You know you're a Fountain Pen Geek when...

[lisantica]

When a newbie geek wants to know what veteran geeks say about fountain pens, only to find out the ride on the slippery slope has begun.

[Newjelan]

You have a notebook dedicated to listing in all your inks and another notebook dedicated to listing all your pens, including whichever ink they currently hold and whichever nib is currently fitted (and you faithfully log all changes of inks and nibs). And, oh, yes, you also have a listing of all your nibs and whether they are currently in use.

Good to know I'm not the only one

And I'm another one. (And as someone who hates structure it's quite bizarre.)

[RuiFromUK]

When you award yourself a fountain pen for your birthday in December followed by another one a couple of weeks later for Xmas and wish you could afford some more.

[79spitfire]

When your daughter needs a gift for a 'secret Santa' and of course, you produce some inexpensive fountain pens you've been saving for gifting.....

[spotted and speckled]

When you award yourself a fountain pen for your birthday in December followed by another one a couple of weeks later for Xmas and wish you could afford some more.

I'm doing this!!! Trying to decide what pen I want for Christmas now....

[ndw76]

...you rarely get 'a' pen. You buy multiple pens and they all arrive on different days.

[79spitfire]

...you rarely get 'a' pen. You buy multiple pens and they all arrive on different days.

The geeky part would be planing this so it happens on different days!

[ndw76]

I'm not that organised. I just buy a second pen to make the wait for the first one more bearable

[AndrewW]

When you've managed to get two friends bitten by the pen using_collecting bug.

[I like mango pudding]

you get three of the same pens in different nib widths, just because you suspect the B isn't really a B, so you compare it to your other B. Only then you find out it really was a B, then you go out and buy the M.

You are really a super geek when this pen happens to be a 149

[Tracy Lee]

you get three of the same pens in different nib widths, just because you suspect the B isn't really a B, so you compare it to your other B. Only then you find out it really was a B, then you go out and buy the M.

You are really a super geek when this pen happens to be a 149

Or a Visconti!

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[79spitfire]

you get three of the same pens in different nib widths, just because you suspect the B isn't really a B, so you compare it to your other B. Only then you find out it really was a B, then you go out and buy the M.

You are really a super geek when this pen happens to be a 149

Or a Visconti!

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Even a Pilot would qualify....

[Runnin_Ute]

when one Blue Black isn't enough.(and neither is three for that matter) and you have one pen filled with each one - and can tell the difference.

[inkstainedruth]

When you're at dinner, and the waitress brings the bill, and someone hands you the pen that came with it and you say "Oh, I already *have* a pen" and one of your friends (for whom you have promised to do research and take some photos of the pens that came out of her mother's house so she can put them on Ebay) says "Oh of *course* she has a pen!" and then says "Isn't that like one of the pens I gave you to take pictures of?" And you spend the next several minutes explaining the difference between 51 Aerometrics and 51 Vacs to the entire table.
Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[BikerBabe]

...when you ponder making your own little business cards with name, telephone number, e-mail address and list of what you look for, i.e. fountain pens, dip pens, dip pen nibs, inkwells, pen wipes, rocker blotters, old ink bottles (non-permanent ink), etc., just so that you can hand the cards out at thrift shops, flea markets and antique shops to ensure that the sellers will get in touch with you, if they get their hands on anything interesting.

[ethernautrix]

Oh, HAI!

[pengeezer]

...you coordinate the FPs you'll be using for the day with the outfit you're wearing. (was that too much? sorry )

Guilty as charged,yer honer.


John

[pengeezer]

...you talk to people about fountain pens when you know they're not interested because you can't help it.

Been guilty of that where I have worked before(my acquaintenances know me too well!)........


John

[pengeezer]

When you go to the housewares section of a thrift store,see a
wooden box or clear rectangular container with a double-door top lid and think,
"That would make a great box for holding inks....."


John

[Scrawler]

Obsess over pens on eBay before bed? Ha!

Am I the only one who sets alarms in the middle of the night so as not to miss the end of an eBay pen auction? :-|

Eric
Son of Ragnar

Only once. And as it happened I need not have bothered because mine was the only bid.