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I'm going to buy my first fountain pen. I'll be going to a local office store tomorrow to see if they have any fountain pens for sale so I can try them out, but if they don't have any I'll probably try to order a TWSBI Eco or a Lamy Safari. If all the store has is a Varsity or Platinum Preppy I'll get that.

I'd like to try some of Noodler's bright blue bullet ink. Gotta go with the small American company. It's just too bad the Noodler's Ahab or Konrad are flex or I'd get those for the 100% FREEDOM setup. Pretty sure I can just buy an extra #6 nib to put on them but it'd cost a bit more. Think I should go that route instead of Lamy?

Actually I just ordered a clear demonstrator Noodler's Ahab and Noodler's Baystate Blue. The Ahab comes with that free 2 dollar nib.

>>6486

I'll be using it for writing every day, not calligraphy. more on this in the next bit:

>>6487

>fountain pens seems a little impractical

In fact, they are more practical since you waste a lot of money on only a little, tiny amount of ink with a disposable ballpoint. It costs less over time if you buy a big bottle of ink and refill the pen.

I think you had in mind dip pens, which are the type of pens you dip in an inkwell and write with until the nib is dry again. There differences between Dip and Fountain pens. With a fountain pen over a ballpoint you can hold a lot more ink, you can change the ink easily and there are as many inks out there as you can imagine colors and more. You can customize it with different nibs, different bodies, and different mechanisms, and, finally, it's usually a lot easier to write with, which is the big reason to use them over other types.

>thank g_d

Your nose is showing, Chaim :^)

Anyways, the Ahab seems like a good enough pen to sort of be an heirloom. That's one of the reasons I want to get a fancy fountain pen.

>>6496

That lies entirely with the ink and paper. There are absorbent papers (most really cheap ones) and inks that dry as quickly as they get down, even when thick. The nib also matters since it controls how much ink is put down. A really fine nib puts out less and so needs less drying time.

That's the whole thing about fountain pens: you have choice.

It looks like you need to learn more about them, anon; you might find that you'd like one.

I use a Lamy 2000 with 50/50 R&K Scabiosa/Salix on a daily basis. It's nice.

Basic, cheap, plastic calligraphy or art pens. I enjoy using a real refillable fountain pen, but I don't like carrying it around and keeping track of it.

As stated by others, paper matters. Usually you can get by with some care to avoid smudging though.

As far as font and all that, just basic cursive for basic writing.

Also I like having a few dip pens for home use, signatures, and the occasional real old school letters. They're nice, but again cheap and simple artist pens.

Really, if one is curious, one can pick up this stuff in any halfway decent arts and crafts store for about ten bucks, getting a variety of nibs, pens, and inks to play with.

>>6551

I really don't understand why people care so much about the pen they use, though. It seems petty to me. The pen I write with rarely (if ever) has an effect on what I write.

>>6536

I also use cheap pens. Among my favourites are -

Reynolds Grippy, has a simple ink barrel and writes broad lines

Parker Beta, comes with plunger

Wing Sung 233, comes with eyedropper

For ink I use Camel Black.

>>6807

Uni Kuru Toga - $7.50

>>6807

These were my favorites for a long while but my last one broke and they stopped making them in 0.5 lead sizes.