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Fountain pens
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Fountain pens

1 Name: Anonymous : 2019-04-14 09:27
What are ye fellow postmen’s thoughts on fountain pens? They’re a neat hobby that actually isn’t too expensive, believe it or not. Makes you feel like a gentleman even as you write the most inane sentences down. I just got a Parker 51 and some diamine ink arrive in the mail.
2 Name: Anonymous : 2019-04-14 13:30
German pupils used to be obligated to use fountain pens starting from second grade, at least in my federal state. You even had to pass some cute fountain pen licence.
Most people switched to regular pens once they reached middle school, though, but I've always sticked to my Lamy fountain pens. I still use the one I've used for my final exams five years ago almost every day, but with black ink instead of erasable blue ink.
It's fun to customise fountain pens. Using different nibs, combining bodies of different fountain pens and so forth.
3 Name: Anonymous : 2019-04-14 16:12
Most good fountain pens are fairly expensive actually, and the highest quality ones are usually really old. The best fountain pen I've ever owned was a Soviet-manufactured gold nib fountain pen. It started to leak due to the plastic cracking from age though, and it has been retired.
I use a fairly cheap, somewhat broken Cross fountain pen for most note taking, and a Japanese desk pen for when I'm at home. I don't remember the exact models. I own a few more, including a custom pen whose nib I (badly) ground myself, but I rarely use them.
4 Name: Anonymous : 2019-04-14 21:11
>>3
I have a Lamy al-star, a kaweco sport classic, and the Parker 51 that just arrived. Out of all of them my Lamy still writes the best.
5 Name: Anonymous : 2019-04-15 00:26
I bought a Pilot Plumix for $7 because I wanted an italic nib and had some ink cartridges that would fit. I like it, but it feels pretty cheap (spoiler: it was).
6 Name: Anonymous : 2019-04-16 13:50
We learned writing by using fountain pens in school, it was frustrating because I wrote with my left hand and always had smudges and ink on my hand.
A few years ago I got my hands on an old Lamy 27n, it was all dirty and difficult to take apart but I managed to clean it, even the filling piston still did it's job perfectly fine. I have a lot of fun writing with it.

Though, I have to be careful, I noticed some inks like to dry quickly so I can't let it sit still for too long. But it's great nonetheless, writes like a charm.
7 Name: Anonymous : 2022-01-11 10:02
>>5
If the Plumix breaks, you can still put its nib into a probably more durable Pilot Metropolitan, Prera, or Kakuno.
8 Name: Paperplane : 2022-01-11 22:39
Got one for work because I actually had to sign quite a lot of documents but then we changed stuff and now I don't really need it anymore. It was a cheap one from Amazon so no loss but it still looks fancy on my desk.
9 Name: Anonymous : 2022-01-12 16:06
>>8
I'm the anon who bought the Plumix & I'm thinking about bringing mine to use at work too. Unfortunately I hardly write things down on paper -- everything's on a computer, so I don't know how useful it would be at work as opposed to at home.
10 Name: Paperplane : 2022-01-12 16:20
>>9
everything's on a computer
yeah that's what happened at my place. I used to sign a lot of forms but those got digitalised
¯\_(´_ `)_/¯
11 Name: Anonymous : 2022-01-13 08:50
>>10
>>9
I recently started writing letters back and forth with a friend, my fountain pen gets a lot more usage now and it's a lot of fun, plus I finally see some improvements in my handwriting (as a lefty I always struggled with this)
It might be a fun thing to try out if you like writing and fountain pens.
12 Name: Anonymous : 2022-01-14 18:30
Just got a beginner calligraphy set on a whim, the pen was cheap but the process is very relaxing. I'd like to do more with it when I've got the funds.
13 Name: Anonymous : 2022-02-22 15:19
I absolutely love using a fountain pen. I've been using a Lamy Vista for years, and it's such a workhorse. I'm feeling attached to it, and holding it gives me a sense of comfort.

I first got into fountain pens by backing a Kickstarter campaign for something called a Visionnaire. While I later learned that I was ripped off because it was actually super cheap, I thought the pen itself was fine, and it introduced me to fountain pen culture.

Recently I got my first stub nib. It's 1.1mm, and it changes the character of my handwriting without me doing anything else differently. I mean, my writing still somewhat messy, but now it's italic messy. Gives it that slight Renaissance charm.

The other day I wrote a letter to a friend. I like brewing a pot of tea, feeling the pen meeting paper, taking my time to think about what to write, sealing the envelope, putting a stamp on it, and dropping it off at the post box. It's a ritual that makes writing feel much more meaningful than a quick email, much less a Discord DM, and I wouldn't have wrote the letter in the first place if I didn't get to use my fountain pen.

And as a bonus, they're great conversation starters.
14 Name: Anonymous : 2022-06-23 06:12
>>13
Writing letters is really nice. I try writing letters to my friends sometimes, but they don't usually write back, or if they do, they fall off after a letter or two.
15 Name: Anonymous : 2022-07-18 20:01
>>14
It is! I wrote a few letters since my last message, and everyone liked them. They don't write back, but that's fine by me. I guess writing letters is more for me than for other people. Sounds weird when I say it like that huh.
16 Name: Anonymous : 2022-07-23 15:18
If you want a good pen that is solid for writing every day you should get a Pilot Kakuno, M nib, with a CON-70 converter. It's a pen advertised for kids and "learners" but there's no such thing in practice. It's just a really solid pen, way better than LAMY Safari or other pens in that low price range. Costs about $12, then the converter is another few bucks but it holds a boatload of ink, more than any other converter. The only way you can have a pen with that much ink in it is if you buy a pen that has a built-in piston filler and fills its actual body with ink, but those are generally way pricier or they leak. It makes a ton of difference to have that much ink and the nibs are really solid, I think they're pretty much the same as other steel nibs from Pilot like Metro etc.
I say this as someone who eventually bought a fancy gold nib, there isn't that much difference sadly, maybe in the past there were higher quality standards but right now it's more of a premium for the sake of premium, collector's thing. Sure it writes a bit better, bit smoother, materials are nicer, but it's not a night and day sort of difference when it comes to laying down a line.
17 Name: Anonymous : 2022-07-27 03:29
>>1
Fountain pens are really nice tools even for writting the simplest platitudes. I own a Kaweco and I have to refill it manualy. Just doing this is comfy, chose the right ink, use the piston cartridge gently then feeling the pen in your fingers. I like the smell of the ink, black of course.
18 Name: Anonymous : 2022-08-17 05:18
I have no interest in fountain pens, but the luxury finishes applied to them are inspiring.
19 Name: Gingers Rule : 2022-08-24 23:21
If you have little dinero, all stores have '" Fashion ? Collection '" mmm pilot ! if I recall , the ones with floral design , you can't miss them, they write forever and are comfortable with a touch of classy ,,, every last Asian has one. Jus a sec, brb . .
k, this beauty says [ G 2 o7 ] "Pilot"
20 Name: Hmmginger222didn't post : 2022-08-24 23:25
Boo !

, typed out details too

2nd post not allowed, weeeeel everyone missed out.
21 Name: Hmmginger222didn't post : 2022-08-24 23:35
>>18

+ Others

If poor, "Pilot ,,, brb .. floral design on it,, says G2

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