A Manila envelope. :-)

[Leigh R]

Hi, everyone! I moused over here from Pentrace one fine day. My name's Leigh, and I live in Manila - or thereabouts, one's never too sure in this smoggy city. ;-) (Manila's the Philippine capital.)

 

I am more of an accumulator than a collector. I do love pens with flexible, italic and stub nibs, and I actually began as an accumulator of dip pen nibs and glass pens before moving into the stuff-with-moving-parts category. I've destroyed my share of nibs experimenting. I also try to avoid making "my favorite pens" lists so the other pens I own don't feel too bad and decide to turn on me (yes, I know, that's quite irrational).

 

Today's pens/inks are:

My mutilated Duke Beijing Opera with the uber-squeaky nib/Black Quink

Green Estie with a 9284 (broad stub) nib/Aurora Black

 

Happy pen day,

 

Leigh R

[Ray]

Nice to hear from you, Leigh. I spent a few weeks working in Manila back in 2000 and loved the city - smog and all! Give my regards to the Mandarin Oriental.

 

Ray

[Elaine]

Welcome to the nuthouse Leigh!

 

I usually don't mind making "pens wanted" lists. But recently my list contains too many modern pens.

[Leigh R]

Hi, Ray and Elaine! :-) Thanks for the kind welcome.

 

Ray - the Mandarin Oriental is just down the road from my office, so I shall be sure to wave hi on your behalf. ;-)

[chupie]

Heh. I like that - "accumulator". That probably describes me too. Welcome!

[solaris]

Welcome, Leigh!!!

Now please relax, bring a mug full of coffee and enjoy a very nice forum! Lots of nice and well informed people down here, and everyone is keen to help and share knowledge and experience.

 

Cheers,

Aldo

[Gerry]

Welcome Leigh. Wonderful to see you here. Hope to see you among the Estienuts over in the Estie forum.

 

Gerry

[Slush99]

Welcome!

[southpaw]

Welcome to FPN! Glad you're here, from one accumulator to another. Many here fit into that category, so you're in good company. Hope to see you around.

[Man-in-Need]

You're collection sounds really interesting. Hop over to the other forums post-haste and tell us what you've got lurking around in your cups and drawers full of pens.

[Leigh R]

Thanks, everyone! See you in the other forums, inky fingers and all. :-D

[playpen]

Hi Leigh,

I just bought a Namiki Falcon with a fine point. The nib is flexible and is so comfortable to draw with. If you love flexible nibs try a Namiki, I think you'll love it!

[Leigh R]

I saw speerbob on eBay selling one, but I didn't get it. :-( I'd love to have an FA nib one day - maybe the Pilot Custom 742's my answer. :-)

[Mannenhitsu]

Hello Leigh and welcome to the FPN. You are the first person I have met from the Philippines that uses fountain pens. Most of the students I have had from your country have never seen a fine writing instrument before. However, one older person I had could easily remember when such pens were a requirement at her school in Davao City, but that was in the mid-1960s.

[Leigh R]

I'm sure there are many of us here, because I'm not the one who bought all the Parker 100s.

 

Fountain pens were required in school here in the 50s and 60s I think. The desks all had holes for the inkwells. By the time I got to university the fad was for ballpoints which were a foot long and had scented ink.

[ballboy]

NO boundaries to good tast in pens then!

 

Welcome

[Mannenhitsu]

I'm sure there are many of us here, because I'm not the one who bought all the Parker 100s.

 

Fountain pens were required in school here in the 50s and 60s I think. The desks all had holes for the inkwells. By the time I got to university the fad was for ballpoints which were a foot long and had scented ink.

I have heard of these long-pens, but the scented ink from a ballpoint is a new one on me. Likewise, I can remember when all of our desks in grade school had inkwells in them, but nobody every used them. However, given my love for fountain pens nowadays, I would be the first to use it in class.