Fountain Pens

[Canary42]

I came across an ad in a magazine for a Limited Edition Churchill 150th Anniversay Fountain Pen (no price shown).  "That would be quite nice" I thought (must be over 50 years since I used a fountain pen) so went along to the website as directed. 

Ooops, I know it's L E but £600, no thanks. But then I decided to browse "ordinary" fountain pens from same source, only to find the cheapest was £370.  I was flabbergasted, how do they justify that - is it the 18 carat gold nib ?  Or am I out of touch in this respect ?

Any regular fountain pen users out there ?  I would be interested in any comments.

So back to the felt tip 😁.

[Peter Pedant]

Yes I write cheques with a fountain pen

£300 seems OK -  I use a Cartier pen ( actually I have got thro three of them)

the  last one, ( lack of stock I think) the pen seller murmured " but m'sieur, zat eez a ladies' pen" and pouted prettily. I  said "it doesnt matter, I want to buy one". -  that was when the stock bit raised its head

[Vagus]

Who writes cheques these days?? Must be years since either of us did 🤷‍♀️

Never been fancy about fountain pens, a bit like watches I think...youre either into them or not. I'm not.

[Canary42]

I still write cheques.

[Vagus]

What do you wrote cheques for? Just curious as I can't see an occasion when we would need to.

[Canary42]

The last three I wrote were for my brother's children for Christmas presents.

[Old_Geezer]

I write cheques when appropriate. But what with cash, and the tendency for net/mail order these days, it has become rarer. I'm more likely to receive them.

[Old_Geezer]

Yes, decent fountain pens do cost a bundle, but I'm certain you can get cheaper ones too.

[Peter Pedant]

Who writes cheques these days?? Must be years since either of us did

when dealing with Scottish Power - they lose payments in

so when my card payment of £15 got lost ( it was accepted and cashed by the company but did not "migrate" to my account)

and yup at 'cash in' ,all the cheque payments were there. (Unkind comments about - you cant have lost that cheque, I can see it has been cashed) - a lot of scrapping and snarling  thereafter

VISA - poor service

my ground rent - to make it uneconomical for the freeholder sooner

[Peter Pedant]

yup Rymans have cheap pens at around £5

[jourdain2]

I still use a cheque book and fountain pen. 

I promised younger granddaughter a faountain pen when she had learned all her times tables. She did and I presented her wit a lovely white and gold one.  It was 3 yrs ago and cost me just over £30.  Other granddaughter also has one from me.  Grandson is a hefty lout who broke his.

[jourdain2]

Vagus - I couldn't manage without a cheque book.  Every month we tot up the bills and I write a cheque to my husband for the amount I owe (his account handles the big bills) and post it off to his bank from the part-time Post Office.

[Barmaid]

I am terrible for losing pens and have lost at least 2 very expensive fountain pens.  I now buy disposable fountain pens from Amazon - a bag of 10 or 15 are not too expensive and last me a long time.  You can actually write faster with a fountain pen (which if I am trying to write down what someone is saying, is useful).

[Maydup]

I cant say I write anything often enough (I prefer to type) to warrant a fountain pen (and I no longer use cheques) but I would imagine they are available in a regular stationers for less than £50.

Anything over that would be considered a luxury pen rather than "ordinary".

[Peter Pedant]

I cant say I write anything often enough 

I took as : I cant say anything often enough 

oh yes you can ! ter daah !

fountain pen for multiplication

I was assisting a neighbours child over covid, on fundamental arithmetic - and she greeted me as I crossed the threshold " I cant mooltiply!"

as in I am not going to learn

[Buenchico]

Fulgor Nocturnus, anyone?
https://www.penshop.co.uk/blog/10-expensive-pens-ever-sold

[Canary42]

//// buy disposable fountain pens from Amazon ////

Sadly, that to me sums up what a ghastly culture towards which we're moving.   Every lovely thing which was treasured and valued in the past is now becoming throwaway, including of course living human embryos. 😭

[jourdain2]

PP  11.01

My younger grandaughter was close to tears as she informed me "Fractions don't like me!"  She does try, but her brain doesn't work that way.  We've done everything from cuttin 1 cake into 2 pieces etc., etc. time and again.  She's working well above expectation in History, Music and English!

[Canary42]

Sorry to hear that jourdain, and I can empathise.  I was hopeless at maths until at the age of 14 I was lucky to encounter a brilliant teacher who made it my best subject.  Some new concepts are very difficult to grasp without the right teaching/guidance. I hope you find the right key soon.

[DTCwordfan]

for me, wouldn't be without my Mont Blanc - they write beautifully. Mine was a present decades back - they cost a fair fortune today, northwards of 800 for mine with the gold-trimming....maybe I should insure it.

[DTCwordfan]

I don't know whether I have mentioned this before but I was staggered, to the point of nearly crashing the car, when my 3 year-old answered my asking of the times-tables to her elder sis. 'What's seven times five?' and she chipped in first saying '35, Dad' and then real bouncer...'it's seven groups of five'. 

I followed up with six times four and got the reply, 24 - six groupd of four. She had the logic tied down...... who taught her this, I still have no idea but she has gone onto read Maths at Uni....however, this sort of concept teaching is great - like dividing things like cake or bread up to teach fractions......just keep plugging away, jourdain!