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Hello! I just registered today but have previously often referred to posts here for technical information -- especially prior to my recent purchase of a vintage Platinum pocket pen. Thank you for being such a great resource!

 

I have a small handful of fountain pens (7) and a couple of dip pens. I'm not an avid collector but use them mainly to journal (lots of rapid creative writing that can barely keep up with my brain), for business, and some loose inky drawings. My current favorite pen is my Sailor Pro Gear Slim (Meigetsu) and ink is Sailor Miruai.

 

I used to do a lot of calligraphy as a pre-teen when I received a pen kit as a gift. I lost track of that in high school and didn't pick up a fountain pen until 7 years ago when I bought a gift of an S.T. Dupont Defi Grille for my husband. Since then I've enjoyed rediscovering fountain pens and have fallen in love with the amazing selection of inks now available. I'm also teaching my children how to write cursive (which is now a rarity in school) and passing on my love of fountain pens. My eight-year old now wants his first fountain pen for his birthday in September!

 

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Beautiful work! 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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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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Very nice work! Welcome from North Carolina, 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.

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Greetings from northern California and a warm welcome to FPN. Glad you've joined us; it's great to have you here.

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Greetings from a former Oregon Duck, I ran on the Ducks Track and Cross-Country team for a year in the mid 1990s. Good that you have joined us pen-nuts here. BTTW, your drawing is really very good.

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Thank you all! It's nice to meet some Oregonians here. I understand there is a meetup this weekend in Portland. Are these normally well attended? I'm in Douglas County so it would be a day out for me. Wolverine1, my 13 y/o son dreams of running track on Hayward Field someday! I didn't go to school here (born and raised in Australia) although I do know some proud Ducks!

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Hello and welcome to FPN.

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