What a fantastic story and gift. Wow. Those are some lucky kids!
I've been lurking for a while and have had fountain pens over the years. They never really clicked with me initially, but over last year now, I'm revisiting FPs and am really enjoying them.
Thanks for creating this post because it's an easy way for me to introduce myself. So here is my answers:
1. Platinum Procyon M nib, using the Organic Studio Ralph Waldo Emerson Twilight Blue, Clairefontaine AceBag 19x25 clothbound(if you're a lefty like me get this notebook. It's the best i have found so far)
2. Since returning to FPs I've learned about changing nibs and it is fun!
3. I have not ventured in to resto. Yet...
4. Dream pen? Hmm I've always drooled over the beauty of the Nakaya pens. One day maybe...
5. I've acquired a few pens and have a few on order. I lost a Pilot 74 which saddened me. The pen I have on order that I am most excited about is a Franklin Christoph Model 20 in dark green with a fine steel nib.
My favorite pen to write with so far is a Parker Premier monochrome black with a fine nib.
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azkid (May 20th, 2019)
Just joined last month. So far it's been a very fun jump into a black hole. XD
1. Lamy 2000 (Fine) and Lamy Studio in Palladium (Extra Fine 14k) have been my go to pens for everything from work to casual writing. I've been using a Leuchtturm 1917 as my work notebook since the layout is quite organized. For journals, I've been using a normal Rhodia lined notebook. I love the Rhodia paper more just wish it had a nice layout like the Leuchtturm, or I may not have seen a similarly designed Rhodia notebook yet.
2. For writing, at first I generally leaned for fine to extra fine nibs but after seeing how ink shades with my medium nib Lamy Safari, I think I need more wider nibs. Any recommendations?
3. That Pelikan M600 in purple is just really neat but I can't just grab one yet. Hahaha...
So far enjoying the journey and planning out which pens and inks to get for the future.
azkid (June 9th, 2019)
This thread needs a bump once in a while.
BUMP!
azkid (July 30th, 2019)
I picked up a Cross century II at an estate sale for $15 and have fallen in love with the way fps write. I’m really loving diamine ancient copper. I’m extremely surprised with Walmart’s pen + gear note pads. You know the $.88 for a three pack of jr legal pads cheep. The paper is fairly thin so I have occasional bleed though but no feathering with 3 different inks and a medium nib.
I am restoring another Esterbrook for a young woman who complimented my Esterbrook Deluxe last week saying she "likes vintage" products. This is my 8th restoration and I have the process down pretty well, but did leave a rather large section of petrified sac intact before realizing when I inserted the new sac for measurement.
Also, I am now carrying these restoration with me daily and am writing letters to family and friends using these pens. I've settled on Waterman ink because it was said to be a wet ink. All this aside, I am still enjoying the 2017 Lamy I picked up first in this FP journey.
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azkid (October 27th, 2019)
It's great to hear about the enjoyment and spreading the word... And pens. Lol.
"Here's a question for word people.
If the "p" in Pterodactyl is silent - ptero meaning wing and dactyl meaning finger - why is the "p" not silent in hymenoptera? - hymen meaning membrane and again ptera meaning wing.
It is entirely possible that the "p" should be silent in both and that I've been misled by biologists on the pronunciation of the second example over all these years!
Aragorn to the King Under the Mountain: "What say you?" ..."
- Isn't that just the BEST thing about the English language... it's very ILLOGICAL. That's why it's so fascinating.
I'll take a stab at it, using etymology resource. Pterodactyl would have been pronounced in French since the early 19th century, while hymenoptera would have been pronounced in English since the late 18th century. Does this make sense to any native-French speakers?
Copied and pasted from etymonline:
Pterodactyl: extinct flying reptile, 1830, from French ptérodactyle (1821), from Modern Latin genus name Pterodactylus, from Greek pteron "wing" (from PIE root *pet- "to rush, to fly") + daktylos "finger" (see dactyl).
Hymenoptera: order of insects that includes ants, wasps, and bees, 1773, coined in Modern Latin 1748 by Linnćus from Greek hymen (genitive hymenos) "membrane" (see hymen) + pteron "wing" (from PIE root *pet- "to rush, to fly"). Related: Hymenopterous.
Reminds me of the time in the '80s when I was asking a London taxi driver to take me to Beauchamp Place. He said there is no such street. I insisted there was, and finally took out the A to Z, and he replied, "Oh, you mean bee-chum!" I had been using the French pronunciation.
There are tangents, and then there are tangents!
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azkid (November 14th, 2019)
We seem to have quite a few new members as of late.
Let's give this thread a bump!
I stayed in Hampstead Heath in London many moons ago. When i got on the bus, i ’d ask in my best Midwestern for the Hhhhhampstead Hhhheath stop.
To which the reply would be: “Wut?”.
I’d try again and get the same response.
I’d have to amend my utterance to ‘amstead ‘eath to be understood.
People (including me!) have trouble with Scottish place-names. Avoch is pronounced ach (German "ch") Blairquhan is said Blairwhan, Bunnahabhain is Boonnahaaven, Ardgay is ardguy and Bunillidh is bunneelee to quote just a very few awkward names.
Hi There, I am a recent member and in the last few months have started to play with fountain pens. I used one waaay back in grade school, and my sharpest memory of that was poking a hole in a cartridge when I shouldn't have and had an inky mess
I now have a couple of LAMY Al-Star's, a couple of Pilot Metropolitan's, with another on its way, and a Pilot Plumix. Last week my mom gifted me with my dad's Sheaffer pen set that he received in 1948. The pen needed a little work, so I sent it off to Gerry Berg. I came back home yesterday and it is so pretty. It is a Sheaffer Triumph Sentinel with pencil, and it is lovely to use.
I have started journaling, working on my cursive handwriting, and attempting to keep an ink journal. I am still trying to figure out what inks work in what pen with what nib on what paper! Sometimes I am better at taking notes than other times:-)
I started with a couple of dot Clairefontaine journals, and then picked up a couple of lined journals for a great price at Office Depot. All of my inks and pens are behaving really well in the Office Depot books, so that is nice to know that I can pick up journals locally.
I am sure enjoying all of the great information out here and thanks to everyone for their interesting contributions.
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I agree, I am thrilled to have the pen and pencil. I have always preferred mechanical pencils, I have a bunch of cheapy ones. It is so nice to have a fine quality pen & pencil to use daily and the added bonus that is was my dad's who received the set from his parents. I have an affinity for generational items that can still be used.
azkid (June 21st, 2020)
Hi, I've gotten as far as I could go with ballpoint pens and wanted to get more pens but couldn't find much more variety. That's when I started looking into fountain pens earlier this year. I started with a Metropolitan and have acquired a Jotter, TWSBI Eco, and Safari since then. These are pretty much the popular starter pens. As one would expect, the want for more pens never ends.
I had been saving up for a Montblanc and when it came to pull the trigger on one, I just couldn't justify the price in my head anymore. I instead decided to purchase a Lamy 2000, Diplomat Aero, Kaweco Sport Brass, Apache Sunset and Ancient Copper inks, and some journals. All of that was still less than a Montblanc and I feel way better about the purchase. Now I'm back trying to save...
azkid (June 21st, 2020)
I will play. Always liked FPs, played with them when I was little (before knowing how to write). Recently took up writing as form of meditation and turned up level of activity around my pens. I signed up to do a search for a specialist on rhodium re-plating and stuck around
1. New pen, ink, notebook.
Purchases in the last 30 days include (not all have arrived) MB 149 Rose EF, M805 F Matsuyama, Duofold Maxima F and Lamy 2K in EF Nibsmith ( nib size pattern perhaps?)
Some MB inks and some document inks from D'atramentis
2. New things learned since.
Vintage pens are cool
Flex is a thing, using it is fun
Needlepoint and Architect grind, must have
Nibmeisters are now mainstream
3. New restoration story, if you're into that.
Nah, just like with cars - user is all I am
4. New dream pen(s).
DF2, yeah I know. I also think my daughter must have "The last leaf" by 18111. She also thinks so, but doesn't know about it yet.
5. Anything else FP related
This is a cool site
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penwash (June 22nd, 2020)
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