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Hello everyone!

 

My name is Erik and I'm a pen addict. I'm also a father of 4, with a wife and career, who enjoys sports such as soccer, golf, bowling, baseball, and football. Moreso, though, I love fountain pens!

 

My family and I reside in Lakewood, CA. I'm just starting out in fountain pens but so far, I've purchased the pens I feel I'll enjoy both visually and writing with. I've probably gone overboard for being so new, but I enjoy it!

 

Here's a short list of my pens:

Laban Ocean

Monteverde Mountains of the World - Everest

Pilot Metropolitan

LAMY Safari

FC Loom

Monteverde Invincia bronze

 

I look forward to learning all that I can and participating as much as I can. The wife and I have 2 month old twin girls at home (2 of the 4 kids), so a lot of time is spent with them. Thank you for accepting me and I hope you all have an amazing morning/noon/night.

 

Cheers,

Erik Veach

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Hello and welcome to this friendly corner of the universe from a fountain pen user in San Diego. There is such a wealth of information waiting for you to discover on this site. Write On!

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Thank you!

 

Hello and welcome to this friendly corner of the universe from a fountain pen user in San Diego. There is such a wealth of information waiting for you to discover on this site. Write On!

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Hello Erik 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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Welcome to FPN from a Southern California native planning to move back soon. :D

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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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And here, I can't wait to leave. Lol. Thank you for the warm welcome.

 

Welcome to FPN from a Southern California native planning to move back soon. :D

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And here, I can't wait to leave. Lol. Thank you for the warm welcome.

 

 

I know exactly what you mean! Probably the worst time to move there, but it's still better than the wild situation where I am now.

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Greetings from [currently frigid] Pittsburgh! :W2FPN:

Looks as if you're off to a good start with your pens (I LOVE my Metropolitan).

I generally recommend that new people click on the "View New Content" button at the top of the page to get a good overview of a range of topics (you can adjust how much/often you get new stuff 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. Back seven years ago it was 175 PAGES of threads (it's bigger now). Also, have a look at the Pinned Index to the Ink Reviews Forum.

But you should know that we are all evil enablers here, and will gladly help you spend your discretionary funds on pens, inks, paper, repair tools, books, ephemera, sealing wax, and pen shows.... (My own personal rabbit hole was vintage pens...).

So, what ink(s) are you currently using?

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Well, that may be true. Not sure of your situation, though. Where in CA are you going to move to? SoCal is extremely overpriced.

 

I know exactly what you mean! Probably the worst time to move there, but it's still better than the wild situation where I am now.

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Ruth,

 

Thank you very much for the advice! I don't miss the East Coast (2 years spent in NJ) during the winter, that's for sure!

 

I have a variety of inks, oddly enough, but here's what I have in pens for the moment:

 

Monteverde Charoite (purple)

Iroshizuku Take-sumi (black)

Monteverde Horizon Blue

Monteverde Bleu

Waterman Blue

Diamine Lilac Night

 

Of course I have a few ("few" of course) bottles of other inks sitting around the desk area. The Monteverde Charoite is such a wonderful color! If you haven't tried, I highly suggest it.

 

I look forward to being a part of the "enabler" group, as I tend to enable myself often. :/

 

Cheers,

Erik

 

Greetings from [currently frigid] Pittsburgh! :W2FPN:

Looks as if you're off to a good start with your pens (I LOVE my Metropolitan).

I generally recommend that new people click on the "View New Content" button at the top of the page to get a good overview of a range of topics (you can adjust how much/often you get new stuff 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. Back seven years ago it was 175 PAGES of threads (it's bigger now). Also, have a look at the Pinned Index to the Ink Reviews Forum.

But you should know that we are all evil enablers here, and will gladly help you spend your discretionary funds on pens, inks, paper, repair tools, books, ephemera, sealing wax, and pen shows.... (My own personal rabbit hole was vintage pens...).

So, what ink(s) are you currently using?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

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Well, that may be true. Not sure of your situation, though. Where in CA are you going to move to? SoCal is extremely overpriced.

 

 

Unfortunately, one of the most overpriced areas....Orange County. However, it's my hometown so lots of family and friends there to help get settled in.

I'm currently in rural China which is getting more precarious by the day as policies here are quickly shifting.

 

 

What is your preferred nib width so far?

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Welcome to FPN! I am also from sunny SoCal-- if there is one thing we have, it's nice weather! Except for tomorrow and the next few days.

What got you into fountain pens?

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