Thread: pens

Is anyone else into fountain pens? Similar price range as str8s, and have as much messing around to keep it fun. If you don't mind an occasional ink stain on your fingers, you can learn to write really well with them.

I've been using fountain pens for as long as I can remember -- not many fancy ones tho , I have Wasterman's , Scheafers, Rotring ..Tombow and some from 'Anything Left handed ' with left handed nibs ..

The Fountain Pen Hospital normally has a remarkable selection

Denis the new guy (see general section of forum) traded a pen for a str8. So I guess there's at least a couple more around here interested in pens.

I went from pens to watches to straight razors. Crazy, I know. I have an assorted inventory of pens from Mont Blancs to Pelikans to Watermans, recent, vintage, and Limited Editions. All sitting in a box not doing what they're intended to do.

Writing with a fountain pen is a really neat thing.

Jeff

Chuck,

I've been bit by the pen bug as well. I've picked up a Waterman Phileas, a Rotring Core and a couple of other Waterman Phileas demonstrators that were never sold here in the US. I'm eyeing a few others, but I 've got to get past the daughter's wedding first. There is a lengthy thread that I started over at SMF in the off-topic forum. Also, check out Denis' forum, The Fountain Pen Network.

RT

But I'm so darn busy here at work. I'll take a look tonight. Is there a buy/sell forum there?

Jeff

Originally Posted by str8rzrshvr

But I'm so darn busy here at work. I'll take a look tonight. Is there a buy/sell forum there?

Jeff

Yes, there is a buy/sell forum. Also a thread on wetshaving in the Chatter forum...which is how Denis wound up here. Other than breathing, I've got to find a hobby that doesn't cost me something everytime I turn around!

RT

I'm with you on that. I often think of what the return on what I've spent on my "hobbies" would have been had I "invested" in something else...something a little more liquid. When I do I end up like this and this

As my daughter would say, 'My daddy is just a bit unusual'
I actually USE my fountain pens. I now own 5 of them (since trading my Hen and Rooster to Denis) and although 2 would be considered collectable, I look at them the same as I do straights...they're tools, and pretty cool and useful tools at that. It would be a shame not to use them.
My 2 cents,
Ed

Originally Posted by rtaylor61

(...) Other than breathing, I've got to find a hobby that doesn't cost me something everytime I turn around!

RT

But you do... Writing and Shaving are the hobbies. The rest, the money we spend on it is just a way to find the ultimate shave or penmanship. We're just a bunch of lazy people who buy pens and shavers thinking that it will improve our skills. But boy is it fun

Denis... who is NOT a shrink