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    Hello.

    I have recently revived my interest in fountain pens. Better yet, several of my grandchildren have acquired a possible interest.

    I have been collecting sporadically for about 20 years. I began collecting in 2000 when I went to Bert Heiserman's shop in Kensington MD in search of a sterling silver Sheaffer snorkel set "like the one my parents gave me on graduating from the 8th grade." I graduated in 1955. Never did find what I thought I remembered, but I have several sterling crest sets.

    I now have several hundred pens of various levels of collectibility, but I am mostly a user with expensive taste. I am a practicing lawyer who writes a lot. Writing longhand with a fountain pen allows me to get closer to a final draft than thinking out loud on a key board.

    My current favorite users are a Bani-ei fine point eyedropper, a Sheaffer Connaiseur pewter with a medium stub, a Visconti Medici Silver with a reground medium+ stub and a Parker 51 special silver fine point by Ariel Kullock. Since Bert Heiserman's passing I have been without a guide to better target my collection and to fine tune my nibs that did not require attention by a nibmeisyter like John Mottishaw.

    This is a long hello, but I am keen on learning more about the current resources for new fancies, like urushi eyedropperurushi "users."

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    Welcome home. Pull up a stump and set a spell.

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    Default Re: Washington DC Arlington VA

    Hi

    Welcome. Lots of guidance to be had here.

    I would love to see pictures of that Kullock “51” and the crests sometime

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    Welcome!
    I use a fountain pen and a paper planner - paperinkplan.wordpress.com

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    Default Re: Washington DC Arlington VA

    Hello and welcome.

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    Sounds like some very nice writing instruments! Welcome from Colorado.

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    "Writing longhand with a fountain pen allows me to get closer to a final draft than thinking out loud on a key board." - indeed

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    Welcome.
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    Quote Originally Posted by INeedAFinancialAdvisor View Post
    Hi

    Welcome. Lots of guidance to be had here.

    I would love to see pictures of that Kullock “51” and the crests sometime
    I will attempt to upload 2 I have just made with a cell phone camera. The Kullock has a theme of cats but that is not really obvious from the photos. The cats curl around the cap and the body.
    Attached Images Attached Images

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    That Kullock is so cool! Thanks for sharing it.

    And hello from Lafayette, Louisiana.
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    Default Re: Washington DC Arlington VA

    That is REALLY nice! Thank you for sharing!

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    Welcome

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    Welcome!!!

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