This is my first: A Chinese made pen that looks more expensive than it is. The brand in Naki/S.Z. LEQUI (Chinese and French?!?). It's still an excellent writer!
Best Regards,
777 - Tyler Dahl
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Your First Fountain Pen!
September 2008 - The day I received my first fountain pen! It was given to me by a very good friend of mine during someone else's wedding (of all things). Very shortly after I purchased my first bottle of Noodlers Ink (Luxury Blue to be exact) and the addiction started! I've never turned back since. I thought I'd start an interesting little discussion. A sort of show-and-tell! I've posted the story of my first fountain pen and I've got pictures coming up. I'd love to hear your story and especially love to see a picture! Please, do me the favor of posting a comment sharing your story!
I still have the Parker 45 I bought as a teenager in the late 50's early 60's. I got away from fountain pens for some time but never really lost my appreciation of them. Now that I'm retired and can indulge a hobby or two, I started buying various reasonably priced new and vintage pens. While setting them up on my desk, I was pretty sure still had that original pen because I just wouldn't toss something like that. Sure enough, I found it. Much to my amazement and delight, it still writes and is currently filled with Noodler's Antietam.
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Hello dcpritch! Good to hear from you!
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting and neat story you have. Looks like you started out at the high end of fountain pens. Many folks I know started out with something really cheap so it's interesting to hear from someone with a different experience.
I too am still using my first fountain pen to this very day!
Best Regards,
777 - Tyler Dahl
Cool story Freddy! Glad you found your first pen again. That's a very nice looking Parker 45. Love the color of the pen matched with the ink. Nice handwriting too!
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777 - Tyler Dahl
I posted a similar comment on another pen blog, so please excuse my self-plagiarism but I love reading about people's first fountain pens :)
ReplyDeleteMy first fountain pen was (and I still have it) a red Sheaffer “NoNonsense”
pen that I bought at a Woolworths department store in northern Canada in 1976. It came with a pack of Sheaffer cartridges and I used it in late elementary school to write short essays and reports
as I wanted a “special pen” for “special” homework. I think fountain
pens still have that sort of aura about them—that they are “special” in
some way. Goodness knows I probably used ballpoint pens that were
almost as expensive as my NoNonsense fountain pen, but I thought of my
fountain pen as something “special”….and I still do
How cool is that! You bought an original Sheaffer No-Nonsense in a store!
ReplyDeleteI wish I had a story like that... :)
Thanks for sharing!
Regards,
777 - Tyler Dahl
You're welcome! I have over 50 different NoNonsense pens in various colours and designs (including stainless steel and the ones that resemble chased hard rubber). They are a great "first pen" and can be easily found on eBay.
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