- Joined
- Friday December 28, 2012
- Location
- Essex
Hello men,
I've decided I want to start writing like a real man, I've been shaving like a real man for coming up to a year now, and want to make the next leap.
I've not owned a fountain pen for a long time, and when I did it was just a cheapy one with the little cartridges which you push onto the barrel (?). I had this in about year 7 of school, so thusly spent most of the time pissing about and just smashing the cartridges with the heel of my hand, so they exploded a Pollock-esque mess all over my paper. Mature, eh?
Well now I've decided I want to start documenting things in my boring life, and just writing whatever comes into my head, and anything I can do.
Now we come onto the pen. I've been browsing Cult Pens, and as I'm a newbie in this field, have been looking at the reasonably priced Lamy Safari. I've seen talk on here about how good it is. I'm a lefty, so is it wise to go with the LH nib choice?
Now, where I'm really confused, is the inks. It comes with a cartridge, but there's talk of a converter, and bottled inks etc., and being a complete idiot, I don't understand. What's the best ink to use for this pen? Is it better to buy a converter, and bottled ink (that's even if that's what I'd need, I really have no clue!) or cartridges?
Any words of advice would be greatly appreciated.
I'm looking to spend around £25 pound for my first pen and ink(s), so is the Lamy a good choice, and how should I go about inks?
Apologies in advance for my idiocy, but I figure you all put up with my inane shaving questions when I first started, so I'm sure you'll help me out once again!
Thank you!
Alex
I've decided I want to start writing like a real man, I've been shaving like a real man for coming up to a year now, and want to make the next leap.
I've not owned a fountain pen for a long time, and when I did it was just a cheapy one with the little cartridges which you push onto the barrel (?). I had this in about year 7 of school, so thusly spent most of the time pissing about and just smashing the cartridges with the heel of my hand, so they exploded a Pollock-esque mess all over my paper. Mature, eh?
Well now I've decided I want to start documenting things in my boring life, and just writing whatever comes into my head, and anything I can do.
Now we come onto the pen. I've been browsing Cult Pens, and as I'm a newbie in this field, have been looking at the reasonably priced Lamy Safari. I've seen talk on here about how good it is. I'm a lefty, so is it wise to go with the LH nib choice?
Now, where I'm really confused, is the inks. It comes with a cartridge, but there's talk of a converter, and bottled inks etc., and being a complete idiot, I don't understand. What's the best ink to use for this pen? Is it better to buy a converter, and bottled ink (that's even if that's what I'd need, I really have no clue!) or cartridges?
Any words of advice would be greatly appreciated.
I'm looking to spend around £25 pound for my first pen and ink(s), so is the Lamy a good choice, and how should I go about inks?
Apologies in advance for my idiocy, but I figure you all put up with my inane shaving questions when I first started, so I'm sure you'll help me out once again!
Thank you!
Alex