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    Thumbs up Good Day All

    Although I was quite involved with Calligraphy...many years ago, I am getting "into" fountain pens now.
    I was required to use a fountain pen when I was very young as the teachers in my Grammar School thought that it would help develop our learning of writing in "script".
    That said, a newbie question:....
    What do YOU do with your pen cap when NOT posting?

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    Welcome! Glad to have you aboard.

    Fortunately I don't often knock the cap off the desk. Mostly I set it down near the pen. Sometimes I hold it if only jotting a quick note.

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    Thanks, Kid!!

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    Welcome
    I usually just put the cap down, but sometimes find myself subconsciously holding it with my other hand.

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    I clasp it in my free hand with enough force to leave permanent marks.

    Welcome aboard!
    My other pen is a Montblanc.

    And my other blog is a tumblr!


    And my latest ebook, for spooky wintery reading:

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    Welcome home. Pull up a stump and set a spell. I hold the cap in my free hand.

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    Thanks All for your replies!
    I thought that I read somewhere,,,that there was some kind of protocol, from years ago that if you didnt post and lent the pen to some one, it you kept the cap in your hand that it would remind you to GET your pen back from the borrower??
    Thanks again!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pufffadder View Post
    Thanks All for your replies!
    I thought that I read somewhere,,,that there was some kind of protocol, from years ago that if you didnt post and lent the pen to some one, it you kept the cap in your hand that it would remind you to GET your pen back from the borrower??
    Thanks again!
    That certainly helps but an even bigger help is the big old ink stain in the borrowers pocket from him trying to sneak away with your fountain pen.

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    Well...There's that too...well done , JAR
    Thank you.

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    Welcome to the forum. I hold it in my free hand.
    0.5mm vs 0.7mm graphite sizes is much like 9mm vs 45acp...they both work if you know what you are doing. - me

    Looking for Caran d'Ache Type 55 2mm set and Rotation .7 pencils.

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    I just set it aside. Welcome to the forum.
    Regards,
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    Default Re: Good Day All

    Mostly put the cap down.

    Puffadder, not the snake I would like to encounter on my next visit to Africa

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    Nor mine!! ...Thanks Wahl!

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    Default Re: Good Day All

    Welcome! Actually, I do not ever lend my pens. That's what ballpoints are for!
    "Nolo esse salus sine vobis ...” —St. Augustine

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    Olive!!
    That sounds like "sound" advise ....Thanks for your reply

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    Quote Originally Posted by VertOlive View Post
    Welcome! Actually, I do not ever lend my pens. That's what ballpoints are for!
    Ballpoints with advertising on them, especially!
    Quid rides? Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur. — Horace
    (What are you laughing at? Just change the name and the joke’s on you.)

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    Default Re: Good Day All

    Howdy howdy iconic deadly reptile pen-named person. I usually stand it up, or occasionally lay it down, on my desk or whatever writing surface I'm using, unless I'm using a notebook in a very cramped space, and then I hold it in my free hand. But most of the time, I write with the cap posted.
    Quid rides? Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur. — Horace
    (What are you laughing at? Just change the name and the joke’s on you.)

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