Hi from DE
I've had a fountain pen for years, but didn't feel any affinity towards the it until recently. At the time, I saw nothing special about fountain pens. I was mistaken. Now, I think I'm obsessed.
My first pen was a yellow Lamy Safari I bought several years ago. I didn't use it much and I ended up putting it in a storage box, where it was forgotten about it, until a couple of weeks ago when I found it while looking looking for something else. I've been writing with it exclusively since then. I've become obsessed with writing by hand to the point that I think I'll write the first draft of my next writing project by hand.
Since rediscovering fountain pens, I've gone on a bit of a shopping spree. I found a 2014 blue green Lamy Al Star online and bought a dozen samples of Iroshizuku inks. I'm currently waiting for a Decimo and a bunch of paper from different companies to try out.
I wish there was a local or even a semi-local place to buy pens and inks, but it looks like the Internet is my only option at the moment.
This forum seems like a great place and was helpful when I was lurking and researching what kind of "serious" pen I wanted to treat myself to.
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Originally Posted by jar
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