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I really dont like opening lines.

 

Alright, thatll do the trick. So, hello!

 

Whilst Ive wrote with fountain pens for much of my life, Ive only recently come to truly appreciate them and begun amassing my own collection. It was after I lost the Parker 51 which Id been using for a while, a few years, that I realised how much I loved using using a fountain pen. I dont own many pens at the moment, an old 51 Aerometric Mk. II, a Sheaffer Legacy II which I write with daily, a pristine Pan Am 51 which I very foolishly filled with ink and now need to clean, and a Newhaven prototype 51 made entirely of aluminium which is due to arrive next week. Ive been investigating this last and very curious pen.

 

Id like to learn how to better care for my pens, I also enjoy simply reading about them and its an excuse for another collection; I like collecting things! Namely Scotch whisky, old Nikon lenses, Pan Am memorabilia, rare CDs, sunglasses, and coats which may or may not have been worn by television detectives in the seventies and eighties.

 

Its a pleasure to be here.

 

Kind regards,

 

K. J. P.

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Hi - welcome from London - hope you enjoy your time on the FPN, and look forward some time to seeing your aluminium prototype 51 - sounds interesting :)

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Hello and welcome to FPN.

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Hello and welcome from Baton Rouge, Louisiana...Enjoy your time here

 

Thomas, that is one fine pen you've got on your avatar.

 

 

And a BIG WELCOME to ScarfMan, Do you also collect scarves?

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

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Howdy and Welcome!

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Thank you all for a very warm welcome!

 

Thats a tricky question from the one whos definitely not a wizard. I think it would be contested between Glenglassaugh and Balvenie, although Glenmorangie is my usual tipple. I can make an interesting recommendation though, during my last trip to Scotland, following the dinner there was a whisky tasting session with the Scotch Malt Whisky Society, I took home little bottle of cask No. 37.92 and I must say its absolutely lovely.

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Uhh, I can absolutely recommend almost all the SMWS bottlings. Most of them are just superb! I've got propably near to 20 myself. I hope you enjoyed the tasting. I've found it to be very informative and full of nice people (and very good whiskies of course) when I took part in one last year.

I think I've still got to try a Glenglassaugh - looking forward to it then.

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

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