Good evening (say it like Alfred Hitchcock) from Portland, Oregon USA

[Blackhorse]

First post. Pleased to be here. FP...not newbie...not oldie...sort of in betweenie. Got a dozen nice ones and a dozen junks and a bunch of dip pens. I claim to be an artist, but really just like to draw. I also do wood carving, knife making, sit and staring, & playing with Watson the Wonder Pug. I'm here to learn and share on occasion. I do Moderator work on the Brothers of Briar site...my pipe buddies. My favorites are all workhorse mid levels...Namiki Falcon (F), Pilot Custom 74 (M) a dark green one, Platinum Century (M) Bourgogne, Lamy 2000 (F), Kaweco AL Sport (F), etc. Got a TWSBI 580 Rose Gold on the way. Couple of desk style items...Rotring & Platinum. Couple of fine sable brush pens. Handful of Chinese JinHao (is that right?) 750's. Buncha dip pens and a hand full of nice Manga nibs. Couple of Ranga ebonite dippers (amazing). More high end pencils than I will ever need. Watercolors... pencils, sticks, tubs, fancy brushes...yadda, yadda, yadda. Anyway, I mean well. That's gotta count for something.

[Marsilius]

Welcome (say it like Dracula)!

[Marsilius]

Oops duplicate

[Blackhorse]

The visual is of Bela Lugosi. Nice tux!

[Jon Szanto]

Hey Blackhorse,

I wonder if you didn't give away your age in the title of your post. <hehehe>

Anyway, 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!

Regards,
Jon

[Blackhorse]

Jon - thinking I had given away my age via the Hitchcock thing...just gave away yours. We can trade useful recipes to make using Geritol later.

[Jeph]

[Blackhorse]

danke

[Hawk]

Welcome.

[writingrav]

Welcome to the madness. Induuuuulge. (Say it like Cheeves)

[Laurie]

Welcome from Down Under. You have a pretty big collection of pens. I started off with a Bic Biro. I am sure you will love this forum

[Blackhorse]

Hey there you guys. Laurie...are you the one that just got the Platinum 3776? I thought I recognized your avatar pic from that other post. If so, the 3776 Bourgogne is my latest buy. Love it! Such a gorgeous red...such a great job. All good.

[Wahl]

[Blackhorse]

Gracias!

[southpaw52]

to fp geekdom.

[Blackhorse]

Ft. Smith, eh? Thanks for the welcome.

[Special K]

I reckon I like the way you talk. Say it like Carl

[Blackhorse]

Carl?