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  1. Darrell

    Hello

    Hello - I'm a Englishman living in the Netherlands - I was introduced to fountain pens when I was very young. I've been using them for more than 45 years and have a nice collection of dip pens, fountain pens (Waterman, Jackdaws, Montblanc, Crown, Esterbrook, Parker, Champion, Boston, Bohler, Swan, Gimborn, Moor, Noodlers) and lots of inks and nibs for both dip pens and fountain pen. Interested in Calligraphy, illuminations etc. I do my own repairs, very much trial and error in the beginning but getting better all the time. Darrell
  2. TheYellowHobbit

    Greetings From Boston

    Hi everyone! I'm Rachel. I recently got into fountain pens about a month ago. (I had dabbled a bit a few years ago, but it didn't stick.) So far I've accumulated about 7 pens, which doesn't include the ones I have on order. And this has only been about a month. And that doesn't even include the inks. Help! In the past I've done a bit of calligraphy with markers, and I've wanted a fountain pen that has good line variation so I could do calligraphy with it. I picked up a Noodler's Konrad, which is nice with line variation, though very smooth and not so calligraphy-esque. Now I'm leaning towards more italic/stub nibs. I already had a TWSBI, so I picked up a 1.1mm stub for that, as well as a really cheap Sheaffer calligraphy set that writes surprisingly well. I'm looking at some nicer italic nib pens. I also have a Pilot Kakuno and a Jetpens Chibi 2 because I have super tiny hands, so small and light actually works quite well for me. (Plus the Kakuno nib has a smiley face and I couldn't pass that up.) So I might eventually get an Edison Nouveau Premiere, which both has italic nibs and is super light. I'm also open to other suggestions!
  3. The title says it all. Looking to learn more from this community. I have some vintage Sheaffer pens that I enjoy using, but want to expand my collection.
  4. Greetings all, I've been lurking here for about a month, but since I find myself wanting to participate more, an introduction seems in order. My tale is no doubt a common one. Grew up obsessed with paper, pens, and markers, used a cheap Sheaffer No Nonsense in high school, wrote everything in Peacock Blue, Emerald, or Magenta, then was seduced by rollerballs, gel pens, and razor points. Like many, I moved to doing most of my writing with a keyboard and screen, though I still kept pens and notebooks around and always carried them with me. Over the last couple of years, I became dissatisfied with composing on a computer so I went back to writing in longhand, at least to jump start the process. The problem was, it wasn't fun anymore, and since writing is a huge part of my life, this was unacceptable. I needed something to make writing fun again, and while chatting with a friend in Lyon, she described how school kids there all used fountain pens, how French paper had a different ruling, and how nice Clairefontaine notebooks were, and I got bit by the bug again. I went online to see if I could find the pens and papers she talked about, stumbled onto the Goulet Pen Company website, and was immediately sucked into the fountain pen vortex. That was about 2 months ago. I started with one box for all my fountain pen stuff, now I have three (mainly due to my ink obsession). I've tried some of the cheaper and beginner level pens and am now eyeing vintage pens, more flex nibs, and some of the next-level pens. My favorite part of finding the fountain pen community, though, has been discovering how many people love and obsess over the same things I do, that the written word and cursive handwriting is not dead, and that there are still people on the internet who care about spelling. Better yet, the writing experience is fun once more instead of frustrating. Right now, my pen "collection" is a few Jinhao 599s and a 301, a Lamy Vista, a Safari, and an Al-Star (which is back at Lamy customer service right now due to a stuck feed), a Pilot Metro, and a Noodler's Ahab. My Vista is probably my go-to pen because it's the most comfortable, but I love playing with the Noodler's flex nib, and I'm really fond of a couple of the Jinhaos. Oddly, the Safari is my least favorite; I think it's because I don't like the way the matte finish feels. At the moment, my greatest fountain pen quandary is whether to spend my fountain pen allowance on more Al-Stars to match inks I already have, or look for a vintage Esterbrook and some extra nibs to see they are as fun as their fans say, or save up my pennies for a higher end pen with a 14K nib like a Pilot Decimo or Falcon or a Platinum Maki-e. Or just blow it all on more inks and notebooks and paper from Goulet. I suspect I will need a side job in my future just to support my new hobby.
  5. tim1962

    Hello From North Carolina

    Hi FPN, My name is Tim and I have been a fountain pen fanatic for a few months and still looking to fall off the wagon any chance I get. Between this forum, Amazon reviews and Goulet pens I think I deserve some sort of certificate in fountain pens learning, but I am nowhere near a fountain pen PhD like some folks are here at FPN. You guys are truly amazing. My quick story is, after seeing the How It's Made segment on fountain pens, I started looking for a fountain pen I had about 25 years ago, a Parker Vector. I found the Parker and also found I had a Sheaffers Snorkel that was handed down to me by my Dad along with a Camlin 47. I bought some new cartridges for the Parker and used it a while before stumbling on some clearance Yafa Icona's at Office Depot. At $2, I bought a few figuring I would give them as gifts. Say what you will about the that pen, which I found was really a Borghini V110s thanks to FPN, it worked for me until I loaded the black cartridges. That's when my fountain pen journey really started. For the full story you can visit www.timbrown.us. I hope to learn more and meet many new friends here on FPN. Tim Brown, Cary, NC USA <><
  6. Shamanjp

    Hello From Michigan!

    I write a lot and amost always with a fountain pen. I have a variety of Pilot fountain pens, the latest being a justus 95. I also have a couple vintage pens in need of restoration. I've learned a lot reading these forums and thought it was finally time to introduce myself. Happy new year to everyone!
  7. Pensei

    Greetings

    Thanks for inviting me to join this august group. I have been reading for a while, and decided it was time to join the fun officially. My interest in fountain pens began decades ago when I found a few in my grandfather"s middle desk drawer. I had one of those dollar cartridge fountain pens while I was in high school, and then my parents bought me a nice Parker silver pen that I don't remember the model number for right now. It's been off and running since then, and of course the Internet introduces a vast new world for both studying and purchasing pens and pen supplies. At the moment I'm taking a particular interest in Japanese pens after mainly collecting German, French, and American. Also, I'm in a bit of an ink mania, searching for the perfect blue and also some other colors. One of the best discoveries I have made so far through FPN is the broad availability of ink samples, and of course I'm now digging my way through countless samples. One of the things I like most about FPN is the elaborate and interesting ink reviews offered by the members. Of course one thing I did not really even know existed before I came here is limited edition inks such as the Sailors. Wow, that is a potential rabbit hole to go down. It seems that these wonderful inks make it to the forum just as soon as they become unavailable! Cheers to all; I'm happy to be among you.
  8. I discovered FPN a number of months ago and have confined myself to lurking until now. However, I have become so obsessed with FPN that I figured it was time to introduce myself. Been using fountain pens for almost 40 years (but only regularly for 20) -- my first one was a MB 146 purchased in the U.S. House of Representatives' stationary store. I cry when I remember how little they cost in the 1970s. For many years I was mainly into vintage pens-- Parker, Waterman, Wahl, Pelikan, etc. I purchased a few new pens but I generally found they did not write as well as my vintage pens. I think some of that quality issue had to do with my inexperience with regularly cleaning pens and adjusting nibs. My favorite pens from my vintage period include a Waterman Onyx Patrician, a Wahl Eversharp Coronet (gold filled cap and black pyralin inserts) and a collection of 1920s colorful celluloid New Diamond PP flat tops. Almost all of these pens have flex nibs. For the last four years I have been acquiring new fountain pens as I have been increasingly impressed with the quality of many of the current pen manufacturers. A few of my favorite brands include Edison, Franklin-Christoph, Pilot, Visconti, TWSBI, Pelikan. I have also acquired an addiction (I blame FPN Forums) for some of the better known Indian fountain pens-- particularly the ebonites. I continue to keep a few vintage pens in my daily rotation-- mainly Esterbrooks and some less expensive old flex nib pens. For many years I would take one or two pens to work. I mainly wrote with Pilot VPs because of their convenience and because I did not want to get ink on my hands. I also limited myself to blue and black inks. These days I take way too many pens to work and love to try out new inks representing all colors of the rainbow. I have gotten to the point that I no longer care if people identify me as the old guy who uses a different pen at every meeting and who always has some ink on his hands. Every time I am about to hit the Paypal button for some more ink or another pen I have to remind myself that I have three kids in college (in the U.S. university is ridiculous expensive) and that I have to have some money to retire on some day... perhaps in my 80s. Despite the damage to my bank account it is a lot of fun to be a part of this community.
  9. Regards to every FPN user out there. I have learnt a lot from you (have been "stalking" you for about a year now), so I said why not join you? To be honest, I really don't know why I like fountain pens so much. I guess because they have aesthetic appeal, and the writing experience can not be compared with anything else. The thing that drove me towards this site was the fact that in my country the fountain pen community is very small to non-existent. Most of the younger generations don't even know what a fountain pen is. That's why I needed to find someplace where I could talk about my hobby, without being looked at as if I were some kind of lunatic. My first fountain pen was Pelikan 120 (which I unfortunately lost), and ever since then nothing can be compared with the whole process of writing with a fountain pen (the act of inking it, cleaning it, etc). Here's to a lots of great discussions! Cheers!
  10. Hi all. Always loved pens growing up and always had a few hanging around the studio. But recently I started learning about and buying "vintage" pens. 1st, 2nd and perhaps 3rd tier pens. As an artist with lots of patience and a love of drawing and writing "the OLD way", pen collecting is a nice way to integrate a love of history, design and the creative process, collecting is a nice activity. One suggestion to others: If you are collecting and you haven't already done so, archiving, documenting and sharing this information with your family members is a good way to see that the pen history is "paid" forward. Although it might lessen the number of "estate" finds on Ebay and elsewhere, it will contribute to the continuation of knowledge and research for future pen lovers. just sayin... Thanks to all Lenny Dowhie nefsigh@aol.com
  11. TheGargoyle

    New To This Forum

    Thank you for this group. I've only recently gotten interested in Fountain Pens, and had purchased a few over the years, some of which don't work, but are cool looking nonetheless. I hope to find info here in perhaps helping me get the ones repaired that do not work. Here is a Tuckersharpe I found out at either a yard sale, or thrift store, that someone got rid of.
  12. Dane

    Greetings And Hello :)

    Hello to everyone, My name is Dan, and I hale from the high desert in southern California. About 2 years ago I discovered this wonderful website. As fate would have it at just about the same time I had many disruptive and traumatizing events happen in my life. So many of my goals and plans were derailed. In many ways I am still in the process of healing. Thank God that this year I am once again getting back on track. I am setting up a new art studio, and headed back in a good direction. In so many ways I believe happiness, success and quite a few other things in life are, to a degree, an important choice. I don't think that it would be a stretch of the imagination to say that using fine writing instruments is a related choice. To me, its a small voice wanting an incremental bit more individualism, a bit more grace in line, and something that touches the edges of the simple and elegant timelessness of artistic beauty. I can say with some certainty that my interest in fountain pens started on the day my mother gave me a company Esterbrook that my father no longer used for work. I was in grade school. I still have that pen. I've collected a few pens here and there, and as the years went by I can now say I have an interesting little collection. As an artist, perhaps we see the world somewhat differently? I think its more probable that we are taking the time to do so. Fine writing instruments are a direct expression of the entire artistic process of paying attention to each nuance of weight, color, balance, FEEL, and emotional response. Just like with fine art, it is my considered opinion that if ever the day comes that people no longer care about HOW they write, and what they write WITH, something idelably important to our identity and souls will have faded away. An actual mark. On actual paper, held by the hand that wrote those letters, creates a far more tangible connection to the person who had those thoughts, who wrote those words down, than any typed or printed or emailed version could possibly achieve. An artists palete, and a pen collection, are both an invitation to explore each and every piece of it and to find out where it leads. So yes, I think that fine writing instruments offer more than something cheap and generic. They offer the whispered invitation to find out something more, something about ourselves. A fine journey, with the hope and expectation of happiness, isn't that a great metaphor for LIFE? I look forward to many an interesting and insightful conversation on the FPN site, and to making new friends. Dan
  13. MachiavelliPCarney

    Introductions

    Hello, I am a male, resident of Kentuckiana, and fountain pen user. I first got into fountain pens when I discovered how much better italic handwriting looked than the rubbish I was writing in. (a sort of connected print - not very pretty) To start writing in this new found style I acquired a platignum lettering set and I have since moved into standard fountain pens. The main reason for my creation of this account was to ask about my great grandfather's parker duofold in which I would like to resac and would enjoy knowing more about. (I will make a new topic) Thanks, Carl Carney Post Script: Machiavelli P is my cat My pens: Cross Baily (a poor old) Cross Century Cross Century Classic (which I got from. trying to have Cross repair my original. Century) Parker 45 flighter stub Platignum's Calligraphy Pen
  14. penpete

    Greetings From Scotland

    Hi to all. Since age has got the better of me, considerably got the better of me, I have decided to go back to child hood and pick up a long lost friend and use it. Once that happened then I found I opened up a whole can of lovely worms and found myself regularly looking into this FPN forum. I have been helped so much that I thought I should seek to join and learn more. Pens acquired have all been in sales thankfully and I have Parker Duofold, Pelican M800. Cross peerless 125 and a Waterman Carene. All have medium nibs, all are great and all are giving great enjoyment. Now I have to learn to write. Regards
  15. James_Marquette

    Hello World...

    Hello, I have been reading the various sections of this forum for a while now, but as of yet hadn't convinced myself to join, well here goes. I live in beautiful (humor) Southen Indiana (right by where they host the Derby) and anyhow I have this pen that was given to me by a dear friend...its a 90's Cross (I think) and I was wondering if anyone here could identify it? (See photos) Thanks, James Marquette Post Script: I do hope this doesn't read like a letter...I never was very good at Intro posts.
  16. kidneychris

    Hey Everyone

    Hello FPN! My name is Chris, Im 20 yo, college student in CA (currently in "limbo" at Pasadena City College waiting to transfer to TEXAS), and I love pens This is my first post on the FPN. I just "recently" got into fountain pens so I'm a little bit green but know my way 'round some topics and some pens. I got into FP's after I had a kidney transplant last year and was really bored durning my recovery, at the time I was writing alot of letter to my girlfriend who goes to school at Gonzaga U in Spokane WA. I wanted to "spice" my letters up so bought a Kaweco Sport B. In my boredom I started looking at different aspects of the world....I got hooked My arsenal currently consists of.... Pens: Platinum #3776 Charteres Blue M TWSBI 580 N Monteverde Artista Crystal Lamy Safari 3 Preppys Inks: Lamy Blue Pilot Irosh: Kon Peki Pilot Irosh: Asa Gao Diamine Denim Sailor Sei-Boku Paper: All French Brands. A good Moleskine (Shocking) Fav Sites/blogs Goulet Gourmet Pens Ed Jelly SBREBrown Amazon(pens are so cheap, buy amazon warehouse even cheaper!!) Jet pens Currently looking at: Lamy 2000 Pilot Custom 74 (japan import black/gold) (If you got any for sale lemme know!!) Thanks for welcoming me into your community.
  17. Hi everyone! I am pretty new to the fountain pen universe. I live in Southeastern Wisconsin. I finally got brave about two years ago and bought a trio of fountain pens. It's great to meet all of you.
  18. Hello, let me introduce myself.. I have no ethnicity apart from Prussian Blue, I have no religion apart from Fountain Pen. I hew a few passions in life, coffee and cigarettes, (but I sadly lost the passion for cigarettes), Celine and Proust, Wenders and Kusturica, Congolese music (Soukous) and Gregorian Chorals and of course pens and inks. I have a soft spot for east African women and am single. Yes, I am a very boring chap. My perfect fountain pen would be Pelikan M800 with the plastic piston replacing the brass and grip section narrowed to 9mm diameter. So unless someone can customise it for me my search for the great pen continues. I am not new to fountain pen craze it is just that I didn't notice how many people are getting back to FP. My favourite pens I carry around most of the time are all very different and I like them for different reasons. The cheapest one was 99p, the expensive one $300. Yes, you guessed it right, the 99p Jinhao is better writer IMO then the $300 one. (I guess I was lucky coz all the other Jinhao pens I got were not good). Kaweco Sport, TWSBI and Visconti Rembrandt are always with me, others are in circulation. Nice to meet you All
  19. glammers

    Hello From Columbia Mo Usa

    Hello, I'm Greg from Columbia Missouri USA. I came to an interest in fountain pens through journal keeping. After years of half-filling spiral and composition notebooks I started keeping a journal in earnest this summer. I'd received a Montblanc ballpoint as a gift years ago and started using that pen for my journals. I started researching (lusting after) Montblancs and then other fountain pens. I don't own any Montblanc FPs (maybe someday). I started with a Kaweco Classic Sport, a JetPens Mini Chibi, and then a Pilot Metropolitan, a Lamy Safari, Kaweco Ice Sport, a bunch of Jinhaos, 3 Wing Sung 233s, a Baoer 388, and just received a Camlin Trinity and an Airmail 444 (my first eyedropper). I dig all the pens I have, even the temperamental ones. I've gotten a lot of interesting and useful info from this forum, so I thought I'd sign up. My Best,Greg
  20. Razorwolf12

    Hello From Sydney Australia :d

    Hi I am Raymond. I don't know why, but I have preferred using Fountain Pens. I used them in school, even though I didn't have to and after an on again - off again stint over the years, I have rediscovered the joys and sometimes bewilderment of Fountain Pens. Those familiar colourful ink stained fingers are truly a sign of persistence and joy. I will be moving to Hamburg early next year, so if there are any keen Fountain Pen users that want to catch up in Hamburg, that would be great. In the meantime, I am looking forward to meeting with all and learning, contributing and generally talking about anything Fountain Pens. Cheers Raymond
  21. Michael Leaker

    Hello

    Hello everyone, My name is Michael and I'm a pen turner. This Christmas I had a couple of requests to make fountain pens. It remind me how much I enjoyed writing with them. I also received some questions about upgrading the nibs on them, which is a bit of a puzzle for me, but I'm looking forward to the challenge. Take care, Michael
  22. Pen_Samurai

    Hi There Everyone!

    Hi Everyone, I live in Japan and sell fountain pens at a very famous store in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan. I want to help contribute to this forum and hopefully let you know about event that will be held at my store that I think you may find interesting. Ive only been selling fountain pens for a year but Ive been using high end pens most of my life and hated writing with ball pens even as a child. Also, if you have any questions about fountain pens or especially japanese pens, feel free to ask me and Ill do my best to get back to you. I dont know everything, but I can probably get an answer for you. Well, great to meet you everyone, hope to get a good thing going here. Thanks, Watson





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