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Well,  I don’t quite know what happened….

In December I treated myself to a new planner and my brother asked if I was going to buy myself a nice fountain pen to go with it so that piqued my curiosity.  Seven weeks later and I’ve purchased twenty three pens and about twenty bottles of ink. I purchased a cheap selection of pens from AliExpress for me to experiment with and a few pricy ‘classics’ (Sailor Pro Gear, Pilot Classic 823, TWSBI 580) to explore also. I love that even with 23 pens, this interest doesn’t take up much space yet fully indulges the senses. I’m not planning on further purchases except the Lamy Joy calligraphy set. I’m hoping to send lots of colourful (and possibly elegantly written) birthday cards this year :0)

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Hello, and welcome :)

 

3 minutes ago, SF999999 said:

I’m not planning on further purchases except ...

 

Famous last words around here... 

 

I think I may have said something similar about 100 pens and 300 bottles of ink ago.

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Welcome from the north of UK (well England at any rat)

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Hello and Welcome from Southampton.

 

I have been thinking of buying through Ali but am a tad nervous, I suppose I have no reason to be then!

 

 Seven weeks later and I’ve purchased twenty three pens and about twenty bottles of ink.  Bloody hell mate, you are going to fit right in with this crowd! 😂

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On 2/22/2023 at 2:31 PM, Stompie said:

Hello and Welcome from Southampton.

 

I have been thinking of buying through Ali but am a tad nervous, I suppose I have no reason to be then!

 

 Seven weeks later and I’ve purchased twenty three pens and about twenty bottles of ink.  Bloody hell mate, you are going to fit right in with this crowd! 😂

 Yes you will welcome to our section of the universe, where on planet pens are you N,S,E or W uk? I am north UK in Gods country IE Yorkshire lol 😛

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

 

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11 hours ago, Mark from Yorkshire said:

 Yes you will welcome to our section of the universe, where on planet pens are you N,S,E or W uk? I am north UK in Gods country IE Yorkshire lol 😛

Mark, I think you have quoted me and not the original poster here so you may not get a reply from him.👍

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Greetings from a Welshman in Durham - even further north than Yorkshire! I sometimes think joining us lot is the top of a slippery slope, but you look like you are well down the slope already. Congratulations.

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