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Hi Howard and welcome to FPN. You've done well to snag a batch of pens at auction, they seem to be getting harder to find in the wild. I live in south Manchester and always try to see what's coming up at local auctions.

"In my early days there were few schools to help us in the pursuit of learning.

If we wanted to climb, we had first to make our own ladders".

Benjamin Brierley (1825-1896),

English weaver and self taught writer/publisher in Lancashire dialect.

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Hello Everybody, My Name is Howard and I have just been accepted by our moderators, Thanks to them.

I live in East Lancashire , England, About 20 miles north of Manchester. I have used fountain pens all my life and always owned three or four. Recently chanced upon a batch at an auction and now hooked properly. I am a member of WES and have completed their pen repair course, Did that for my benefit, not to enter the repair field professionally.

Anyone else in the NW give me a shout. Best Wishes to all, Howard.

Hi and :W2FPN: and enjoy your stay. I have one pen that was made for the Writing Equipment Society, the Stipula Isola Selina

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Hi Howard and welcome to FPN. You've done well to snag a batch of pens at auction, they seem to be getting harder to find in the wild. I live in south Manchester and always try to see what's coming up at local auctions.

Hi and Thanks for the welcome,

I was lucky at the auction, there was only one person bidding against me and I'm pretty sure he was a dealer.

Howard

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You have successfully entered a rabbit hole, who knows what it'll yield and where it'll lead.

Enjoy the fascinating journey and feel free to ask/share... thumbup.gif

 

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