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Needed: Ink Recommendations for Sheaffer Nonsense Fountain Pen!
About 90% of the bandwidth on FPN is wasted with horse**** such as
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Needed: Ink Recommendations for Sheaffer Nonsense Fountain Pen!
On Jun 6, 11:14*pm, The Drunken Lord wrote:
About 90% of the bandwidth on FPN is wasted with horse**** such as this. Yeah but don't those questions come from newbies, mostly? Heck, I remember when, about 20 years ago (already??), a guy in a pen shop scared me by telling me that "Non- Waterman ink will eat up your Waterman pen". I came running to a pen board, and Frank Dubiel assured me that the salesperson didn't know a thing about pens. |
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Needed: Ink Recommendations for Sheaffer Nonsense Fountain Pen!
On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 15:33:18 -0700 (PDT), "titanic cruise? I think
not; much safer on a ruby yacht" wrote: On Jun 6, 11:14*pm, The Drunken Lord wrote: About 90% of the bandwidth on FPN is wasted with horse**** such as this. Yeah but don't those questions come from newbies, mostly? I have no idea whether those dumbasses are newbies or not--I don't read that crap. You'd know better than I would if they're newbies or not. All I know is they're dumbasses. Heck, I remember when, about 20 years ago (already??), a guy in a pen shop scared me by telling me that "Non- Waterman ink will eat up your Waterman pen". I came running to a pen board, and Frank Dubiel assured me that the salesperson didn't know a thing about pens. It hardly took Frank Dubiel to tell you that. If I ever asked such a question, I'd keep quiet about it. Often the FPN'ers aren't concerned about an ink eating up a pen at all. Often they want to know what color will best match the pen. |
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Needed: Ink Recommendations for Sheaffer Nonsense Fountain Pen!
LOL! You sure are Lively this evening! Bet you have a ton of 1.59
Hero pens, too, huh? satrap |
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Needed: Ink Recommendations for Sheaffer Nonsense Fountain Pen!
On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 20:42:36 -0700 (PDT), "titanic cruise? I think
not; much safer on a ruby yacht" wrote: LOL! You sure are Lively this evening! Bet you have a ton of 1.59 Hero pens, too, huh? Dumbasses like you shouldn't bet. But no, I don't spend thousands on pens. Or even hundreds. That's what the dip****s on FPN do. And then they type out posts wanting to know what kind of ink is safe to use in the pen, like you have admitted to doing yourself. Either that or they just use some asshole ugly ink like Waterman blue-black. But they stare at the nib as they write and don't see any nib creep so that's all that matters. |
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Needed: Ink Recommendations for Sheaffer Nonsense Fountain Pen!
ROFLMBBOff!!!!!
Anyway, why stay mad at FPN? You seem quite happy without them. You funny. Are you an alcoholic? I really like how you rant and rave. dancing bunnies |
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Needed: Ink Recommendations for Sheaffer Nonsense Fountain Pen!
On 2008-06-08, titanic cruise? I think not; much safer on a ruby yacht wrote:
LOL! You sure are Lively this evening! Bet you have a ton of 1.59 Hero pens, too, huh? What is wrong with Hero pens(possible labor conditions excepted)? As I recall, fdubiel had boxes of them and good things to say. A 329 writes when you want it to whereas a new $400 dollar pen does not. I think others cvan back this up: If you want a good write then don't pay over $40 bucks for a modern pen. That is not to be taken literally but it seems once you get to the $100 dollar mark, bad things start happening. Funny thing is, I remember reading Hero reviews on FPN and one guy said something like "My 51 is better in everyway but I leave it in the penholder and carry a hero.". Why? Personally, I have a few hero's and have never had a problem with them after learning how to clean a pen properly. That is more than I can say for more expensive pens. Maybe I'll feel differently when the "nib wears off after 5000 words" or some other horrible things these pens are know for. That being said, if parker 51's where still cheap I would have loads of them. If I could purchase a box of 329's for a decent price I probably would. matthew |
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Needed: Ink Recommendations for Sheaffer Nonsense Fountain Pen!
OK, but no one said anything was wrong with Hero pens.
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Needed: Ink Recommendations for Sheaffer Nonsense Fountain Pen!
"MatthewK" wrote in message ... A 329 writes when you want it to whereas a new $400 dollar pen does not. Please be careful about generalizing. Do you really mean that there aren't ANY $400 pens that write when you want? Do you have the knowledge and experience to back up that statement? I think others cvan back this up: If you want a good write then don't pay over $40 bucks for a modern pen. I won't because that's much too low. Some of my favorite pens, Namiki Falcon, Namiki Vanishing Point, Parker Sonnet, Pilot Ecrino, & Sailor 1911M, retail for $60 - $170. My first Cross ATX cost $42. If I followed your rule, I would have missed out especially since the Falcon, which retails at $170 and cost me over $100, is still my #1 favorite over all the rest. That is not to be taken literally but it seems once you get to the $100 dollar mark, bad things start happening. Yes, please don't take that literally because literally none of my several $100 pens ever gave me a poor experience. Zero. Zip. Zilch. They were love affairs right out of the box as soon as they were inked and write better than the $100 pens. However, I believe that's because their gold nibs give a better experience overall than do steel nibs rather than it being an issue of not writing on demand. While I agree that user pens perform better than pens meant to be collectibles, your price range is much too narrow. I say that excellent writers can be had for $3 - $300; pens such as the larger Pelikans or the Omas 360, which some may need for comfort, being the exceptions. There should be others that I don't know about. -- ~~Bluesea~~ Spam is great in musubi, but not in email. Please take out the trash before sending a direct reply. |
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