybe I'll hold out for the fountain pen ink after all ^^;;

[drrusso]

Hello!

 

Welcome to FPN. A great place to be.