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Old 13-08-2009, 03:01 PM   #12 (permalink)
MetalheadGautham
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Default Re: Do people still use fountain pens?

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Originally Posted by Anorion View Post
Yeah we were forced to use them at school too. Used to gimme ink stains all over, and yeah, remember squeezing out small pools of ink on those plastic covered notebooks so that someone who had run out could suck it up. But bad paper used to get stuck in the nibs and spoil them. Don't use fountain pens anymore, come to that, don't use much of pens anymore at all.
Hey, doing that saved my butt a few years back.

As for paper, fountain pens were the reason I used to spend a lot on books. Always wanted the best quality paper. But I never got ink Stains thanks to my faithful Hero 329, 332, 333, 343 pens.
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