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Hi,
I'm newly addicted to these wonderful things.
Their aesthetic beauty and craftsmanship are the motivation I needed to begin my journey to improve my penmanship from "prescription worthy" to legible and maybe beyond. No tool can perform miracles, it's up to the user to become proficient with it and learn its' characteristics, limitations, etc. Improving my handwriting could easily be practiced by using a disposable ballpoint pen and foolscap paper, but the inspiration wouldn't be there, at least not for me... it would seem more like drills from my childhood school years. Just after last Christmas, I found the 40+ year-old Scheaffer fountain pen with a spare cartridge. A cheapy that at the time sold for under $3. When I tried it way back then, I just couldn't get the hang of it and remember how watery the ink was, compared to my familiar ballpoints. It was messy and didn't write well. I also wasn't aware of the great significance of paper qualities. Fast-forward to late December and my experiences with other media and arts have broadened my awareness and skills so that when I tried it for the first time in decades, it was a decent pen. But it didn't seem all that special, like my scribbling, and I began my search for something better, but still affordable.
My handwriting has improved since that time as I've not only practised but applied lessons from watching videos of cursive writing and calligraphy techniques.
I now have some "Modern Classic" pens from Dryden Designs (1 M, 1 F), some Jinhao X-450's (one is now a Frankenpen), a Jinhao Chinese Dragon and a Noodler's Konrad. All of these pens write better than anything that I've previously used, including gel pens, and with papers to match them and now my quest for "just the right inks". I guess I'm now addicted.
I finally heard about this community and am trying to navigate the various haystacks of information, questions and answers.
Thanks for letting me be a part of this.
Mike

 

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Hi Mike, Welcome in, and at the risk of sounding like a broken record, do you know about Scriptus, the Toronto pen show? You'll find new and vintage writing equipment there, also if you search for ''Pen Stores in Toronto", several places pop up. Best of luck and enjoy yourself.

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Hi Mike, Welcome in, and at the risk of sounding like a broken record, do you know about Scriptus, the Toronto pen show? You'll find new and vintage writing equipment there, also if you search for ''Pen Stores in Toronto", several places pop up. Best of luck and enjoy yourself.

I haven't heard of Scriptus until now. Thanks for risking that sound. :) I found the Wonder Pens Studio Shop not too far from me and have had great customer service experiences there.

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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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I'm glad you found Wonder Pens, it is a great store, you'll see them at Scriptus too, as well as me, my sweetie, who custom fits-out boxes for pen storage and a huge space full of other pen people. It's a blast.

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