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Hi! Greetings from Yorkshire.

I'm new to Fountain Pens, but found this forum so helpful when I was choosing my first pen in August. In fact, you saved me from fake Lamys on Amazon, I am certain. Gosh, that copper-orange looked so pretty and was so much cheaper than any in WHSmiths...

 

Ended up with a purple Lamy Al-Star from WHSmiths which I adore.

 

Of course, I was only going to have one fountain pen. Yup. That was all I needed, and also naturally I would write in blue or black, because who writes in any other colours, right?

 

 

I bought a 1.5 nib and Diamine Purple Pazazz specially to write my xmas cards...

 

I accidently bought another Al-Star and there's a "found" fountain pen that turned up in a drawer at my parents' next to a bit of the Berlin Wall on its way.

 

Where did I come to find out what "Iridium Point, W Germany" meant?

 

That's right, here.

 

So hello, thank you for helping me without even knowing you were doing it, and Merry Xmas from Yorkshire!

 

Allie T

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Hi Allie T

Welcome aboard, I hope you enjoy your stay.

 

I enjoy seeing your enthusiasm with FPs, its a good reminder, I take so much for granted now. I am sure you will enjoy the journey down the path ("rabbit hole"). ;-)

 

It's vintage and dip pens that have my attention, it's a new world!

 

Cheers . .

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Welcome to this merry band. As I trust you will have learned, IRIDIUM POINT GERMANY doesn't mean very much in particular. One wants to know the rest of the circumstances.

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Welcome to this merry band. As I trust you will have learned, IRIDIUM POINT GERMANY doesn't mean very much in particular. One wants to know the rest of the circumstances.

Yes, I did learn that here thank you all, and there are no maker's marks on it anywhere. It was probably a gift to my mum for a pupil, but I have yet to see it. May have been bought in Berlin when the wall came down... may just have ended up next to the bit of the Berlin Wall in a drawer! I shall see how it writes...

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Hello and welcome to you from a bit up the M62 in Manchester. What part of the White Rose Country do you live in ?

Off East in the shadow of the Wolds - and on the way to Hull.

Flat on one side of the road, rollercoaster on the other.

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