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F00lw0lf
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Mar 15, 2018
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Hiya and welcome to the hobby. For me this was a resurface of my childhood fascination with all things pens - and I got into it by getting a bunch of old pens from my dad who did some cleaning. (You know, we never truly grew up in our parent's eyes) so it peeked my interest and I started again. For beginner pens - I can with my own experience warmly recommend the following pens: Pilot Metropolitan Lamy Safar (AL star if you want it in aluminum body) TWSBI ECO or 580 Star. Anything Faber & Castell Sailor
See, there are so many pens? That's the difficult thing. I would however really suggest the Lamy pen. It is far from the best pen of the above - but it is a sturdy workhorse and it has one thing that is great: interchangeable nibs that are very easy to remove and replace. The nibs are not that hard to come by and you can quickly try several sizes and also italic nibs and see if that is your thing. Once you have figured out what you like - you can take your journey ahead. There are many who simply adores their Safari's and it is easy to see why. It is a nice pen and one that in my experience (I have only two though) flows generously with ink.
If you like, you can read a bit more as I tried to sum up my own starting experiences here: https://bonyclarke.wordpress.com/2018/02/10/fountain-pens-what-i-wished-i-knew-before-i-started-and-some-thoughts/ Cheers! :)
Mar 15, 2018
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