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New member here. I'm 50, and recently surprised myself by learning that I'm struggling to use a pen well. Nothing medical going on. I just haven't used one much in the last 15 years, which seems strange as I am a college professor and former journalist. I'm convinced that my reliance on the keyboard is to blame. So to get back in the habit, I've purchased a few lower-cost fountain pens (Lamy Safari my favorite so-far) and dedicated myself to regaining my fluency with the pen.  Wish me luck.  Happy to have found this wonderful forum.

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Welcome. Good luck. A couple of yrs ago I decided to relearn cursive (after decades of printing). I’m making some progress but I’m not where i want to be. But that’s my fault for lack of practice. 
 

keep at it. And hold your wallet tightly… you may find it “magically” empty and somehow… new pens and inks are all over the house…


 

Just give me the Parker 51s and nobody needs to get hurt.

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Welcome! It's great that you are doing this, it is also great for your brain health!  Hope you will show us your progress as you go along. Date your pages, and keep them, so in the future you can see your progress.  I also like the Lamy Safari

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Welcome to FPN, and good luck!

I endeavour to be frank and truthful in what I write, show or otherwise present, when I relate my first-hand experiences that are not independently verifiable; and link to third-party content where I can, when I make a claim or refute a statement of fact in a thread. If there is something you can verify for yourself, I entreat you to do so, and judge for yourself what is right, correct, and valid. I may be wrong, and my position or say-so is no more authoritative and carries no more weight than anyone else's here.

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Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

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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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Welcome. Once you have used the Safari for awhile, consider getting it a 1.1mm italic nib. They swap out easily, and the italic nib often makes handwriting look nicer. You can see this type of nib, plus stub nibs, in action in this thread. 
 

 

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Hello and Welcome to FPN!! So glad to have you as a member!!

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Hello and welcome! While I don’t have a Safari, I have a cp1 and other pens that take Lamy interchangeable nibs, which is a really fun part of owning Lamy pens. If you get super into the hobby and want to upgrade, it’s super easy to buy a Lamy gold nib and switch it out. I hope you have fun regaining your handwriting skills!

Top 5 of 23 currently inked pens:

Namiki Origami Tradition maki-e Penguin F, Pilot Iroshizuku Ku-Jaku

Sailor X Sakazaki Penguin Pro Gear Slim MF, Sailor Manyo Konagi

Lamy 2000 EF, Diamine Purple Bow

Platinum Hibiscus SF short-long, Platinum Green

Indigo Bronze TWSBI Eco 1.1 Stub, De Atramentis Columbia Blue-Copper 

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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Welcome! 

So many hobbies, so little time....

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Mark from the Latin Marcus follower of mars, the god of war.

 

Yorkshire Born, Yorkshire Bred. 
 

my current favourite author is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Welcome.

 

If you need you need some clear and thorough guidance, I can recommend Michael Sull’s “The Art of American Penmanship”.

“ I know you think you understand what you thought I said but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant” ― Alan Greenspan

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Thank you all. Such a great community here. I'll buy Sull's book for motivation. Still hoping to not go off the deep end in terms of pens, but boy that Nakaya Naka-ai is a beautiful object!

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The only thing I will add to the above is to remember to relax your grip and to not hold your pen as vertically as you would the dreaded, hand-hurting Biro.

 

Enjoy!

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Welcome to FPN.

 

I wrote mostly with a keyboard for some 25 or 30 years but always used a ballpoint or pencil from time to time. In college, I learned italic handwriting but stopped using it when I entered med school. I resumed practicing italic after a 35 year hiatus and now, again, use it for my daily handwriting. 

 

The point is it will come back, but daily practice helps a lot. And I would encourage you to consider other scripts besides those you were taught in elementary school. Practicing calligraphic hands makes using your pens much more interesting and rewarding. 

 

Happy writing!

 

David

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