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Like many of these posts. I'm new to fountain pens!

 

For a while now I've been trying to find a pen that I love, that would be my go too daily use pen for work and home. I've used tons of pens from ballpoint, gel and rollerball. Of course I've found a couple along the way that I like but nothing I loved. Not too long ago, YouTube suggested a "top fountain pens under X value" video to me. This was a good watch and it really got me thinking. Shortly there after I ordered a Lamy Safari - Fine, in the limited Mango color. By the time it arrived in the mail I had watched way to many video's about fountain pens and the Lamy Safari so getting the pen started was easy and trouble free. After a short learning curve to hold the pen correctly, I promptly fell in love with the pen. The weight, shape, the way that blue ink glides across the page. I was hooked. In a week I wrote enough to burn up two cartridges of ink. I ordered a few samples of ink and a TWSBI ECO that I can't wait to write with. I'm super curious about these other inks, colors and no cartridges! At this time I'm not looking for any calligraphy pens, just a solid every say writer I can carry between work and home.

 

Another video by Goulet pens mentioned this site and here I am. I can't wait to have a look around and maybe even meet some people.

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Hello and welcome to FPN.

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Welcome! A word about 'calligraphy' - they can be used as 'ordinary' pens. I use a 1.1 mm stub nib as a daily writer in a TWSBI Eco as well as a modified Pelikan M1000 stub and love them both. If you have a Lamy Safari you can buy a variation of nibs (they take Z50's). They swap out easily and are inexpensive (TWSBI Eco nibs don't swap out easily). So it's easy to experiment with different Lamy nibs before committing to a larger purchase, whatever the brand. Here's the Lamy guide to nibs: https://www.lamy.com/en/lamy-nib-guide/ 

 

Happy trails! You will find all kinds of encouragement and support here at FPN.

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7 hours ago, Chimera01 said:

Welcome! A word about 'calligraphy' - they can be used as 'ordinary' pens. I use a 1.1 mm stub nib as a daily writer in a TWSBI Eco as well as a modified Pelikan M1000 stub and love them both. If you have a Lamy Safari you can buy a variation of nibs (they take Z50's). They swap out easily and are inexpensive (TWSBI Eco nibs don't swap out easily). So it's easy to experiment with different Lamy nibs before committing to a larger purchase, whatever the brand. Here's the Lamy guide to nibs: https://www.lamy.com/en/lamy-nib-guide/ 

 

Happy trails! You will find all kinds of encouragement and support here at FPN.

Thank you for the link! I may have worded my OG post a little wrong. In the past while, I haven't written much by hand so my writing has become increasingly sloppy. I'm working on my printing & cursive now. Once I have that to where I'd like it, I'll probably look into some wider nips and try out some fancier writing.

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5 minutes ago, Tyroker said:

In the past while, I haven't written much by hand so my writing has become increasingly sloppy.

A 1.1 stub nib will turn almost anyone's scrawl into a thing of elegance and beauty! It certainly did mine :) 

 

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Welcome to FPN and greetings from Texas!

 

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