What Was The First Fountain Pen You Owned And What Happened To It?

[Brioche]

I wish I knew what it was. I bought it in a five-and-dime store about 1961. I think it cost less than $5. I was madly in love with it. I used it for most of my writing--homework, letters, thank you notes. I collected inks. Those were about $1 a bottle. I think they were Sanford inks. Rubble-ish bottle on the outside.

 

What could it have been? A Wearever? Solid color blue plastic, lever fill.

 

I had it all the way from 7th grade to my first year of college. After that, I don't know what happened to it. That's when moving frequently began in my life.

[vedearduff]

My first fountain pen was a Sheaffer cartridge pen (AKA School Pen), it had an M nib and a trasparent green body. The pen was purchased for me to use in second grade penmanship class. This would have been in 1967. I'm not sure what happened to it, but it is long gone.

 

A news story on TV made me start thinking about the pen and the penmanship class where I learned its use. I ended up watching eBay for a replacement where I found an NOS copy of the pen I had back then. Here is a shot of the pen I now have, there are a couple more photos posted in my post about the pen in the Sheaffer section.

 

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/vedearduff/Fountain%20Pen%20Network%20Postings/ShaefferSchoolPenpostedWEB_zps996f23e9.jpg

[csacks]

Mine was a Parker Vector, M nib, blue. I used during 3 or 4 years. At the end, something happened to the cap, cheap plastic and heavy use is a bad combination, so it was no longer able to hold up . Then, I went for a black Lamy Safari. Finally, when I graduated, my father in law gave me a beautiful FP, designed by Daniel Hechter. Gray and Burgundy, very nice. Sadly, it was stollen at the hospital. I believe it is the only FP that I have lost in 30 years.

[LordBeldingford]

My first fountain pen? It was red school pen (cartridges-only) with a steel nib which was very stressed by my handwriting:) The brand I can't remember (it was my first year on primary school - so long ago!), but I suppose that it was pen by Koh-I-Noor. And what happened to it? After some time was replaced by bp and then lost...

[dannyroll]

My first fountain pen was a black Lamy Safari that I filled with India Ink. It, obvious to me now, wrote very poorly. I didn't know about FPN at the time That turned me off to fountain pens for a couple years. Later on I learned proper fountain pen maintenance, and I got sucked in to the fountain pen world.

[Inkheart]

Sounds like a clone of my own story, almost. Only two kids in our school used fountain pens. Myself and a girl who had a beautiful handwriting, using an expensive Parker of some sort. Fountain pens were supposed to be prohibited in our school, but everybody allowed us our own eccentric brand. It felt like we belonged to an exclusive club, comprised of only two. I lost my pen eventually (I'll tell the story in a separate post), but last time I spoke to her, she still had hers. And yes, we also suffered through German grammar with those pens. LOL

Too funny!

 

I just realized I've evolved from writing German with an American pen to writing "American" with a German pen. ;-p

[hermanlab]

Too funny!

 

I just realized I've evolved from writing German with an American pen to writing "American" with a German pen. ;-p

I occasionally used German in business for a few years, when the last of the WWII generation was still in business. But now practically never. Ironically the only time I've needed it in recent years was a matter involving a fountain pen. I bought one of those new old stock Reform pens from an Ebay seller in Europe who couldn't really speak much English at all. The pen got lost in the mail, so I had to write several letters in my best school German. I never got my pen, by the way, even thought the seller was very nice about it and even offered to replace with another. I guess it wasn't mean to be. Or maybe my German just sucked. LOL

[dashreeve]

Waterman Executive II, as a gift when I was about 12. I actually didn't know what the model was, and posted pictuers on FPN years ago. Someone helped identify it for me. Still have it in my desk

[lurker]

Noodlers Ahab Flex. It wrote poorly and I kept having issues with it so I gave it away in the Pay It Forward thread.

[Inkydinkydog]

Back in the dark ages when I was a high school junior I bought two Schaeffer "Targa's" for class notes. IIRC I sold them years later on eBay, much to my current regret (given that I rediscovered my love of fountain pens early last year).

[D.C. in PA]

The first one was a Sheaffer cartridge school pen in transparent red plastic with a smooth chrome cap. Probably acquired in about 1967, beccause it was 'different', and adolescents appreciate the means to stand out. Then I discovered how it improved my penmanship.

What happened to it? It's in one of the pen cases on the bookshelves behind me as I write this.

D.C.

[brewsky]

I received an Acme artist series pen for highschool graduation. I used a few boxes of private reserve ink cartidges in it. Went off to college and left it home. Year later I recived a lamy safari for christmas and have been collecting inks and pens ever since. Still have my acme... It will be buried with me I presume. Reminds me of my mom, who gave it to me.

[Frontier]

First FP was a Parker Frontier (hence my username ) the clip broke off.

Still have it in the cupboard, will get it repaired one day.

Would have just picked up a replacement cap, but the cap was engraved with my name.

[Arts11]

My first fountain pen was a Pilot 78G followed very closely by a Reform 1745. Still think the 78G family of nibs (as seen in the Prera, Metropolitan, Penmanship, etc.) is one of the most consistent ones I've used, and I love how you can essentially switch nib sizes in the same pen if you have a spare.

[ALPrasetio]

Lamy Safari Black, Medium Nib. Gave it away to a friend because he loved it so much . Converting someone to a fountain pen user is a great feeling haha!

[tedd]

First fountain pen I used was was the inexpensive Sheaffer fountain pens that they were selling at the local (Seattle) Bartell's Drug Store. I was a kid then, and slowly learned how to use it. I think I might still have that pen somewhere... The first pen I bought of good quality and my own money would have been my Rotring 600 fountain pen, shortly after a Pelikan m200. Snowballed from there.

[Alex2014]

It was a Chinese one (Hero) which I used until I graduated the college.

[tjchervy]

My first was a Waterman Carene. I still have it and write with it often.

 

I just liked the way it looked - didn't know anything about FP when I bought it.

[yus2001fr]

The first one was a Parker 45 :

 

http://i973.photobucket.com/albums/ae218/petitdauphinzele/ssd20110807/P1000511.jpg

 

My old faithful.

Edited January 14, 2014 by yus2001fr

[fountainpagan]

 

Oh wow! Your photo just triggered the memory of my first fountain pen! It wasn't a Pilot Varsity or the Parker Vector. It was a Pelikan 120, just like yours. I don't know what happened to it. I was still in high school, and I really didn't understand fountain pens, and then Pentel came out with the Ceramicron, and that was my favorite for a few years until the model was discontinued.

 

Huh... a Pelikan 120 was my first fountain pen.

 

Glad I could help you.