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I have been writing with fountain pens for a long time and use them at work every day.

 

I do not have a collection, because those I do not use I tend to give away.

I still have a couple of Sheaffers, a Waterman, a Columbus, a Sailor, a Pelikan, a Lamy, and a Nakaya.

 

I like cobalt blue ink and am currently searching for the perfect brown ink.

 

I would also like to improve my handwriting, any hints?

 

I enjoy road racing my 1993 RX-7, rising bicycles, photography, scuba & snorkeling, fine watches, smoking a great cigar, etc, etc, etc.....

 

Cordially,

 

Pedro

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Greetings, Pedro. Where in Illinois are you located?

 

I, too enjoy a 'great' cigar, especially those from that little island south of Miami.....

I'm hung like Einstein and smart as a horse!

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Mr. Handlebar: that is one nice moustache!

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mjkuras:

I am in Princeton, IL: a small town 60miles east of Iowa on I-80.

Where is Woodstock, IL?

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Welcome DrPJM1! Nice to see more people from the Iowa/Illinois area on here. I'm from Muscatine, which is on the Mississippi River just south of the Quad Cities. Hope you enjoy the board here.

"I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them."

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Velma:

 

Thanks for the suggestions.

 

I am now finishing bottles of Pelikan Brilliant Brown, Waterman Havana Brown and Private Reserve Copperburst. To tell you the truth, I am now mixing the last two and love the results!

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RyanL27:

 

Thank you. Last time at the Quad Cities I was watching the great go-kart races downtown. You can not believe how it feels as those things fly by at 70mph!

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mjkuras:

I am in Princeton, IL: a small town 60miles east of Iowa on I-80.

Where is Woodstock, IL?

I am in the northwest corner of Illinois, about 30 miles east of Rockford.

 

I understand that the area around Princeton is quite nice.

 

Mike

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Closer to Galena, IL?

I love Door County, Wis.

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Welcome Pedro! I had an urge to make a Napoleon Dynamite comment, but GOSH! That'd be so stupid!

 

:lol:

Geaux Tigers! Visça el Barça!

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Hi Pedro,

Welcome to the society of FPN.Have a seat and enjoy.For brown ink you must try the Waterman Havana Brown which is have great intensity and lubricating properties.RX-7 is nice car!!!!Are you drifting too??

 

Take Care and Welcome again,

Emrecan

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the pen is in my avatar is LAMY Studio Palladium 14K

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Welcome Pedro! I had an urge to make a Napoleon Dynamite comment, but GOSH! That'd be so stupid!

 

:lol:

Not stupid, it would be too easy ;)

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Hi Pedro,

Welcome to the society of FPN.Have a seat and enjoy.For brown ink you must try the Waterman Havana Brown which is have great intensity and lubricating properties.RX-7 is nice car!!!!Are you drifting too??

 

Take Care and Welcome again,

Emrecan

Not drifting.

I put a GT35R turbo pumping 425hp @15psi and 170mph comes pretty fast ;)

I am now mixing Copperburst with Havana Brown!

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Hello and welcome to FPN! Glad you're here and hope to see you around the FPNuthouse!

"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Rom. 5:8, NKJV)
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Hi and welcome to FPN :)

Thanks Maia!

 

I was born in Zaragoza, on the other country sharing the Iberic Peninsula!

Where in Portugal are you?

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Hello and welcome to FPN! Glad you're here and hope to see you around the FPNuthouse!

Thanks Southpaw! I went to Military School in western NC. Took me a while to de-learn my "Howdy" and "Howdy-do"'s!

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Hi Pedro!

 

Welcome to the FPN society! And welcome fellow Rotorhead! I spent a long summer once in Zaragoza.

 

--Roy

 

My Dad sudied Medicine in Zaragoza when I was a kid, under Franco's dictatorship.

It was a nice place & we had great times...

What were you doing in Zaragoza?

What rotary car do you enjoy, fellow Rotorhead?

I just spoke with a friend near the Big D about his RX-7...small world!

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