Fountain pen users --> NY Times: Let the Fountain Pens Flow!
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I don't use any fountain pens, but I do swear by the Pilot Precise V5-RT Extra Fine Point Rolling Ball Pens.
Wait, there's a pigeon tweet coming in: "Smallpox vaccine developed by Edward Jenner". Wondrous!
I don't use any fountain pens, but I do swear by the Pilot Precise V5-RT Extra Fine Point Rolling Ball Pens.
used to love writing with a fountain pen when I was in school but haven't used one in years.
Teachers weren't impressed with the colour ink I used to but they knew which was my work. Not sure what the problem was though. the colour was a nice aqua blue that my father also used.
I also learnt the lesson of not letting others used your pen after my damaged (fortunately it wasn't a super expensive one).
Teachers weren't impressed with the colour ink I used to but they knew which was my work. Not sure what the problem was though. the colour was a nice aqua blue that my father also used.
I also learnt the lesson of not letting others used your pen after my damaged (fortunately it wasn't a super expensive one).
I prefer a fountain pen. I got a disposable one when I started high school and spent some of my pocket money on the different ink cartridges available. I liked purple and the really light blue. I was later given a nice one as a gift, it was second hand but I treasured it and did almost every major exam and essay with it.
I have used fountain pens since I joined the calligraphy club when I was in middle school. From there I've collected a handful of them, but don't find many chances to use them day to day. I do keep a couple of disposable (I know, HERESY!) fountain pens in my desk and use them when writing notes at meetings. I just love the look and flow of them.
Like most, if not all Brits that were dragged through the British Education System, I too used these pens when younger, and forced to do joined-up writing.
I don't use fountain pens and haven't done in over a quarter-of-a-century and not done joined up writing for longer.
I've always found a good ball point pen adequate for any writing I've done.
I don't use fountain pens and haven't done in over a quarter-of-a-century and not done joined up writing for longer.
I've always found a good ball point pen adequate for any writing I've done.
Fountain pens are on an upswing. May have something to do with compensating for the increasing digital/disposable nature of our society. Mechanical keyboards are on the upswing for similar reasons, so is Safety Razor Wet-shaving. I'm a vintage fountain pen collector myself. My every day pen is a 1953 Pelican 400.
Just out of curiosity, is “joined up writing” just a British term for cursive, or does it mean something else?
I guess I’ve used these type of pens back when I used to do calligraphy, but they were the ones with the little ink cartridges. I’ve never used a fountain pen outside of calligraphy.
A wiki search on the term directs to the page on cursive.
My first thought was it referred to a style that was taught in Australia at one point that wasn't full blown cursive but wasn't full on printing. Not sure how wide spread it was but it was taught to a friend at uni and he was a couple of years younger than me (I was taught cursive in year 4 and that was 1979).
Interesting article. Then it took a really ugly turn at the end.
Me too. I can't stand all that starting and stopping and lifting the pen. When I was a kid my mom called it "writing," as opposed to "printing." When I got into school I didn't know what "cursive" meant.
Nothing beats the feel of writing with a fountain pen, though.
Me too. I can't stand all that starting and stopping and lifting the pen. When I was a kid my mom called it "writing," as opposed to "printing." When I got into school I didn't know what "cursive" meant.
Nothing beats the feel of writing with a fountain pen, though.
Is that a Pelikan 400NN, with tortoise shell body?
I really enjoy writing with fountain pens. Some are a pain to maintain, as they have finicky filling systems, feeds that frequently dry out, etc. But some are low maintenance. My favorite right now is a rOtring 700.
Here's a sample I posted on a site called FP Geeks, for a topic where all of the posts are images of fountain pen writing:
First generation 400 in green stripe. The 400NN didn't come out until 1956.
You sure are up to date on your Pelikan fountain pens.
Do you participate in the Pelikan sub forum at FPN?
You sure are up to date on your Pelikan fountain pens.
I pop in from time to time. Even thought it's my favorite, I've only got the one Pelikan. From a numerical standpoint I've got way more Parkers and Sheaffers.
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