"Hi again!"
I began my journey just a little over a month ago. I started (geez this sounds like a confession) with one Lamy Safari, charcoal, with a fine nib, along with 5 black Lamy ink cartridges and a generic notebook, size A5, I believe. Since then I've bought three other Lamy Safari pens, all with fine nibs, I got two 1.5mm nibs, four bottles of ink (three from Pilot, one from Lamy), a bunch of converters, some Mr. Pen notepads, and a couple more of the generic notebooks. I've made some posts here, including some in the "handwritten only" thread. I've not posted for a couple weeks, but I wanted to post tonight.
My journey is going well! For me, I look at fountain pens from a practical perspective. When I started, I was having trouble writing with the Safari. I found I am forced to hold the pen a certain way, and am forced to write a certain way, too; otherwise I get dropouts. I relearned writing. In fact my first two Lamys, Charcoal/Fine/black and White/1.5mm/red, have helped me make my writing better. I understand that a fountain pen won't improve one's writing. I simply found that if I wanted to use these instruments I'd have to learn how to write with them. I then chose to write with a little more care. Ultimately these need to be working pens that I use daily. If I don't do that, if I don't use them, what's the point?
For dream pens, these are my dream pens for now. They're attractive. They seem to be very functional. They're tough. They're reliable. In my inexperienced ways, I'm not likely to damage a steel nib in the way I might damage a gold nib. They're relatively inexpensive. The inks I can get for them are wonderful! I'd be interested to try a Mont Blanc fountain pen at some time. I'd received a Mont Blanc ballpoint pen many years ago and I use it, but I'd certainly be happy to try a Meisterstück Gold Classique, not that I've looked, of course.
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