anyone else use fountain pens?

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I searched and didn't find a recent thread on fountain pens, so I thought i'd show mine off

I have a parker and a Lammy, I don't know the models (have to look at the box when i get home)
I have them every day when I am in school, and take notes with them in all classes (they keep my hand form hurting)

anyone else use them regularly?

oh, and here are my two

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the lamy has the ink on the nib and I can't seem to keep it clean, so it stays like that. I use noodlers ink, currently the lamy has Air corp blue-black ink and the parker has antietam I really want to replace the lamy ink with noodler's heart of darkness for a really black ink but until I run out or get really tired of it (gonna be a while), i'm gonna stick with the Air Corp blue black
 
I try and use FP's exclusively.

My EDC is a Pilot vanishing point carbonesque.It uses large cartridges and the retractible point eliminates posting a cap and losing it.

Like yourself,Noodlers is my go to ink for any pens I have utilizing a bladder.

As a child of the 60's we were required to use a FP when learning penmanship and cursive script. Everyone carried the dime store Parkers.Still have mine!
 
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I stumbled across a thread about them on straightrazorplace and tried one...never looked back. I have seen the retractable FPs, but for some reason they make me nervous. I personally started with the disposable Pilots and then went to a pair of shaeffer javelins that I found for half price, liked them a lot and just got the other 2 this year and I like them even more.

There are a lot of benefits to using a fountain pen, and you actually pointed one out, they last forever. the old parker you have (I assume it still works) is a great example.

my next goal (no idea when i will try it) is to work with an italic nib and try to learn a simpler caligraphy. I'm thinking about grinding out one of the ball tips on my javelins, is it possible to regrind tips do you know?
 
I used to use them, I have some old watermans in a drawer somewhere that I should go dig out.
 
I have lots o' fountain pens I've collected over the years. I just love to write with them. Some of my favorites are; A parker '51' ; An eversharp dyfus; And a TWSBI micarta. They make some awesome FP's. Check them out if you get a chance.....
 
machineage said:
I have lots o' fountain pens I've collected over the years. I just love to write with them. Some of my favorites are; A parker '51' ; An eversharp dyfus; And a TWSBI micarta. They make some awesome FP's. Check them out if you get a chance.....
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i really hate my college student budget.......I sprung for the parker and lammy because I thought it might help me in school :rolleyes:

in all reality, I bought them so I wouldn't try to take notes on my computer and stay on here, facebook, and tacomaworld all the time....

and I just looked up the 51....I love the design... and the micarta one....I love that, then again, I love micarta..
 
Not as much as I should, but I do love them. I went to a small private school in the 6th and 7th grade where one could work ahead in subjects if they had the drive and aptitude to do so. I worked ahead in Math, Science, and History, so was given "free time" to take electives. One of the electives I chose was handwriting. Not calligraphy or anything fancy, just handwriting. Once my handwriting improved, my grandmother gave me a nice fountain pen and said, "Anything worth writing is worth writing well." I used that pen a very long time and have purchased numerous others over the years, including disposables, that I absolutely loved. About 5 years ago I found a couple of NIB Shaeffers in the trash on the base I was on so sent them home to the kids. My son was unimpressed but my daughter absolutely loves hers. I'm considering a piece of desk jewelry for her as a graduation present this year.
 
I definately agree that if it is worth writing, it's worth writing well. I think that I may see if there is a calligraphy class at school, I think it would be interesting (or may just take the class for no credit)
 
Yes, have many and I rotate through them, except for my Pelikans. They are so nice I can't seem to bring myself to ink them. This one's my favorite:

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very nice, I havent written with a pelikan ever, but I have heard good things about them. I like the colors on that one
 
Ive recently been using fountain pens exclusively in a bid to write more and use my computer less. I recall using them in elementary school when we were learning cursive writing but years of neglect has turned my cursive into an embarrassing scrawl. Still fountain pens make me want to write and with time and practice my writing should get better too. It is an expensive hobby though over the past 6 months I have accumulated quite a few pens and inks, currently I EDC a Pilot MYU or another Japanese pocket pen (usually a Platinum and sometimes a Sailor). For class I pretty much use my two Pelikan M205's which write extremely well. Im waiting on a m215 and an 0.5 mm Itlaic nib from Richard Binder and some Diamine Red Dragon from Goulet Pens hopefully they are in by next week :D.

the lamy has the ink on the nib and I can't seem to keep it clean, so it stays like that.
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Ive found that to be the case with many Noodler's inks whatever I do they just tend to creep onto the nib, apparently they are known to do that. Oh well I don't like it aesthetically but Noodler's ink especially their bulletproof inks have such desirable features (water resistant, chemical resistant, fade resistant and forgery resistant) that I can look past it.
 
I love fountain pens!
I have a bunch of pens but really like writing with a lamy 2000 that I used my knife sharpening equipment to custom grind a chisel tip.
Nothing writes like a fountain!
 
I just got a bottle of Diamine Oxblood from Goulet pens. I filled a TWSBI demonstrator with it and it looks really cool seeing the deep red ink through the clear plastic. Ink can be an addiction,there is always another brand or new color to want(need).:o
 
I have a few Waterman fountain pens that I like. The cheapest of the three is the best writer.
 
Here is my current favorite writer - a Parker Duofold Centennial Pinstripe with a Mike Masuyama ground stub nib.

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I use a TWSBI demonstrator quite a bit, I also have a Lamy Safari and Rotring that I enjoy from time to time. I'd like to get a more expensive Pelikan someday, but in the meantime the TWSBI does everything I need and writes fantastic :)
 
Fountain pens and mechanical pencils - all I use. Mind you, my writing is so bad I can't even read it myself, but it done with style :-)
 
slimshaneee said:
I love fountain pens!
I have a bunch of pens but really like writing with a lamy 2000 that I used my knife sharpening equipment to custom grind a chisel tip.
Nothing writes like a fountain!
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How hard was it to grind the tip on it?

I've got 2 extra sheaffer javelins (yay 50% off sale), and I was thinking about regrinding the tip on one

And that is nice to know about the noodler ink, what is weird though is that my Parker does not bleed out like that on the nib.

And could someone tell me how to change ink colors with converters?

Do I need a different converter for the new color or can I wash it out?

I just switched to converters a week and a half ago
 
crazyengineer said:
How hard was it to grind the tip on it?

And could someone tell me how to change ink colors with converters?

Do I need a different converter for the new color or can I wash it out?

I just switched to converters a week and a half ago
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You don't need a different converter at all, there's a few ways you can switch inks with a cartridge converter pen. The first way is to flush out all the ink then draw in water and expel it till the nib, the feed and the converter are clean, then just simply let it dry and fill it up with different ink. The other way is to pull out the converter after you have flushed the ink and use a blunt end syringe or run it under a faucet to flush out the ink (remember to flush out the section and feed as well, you can use a bulb syringe to quickly flush out the feed).

Brian Goulet of the Goulet Pen Company is an excellent source of information in the world of fountain pens. Richard Binder is another great resource, his website contains some very good articles including this article on nib creep which might explain why your Parker doesn't creep with Noodler's Ink.

Grinding a pen isn't very tough just be sure to use the finest grit, go slow, use plenty of magnification and check your work often. It just takes a lot of practice and a fair bit of patience to get the reuslts you want. The easier way is to send it to a nibmeister and get it professionally reground. I'm curious though, if you want an italic nib why don't you just buy one for your Lamy Logo?, they are quite inexpensive.
 
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