Here’s a question that I’d like all you that do pop into the AusPen blog from time to time to help me answer…
Does the wider community still use fountain pens?
The reason I ask is that our new partner Schneider makes a line of fine fountain pens that are refillable and fits in nicely with AusPen’s idea that to reuse is sustainable.
I use a fountain pen everyday… but do you?
Leave a comment and tell us what you think… after all it really is most important that we know what you our valued customers think.
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I don’t know about the “wider community”, but I believe there certainly still exists a fountain pen audience, playing a part in sustaining 5 pen stores in Melbourne alone (counting all 4 Tafts branches as a single store), and not even starting to count the pen cabinets that can be found in newsagents, miscellaneous smaller stores, and the occasional larger store such as Myer, all of which usually contain fountain pens. Online stores also supply Australian fountain pen users.
While a large portion of this market relates to more expensive luxury fountain pens, there is also a smaller market for inexpensive fountain pens such as the Parker Jotter, Parker Reflex, Lamy Safari, Pelikan Pelikano, and some of the Inoxcrom and Rotring ranges.
That’s without even delving into the calligraphic side of fountain pen use (for example, see the inexpensive Sheaffer sets currently appearing in post offices), or vintage fountain pens.
Many of these fountain pens have the option of using a converter (an easily re-fillable replacement for cartridges) and bottled ink, and some have an in-built piston or plunger system, again for use with bottled ink, so the idea of reuse is certainly prevalent amongst fountain pen users.
For your second question, yes, I use a fountain pen everyday – 2 usually – a Pilot Capless (aka Namiki Vanishing Point) and a backup Lamy Safari Vista in case I run out of ink and can’t get to my ink bottle immediately. Both are more pleasant and less tiring to write with than any ballpoint I’ve tried.
Regards, Myles.
I am not sure how many people relish using a fountain pen these days. I, for one, am such a person. I (re)started using one few months ago, after my better half got me a Parker Fountain Pen for my birthday and I found it a sheer joy using what we used to call ‘ink pen’. Sad thing is that these days, I seldom get to write anything and as a result, my handwriting has deteriorated considerably. Now, I make it a point to write at least few lines of crap just to relive the good old school days when we used to return home with fingers painted blue.
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