Hello Everyone, Been following acpp for a while & thought this group was pretty much dead until I noticed some recent activity. Three things then. 1.) I'm hoping "Roll Call" (replies to this topic) might answer how many people are still here if I have questions. (Mr. Ketterling has a point...

I was just reading and noticed that I am being accused of being a pedophile among other things. The reason I was kicked off of FPN was because I called another member a rude name in a twitter post and the FPN admins pulled my account. I did this in a fit of frustration after a thread, probably...

Some recent expierences have made me question the need for permanent inks. The inks that made me think of this recently are noodlers bp black and platinum black. An ink that smears is worse than one that washes away to me. I only have two paper types noodlers does not smear on. Funnily enough the...

Hi Guys, I am looking for suggestions for a nice slimmer (smaller, thinner, more delicate) fountain pen - nice but for everyday use. Does anyone have any suggestions? Cheers, Wilf

Hello again, I'm finding good stuff lurking here. Thanks to the resident Pilot Capless fans for pointing out a great pen. What I'm now wondering is: Would a Namiki Falcon work for someone who writes a mundane Scottish cursive, or is this a more extreme pen that is aimed at calligraphers?...

Hi Any suggestions for creating a useful highlighter pen to go with this lovely ink, for somebody who (a) is accustomed to using broad-tip felt highlighters, and (b) has no interest in "underline-style" highlighting, and definitely prefers to make a single broad stroke that covers the words? I...

Quick question - are there any differences between this pen and the Souveran 600, besides the colour and trim? Nib, body, etc. the same?

I'm posting this here because I found no other group suited for the question - if I overlooked a more appropriate group, please let me know.. Hello all, I'm newlywed and my wonderful wife decided to give me a new fountain pen as a wedding present. Let me start by saying that I have no experience...

My quickie Google search shows $32 as the lowest price... anyone know of a better one? ~Dancing

Hi, I'm trying to id a Parker 51 a recently bought on a estate sale. It has a dark blue body and a gold cap. There are no writings on the body of the pen. The filler seems to be a converter type inside the pen with the following written on it: PARKER "51"

I am interested in buying a MontBlance fountain pen. I have seen somewhere the resin used for body is prone to damage, splitting etc due to fragile nature of material. Is this true. Advice would be welcome. Jon

Why do the new Parker 51 pens cost more than the old vintage ones? $350 for a new Parker 51 ??? William Lee

I have learned a valuable lesson. NEVER loan a fountain pen to anyone! I let someone borrow my Caren de Ache Ecridor fountain pen to sign something today. It is not a particularly valuable pen, but it is (was) a great writer and had sentimental value. I bought it on a business trip...

Wal-Mart has Parker Sonnet and Sensa Meridian fountain pens and a few books about fountain pens: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/search-ng.gsp?search_constraint=0&search_query=fountain+pens&ics=20&ico=0&Continue.x=16&Continue.y=15 or, http://tinyurl.com/55zso. -- ~~Bluesea~~

Do you love or hate the rOtring Core? At the beginning of this month, I finally broke down and ordered one, a conservative, non-orange, black & white fine fp. My first thought upon sliding it out of its box upon its arrival a few days later was, "You've GOT to be kidding!" Now, I'd seen pictures...

Lamy Al-Star, usually about £5 on ebay. Big, smooth and utterly reliable. Steve

Some say that a new fountain pen nib will "adjust" to it's owner, i.e. the nib will wear according the angle and pressure its owner employs, and become smoother. I must say that while I'm skeptical, (irridium is pretty hard stuff) my pens do seem to smooth out after months of use. I'd be...

There aren't any FPN admins or moderators here for you to whine to, except Rudhari (sp?) and he don't give **** and there's not a ****ing thing he could do about it if he did give a ****. I don't run things around here--this is just me saying this--but what I say is take your ****ing sorry,...

Hello, Recently it was stated on this board that Frank was a misogynist. This was stated as if it is a fact, which it is not. Frank was definately NOT a misogynist and he would have been very upset that anyone would label him as such. Frank was my friend for quite some time. For the last 3...

During an interview last night with a former White House staff member during the Reagan Administration, he mentioned that Ronald always had a lot of pens on hand that he was fond of. Some of them were gifts from foreign dignitaries and friends from all over the world. I am curious, what kinds of...