Howdy from Grant Twp. Michigan

[KHS]

Hello and thank you for the chance to join your community! :wave:
I have only recently begun to educate myself about fountain pens, though I have had a soft spot in my heart for them since my first exposure about 30 years ago.
I look forward to learning enough that I may contribute intelligently going forward.

Karl Schroeder

[inlovewithjournals]

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[Jeph]

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[writingrav]

Welcome to the madness. Indulge!

[Lady Onogaro]

Tell us about your pens, KHS. Welcome from another newbie.:welcome:

[tandaina]

Welcome! Former Michigander here. Have fun and jump right in. :)

[Mags]

Welcome KHS to the friendliest pen place around.

[KHS]

Tell us about your pens, KHS. Welcome from another newbie.:welcome:

I have mostly Esterbrook desk pens, and a mix of pens from a box lot of parts pens on ebay. The one I carry most days is a 1960's Burgundy Sheaffer Cadet with F1 nib that must have spent part of its life in a toolbox. He's rough looking, and the section has a superglued crack, but he writes so fine and smooth I cant leave him in the pen cup. For occasions where I need something dressy, I carry a black parker '51' with steel cap & blue diamond clip that has a wet fine/medium nib.

[Toulouse]

Welcome from a fellow Michigander.

[TerraNoir]

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[welch]

Welcome, Karl! It sounds like you know plenty already, and anyone who used a fountain pen 30 years ago, or longer, counts as "experienced"! I started with a Sheaffer "school pen", the clear-plastic cartridge pen. Was given a Parker 45 for my birthday...had never heard of the Parker 51 until I tried a parker Sonnet, on a whim because my hand hurt using a ballpoint. You are way ahead of me!

[VertOlive]

Welcome from another Michigan Geek!

So you have casual and dress pens--what's your Ink of Preference for these occasions?

[KHS]

Welcome from another Michigan Geek!

So you have casual and dress pens--what's your Ink of Preference for these occasions?

The casual pen is full of Noodlers Air-Corp Blue Black, and the Dress pen is full of Permanent Royal Blue Quink that I found at the office supply store in downtown Port Huron. The box inner flap advertises the Vacumatic Pen, so I am guessing it is early 1940's production?
My desk pen is an Esterbrook 444 (hockey puck) with the short grip pen, and a 9556 firm fine nib. I feed it from a 1950's vintage quart bottle of Watermans Blue Black.

[KHS]

Welcome, Karl! It sounds like you know plenty already, and anyone who used a fountain pen 30 years ago, or longer, counts as "experienced"! I started with a Sheaffer "school pen", the clear-plastic cartridge pen. Was given a Parker 45 for my birthday...had never heard of the Parker 51 until I tried a parker Sonnet, on a whim because my hand hurt using a ballpoint. You are way ahead of me!

Thank you for the warm welcome!
I have fond memories of those Sheaffer school pens. I still have one, but unlike the others I remember, it is scratchy and unpleasant to write with. I think thats why I still have it, pulled the cartridge, put it in the drawer and forgot about it. I love how a good nib floats across the page, unlike a ball point which needs to be forced.

[00Photo]

Hello, plenty of michigan people here!

[Jon Szanto]

Hi Karl,

Welcome to the Fountain Pen Geeks forums! Smaller than the largest pen fora, larger than some, you'll find a comfortable community of pen-centric people here, with a growing body of posts, reviews, and group knowledge. Mostly, you'll find people who are enthusiastic about fountain pens, and fountain pen people.

Join in!


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Regards,
Jon

[KHS]

Hi 00Photo
We Michiganders are all over. Like Okies during the dust bowl, we go where the work is, or if we can, where the weather is less vile! lol:smow:

[cwent2]

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[imaginerhetoric]

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