milkpowder
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The Lamy Safari is a great first fountain pen. Relatively cheap, good looking and reliable. I'd take a Safari over a Parker Jotter or Vector.
Originally Posted by Mr. Tadashi /img/forum/go_quote.gif I like the Lamy Safari as an introductory pen. I have two of them myself and use it daily.(May change when I get my pilot though) |
Originally Posted by Mr. Tadashi /img/forum/go_quote.gif I myself am very new to fountain pens but, one thing I can say is well it will be a pain using some paper as the ink is likely to feather and bleed through and well it will be a new experience. Especially when one is used to having to apply pressure when using a roller ball pen.(I am left handed so that has its own set of things to deal with.) |
Originally Posted by milkpowder /img/forum/go_quote.gif The Lamy Safari is a great first fountain pen. Relatively cheap, good looking and reliable. I'd take a Safari over a Parker Jotter or Vector. |
Originally Posted by milkpowder /img/forum/go_quote.gif Havana Brown looks superb. I've been using Mont Blanc Season's Greetings for brown ink, but the scent is infamously difficult to flush out of the pen. This Waterman will be a nice substitute. |
Originally Posted by Steve The Egg /img/forum/go_quote.gif For an introductory pen what would you guys recommend? Black. |
Originally Posted by leftnose /img/forum/go_quote.gif Also take a look at Private Reserve Chocolat. Havana Brown is one of my three favorite inks but it is not as deep, dark, brown as Chocolat. I use Havana in that Pelikan because the pen is an amber colored demonstrator and it is not one in which I want any staining. |
Originally Posted by AlanY /img/forum/go_quote.gif I picked up my first fountain pen, a Pilot MYU last week and really love it: (Actually, it's not quite my first. Someone gave me one of the middle-priced Watermans as a gift years ago but I never warmed to the medium nib and the pen itself was a little too fancy to use everywhere, so I got rid of it on eBay.) |