SteveE
December 29th, 2013, 12:34 PM
Only partly due to the outage at FPN, more because I have been lurking here for over a year and see some of the folks I've met at the Chicago Pen Show here and not there, I am to become one of the new members here. I read more than post, mostly to learn, partly for amusement. I have been a member of the community since "alt-collecting-pens.pencils" days on usenet, and often had spirited "discussions" folks like Frank Dubiel. I sort of left Pentrace when their board software "lost" my user ID and info several times within a short time. It wasn't worth it -- I just went over to FPN at the time.
I've been reading a lot of posts here, and I think that I have more to learn than to offer, but for me, that's what it is about. There are other online communities where the situation is the reverse -- I have more to offer others there.
My present accumulation (not really a collection) is over 100 pens, with more modern than vintage. Oddly enough, though, almost all of the modern pens are the styles that evoke the pens of the Golden Years. I seem lately once again to be favoring flat-tops, from my 1920's permanite DuoFold to the Sheaffer, with a large group of Bexley's and Conklins (one vintage Endura OS, many modern c/c) and even a handful of Indian ebonites. I enjoy writing with a distinctive pen, and for my "older" hands, the choice of sizes and weights among the FP's makes it a pleasure.
It has been a pleasure to lurk and read here, and now I shall try to participate as well.
P.S. I'm also an occasional (when work, etc. permits) member of the Chicago Pen Club, so if any of the other members are here. . . Hi!
I've been reading a lot of posts here, and I think that I have more to learn than to offer, but for me, that's what it is about. There are other online communities where the situation is the reverse -- I have more to offer others there.
My present accumulation (not really a collection) is over 100 pens, with more modern than vintage. Oddly enough, though, almost all of the modern pens are the styles that evoke the pens of the Golden Years. I seem lately once again to be favoring flat-tops, from my 1920's permanite DuoFold to the Sheaffer, with a large group of Bexley's and Conklins (one vintage Endura OS, many modern c/c) and even a handful of Indian ebonites. I enjoy writing with a distinctive pen, and for my "older" hands, the choice of sizes and weights among the FP's makes it a pleasure.
It has been a pleasure to lurk and read here, and now I shall try to participate as well.
P.S. I'm also an occasional (when work, etc. permits) member of the Chicago Pen Club, so if any of the other members are here. . . Hi!