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Just like the gent who introduced himself before me, I'm in Illinois as well. I’m really just a displaced Virginian, however. I recently got in to the fountain pen interest while rehabilitating my mother’s Sheaffer snorkel Statesman. Actually, I’m still working on her pen. I was actually at a crossroads and was trying to decide between collecting fountain pens and watches. Of course, pens are the less expensive of the two; but I think the real deciding factor was that I get more pleasure from pens. Their practical application is much more personal and artistically rewarding. And for the gear-head in me, you can take ‘em apart without having a mechanical engineering degree. If I were to continue to over-think all this I might come up with criterion for a fifth letter on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator assessment. “I’m sorry, this relationship just isn’t going to work out, I’m an ENTJP (pen) person and you’re an ISFPW (watch) person.” But, I will not go to Camelot. It is a silly place. My zygote of a collection includes: · the Sheaffer I mentioned · Waterman Expert II Model 10021M · Jinhao X450 · Parker Jotter stainless Ballpoint Pen and .5mm Pencil set · chrome bullet Fisher Space Pen with clip #400CL · Pilot Metropolitan that is my everyday driver · I’m also sorta attached to a cheap plastic pen I got from a hotel room in Russia –mostly just because it was a neat trip, but it is different than any other hotel pens I’ve seen I don’t know enough about ink to be a snob about it. Namiki black is fine with me. I’m not sure yet, but I think I might focus my future purchases on Italian brands –just to have somewhat of a theme.