Handwriting

[cutting42]

My daughter, aged 10, has just started using a fountain pen at school and loves it. It has become a bit of a status symbol in year 5. Who knows, maybe a revival.

 

[Scott]

I used to use a fountain pen quite a lot when I was younger. Probably because of my dad's influence. He bought me a couple of books by Tom Gourdie when I was a kid and always had an interest in handwriting. Think he probably knew Gourdie as well.

Haven't picked one up in years though. My handwriting varies between quite nice (if I'm concentrating on it) and appalling (a lot of the time). I much prefer gel pens to biros but they're none of them as nice as a good fountain pen to write with

 

[scroller frank]

Hi all,
All this talk about pens,
Has anyone been to the Pen museum at Birmingham :?: . very interesting , hundreds of pens and millions of nibs!
----------Frank---------

 

[Setch]

In the end I forced myself to get out my old caligraphy books and I tought myself to write in copperplate. MY handwriting is a lot neater now. I still confuse people when I take notes in meetings as I need to hold the paper 90 degrees clockwise so that I am effectively writing down towards myself so that I can make all of the loops and do not drag my hand over the wet ink.

Good to know I'm not the only one who does this! I no longer use a fountain pen, but I always turn the paper, and this inevitably leads to comments like 'I've never seen anyone else write like that, but your handwriting is very neat'.

Go Left!

 

[Vormulac]

In the end I forced myself to get out my old caligraphy books and I tought myself to write in copperplate. MY handwriting is a lot neater now. I still confuse people when I take notes in meetings as I need to hold the paper 90 degrees clockwise so that I am effectively writing down towards myself so that I can make all of the loops and do not drag my hand over the wet ink.

Good to know I'm not the only one who does this! I no longer use a fountain pen, but I always turn the paper, and this inevitably leads to comments like 'I've never seen anyone else write like that, but your handwriting is very neat'.

Go Left!

I had a history teacher who always tried to stop me writing like that. "How can you write neatly with the book the wrong way round?" he would exclaim - he never complained about the quality of my handwriting though. :lol:

 

[woodbloke]

When I was taught to write (junior school in Scotland iIrc) it was proper Victorian Copperplate...all verticals sloped at 70deg :? - Rob

 

[bugbear]

I still use a fountain pen, Rob. I use a Pelikan - best pens ever in my view.

I've got one of these:

http://www.sailor.co.jp/EXPORT/index.html

http://www.stutler.cc/pens/sailor_kawaguchi/index.html

given as a business gift when I was working there.

Mine is also infrequently used.

BugBear

 

[thomvic]

I still have a number of fountain pens. My favourite, a solid silver Parker, was bought by SWMBO as an engagement present in 1966. I use it several times a week. She bought me a matching ball-point and a propelling pencil at later "special dates."

The Parker always has permanent black ink. I have a Sheafer on my desk for blue ink. The others are sitting in my draw. Perhaps I should give them to the grandchildren one day.

Richard

 

[ByronBlack]

Pens?? I despair, I carve my writing into stone using a select choice of chisels and mallets, pens indeed.. some people don't know they're born!

 

[Maia28]

What an excellent thread.

I use a silver Yard-o-Lead fountain pen which I got instead of a wedding ring. A fair few of my colleagues also use FPs. In our stationary cupboard we have disposable FPs which seem quite pupular.

 

[devonwoody]

I fly on jet planes when ever possible, the last time I flew in a biplane was!!!!!!!!!
(They dont stock ink at our local general store, Woolworths have gone, so its to a specialist shop to get ink)

 

[Gower]

I use a fountain pen (Parker) to make out cheques, which isn't often in these days of plastic.. When I was in school (pre Biro days), the head insisted on 'light up & heavy down' with a knibbed pen but unfortunately, my handwriting is now deplorable and I've printed for years, something to do with hand writing invoices for 40 years!. I don't understand how all my children have such a beautiful hand and they all went to different schools. I'm quite envious.
Jim

 

[woodbloke]

Pens?? I despair, I carve my writing into stone using a select choice of chisels and mallets, pens indeed.. some people don't know they're born!

There speaks a true Galoot :lol: :lol: :lol: - Rob

 

[John. B]

Here's one I made from boxwood, unfortunately I made it right handed. and since I'm left handed I had to give it away

 

[MikeG.]

Pens?? I despair, I carve my writing into stone using a select choice of chisels and mallets, pens indeed.. some people don't know they're born!

There speaks a true Galoot :lol: :lol: :lol: - Rob

Surely not a Galoot........doesn't it make him Moses?

Mike

 

[Derek Willis.]

I try not to write with a pen, I can't read it so I can' see how anybodyelse could.
Derek.