My first proper fountain pen arrives
Last weekend, I ordered a Lamy Safari medium-nib fountain pen, and it arrived on Thursday. This is the first “real” FP I’ve owned, not counting the Pilot Varsity disposables I bought to try out a few months ago.
The verdict – so far, I love it. There’s just something about writing with a fountain pen on quality paper that can never be captured with a ballpoint or gel pen.
Right now I’m just using the blue cartridge ink, but I have a bottle of Noodler’s Black that is awaiting my purchase of a bottled ink converter/adapter and the arrival of another Safari (this time, an orangle one) from eBay.
I’ve also got three Platinum Preppy disposable/refillable FPs on the way from JetPens, but the USPS seems confused right now as to if they actually delivered them or not.
April 25th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
Congrats, the Lamy Safari was also my first FP…and I still love it. I used 3-4 cartridges before I upgraded to the converter to use regular ink. Right now it is filled with Diamine Imperial Purple, and I love it. I also switched out my F nib for an EF nib. One thing to remember is to always try to store it vertically. I just opened mine after it had been laying horizontally on my desk, and there is a good amount of ink that he seeped out.
I also got an Esterbrook Transitional J vintage fountain pen on eBay. That is a beautiful pen filled with some Omas Blue ATM.
It will grow into an addiction, believe me. Now you have to find the perfect notebook to complement it.
April 29th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
I have a Lamy Safari in Aluminium, which is fab. My first Lamy Safari was red, and a gift from a German penpal… I also have a rather nice Acme pen…
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And that also tells you where I buy from occasionally…