January 2021 Acquisitions

RussellR5555 said:
New Fountain Pen and it is a beauty.

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I got myself a Lamy Safari a while back after recommendations on here, I have not used a Ballpoint since.
Also it helped me to stop the death grip I used to have when writing as you just have to touch the page with the nib.
I should have got one yonks ago.
Ps I now have five Fountain pens and a couple of the flat fibre nib pens.
 
May I ask what are the five fountain pens you have? Have you any preference as far as the colour of ink you like to use?

Paul.
 
Blademonkey said:
May I ask what are the five fountain pens you have? Have you any preference as far as the colour of ink you like to use?

Paul.
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Hi Paul, nothing special 2 Lamy Safari 1 yellow one black, 1 Parker, 1 zebra disposable and a Waterman.
The waterman was given to me by a left handed friend. ( just tried to find out what waterman it was, just a chrome pen, they start at £70 so that's my best pen). It is the smoothest nib followed by the safari then zebra and Parker more scratchy
I just bought parker blue ink bottle when I got the safari pens it is going to last me year's.
Ps, got ink converters for the safari pens and I use a syringe to fill the Parker and Waterman.
 
Thanks for your response.
Those Zebra disposable fountain pens are fantastic, especially the purple one!
Just as I'm a hoarder of soaps I'm also a hoarder of inks, I just love to swap out the colour every week or so, I also use syringes to fill empty cartridge's from ink bottles which makes having different ink colours much more economical.
Write on!

Paul.
 
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Blademonkey said:
You are amongst friends here, let's have no more of " I'll tell my friend....."
Embrace it, own it, be proud of it!

Paul
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To be fair, It feels more like co-conspirators with some and pushers with others

I think my recent ebay raids will show I've definitely embraced this group's ethos - I see it, I need it, I will possibly rationalise my decision when it arrives. I mean, who doesn't see 48 aftershave mini sprays and think "I'm having them...."
 
Hi Paul,
Do you know Pilot ink - https://www.jetpens.com/blog/pilot-iroshizuku-inks-luxury-japanese-fountain-pen-inks/pt/401
It's very good stuff. I have 4 or 5 samples in 15ml, Ku-jaku and Tsuyu-kusa being my favourites.
 


Acquisitions so far yaqi arrived today, omega boar couple days ago - used it first with rituals shave cream but didn't build up great lather (I'm suspecting the cream isn't that great or my ratio was quite a bit off - a lot of cream soaked into the brush ) but loved the brush on how it worked with Wilkinson sword soap - much better than the brush synthetic brush that came in the box kit
 
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