Who owns

[stewey]

...a fountain-pen? I just came across one that I haven't used in eons. Went down to the local office supply store and they sell INK in BOTTLES!!! Now I carry a fountain-pen, fully loaded, clipped in my shirt pocket. That's really ancient and posh aint it?

[Prudentia]

yes, until they leak into your handbag!

[stewey]

That's why I decided not to carry it in my handbag, doncha know. But how do you get inkstains out of shirts:)

[Sachs]

Hi stewey,
I have a modern pen that writes like a fountain pen & I love using it & the way it writes! But you can't beat the 'feel' of writing with an old original! x

[Sachs]

Think milk takes an ink stain out then wash as normal.

[stewey]

I have another old standby, but I don't use it: the quill tickles me nose.

[Prudentia]

need my chisel sharpening and a few new stone tablets!

[CJ242]

I own 5, we had to use them in the pretentious grammar school my parents forced me to go to!
They were cartridge rather than inkwell though!

[Sachs]

Seriously stewey, there's something really lovely about writing with a fountain pen. Just remembered my dad has three lovely old marbled fountain pens!

[stewey]

Prudentia; you're into hilogrypyhns then?

[Sachs]

Anyone good at calligraphy here?

[stewey]

Sachs....I remember being about eight years old and having enough money to buy my first fountain-pen: it was my pride and joy!!

[Prudentia]

well moses did his best but he didn't get the final answer to the ten commandments, Gordon Brown!!

[clio57]

I have a Parker fountain pen which I was given in the 1960's. It can convert to use cartridges or ink from a bottle. I really loved it as it lets you write fast and smoothly. Unfortunately the nib has worn down and they can't replace it so I use disposible fountain pens now. You can get them in really exciting colours.

[stewey]

It seems to me that the cartridge ones were more prone to leaking than the suckerup types.

[Prudentia]

mine's a shearer, lovely and comfortouble to hold, but it still leaks, mind you it is very old!

[CJ242]

Hell, yes
The cartridges leaked all the the time. Not good in a cream blouse!!

[stewey]

Do you think that it would be a tad too much to carry a wad of blottingpaper in my other pocket?

[Sachs]

My dad writes in this style!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vUirymaOspBU&hl=en&fs=1

Calligraphy