WHERE IS ERIC?

[John the Monkey]

I heard Eric had ventured further into South America, in search of the fabled Nibburat of Montblancezuma.

In support of that tale, I recieved this engraving in (Waterman Green) recently;

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Which purports to be from his expedition.

[halidak]

Rumour has it that Eric was contacted by a man who goes by the name Arnold Margolese to find an ancient fountain pen, called ‘The Mexican’.
This pen is believed to be carrying a curse on it.

Legend goes like this; an apprentice of a nibmeister falls in love with the daughter of his master and asks for permission to marry her from the master. The nibmeister, however, has other plans for his daughter. He wants her to marry a seigneur and makes a very special, ultra limited edition fountain pen out of sterling silver and crushed rubies and emeralds for the seigneur as a wedding gift. The apprentice, who becomes berserk with grief after he learns his master’s plans, asks his great great grand-father for help. The very old Aztecan man feels pity for his grandson’s desperation and curses the fountain pen just the night before it’s to be presented to the seigneur.

There are various rumours about the actual nature and effects of the curse. Some say it makes your heart stop the moment you hold the pen, some say it makes the pen explode, splattering a BaystateBlue-like ink, into your face and some say it just makes the pen feels exactly like a ballpoint on the paper causing the user to scream in agony whenever he wishes to write. Some even claims that the curse turns the pen into an unbelievably good writer - a pen that no man on earth has ever written with anything like, so that the person cannot stop writing when he begins. He writes and he writes and he writes until he dies out of dehydration/starvation and exhaustion.

Whatever the curse is there is one thing Legend tells us; both the seigneur and the master’s daughter die in the first night of their marriage. The apprentice, who now has gone completely frantic, steals the pen and hides it somewhere in the mountains before he throws himself off the cliff.

No one could ever find ‘The Mexican’ since then but the search goes on relentlessly. Hollywood even made a movie about previous failed attempts. Well, they obviously changed some details in the movie and replaced, for instance, the pen with a revolver. After all, a fountain pen wouldn’t be as exciting as a pistol for the rest of the world.

Last I heard is that Montblanc has secretly formed a special task force within Hamburg HQ to find ‘The Mexican’ and put that Arnold Margolese in charge of it. He then hired Eric ‘the FP Geek’ to become the 'leading field agent' for his extensive knowledge on Alfred Hitchcock 888 Edition, TWSBI Mini and all other clip-less pens. (Apparently this pen had a clip like an 'Aztec Sword' in the beginning but has lost it during the course of events and now should be clipless)

What happened after that is a complete mystery. Maybe he’s still searching it in the depths of forsaken Aztec temples, maybe something went wrong and he had to seek asylum from Cuba….

or maybe…

Maybe he actually found it and, God forbid, tried to ink it up with Iroshizuku Fuyu-syogun. He may now be living in a state of Nirvana of writing somewhere in Mexico and writing and writing and writing!

[KrazyIvan]

You, sir, deserve more rep power.

Edit: I don't know what happened but I can't give rep power anymore.

NVM, I just could not remember how to do it.

[dante philo]

We have him locked up in our condo until he reveals the secret of filling a pen without hand stains.

[fountainpenkid]

You, sir, deserve more rep power.

Edit: I don't know what happened but I can't give rep power anymore.

NVM, I just could not remember how to do it.

I might be wrong, but I think its the badge on the bottom left corner of each post.

[Chris1950]

Eric's new FP design with maximum ink capacity.
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[dannzeman]

Eric's new FP design with maximum ink capacity.
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Moar upvotes for you!

[Ravenlunatic]

I was told, by a totally unreliable source, that Waldo had kidnapped him.

[fountainpenkid]

Eric's new FP design with maximum ink capacity.
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With a Pilot Falcon flex nib I see?

[snedwos]

I was told, by a totally unreliable source, that Waldo had kidnapped him.

You mean Wally?

[snedwos]

I must say, if he turns up in the next show wearing a woolly hat and a stripy jumper I shall bow down and hail him.

[Greg Minuskin]

Oh yes, I am harboring Eric in my secret nib "Spider Hole" where, with monk like dedication, I am training him to become one of minions who will take over the nib world!"

He he he he!

Greg Minuskin
greg@gregminuskin.com
www.gregminuskin.com

[Greg Minuskin]

Look to the left; you can see the entrance to the special nib grinding training compound, under the dead wood and just right of the Ocotillo plant!


Greg Minuskin
greg@gregminuskin.com
www.gregminuskin.com

[KrazyIvan]

I felt an overwhelming need to revive this thread.

[kaisnowbird]

I felt an overwhelming need to revive this thread.

Thank you for doing this Ivan. Didn't Lisa Anderson mention near the end of their latest podcast that she received a message from Eric?
So not all hopes are lost...

[heraclitus682]

I know this thread has become a joke, but I really do miss Eric on the podcasts. He doesn't even seem to post anymore.

[Bogon07]

I miss Eric and the podcasts.

[kaisnowbird]

I miss Eric and the podcasts.

Me too. I hope he's alright and enjoying whatever he's doing.

[writingrav]

I posted in the thread about podcasts the other day asking when and if the podcasts might resume and got not response. I miss them also.

[Tracy Lee]

I've heard October they will return, from what Azizah has said at various times in chat. Haven't heard beyond that.

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