Thread: Any Fountain Pen Users?

Will convert my beautifully handwritten draft to that, don't you worry ;-)

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Oh that's cool Harry. Love the desk and that lamp. Is that an old lamp or one made to look old? The patina on it looks nice.

I really like vintage pens but I find they are often not practical for every day use. I really like my Safari for every day but at home I often choose to write with a dip pen.

The desk is quite old and belonged to my wife’s father.
The lamp is new (local made) and actually it was not that expensive compared to the ones found in luxury “British – Chesterfield Style” furniture stores.

I am not yet into deep pens!

Another interesting thread I found
At work I use a rather standard Parker pen.
At home I have a pen made bij Elysee, a very special thingy that looks really nice.
Once I've got my cellphone/camera back, I'll post some pics

Back in 2007, my wife bought me a fountain pen made by Atlas for Tiffany & Co, and I've used it almost constantly ever since.

For walking around, I also picked up three cheap German-made "new old stock" vintage Reform pens; a mass-produced pen, they are variable but basically good writers, and it won't break my heart if one turns up missing at the end of the day. My sentimental gift pen now stays at my writing desk at work.

They're all piston fillers, and fine-to-medium nibs.

A Franklin-Covey badged, A.T Cross fp purchased for €15. It has a lovely weight and a reasonably fine point (no size is printed on the nib)

I picked this Parker Vector up at a local charity shop. Such a smooth writer, it quickly became my favourite. Now, if only my handwriting looked as good...

I had a Mont Blanc for years, but now I use a Parker Sonnet. Mont Blanc is "name only", just like Rolex. I also like the older Waterman CF. I collect Parkers and Watermans.

I don't collect pens but I do acquire them every now and then. But today I found out that my most used one ia a Parker 75 from 1982 with chrome plating and a 14k Bold gold nib.

I find it pretty cool that I'm only two years older than that pen. My dad must've bought it around the time that my younger brother was born. And he gave it to me when I was in my teenage years. I'll see if I can take a good picture of it sometime.

Actually, funny this thread is revived, I LOST my Lamy fountain pen yesterday; on the bus I think! I'm fretting at the moment

Oh oh....wel at least you have an excuse to buy a new one then :-)

How did you get on with that Lamy?