Two Fanatics Speaking A Different Language

[Bill_D]

I went to AutoZone to purchase some carnauba wax. A nice employee helped me find it on the shelves and spent five minutes enthusiastically explaining the pros and cons of each brand and offered me tips on how to get the best results for my car. I didn't have the heart to tell him that it was for a fountain pen.

[tamiya]

Ditto trying to find K&S Brass Shims at an enthusiastic model trains shop

 

I like cars more than trains of any size.

[pajaro]

I have been involved with a car hobby, a model train hobby and a pen hobby. I get it.

[kestrel]

I found some of my best pliers for pen repair at a Gem and Mineral show, a seller specializing in beads and stringing beads. My extensive collection of dental picks came from a bemused dentist who was about to throw them out. I had the same experience as tamiya with the brass shims at a hobby store.

 

Anything that works.

[Bo Bo Olson]

The world is viewed through peep holes on the inside of a box.

[WarrenB]

I know that situation, though it was for something other than fountain pens.

 

Anyway, my old miniature wargaming/sculpting hobby left me with a lot of fine tools for mucking about with FPs!