Hi all ,
It has been about a year since my last post. I got sucked head first into another hobby. How have things been going over here? Has anything really changed in the community in the last year?
DFO—History Dan
Hi all ,
It has been about a year since my last post. I got sucked head first into another hobby. How have things been going over here? Has anything really changed in the community in the last year?
DFO—History Dan
"Love is the final fight."
azkid (June 4th, 2019), Chemyst (June 8th, 2019), fountainpagan (June 14th, 2019)
Glad you're back!
"Nolo esse salus sine vobis ...” —St. Augustine
Welcome back. I've only been here a little over a year so... No clue
Ps: am also a big Islay Scotch fan
Welcome back!
Welcome back. Find your stump and pull it up.
Welcome Back!!
I use a fountain pen and a paper planner - paperinkplan.wordpress.com
Fred, I love the progression there. Actually, I got really into pipe smoking (tobacco). I find it quite relaxing and meditative—plus, it pairs well with fountain pens. I have also been head first finishing the research and writing for my dissertation, which has required too much screen time and not enough hand writing.
I was gifted a couple twsbis recently. I really like the Eco. What a great pen. The quality and writing experience is up there with the big boys (Pelikan, Pilot, Sailor, Lamy).
"Love is the final fight."
SIR (June 16th, 2019)
I like mine too. One was my OH's first (and up until this week, only) fountain pen - he decided he'd like another pen or two, and after letting him try a bunch of mine in the price range he wanted, he decided on getting another two Ecos! They're a good size, he didn't like many of the smaller pens.
His work is beautiful. I find the connections between hobbies to be interesting, such as the use of ebonite, the white dot as a logo (First with Dunhill and then Sheaffer's), and restorers.
I have not purchased a new pen or ink in such a long time. I found the inks I like, such as Diamine Ancient Copper, Pelikan Topaz, Sailor Rikyu Cha, and Sailor Seiboku. That said I am excited to try some new inks. I am heading to Den Haag for work for the next month and I can't wait to go to Akkerman, La Couronne du Comte, and Appelboom. I have only purchased items from them by the interwebs.
"Love is the final fight."
Glad to see you back, dfo!
Lady Onogaro
"Be yourself--everybody else is already taken." --Oscar Wilde
dfo (June 14th, 2019)
I smoked a pipe on and off for years. I wish I still could, but my heart doesn't like nicotine. Sigh. I still have some gorgeous pipes that I can't let go of, and I love the smell of pipe tobacco.
Anyway, welcome back!!
Quid rides? Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur. — Horace
(What are you laughing at? Just change the name and the joke’s on you.)
Yes!!!
It comes, it goes. I always use fountain pens, but the hobby aspect waxes and wanes.
Glad you are back, dfo.
Bisquitlips (June 17th, 2019), dfo (June 14th, 2019), FredRydr (June 14th, 2019)
I am remembering this!Every time I see a physician they ask if I smoke, and I tell them that I plan to start again when I am 80.
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