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Hello everyone, just signed up for the forum and thought I'd say hi!

My name is Maren, im 40yrs and from Germany. I've been an admirer of paper and stationery as long as I can remember but only recently (re-)discovered how beautiful it is tomwrite with a fountain pen. I thinking haven't had touched one since I finished Uni 15 years ago... such a shame!

 

I'm not a collector and I don't own anything special or expensive. Just 3 Lamy (Safari /AL star / LX) and a Kaweco Sport. I ordered a bunch of ink samples to find out which colors I like to write with and how different inks "feel". So much fun trying them!

 

As for what I'm writing: I have a Moleskine planner, a notebook for lists, tracking things, notes etc. I like to write Journaling prompts to improve my writing skills and practise handwriting. And I'd love to correspondent with one or two pen & ink lovers from any part in the world (will have a look into the pen pal section of the forum!)

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"Do what you feel in your heart to be right. For you'll be criticized anyway." (Eleanor Roosevelt)

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Welcome! You will find this to be a knowledgeable group of enablers! I don't consider myself a 'collector' either-though I do have a lot of pens- I do USE all my pens!

 

You find there is a contagion here to accumulate more of everything! Pens, ink, and paper! Enjoy!

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Thank you all so much for the warm welcome!

"Do what you feel in your heart to be right. For you'll be criticized anyway." (Eleanor Roosevelt)

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Welcome to our little corner of the universe from a pen user in San Diego. I'm glad you are here!

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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,
with a charge from over several millennia of continuing the art of recording man's life.

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Welcome, Maren !

 

Expensive tools are unnecessary. You have three excellent fountain pens, a fun selection of ink, and

people with whom to exchange letters. I find it a rewarding past-time in our digital world.

 

You have all the components to write with joy.

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

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Hello and Welcome to FPN!! Glad to have you as a member!!

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Herzliches Willkommen! Warm welcome from the usa!

Vielen Dank! :-)

"Do what you feel in your heart to be right. For you'll be criticized anyway." (Eleanor Roosevelt)

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Hello, Maren, and welcome to the Fountain Pen Network. Glad you have joined us. You, having joined us, make us better. This is now your place as much as it is ours. Please don't be shy. Ask all the questions you have and don't hesitate to state your opinions. I hope you enjoy your time here.



-David (Estie).


No matter how much you push the envelope, it will still be stationery. -Anon.

A backward poet writes inverse. -Anon.

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Maren, Hello and welcome to FPN.

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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Hello and welcome to FPN.

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