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    Hello everyone,

    My name is Mark, and while I have used fountain pens for 20 years (easily,) I have never joined a forum and treated it like a hobby. This is not to say that I have been uninformed, and have spent time playing with ink and nibs and filling systems, but only that I've never involved others. Though I am new to England, and certainly left a few pens in the States, I have a small disturbed collection and a few bottles of ink that seem to draw the eye of my coworkers and students. I must say that I enjoy the glancing side-looks and occasional comment.

    At the moment, I'm using a Visconti HS Bronze Fine with Kon-Peki and a TWSBI 700R 1.1 Stub filled with Noodler's Bloody Mary Red that seemed to be sold only at the London Pen show last year. The TWSBI is new, and I must say that it is a finely made pen, weighty and smooth, and worth far more than the £58 it cost. There's already a medium nib on the way for when I feel like a change, and I'm considering having a stub made from a medium just for fun. That said, the Visconti is what I use daily. Also inked and in my briefcase is one of a few older Parker 51s, a Blue Marbled Duofold from the 80s, and/or a Pilot Heritage 92 with Private Reserve DC Supershow Blue.

    I'm a furious journal writer and notetaker, and am never far from a Leuchturm A4+ Master Slim plain and a generic traveler's notebook with a couple of Leuchturm JotBooks roped inside. I've played with Clairefontaine journals, and while the paper is certainly smooth and white, I prefer the 1917 and never feel as though I'm missing anything.

    It's nice to say hello to everyone and have spent a great deal of time reading the ink reviews and various rants and raves.

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    Default Re: Hello from England

    Welcome Mark

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    Welcome from the Lone Star Planet!
    "Nolo esse salus sine vobis ...” —St. Augustine

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    Welcome aboard from another Usanian abroad, but in Scotland.
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    Welcome home. Pull up a stump and set a spell.

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    Default Re: Hello from England

    Welcome Mark!

    Glad your are with us!

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    Welcome.
    We have met the enemy and he is us.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Deb View Post
    ...Usanian....
    Frank Lloyd Wright coined the term Usonian. Didn't catch on, though.
    Last edited by FredRydr; November 24th, 2017 at 07:07 AM.

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    Default Re: Hello from England

    Hi Mark

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    Welcome!
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    Default Re: Hello from England

    Hi there - if you're interested the London Pen CLub meet the first Saturday of each month (most months - details here) at the Bierschenke near Liverpool Street Station roughly 12:00-15:00.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dapprman View Post
    Hi there - if you're interested the London Pen CLub meet the first Saturday of each month (most months - details here) at the Bierschenke near Liverpool Street Station roughly 12:00-15:00.
    I like that idea, and might attend. December is busy, but January should work. You all do nib smoothing there? how many people generally attend? a half a dozen or so?

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    It can be as few as that but last time I think we got to 20+.
    Some days, it's hardly worth chewing through the leather straps....

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    Default Re: Hello from England

    Hello and welcome to FPG.

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