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  1. March 29th, 2015, 05:29 AM #1
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    Red face Hello, fellow FPGeeks!

    Hello everybody!
    I'm not quite as sinister as my username might suggest, but I live in the County of Door, where inky shadows lie (to loosely borrow from both Tolkien and SBRE Brown).
    Having been raised in the German school system a few decades ago, my fingers were inky from 2nd grade on (we had slates, slate pencils and sponges in 1st grade), and likely will remain so for a while yet...
    Thus for me, a fountain pen has always been the 'normal' writing instrument, with the ballpoint being relegated to shopping lists on newsprint notepads. I also grew up in a design-oriented environment strongly leaning towards the utilitarian/minimalist and traditional + Bauhaus spectrum. Interests are any and all sorts of inks (of course) and, well, simple pens that use a nib, such as LAMY CP1's and 2k's, Metros and other things black, minimal and functional, devoid of trim and bling...(though I thoroughly enjoy handling more ornate pens, I just wouldn't buy them).
    I am happy to have found this forum as a place to exchange pen-related thoughts and I guess now I'll first try to learn to navigate it (I'm much more handy with a pen and a notebook than with a computer ).
    Be well, and thanks to all who make this happen!
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  3. March 29th, 2015, 08:05 AM #2
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    Default Re: Hello, fellow FPGeeks!

    Welcome to the madness. Indulge!
    To continue to diminish the place of the handwritten in our lives is to diminish, in a small but real way, our humanity. Philip Hensher

    Dunno ergo sum
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    Default Re: Hello, fellow FPGeeks!

    welcome welcome. When I lived in Germany I was ever so pleased to discover pens and ink (wish i had bought them while i was there) in the neighbourhood stationery store. It certainly reignited my love for these instruments.

    Now that we know your preferences in pen aesthetics, what about ink? Do you have any preference for colour, shading, saturation etc?
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    Default Re: Hello, fellow FPGeeks!

    Hi!
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    Cw



    “Life is short, Break the Rules.
    Forgive quickly, Kiss SLOWLY.
    Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably
    And never regret ANYTHING
    That makes you smile.”
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    Default Re: Hello, fellow FPGeeks!

    Hello caribbean_skye!
    First of all: my daughter, who's an 11-year-old up-and-coming manga artist sure would love your profile pic... Inks: first love are greyish-misty inks like J.Herbin's 'Vert Empire', R&K 'Scabiosa', O.S. 'Blue Merle' and 'Walt Whitman'. But also all things dark and shading... Dia 'Oxblood', J.Herbin 'Lie de The', R&K 'Verdigris' or simply dark-but-not-black, like Noodler's 'Zhivago' and Pilot Iroshizuku 'Yama Guri"... well, perhaps now it looks again more sinister than it really is
    Favorite ink to go into all new pens first: a tie between R&K 'Schreibtinte Sepia' and DeA 'Maron'.
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    Default Re: Hello, fellow FPGeeks!

    Hi Inklord, enjoy the madness with us!
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  17. March 29th, 2015, 07:27 PM #9
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    Default Re: Hello, fellow FPGeeks!

    Welcome.
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  19. March 29th, 2015, 08:35 PM #10
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    Default Re: Hello, fellow FPGeeks!

    "When, in the course of writing events, it becomes self-evident that not all pens are created equal" (Federalist Frank)

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  21. March 30th, 2015, 10:17 AM #11
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    Default Re: Hello, fellow FPGeeks!

    What they said.
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    "Be yourself--everybody else is already taken." --Oscar Wilde
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    Default Re: Hello, fellow FPGeeks!

    hallo and welcome
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    Default Re: Hello, fellow FPGeeks!

    Welcome, I recently got a sample of DA "Maron", it's now a favorite!
    "Nolo esse salus sine vobis ...” —St. Augustine
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    Default Re: Hello, fellow FPGeeks!

    Yes welcome from me.

    I am with you on some of your ink choices: Diamine's Oxblood is excellent as is Scabiosa - which I was using only today in a letter.

    I am sure you will be happy here.

    All the best,

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    Default Re: Hello, fellow FPGeeks!

    Quote Originally Posted by VertOlive View Post
    Welcome, I recently got a sample of DA "Maron", it's now a favorite!
    Pretty amazing ink - quite subtle, like a well-made B&W photograph, or a good pencil drawing; and the flow!
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    Default Re: Hello, fellow FPGeeks!

    Hello and welcome to the FPG forum!
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    Default Re: Hello, fellow FPGeeks!

    We look forward to the time when the power of love will replace the love of power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.
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