Thread: Any Fountain Pen Users?

Originally Posted by LX_Emergency

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

How did you get on with that Lamy?

The Lamy was excellent. Previously I've used vintage FPs apart from my Sonet, but I always had ink creep issues with them or they actually leaked. The Lamy was only 50AU, a very good pen for the price. I certainly buy another one!

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

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

Carl,
Lamy Safari?
I just ordered a Monteverde Impressa for everyday driving if you will excuse the expression.

It was a toss up between it and the Lamy Safari AL Star.

Great minds think alike, and all that... I've been eyeing up a Lamy Safari too, having read nothing but good things about them, but just haven't got around to trying one out. Just for the hell of it I ordered a cheap Chinese "Jinhao" FP a few weeks ago (Ebay# 390802033545) and it's really bloody good! It's up there with my Waterman in terms of smoothness.

But you see the problem with FPs for me is that looking for one always leads me to looking at more. So having decided to get an everyday pen, I've bought the Jinhao (which is great) another Chinese one (Picasso I think - tends to dry up quickly but writes fine once it's going), I have a noodler on its way, and I'm still thinking about the Lamy. And to top it off, I hadn't heard about the Monteverde before, so thanks a bunch for introducing that Pat! Someone please make it stop...

Here is a link....
Monteverde Pens - Colorado Pen Direct - ColoradoPen.com

I am an enabler......
Link to the one on it's way to me, I liked the contrast.....

Monteverde Impressa - Monteverde Impressa Fountain Pen Gunmetal and Red

They are calling you Cangooner calllllling youuuuuuuu

I have looked at the Lamy's but they don't fit my hand or my pocket well. Of course that is just me.

Originally Posted by pfries

Carl,
Lamy Safari?
I just ordered a Monteverde Impressa for everyday driving if you will excuse the expression.

It was a toss up between it and the Lamy Safari AL Star.

Yeah, I posted about it back here: http://straightrazorpalace.com/finer...ml#post1197112

Originally Posted by Cangooner

Great minds think alike, and all that... I've been eyeing up a Lamy Safari too, having read nothing but good things about them, but just haven't got around to trying one out. Just for the hell of it I ordered a cheap Chinese "Jinhao" FP a few weeks ago (Ebay# 390802033545) and it's really bloody good! It's up there with my Waterman in terms of smoothness.

But you see the problem with FPs for me is that looking for one always leads me to looking at more. So having decided to get an everyday pen, I've bought the Jinhao (which is great) another Chinese one (Picasso I think - tends to dry up quickly but writes fine once it's going), I have a noodler on its way, and I'm still thinking about the Lamy. And to top it off, I hadn't heard about the Monteverde before, so thanks a bunch for introducing that Pat! Someone please make it stop...

The Lamy Safari is also very smooth; surprisingly so given the cheapness. I also got it as an 'everday' pen. Trust me, I HAVE actually considered taking a dip pen to work along with a nice brass ink stand but I believe I'm 'considered odd' as it is, I don't wish to add fuel to the fire...

Originally Posted by 32t

I have looked at the Lamy's but they don't fit my hand or my pocket well. Of course that is just me.

Why don't they fit your hand? Are they too big or too small? I quite like their chunkiness, and I wear mine in my trouser's pocket rather than a shirt pocket; in fact I abhor shirt pockets in general;and moreso when they contain pens. I have seen people wear pens in their shirt where the buttons are; but that's beyond non-conformist; that's just stupid. Gay people (and lesbians) often wear them around their necks on brightly coloured beady things, at least the ones I've observed; though I agree this may be too small a sample group to make a REAL determination about the propensity of these 'genres' of people to carry out these actions (the wearing of pens on brightly coloured beady things) at a rate greater than people not of this 'genre'. I guess you'd need to do a study. Maybe you could sort of herd a whole bunch of different genre people into a room and throw in pens, shirts with pockets, trousers (skirts, dresses, kilts, loin cloths (speaking of loin cloths did you see that Ghandi's went for like 18 mil or something)) and see what they grabbed and where they put them. It's just an idea, take it or leave it, I don't care..

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Yeah, I posted about it back here: http://straightrazorpalace.com/finer...ml#post1197112



Why don't they fit your hand? Are they too big or too small? I quite like their chunkiness, and I wear mine in my trouser's pocket rather than a shirt pocket; in fact I abhor shirt pockets in general;and moreso when they contain pens. I have seen people wear pens in their shirt where the buttons are; but that's beyond non-conformist; that's just stupid. Gay people (and lesbians) often wear them around their necks on brightly coloured beady things, at least the ones I've observed; though I agree this may be too small a sample group to make a REAL determination about the propensity of these 'genres' of people to carry out these actions (the wearing of pens on brightly coloured beady things) at a rate greater than people not of this 'genre'. I guess you'd need to do a study. Maybe you could sort of herd a whole bunch of different genre people into a room and throw in pens, shirts with pockets, trousers (skirts, dresses, kilts, loin cloths (speaking of loin cloths did you see that Ghandi's went for like 18 mil or something)) and see what they grabbed and where they put them. It's just an idea, take it or leave it, I don't care..

I don't care for the shape of the grip and the clip doesn't work for me. I wear a pocket protector in my shirt pocket.

Originally Posted by 32t

I don't care for the shape of the grip and the clip doesn't work for me. I wear a pocket protector in my shirt pocket.

A pocket protector? Oh dear. I don't know what to say...

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

A pocket protector? Oh dear. I don't know what to say...

I expected you to be jealous, you seem like a pocket protector kind of guy carl

Originally Posted by edhewitt

I expected you to be jealous, you seem like a pocket protector kind of guy carl

There's a line, Ed... There's a line...