When Did You Realize You Liked Pens More Than The Average Person?

October 20, 2014

A long, long, time ago, in a galaxy far away...first year in college and the Pilot Varsity.

October 21, 2014

When I was a kid, I lived in a small town north of Harrisburg, PA. Every so often, we would drive over to Lemoyne, a city across the river from Harrisburg. There was a stationery shop there in an old building, and it was like a maze with many rooms of stationery stuff. I loved going there. It was like magic. I dreamed of the day when I would have the money to wander in there and buy stuff.

As time went on, I always loved visiting shops like that. Staples doesn't have quite the same magic. Now that I have the money, my interests are more specific, and Staples just doesn't excite me.

October 21, 2014

I've been fascinated with pens as long as I can remember. Even in Elementary school where we were forced to use pencils for pretty much everything, I always had my eyes on my grandfather's pens. And then I broke my hand in 6th grade, and I got a chance to get into fountain pens.

October 21, 2014

My Dad has a Waterman Laureat, I nice dark marbled blue with a gold-plated nib. I've always liked it. Whenver we went to Staples, back when it had a pen counter, I spent a lot of time looking at them (although I was young, so they were also shiny!). I always went for dark colours, even preferring dark-coloured Crayola markers instead of the usual set. I always wanted my pens/markers/pencils etc to stand out from everyone else. I was the only kid I knew in high school that had a refillable, brass-barrel pen (a Sigma, gift from my girlfriend at the time).

I guess I've always liked fountain pens, but it was in the background until a few years ago, when searching for a gift brought me back to them.

Lo, how I wish I had them in university! So much writing to do!

October 21, 2014

The moment I tried a fountain pen.

My very first experience with a fountain pen was when my uncle bought me a cheap Parker Vector for kicks. I wrote with it and I instantly fell for the sensation.