Thread: Any Fountain Pen Users?

I used to use them all the time but for some reason I have bad luck with them. Or at least my shirt pockets do! lol

Cause when you do things like this to me, it makes it a tough relationship,

a cheap chinese converter means two blue fingers, a blue kneecap,.. blue trail down a calf muscle, and a spot on my foot... and the cat, oh the poor cat has a bit of a blue mohawk im afraid

PSA to all FP users, use quality converters, and flush out your old inks
ugh.... on the plus side, Pelikan edelstien Topaz ink washes off skin fairly easy, not so much cat fur,.. with the claws and the biting... its tough

My daughters cat is black so I don't get in trouble when he gets in the way

So i found a shaeffer beginner calligraphy set today, has a tonne of stuff inside it three pens, three removable cursive nibs sizes, and a tonne of ink carts

tried my hand at some gothic scripts after a few tries i didnt do so bad, i Use a Broad cursive nib which i think would be close to a 1.9 or 2.0 its huge and hard to handle the amount of flow but for a few first tries not all that bad (btw Gemma is a friends new rescued puppy, i just wanted to try a G and it was only thing i could think of)

Well its been a while since I used one, but I have been wabting a new one for some time. This morning I wolk up to a great birthday present. A parker 51 which my wife bought me with a little help from justalex.

Geek

That awesome, and Happy Birthday too,.. have any pictures of it yet ? the 51's get such high praise ill have to eventually break down and grab one for myself on of these days

hope you enjoy using it, i didnt have enough reasons to use my fountain pens and loved writing with them enough i picked myself up some pen pals to practice my writings and have an excuse to use them

plus i used to love doing it in grade school

I have two usable fountain pens: a Cross, and a Diplomat. The Diplomat began acting finicky and so I have been using the Cross most of the time. My only beef with using fountain pens is that most paper that I have to deal with is not fountain pen friendly. Paper just isn't what it used to be...sigh...

I have accumulated a dozen over the years and really enjoy them but then, after a few weeks i seem to put them aside, only to pick one up in a few months. Love my Pelican with green ink.

I just started with fountain pens myself. Like syngent, I picked up a pen pal to practice writing with. I love the feel of the pen and how it just glides across the page. Yes, work paper is crappy paper but it's still nicer than writing with a disposable.

Cheers,

M.

That pen of yours writes amazing Rider, i would certainly bring that to work with me everyday feels great and very smooth