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I have about 10 pens and a dozen or so inks, mainly Lamy Safari and noodles inks being on a budget. Have lots of favourite pens I’d like to try.  Reluctant to buy without trying and CANBERRA has only one pen shop.

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Hello and welcome :) 

 

I wish I could help on the pen shops, but I'm a fair way away from you!

 

Are there no pen clubs/shows/groups in the area?

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1 hour ago, ElAnP said:

Have lots of favourite pens I’d like to try.

 

How do you know they're your favourites among pens, if you have yet to try them and make a comparison?

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2 hours ago, A Smug Dill said:

Welcome to FPN!

 

 

How do you know they're your favourites among pens, if you have yet to try them and make a comparison?

Fair question, I classify the pens I covet currently as favorites, for now the Esterbrook Estie and Conklin with the classic filler.  This seems a good place to chat with others about pens, paper, nibs and inks

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3 hours ago, mizgeorge said:

Hello and welcome :) 

 

I wish I could help on the pen shops, but I'm a fair way away from you!

 

Are there no pen clubs/shows/groups in the area?

Thanks, there may be and this forum may help find them, I see contributors from round Australia

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Welcome! 😁 If you're looking for local pens there's a wonderful pen maker who moved to Canberra - Pensive Pens.

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Welcome from a fellow (non-native) Canberran. 

It does suck only having one pen shop, but I shop online mostly anyway. The Muji in the Canberra Centre (right next to the one pen shop) sells great fountain pen friendly notebooks though. 

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Hello from a fellow newbie! I feel your pain - most things I've had to order online, pay shipping $$ and wait for weeks, in the hope that I'll like what I get. I'm a big fan of Australian ink makers though - Robert Oster is fantastic. I'm wondering about Van Dieman's - have you tried them?

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Hi AngMK 🙂 I have just recently bought quite a few colours from Van Dieman's in Tasmania. They had a '50ml for 30ml price' special. The shipping was very reasonable and they were happy to send to New Zealand. It took a while to get through Melbourne Airport Mail Centre though.

But there was possibly a lockdown at the time.

I guess the aussie landscape has a big influence on Robert Oster colours and also with Van Dieman's.

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