Handwriting

[Karl]

I got a beautiful Mont Blanc fountain pen as a "thank you" in my previous profession. I keep it aside for those special occasions.

Cheers

Karl

 

[wizer]

 

[woodbloke]

I still use a fountain pen, Rob. I use a Pelikan - best pens ever in my view. I also use their ball point pens - luckily they take Parker refills. Never liked Parker pens but they make the best ink and the best ball pen refills in my view.

Bought my fountain pen years ago at Penfriend in London. It's difficult to get nibs shaped they way you want them but they will shape the nib for you however you want it http://www.penfriend.co.uk/

Go on, get the pen out and give it a go - you know you want to

Cheers :wink:

Paul

Paul

Does it have feathers on the end?

Did you know that the most expensive quill pens came from the right wing of the bird (I think :? ) because if you wrote with your right hand, the feathers from the right wing didn't get up your nose, which they would have done from the left wing. Not a lot of people know that...(in your best Micklewhite voice) - Rob

 

[Paul Chapman]

Did you know that the most expensive quill pens came from the right wing of the bird (I think :? ) because if you wrote with your right hand, the feathers from the right wing didn't get up your nose, which they would have done from the left wing.

Probably explains why the Oozlum Bird flys around in ever-decreasing circles...... :-k

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Harbo]

Here's some of mine:

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Sheaffers
Parker
Shop made
Rotring
Pelikan - not shown - bits missing!! - must have flown off

Rod

 

[stevebuk]

here's one i made from honduras rosewood earlier..

 

[newt]

Parkers with medium nibs, I don't use them that often. The trouble is when I do go to use one the ink has dried up and you then have to go through a process to refill and write. It is good to get a few ink stained fingers, reminds me of when the world was real and not electric. Quink ink blue for normal letters black for official. I assume you can still buy bottles of ink from the high street, if so, that must be an indicator that some folk are still normal.

 

[frugal]

I used to use a fountain pen, but I could only ever find a couple of them that did not scratch horribly

In the 'Good Old Days' when everyone used fountain pens, most pen manufacturers made a full range of nibs so that you could get one to suit your style of writing. Unfortunately, nowadays pen manufacturers put a lot of effort into making pens look very flash but only offer nibs in fine, medium and broad.
Paul

Being left handed has never helped as a lot of pens are designed for right handed people.

I like a very fine nib and a even flow or it all just ends up looking like the perverbial spider in the inkpot

My handwriting was gonig downhill, but in my current job I have to take a lot of notes in a lot of meetings (33 this week!), so I probably spend more tmie writing than typing even though I sit in front of the computer for most of the day.

 

[Vormulac]

Being left handed was never much of a drawback I found, some of my pens over the years had special 'left-handed' nibs, but the rest were, I suppose, 'neutral' and they bend to your handwriting over time.

 

[Paul Chapman]

I assume you can still buy bottles of ink from the high street, if so, that must be an indicator that some folk are still normal.

Yes, Pete, you can still buy ink and you can get it in some really cool bottles 8)

Pelikan top and Mont Blanc bottom, but both filled with Parker Quink black ink.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[woodbloke]

Parker Quink black ink.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

...the only stuff to use :wink: - Rob

 

[Harbo]

Word of warning from my local Pen Shop - only use "Quink" ink in Parker pens.
It contains an additive (Solv-x?) which can damage other makes of pens.

So for my other ones I use Watermans or Mont Blanc.

Rod

 

[newt]

Interesting thread, things are looking up, ink still available, lots of normal people.

 

[Woodfinish Man]

I was lucky to receive a retractable Pilot fountain pen at Christmas. I can't talk it up enough, it's brilliant and an absolute joy to use. I'd recommend them (and have been) to anyone that will listen.

 

[newt]

I have a feeling that this pen issue is age related. I wonder how many under the age a thirty use a fountain pen, or even know what it is. The reason I mention this is that I was interviewing some grads a few years back, one guy with a 1st admitted that he had never used any sort of pen, all his job application were electric. Sad really, I wonder how many generations will pass before the art of writing disappears. I guess it has little use today, although it is still used in legal and medicine, although my son is a doc and I cannot read his writing anyway.

 

[Woodfinish Man]

Agree it's an age thing for the majority. However I'm only 34 and I have two other friends that have discovered the wonder of the retractable fountain pen. Let's hope the word spreads!

Ian

 

[Paul Chapman]

The reason I mention this is that I was interviewing some grads a few years back, one guy with a 1st admitted that he had never used any sort of pen, all his job application were electric.

There was a bloke who worked for me who was a wizard with computers. However, if I was out at a meeting and he left me a hand-written message about someone who had 'phoned, I could never read it. So I would ask him what it said and invariably he couldn't read it either - not even the 'phone number :shock: Quite incredible really - particularly as he had been a school teacher before working for me :shock:

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Digit]

One of my school reports contained a comment that my parents could not decypher and so asked the teacher what he had written.
His reply was, 'Roy's writing is illegible!'.

Roy.

 

[Losos]

One of my school reports contained a comment that my parents could not decypher and so asked the teacher what he had written.
His reply was, 'Roy's writing is illegible!'.

Roy.

Love it :lol: I have a few fountain pens around the place but not often used.

I used to always carry one especially for signing documents etc.

 

[dunbarhamlin]

Used to do a lot of calligraphy (In Memoriam books, scrolls, certificates, etc) but my normal handwriting is and always has been abysmal, irrespective of the ink delivery system.