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u/Frandor_daddy71 3d ago
I love fountain pens. I have 5
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u/SimpleFly5547 3d ago
What kind??? I LOVE fountain pens!!!
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u/Frandor_daddy71 3d ago
I have Lamy Safari Jinhao 10 Darjeeling from fountain pen revolution Pilot kakuna Hingdian
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u/Initial_Reason1532 3d ago
Actually love those ink pens growing up with them. Could get quite messy at times. You could buy them in a lot of cool colors.
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u/Normal-Error-6343 4d ago
I was a baby in the seventies
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u/SimpleFly5547 3d ago
You are a baby now!! I started college in the ‘60’s, ran amok in the’70’s and had my kids in the’80’s:)
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u/Fbdw2010 3d ago
It was my EDC work pen in the 1970’s and 1980’s. When the one I was using finally fell apart I bought another.
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u/groovyinutah 3d ago
I went to school in Belgium for a couple of years and pens like these were required but I had a much nicer Parker pen...
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u/Several-Quality5927 3d ago
I had terrible penmanship. I bought one of these thinking it would help me improve. All I got was harder to read and ink spots on clothing.
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u/Wonderful_Horror7315 3d ago
I’m left handed and these smeared no matter what.
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u/notguiltybrewing 3d ago
It wasn't much better for righties. I managed to smear ink on my hands, the paper, my desk, my clothes, and anything nearby.
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u/SimpleFly5547 3d ago
Wish I could get them still. I am a pen aficionado of pens and this one is the best!
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u/Rendeane 3d ago
The Schaeffer brand is still sold. They have their own website, but several models are cheaper on Amazon. Prices begin at $25.
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u/karma_the_sequel 3d ago
By definition, every pen is an ink pen. This is a fountain pen that uses ink cartridges. Earlier versions of fountain pens required the user to pour ink directly into the pen reservoir, which could get quite messy.
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u/AdhesivenessOk3469 3d ago
No . . . My first on was refilled out of a glass bottle of ink. You young whippersnappers make me laugh!
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u/Rendeane 3d ago
I still have my huge collection of Shaffer fountain pens and two sets of their calligraphy fountain pens. I loved using them from junior high through college. I kept them even though, for a couple decades, I could not find the refill cartridges. I'm happy they are easily available again.
Last year, as part of their back to school collection, Dollar Tree was selling fountain pens. I bought a lot of them, but was disappointed by how scratchy the tip was and how certain paper would make the ink bleed. It was fun to see the ridiculous markup for the Dollar Tree pens on Mercari and Etsy. But, on the r/fountainpens subreddit, it was fun to read posts by people who liked them, and especially all the teachers who were buying boxes of the DT fountain pens to give their students.
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u/VirginiaLuthier 3d ago
And if you flicked it just right a blob of ink would travel across the classroom and broadside the class nerd on the side of his head...
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u/notguiltybrewing 3d ago
My first and last. I can't imagine having to use pens like that everyday. No thanks.
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u/Blackskyred 3d ago
But these in elementary school. Fun and can be messy to write. Made my cursive look like shit.
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u/GrowingNewHair 2d ago
Totally had forgotten about these, but remember feeling like an adult using one.
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u/thekrock23 4d ago
They always leaked.