Hello From Pennsylvania!

[Yanposh]

Hey, y'all! My name is Ian, I am a relative newcomer to the fountain pen world, though already fairly obsessed (a feeling I'm sure you know all too well!) Been using fountain pens almost exclusively since getting my Pilot Metropolitan last march. Look forward to talking with and learning from you all. Cheers!

[mitto]

Greetings and welcome to FPN.

[jar]

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[PAKMAN]

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

[Wahl]

Hi Ian

[ThomasB]

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

[ygv]

Welcome to FPN!

[northstar]

Hello and welcome to FPN.

[OCArt]

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!

[Henricum_Tropen]

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

[inkstainedruth]

Greetings from Pittsburgh! What part of the Keystone state are you in? There's a pen club around here, Steel City Nibs, which generally meets on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at the Panera Bread in Bakery Square. I'm pretty sure there are clubs in Philly and Harrisburg as well.

A Metropolitian is a good starter pen. I like mine, although I may have to replace the converter in it (not sure if the ink I have in the pen at the moment is the problem, but it could be).

I generally suggest that you click on the "View New Content" button when you log in, in order to get a good overview of a range of topics. And to check the Pinned index to the Ink Reviews Forum.

But I also warn people that we are all shameless enablers, and will be more than happy to help you spend your discretionary funds on pens, ink, paper, repair tools, pen shows, sealing wax, ephemera.... I fell down the vintage pen rabbit hole, myself. (I initially thought I would only want a small number of pens, and stay in the under $25 US range for them.... I now have about 3 times my stash limit and say "Well I only paid X for that one" ("X" being a three figure sum in a few cases) -- whereas my first "good" pen was a $9 Parker Vector and I felt unbelievably extravagant at the time....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Yanposh]

Greetings from Pittsburgh! What part of the Keystone state are you in? There's a pen club around here, Steel City Nibs, which generally meets on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at the Panera Bread in Bakery Square. I'm pretty sure there are clubs in Philly and Harrisburg as well.

A Metropolitian is a good starter pen. I like mine, although I may have to replace the converter in it (not sure if the ink I have in the pen at the moment is the problem, but it could be).

I generally suggest that you click on the "View New Content" button when you log in, in order to get a good overview of a range of topics. And to check the Pinned index to the Ink Reviews Forum.

But I also warn people that we are all shameless enablers, and will be more than happy to help you spend your discretionary funds on pens, ink, paper, repair tools, pen shows, sealing wax, ephemera.... I fell down the vintage pen rabbit hole, myself. (I initially thought I would only want a small number of pens, and stay in the under $25 US range for them.... I now have about 3 times my stash limit and say "Well I only paid X for that one" ("X" being a three figure sum in a few cases) -- whereas my first "good" pen was a $9 Parker Vector and I felt unbelievably extravagant at the time....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Thanks! I am in the lehigh valley, specifically Easton PA. I started with the Metro, before getting a sport and a safari as well. Since then my collection has grown to about to about 14 pens. My most interesting pen is easily the Krone Nailhead I recieved as a hand-me-down. Has a matte finish gold nib that is fairly soft and writes very wet. EDC right now is my yellow Prera inked with Kon Peki.