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Until the end of last year, life was simple.

 

After graduation, my parents gave me an engraved Sheaffer Targa. It had a sloppy converter, so it leaked on business trips by airplane. In remedy thereof, after another graduation, my parents gave me a Montblanc 147 Traveler. I changed the nib from M to F and was, still am, very happy with it. I changed from black to blue ink.

 

I also got, at one point, as a business gift, a Montblanc Starwalker. And although I loved writing with it, the design (the one with rubber squares) never really appealed to me much. So ultimately I sold it, and got a Pelikan M800 in return.

 

That was January of this year.

 

In the search for the Pelikan, the rabbit hole opened...and now, not even four months later, I additionally own 8 pens, have 5 more on order, I filled a drawer with ink and paper, and I had accessoires shipped over from Japan, the US, and even Bosnia Herzegovina.

 

So where this will end? Bankruptcy perhaps, but probably not with registering with this wonderful forum…which I gladly do anyways. Hoping to learn more and perhaps contribute a bit.

 

Thanks for having me!

 

PS My avatar is lacking, I tried to change it but got a "membership_profile_disabled" message, so I first and foremost am curious whether I can actually post this text...to be continued...

 

 

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Hello 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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Welkom op het forum! Veel plezier.

Welcome to the board, enjoy!

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Welcome!

 

Some functions are enabled once you hit X number of posts or are a member for a certain time (say, two days, a week etc.).

I don't know which milestone enables what, but you'll be able to change your pic soon!

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Welcome! Interesting, it just occurred to me that I don't know of anyone who upon graduation received a fountain pen as a congratulatory gift! Present company excepted. I know upon my various graduations that an FP would have been the least likely gift. I lived in San Francisco for 25 years; not a culturally barren place where Lamy opened a shop. I had not thought of any traits of places/geographies that are fertile in FP use, maybe a question for a forum!

 

Anyhoo welcome!!!

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Hello and welcome to FPN.

Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous  Who taught by the pen

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Welcome! You will find lots of great information here and many suggestions to expand your collection.

Cheers,

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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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