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Fountain Pens

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Welcome fountain pen enthusiasts from around the world! Share your fountain pen obsession with fellow enthusiasts. Pens, inks, paper - everything fountain pen related is welcome!

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Why Fountain Pens? (ennui-vagaries.cc)
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I don't recall any point in time where I had any interest in fountain pens. I was born well after the time of the fountain pen, and there weren't any relatives in my family that had any special attachments to fountain pens.

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[–] Unattributed@feddit.online 1 points 6 days ago

Clemens was always a bit of a character. I'm sure to him there was no difference between typing a novel himself, and having someone type it for him. Also amazing that at the same time he was endorsing a pen (the Wirt Fountain Pen), and then later went on to endorse Conklin's Crescent Filler.