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RE: fav piece of technology - 7/19/2011 5:11:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		Ouch! Not one of the pricier ones, I hope? (Short of banging the nib onto something, I'm not sure that it's physically possible to break a Lamy 2000, but most of the others are a lot less solid.)

Heather: that's the main reason I like them, too. They make even my godawful handwriting look a bit more attractive, which is no mean feat...

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RE: fav piece of technology - 7/19/2011 5:26:02 PM   
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Status: offline 		"I think it is just so cool that you two are discussing fountain pens in a thread about high tech gadgets!"
 
I was going to mention that............

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RE: fav piece of technology - 7/19/2011 6:05:39 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Anaxagoras
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ORIGINAL: Moonhead
Fountain pen fan, eh?

Yes indeed.
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I wouldn't diss ballpoints too hard, though, as writing with a fountain pen can be an utter pig for southpaws.

Excuses excuses. Its a known fact lefties are prone to insanity and tend die younger. Such people should learn how to write correctly.

Well, what else could you expect of such sinister people? Nowhere near the dexterity of us right-handed folk.

On a more serious note, I've seen reverse oblique nibs help many a left-handed writer.

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RE: fav piece of technology - 7/19/2011 6:37:01 PM   
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There's nothing wrong with cartridge pens. (I only use cartridges in my Parker 25 for a start, but that's because it'll only hold one of those tiny slide converters which hold less ink than a Pilot one.)
We're talking 51s and 45s if you grew up using Parkers with a reservoir? Those 51s are incredible pens. They appear to be almost indestructible...

You must think I'm pretty old to think I was using 51's. They disappeared in the early 70's but yeah I used them! They were pretty ancient at that stage. I used 45's mostly, a great design.

I'm still using the Parker 51 and 75 that I had as a schoolkid.

Moonie, I tried using cartridges once. It just didn't feel right to me. I like the feel of drawing the ink into the pen from the bottle. Which of course brings us to the ink question: what ink do you guys use? I'm still partial to the Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Black.

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In fact even at school I used Sheaffer whilst everyone else had Parkers and Platignums. Then, it was a Sheaffer Targa, fab for launching ink at your pals in the inevitable fountain pen battles that went on from time to time.

Heh! -- yet another great pleasure that the younger set has missed out on.

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RE: fav piece of technology - 7/19/2011 7:16:02 PM   
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RE: fav piece of technology - 7/19/2011 7:29:27 PM   
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RE: fav piece of technology - 7/19/2011 7:54:05 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Moonhead
Ouch! Not one of the pricier ones, I hope? (Short of banging the nib onto something, I'm not sure that it's physically possible to break a Lamy 2000, but most of the others are a lot less solid.)

Heather: that's the main reason I like them, too. They make even my godawful handwriting look a bit more attractive, which is no mean feat...

Nah it was just a budgetish 30 Euro one and not too solid. The frame must have had a crack in it. I actually had a Lamy ballpoint which was a bit like the 2000 in terms of design. One day I took it apart and two of the bits just vanished so its useless and hardly worth sending off lol.

Although it would fail the doctor test, my joined writing was shit in school so I started exercises writing. Results were better with fountain pens which had become fairly rare in my day. Huge difference between a conventional ballpoint and a fountain pen. Now my writing is considered a little too percise for some tastes (i.e. anal)!

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RE: fav piece of technology - 7/19/2011 7:56:02 PM   
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RE: fav piece of technology - 7/19/2011 8:11:23 PM   
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ORIGINAL: rawtape
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ORIGINAL: Moonhead
Fountain pen fan, eh?

Yes indeed.
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I wouldn't diss ballpoints too hard, though, as writing with a fountain pen can be an utter pig for southpaws.

Excuses excuses. Its a known fact lefties are prone to insanity and tend die younger. Such people should learn how to write correctly.

Well, what else could you expect of such sinister people? Nowhere near the dexterity of us right-handed folk.

Many cultures traditionally associate left-handedness with evil. Who am I to disagree with such folk wisdom?


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Moonie, I tried using cartridges once. It just didn't feel right to me. I like the feel of drawing the ink into the pen from the bottle. Which of course brings us to the ink question: what ink do you guys use? I'm still partial to the Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Black.

The ink I mainly used was Quink permanent blue-black. Personally I prefer it to either blue or black from an aesthetic point of view. Cartridges are too much of a convenience and an inefficient waste of materials. Besides which the dried carpet ink stain could add a certain element of visual drama to an otherwise bland room.

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RE: fav piece of technology - 7/20/2011 4:06:59 AM   
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Status: offline 		I mostly use Quink. I've had a go at various other types, but if you're just using black ink, there isn't that big a difference unless you're paying silly money.
Besides which, if you're using a reservoir pen, you have to clean it out thoroughly whenever you change the brand of ink you're using. Bleah...

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RE: fav piece of technology - 7/20/2011 8:18:16 AM   
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[Well, what else could you expect of such sinister people? Nowhere near the dexterity of us right-handed folk.

On a more serious note, I've seen reverse oblique nibs help many a left-handed writer.
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Am I the only left-handed person who doesn't have any trouble using a fountain pen, then?


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RE: fav piece of technology - 7/20/2011 3:19:04 PM   
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RE: fav piece of technology - 7/20/2011 5:09:00 PM   
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Well, what else could you expect of such sinister people? Nowhere near the dexterity of us right-handed folk.

On a more serious note, I've seen reverse oblique nibs help many a left-handed writer.

Am I the only left-handed person who doesn't have any trouble using a fountain pen, then?


Nah, BHG, I was just being punny. My peer group grew up using fountain pens, so I've seen many lefties who had no trouble with them at all. Some, though, seemed to have a smearing/angling problem which was solved by the reverse oblique nibs.

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RE: fav piece of technology - 7/20/2011 7:47:37 PM   
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Status: offline 		Personally, I've never seen any reason to pen fountains. After all, they aren't going anywhere.

A nice low fence can be a pleasant touch, but it's nicer when people can just walk up to it.

So I'm not a fan of fountain pens.

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