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Hello,

 

I joined FPN and got my account validated just now.

 

I am using fountain pens for quite sometime, but didn't know much about it though. Recently I wanted to buy a new fountain pen for myself and thought about suggestions about which one to get. That was the very time I came across this page, the parameters and factors for choosing a pen. I settled for a Lamy Safari and Pilot Metropolitan.

 

I have no idea about ink types, nib types or any other stuffs. I want to learn much more about them from all the FPN community.

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:W2FPN: !! :):)

We are all friends here, explore all the different sub-forums and learn and participate. BTW, where are you from? I am a NRI who grew up in Shillong and Guwahati in Meghalaya and Assam.

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Welcome to the Fountain Pen Network.

If you want to learn about the basics of the hobby, I recommend that you watch Brian Goulet's videos on YouTube. He made some on this topic a while ago.

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

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:W2FPN: !! :):)

We are all friends here, explore all the different sub-forums and learn and participate. BTW, where are you from? I am a NRI who grew up in Shillong and Guwahati in Meghalaya and Assam.

Hey, I am from Kolkata, West Bengal. I was going through some topics and I feel that all members are very generous to each other in this forum. Glad I came by this site.

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Hello,

 

I joined FPN and got my account validated just now.

 

I am using fountain pens for quite sometime, but didn't know much about it though. Recently I wanted to buy a new fountain pen for myself and thought about suggestions about which one to get. That was the very time I came across this page, the parameters and factors for choosing a pen. I settled for a Lamy Safari and Pilot Metropolitan.

 

I have no idea about ink types, nib types or any other stuffs. I want to learn much more about them from all the FPN community.

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:W2FPN: !! :):)

We are all friends here, explore all the different sub-forums and learn and participate. BTW, where are you from? I am a NRI who grew up in Shillong and Guwahati in Meghalaya and Assam.

Hi, I'm from India and I actually grew up not too far from where you were; I grew up in Silchar, Assam. Hope you're enjoying your pens!
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