Any Fountain Pen Users?

BTW (sorry for the multiple posts) but I also got a new Lamy FP the other day. I'd heard of this brand via thefountainpennetwork.com. I wanted a Fountain pen for work, and the Vintage Swan I was using was a leaker. I really like the clip on the cap; it fits securely over my jeans pocket as well and my suit pants pocket; I don't have pockets on my shirts. The nib is very smooth; I decided on a fine nib. It's very nicely balanced with the lid on the pen; but also nice to use 'European style' (with cap in the non-writing hand or on the desk). Well worth the 50 bucks for nice German engineering...

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Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Thank you. My wife told me I was weird last night. I replied "How am I weird? Just because I'm sitting here on the lounge with a vintage dip pen writing 'it was a dark and stormy night' over and over on a page in a book on Picasso, how does that make me weird?"...

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Its not that alone that makes you weird Carl.

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Originally Posted by MickR

She might have been expecting to wake up with a knife to her ear or something...Or was that Rembrandt :)


Mick

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van Gogh. Picasso was the guy who can't draw and who had no idea what a woman looked liked...

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Originally Posted by edhewitt

Its not that alone that makes you weird Carl.

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No, I know, great isn't it! :D

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Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

van Gogh. Picasso was the guy who can't draw and who had no idea what a woman looked liked...

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I reckon you could have improved that picture by writing it was a dark and stormy night over the top of it

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Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Thank you. My wife told me I was weird last night. I replied "How am I weird? Just because I'm sitting here on the lounge with a vintage dip pen writing 'it was a dark and stormy night' over and over on a page in a book on Picasso, how does that make me weird?"...

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Its not that alone that makes you weird Carl.

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Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

No, I know, great isn't it! :D

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Definately.

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Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

van Gogh. Picasso was the guy who can't draw and who had no idea what a woman looked liked...

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That's the bloke. Thanks for the reminder Carl. I should know my Artist's by now you'd think :). I reckon I can do better than Van Gogh in under five minutes, with a pencil, in a coffee shop on a cold day!



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Or if we're just going by our imaginations, I reckon I still trounce the bugger!
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But we're talking classic pens here and not Mick's attempts at pencil sketching, so carry on. I'm finished bragging now. :)



Mick

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I like the top one! Have you ever tried drawing in black ink? See, replied to your comment AND got us back on track...

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Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

BTW (sorry for the multiple posts) but I also got a new Lamy FP the other day. I'd heard of this brand via thefountainpennetwork.com. I wanted a Fountain pen for work, and the Vintage Swan I was using was a leaker. I really like the clip on the cap; it fits securely over my jeans pocket as well and my suit pants pocket; I don't have pockets on my shirts. The nib is very smooth; I decided on a fine nib. It's very nicely balanced with the lid on the pen; but also nice to use 'European style' (with cap in the non-writing hand or on the desk). Well worth the 50 bucks for nice German engineering...

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Is this another example of your peasantness Carl?
Sorry if this is a double up, my phone is doing weird stuff