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Hi everybody. Paul here from the UK. Only been here a few days and have spoken to a few people. I'd just like to say thanks for the warm welcome.

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Greetings from Pittsburgh, PA! :W2FPN: So what pen(s)/ink(s) are you currently using?

I generally suggest that new people click on the "Read New Content" button at the top of the page, to get a range of topics in manageable chunks (you can adjust how much/how often in the sidebar on the main page). Don't do what I did when I started -- which was to read the Parker Forum. All of it.... Six + years ago it was 175 PAGES of topics (it's bigger now :huh:). And have a look at the pinned Index to the Ink Reviews Forum (I had no idea how many different brands and colors of ink there were).

But you should know that we are all shameless enablers here! We will happily help you spend your discretionary funds on pens, inks, paper, repair tools, pen shows, sealing wax and seals, ephemera.... (I speak from experience! :blush:)

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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Ahhhhhh, to be or not to be a newbie again. I'd do it all over again!

 

Welcome to our crazy spot.

 

Texas born, Texas raised and Texas bred.

Peace and Understanding

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Ahhhhhh, to be or not to be a newbie again. I'd do it all over again!

 

Welcome to our crazy spot.

 

Texas born, Texas raised and Texas bred.

I thought it was Texas Toast ?

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

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

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Welcome to FPN from North Carolina, USA! Enjoy your stay.

Whenever you are fed up with life, start writing: ink is the great cure for all human ills, as I found out long ago.

~C.S. Lewis

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Edison Menlo <m italic>, Lamy 2000 <EF>, Wing Sung 601 <F>

Pilot VP <F>, Pilot Metropolitan <F>, Pilot Penmanship <EF>

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Hi everybody. Paul here from the UK. Only been here a few days and have spoken to a few people. I'd just like to say thanks for the warm welcome.

 

Hello, paul1968, and welcome from North Carolina, USA!

 

Greetings from Pittsburgh, PA! :W2FPN: So what pen(s)/ink(s) are you currently using?

I generally suggest that new people click on the "Read New Content" button at the top of the page, to get a range of topics in manageable chunks (you can adjust how much/how often in the sidebar on the main page). Don't do what I did when I started -- which was to read the Parker Forum. All of it.... Six + years ago it was 175 PAGES of topics (it's bigger now :huh:). And have a look at the pinned Index to the Ink Reviews Forum (I had no idea how many different brands and colors of ink there were).

But you should know that we are all shameless enablers here! We will happily help you spend your discretionary funds on pens, inks, paper, repair tools, pen shows, sealing wax and seals, ephemera.... (I speak from experience! :blush:)

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

Yeah! What she said! *points upward* I wish I'd known that when I first found the forum. LOL! Thanks to Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth, you'll be starting off on the right foot. ^_^

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Hello and welcome to FPN.

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Taught man that which he knew not (96/3-5)

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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!


- Winston Churchill



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Welcome to fountain pen network! I hope you enjoy your stay here! ^_^

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Welcome, Paul !

 

What do you use for daily writing ?

Auf freiem Grund mit freiem Volke stehn.
Zum Augenblicke dürft ich sagen:
Verweile doch, du bist so schön !

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