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Hi everyone,

 

I just joined FPN.

 

Wanted to introduce myself.

I am Landscape Architect and enjoy writing and drawing with fp.

 

My first fp I got almost 30 years ago was Rotring calligraphy pen with fine nib. Loved drawing with that pen all day. I even got extra fine nib later.

 

Then I got 2 fps around the same time in 1993 that I still have.

One is Montblanc 144 with fine nib from my wife. I use MB burgundy red ink in it for plan checking.

The other one is also Montblanc but 149 with medium nib. This is a special one for me because my father who has been a journalist for over 40 years handed this fp over to me. It's from around 1972. Still writes smoothly and I love it. Using MB jazz blue ink in it.

 

Recently I purchased Aurora Mare fp with medium nib on ebay.

I have not received it yet, but it is one of the pens I always wanted.

It is pretty exciting.

 

It is great to be able to join such a wonderful network!

Dream, take one step at a time and achieve. :)

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Hello and welcome from Indiana!

Please visit my store A&D Penworx.

Brands we carry: Benu Pen, Conklin, Kaweco, Monteverde, TWSBI - Diamine, J Herbin, KWZ- Clairefontaine, Field Notes, Rhodia, Whitelines

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Welcome !

 

Two very different fountain pens. The 144 is far more portable. The 149 is huge. Which do you like better ?

Auf freiem Grund mit freiem Volke stehn.
Zum Augenblicke dürft ich sagen:
Verweile doch, du bist so schön !

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Welcome !

 

Two very different fountain pens. The 144 is far more portable. The 149 is huge. Which do you like better ?

 

I love the 149 when I can freely write on a notebook or a letter. I don't get tired from holding it for long hours. It doesn't fit well in my pocket though because of its large size.

I usually use this only on my desk at home.

 

On the other hand, 144 is great for writing in limited space such as redlining drawings which I do all the time (MB's burgundy red ink is very good for this purpose, not too aggresively red), It is easy to handle and move the pen around in my palm. I carry this pen with me almost all the time. It is a very good travel pen. One thing about this pen though is that it is a tad short unposted for me.

Dream, take one step at a time and achieve. :)

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Hello and welcome to FPN.

Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous  Who taught by the pen

Taught man that which he knew not (96/3-5)

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Greetings!

 

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...The history, culture and sophistication; the rich, aesthetic beauty; the indulgent, ritualistic sensations of unscrewing the cap and filling from a bottle of ink; the ambient scratch of the ink-stained nib on fine paper; A noble instrument, descendant from a line of ever-refined tools, and the luster of writing,
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