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Yri
November 4th, 2016, 02:17 PM
In my experience, there is a geekdom for everything. I'm pleasantly surprised at the size and activity of that for fountain pens!

I was bitten by the bug just a few weeks ago, when I decided that forty years of illegible handwriting was long enough; it was time to develop some penmanship. But not with the ugly old cursive I learned in school.

So I hunted around for other forms, fell in love with Chancery italic, and discovered I needed the proper sort of nib to write it.

Now I have a couple of good, inexpensive pens, learned a bit of nib work to make one of them behave, and am already writing sentences that can be read by other people. :-)

Monkey
November 4th, 2016, 02:44 PM
Hi and welcome, from another recent discoverer of this forum. :)

jar
November 4th, 2016, 03:07 PM
Welcome home. Pull up a stump and set a spell.

Nomdeplume
November 4th, 2016, 03:11 PM
Chancery italic is a favorite of mine and influences my daily writing...probably because I don't have the patience to use a flex nib and can get nice variation from a stub or italic grind!

Welcome to the Forum. Beware the contagion to buy more pens, ink, and paper!

Anne
November 4th, 2016, 03:55 PM
Congratulations and Welcome!:)

datainadequate
November 4th, 2016, 05:03 PM
:welcome:

DaveT
November 4th, 2016, 06:21 PM
Hello and welcome from Indiana!

Hawk
November 4th, 2016, 09:46 PM
Welcome.

WmEdwards
November 5th, 2016, 09:14 AM
Welcome!

Wahl
November 10th, 2016, 01:57 PM
:welcome:

Frank
November 18th, 2016, 06:08 PM
:welcome: