Hello from CH (Confoederatio Helvetica)
Although I am member of FPG since 2010, I would like to introduce myself in a couple of words now, because I have not much contributed here until today:
I am a long time member of fountain pen network (since 2008) and shared there my knowledge and pictures for quite some years (over 1850 posts of which at least the half had substantial pen content and pictures). It is my understanding that the base of every pen board/community is a giving and taking of members and board. For example: I did share my knowledge about vintage German pens, pen restoration and pen photograpy. On the other hand, I did sell a couple of pens from time to time (I have a flawless 100% positive feedback with 28 single feedbacks.)
Now, since classifieds on FPN are ruined, I feel that this giving and taking got out of balance and I am looking for a better place to buy and sell pens and share my knowledge. So, here I am.
My main interests are:
1. Collecting of vintage pens
2. Repair and restoring vintage pens
3. Pen photograpy
4. Fountain pen sketching
1.Collecting of vintage pens.
I mainly collect two brands: Pelikan and Parker. I find Pelikan 100* and 400 the most interesting models, while Parker Duofolds and „51“ are also of great interest for me. Of course there are lots of other models in my collection, but these build the core.
*(Maybe you know the site pelikan-collectibles (https://www.pelikan-collectibles.com...100/index.html ) by Dominic Rothemel? His Evolution of Pelikan 100 is based on an article I wrote for FPN and FPBoard and most of the pictures shown there are done by me and shows my pens.)
Now, this is my private collection only. And there is a second one on which I am working currently – the fountain pen collection oft he Museum of Design Zurich (Museum für Gestaltung Zürich). The collection oft the Museum is completely different than my own. Our goal ist o show selections of matching and design relevant pens. For example the complete evolution of Pelikan Piston fillers, or more specific: the complete evolution of Parker „51“from the first until the last model. Also quite interesting: a selection of Parker „51“ influenced fountain pens. The work with the museum peoples is very interesting for me and I can learn a lot about scientific collecting and history of design. See here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/301696...57658070616546
2.Repair and restoring of vintage pens
I do repair and restore all my fountain pens by myself. I let only a very few very delicate or complicate works do by professionals, Francis Goossens and Tom Westerich to be precise. The only two pen professionals I really trust.
Sometimes, I photograph interesting restoration jobs or function drawings of pens and share them with other pen enthusiasts here and there (hopefully here from now on).
3.Pen photography
As said, I love to photograph and catalog my collection and share them with you. (You can’t talk about the beauty of a pen on a pen board without showing a picture of it. Also, I have a flickr account with my complete collection there – all my pictures and albums are public for every one. See here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/30169694@N08/albums
4.Sketching with pens
I love sketches and sketching in general but specially with fountain pens. Sometimes a sketch says more than words (or is funnier at least…)
I hope to contribute a serious input here in future and to offer a nice pen from time to time. Thank you.
Christof
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