New fountain pen-lover from Lakewood, Washington

[marthared]

Hi all... I'm Martha.... I'm a retired and still part-time hydrogeologist. Since retiring I've discovered that I actually have some artistic talent! Got my first fountain pen last week (Sheaffer VMF), and one from Goulet Pens arrived 2 days ago (Lamy Al-Star in Blue-Green), and have one on order to arrive next week (Twsbi 580 in Turquoise) and another Lamy Al-Star in Limited Lilac. I was in HEAVEN when first felt the Lamy! Wow! It's a fine, but sure puts out a lot of ink.... I ordered an extra-fine nib replacement and the Limited Lilac will be extra-fine nib. Have listened to all of the Fountain Pens 101 YouTube videos from Brian Goulet, and looking forward to being a part of the FP community... Thanks for adding me.

How do you get the forum threads to view "last posted" as first?

[LeFreak]

Welcome! Geology is a bit of a hobby of mine, but I'm more of a hard-rock gal.

What nib did you get on the new twsbi? The turquoise is gorgeous.

[Robert]

Marthared - - to view most recently posted messages, click on "What's New" just below the "Fountain Pen Geeks" banner.

Hope you enjoy yourself here!

[Anne]

Welcome

[VertOlive]

Welcome from the Lone Star Planet!

[jar]

Welcome home. Pull up a stump and set a spell. If you enable cookies it will keep track of what you have already read and take you directly to the first new post since you last read the thread.

[Hawk]

Welcome.

[marthared]

I got medium nib. My first Lamy is Fine, and my next one will be Extra Fine along with 2 Extra Fine nibs, and my Twsbi is Medium... Seems like the Lamy Fine is pretty broad. Let me clarify the question I'm asking about post order... Right now, when I click on a thread, the first post is the oldest one... I want to be able to see the most recent post at the top instead of the oldest first... thanks!

[Wahl]

Hi Martha

[Pterodactylus]

Hi Martha,

welcome to the board.

I already saw your lizard drawing, great stuff, a lot of details, I love it.
I'm looking forward to see a lot more from you, input of creative people is always highly appreciated.

[Lady Onogaro]

Hi, Martha! The Lamy fine nib is more like a medium. What you are thinking of as a fine nib can be found on Japanese fountain pens (from the Kakuno and Metropolitan to the high end pens).

It's nice to have you with the group.

[Morgaine]

Hello and welcome from Wales

[Deb]

Welcome aboard, marthared. Looks like you've made a good start.

[Marsilius]

Welcome. There is a forum on art and calligraphy here. I bet people will like to see your work:
https://fpgeeks.com/forum/forumdispl...mp-Calligraphy

[k5MOW]

I grew up in Lakewood and University Place. My brother still lives in University Place and I was there not too long ago. Anyway welcome to the forum from a Washingtonian who now lives in Texas.


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[Bisquitlips]

Sounds like you have the bug!

Watch that budget or your will end up like me. Pen poor, but happy!

[writingrav]

Welcome. If you click on the little envelope near the name of the most recent post you will get to the last one. Hard to describe. All the way on the right as your looking under new posts.