Hello From The Netherlands

[SpinningAnna]

Hi, my name is Anna. I was given a fountain pen September 2018, a Pelican M205 with a broad nib. It brought back the joy from learning writing at school in the '70s. We used a slanted French round hand in the Netherlands, with fountain pens.

 

The Pelikan showed me quickly that I prefer lighter pens, with finer nibs. And that I hold my pen ridiculously far away from the nib. Somewhere half way the pen? And use it uncapped. As I went out and looked for a pen matching those preferences I found out I may be a bit of an odd duck with today's enamourement with broad heavy cigar type fountain pens.

 

I had a lovely trip to Akkerman in The Hague and to the Nijmegen Pen Shop. At Akkerman I bought a Sailor Chalana which I use daily as it fits into my notebook. And some glitter ink (Diamine) that clogs up fine nibs...

 

The owner of the Nijmegen Pen Shop taught me a lot about my preferences. He kept pulling pens from everywhere! Light pen, fine nib, usually a click closure to prevent holding it at the thread and.... a gold nib. I love how one can talk about these nuances -for which I of course lacked the words, I only know what my hands tell me- but a professional recognizes what's important. He educated me. Showed me variables. Let me feel the variables. Together we found the fountain pen that suits me to a t:

 

a celluloid Boston Diamond from the 1930's.

What? yeah. It's the one that my hands loved. It was My Pen the moment I picked it up. It's a vintage if not antique Dutch brand. Parts came from various countries and assembly was in the Netherlands. Celluloid. Mine is more slender than usual and an absolute light weight. It has a push system(? I do not possess all the words yet. It has a sack inside.)

 

Here are some pictures and also a picture of the font I was taught at school, at age 6. I let my muscle memory do the work, hence why there are some wrong ones like the first E and the w.

Hope you enjoy and hope to talk to you. I've learned so much already on this forum. It was my first go to when I wanted to learn more about fountain pens last November. And I keep coming back.

 

Edited March 31, 2019 by SpinningAnna

[Wahl]

Hi Anna, congratulations, beautiful pen !

 

[OCArt]

Hello and welcome to this friendly corner of the universe from a fountain pen user in San Diego. There is such a wealth of information waiting for you to discover on this site. Write On!

[peterg]

Hello Anna,

Wee call the Boston pen a 'button fill' as you press the button to fill the pen. It presses down on a pressure bar which bows and compresses the sac. When returned the sac slowly reforms sucking up the ink.

Regards, Peter

[WilliamTK1974]

Hello Anna, and welcome to the forums. Your Boston is a very nice-looking celluloid pen, and I like your handwriting alot.

[PAKMAN]

Hello and Welcome to FPN!! Glad to have you as a member!!

[jar]

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[dinupravin]

Greetings and Welcome to FPN

[northstar]

Hello and welcome to FPN.

[Henricum_Tropen]

Hello Anna and welcome to FPN, from Cape Town, South Africa.

[ygv]

Welcome to FPN!

[7is]

Hi Anna, thank you for this lovely introduction! Since you seem to have found your perfect pen already, what happens next?

[ThomasB]

Hello and welcome from Baton Rouge, Louisiana...Enjoy your time here

[georges zaslavsky]

Hi and

[mitto]

Grretings and welcome to FPN.