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Hi! Just a quick de-lurk to introduce myself and confess to being bitten by the bug.

 

Like many I started using a fountain pen at school and gave up once I got to university and started taking reams of (sadly almost illegible) notes using ballpoints. After years of trying various incarnations of ballpoint/rollerballs and gel pens I have finally decided that a fountain pen is the only hope for my writing now :blush:

 

A few years ago I was intrigued to see a colleague using a Namiki Vanishing Point, looked a round to find a source and failed. After my recent decision to learn to write again I started with an old Parker from a promotional pen/ballpoint/pencil set that I happend to have laying around.

 

After a few days using this I thought of that Namiki VP ... Suffice to say there were some Ebay explorations and I now own black Carbonesque and Raden versions (ouch!). Both splendid pens and write remarkably well for such an unusual mechanism. Of course now I need to get ink (Pelikan to start with then PR and Noodlers and ...) which started me thinking about Pelikan pens so I have been looking at the M200 and M400 - need I say more?

 

This stuff is addictive I say! :P

 

Ah well, perhaps I will manage to resist another pen for a while.

 

I hope ...

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This stuff is addictive I say! :P

 

Ah well, perhaps I will manage to resist another pen for a while.

 

I hope ...

 

Welcome Aboard!

 

Experience among people who introduce themselves here is that you will not resist! :eureka:

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Welcome to FPN. Resistance is futile.

 

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Hello and welcome aboard!

"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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Its impossible to resist. Since signing up here (not very long ago!), I've purchased six fountain pens (mostly on the recommendation of folks) - that's nearly doubled my collection.

 

Welcome to FPN, there is a wealth of information here and lots of fun to be had.

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Well, you can only wait and see how addicted you become. I've bought two since joining, having seen Apollo's Lamy 2000 and reading about the Cross Townsend, so I bought one off ebay which I collected today. Can't imagine what will be bought next as a result of reading our fellow members' reviews! ^_^

Roger

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Welcome to the Fountain Pen Nuthouse! :D

Sincerely yours,

 

Ronnie Banks

"Like a prized watch, a good fountain pen is a trusted companion for life."

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