Hello, FPN. I've had this account for a few years and made just a few posts, though I think I'll be more active now. I've met with such friendliness that I feel I ought to introduce myself properly.
Here's my attempt at an introduction:
- I'm from Portsmouth, hometown of Dickens. We are an island city on the south coast offering hundreds of French restaurants just a few hours' sailing away. Fun fact: the city's 18th century ramparts and guns actually point north towards England, to protect us just in case the French ever tried to invade Portsmouth from the mainland.
- I'm a maths and physics student at Warwick.
- I'm trying to learn repair work and obtain what tools as and when I can. It's rewarding, massively enjoyable, and I'm humbled by the experts here who share their time and experience.
- I started using Parker Vectors at school, but they were nasty things. I really caught the fountain pen bug with my first Frontier, which I still use. I think my first "proper" fountain pen was a Sailor 1911, which I use every day. Or it may have been a car boot find Parker 45 around the same time. What wonderful pens those 45s are, they just always work!
- I play a few instruments, guitar mostly. I think I noticed a few other guitarists here, so I'm glad to be in good company.
I think that's it. I hope my rambling there isn't too boring and doesn't come across as self-absorbed - rather, I hope this way I might find some shared interests with people here.
Glad to be aboard!
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Posted 21 July 2019 - 02:50
Hello and welcome to FPN.
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Say that again, I have a pen here somewhere...
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Posted 21 July 2019 - 03:52
Hello and Welcome to FPN!! Glad to have you as a member!!
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A Vintage Pen has to be older than me.
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Posted 22 July 2019 - 00:52
Hello and welcome from Baton Rouge, Louisiana...Enjoy your time here
Thomas
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Posted 22 July 2019 - 04:02
Welcome!!!
Glad you are among us! 
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Posted 22 July 2019 - 09:28
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!
- Winston Churchill
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Posted 22 July 2019 - 21:27
Welcome,
There are pen club meetings monthly in London and around Frimley if you are in the area. Also, WES run distance pen repair classes. Worth finding out about.
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Posted 24 July 2019 - 06:04
Hello and welcome to you from 'ooop Narth' in Manchester !! Tad warm up here at the moment....
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Posted 24 July 2019 - 19:52
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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Greetings and welcome to FPN.
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Posted 13 November 2019 - 17:09
Oh dear! I have only just seen this post of yours.
I too am in Portsmouth, Locksway Road near the old varsity campus.
Welcome!
