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Like many, I've long had a desire to learn how to use a fountain pen. I made an impulse purchase yesterday after coming across a black box in TK Maxx during a break from studying for exams.
I wouldn't have jumped in the deep end so quickly if I hadn't come across this, but we're here now! I know nothing about fountain pens, but my uninformed mental benchmark for a non-disposable fountain pen was around A$25-50, so upon seeing this one for A$50 (US$38.6) and a quick google confirming that I liked the aesthetic and it wasn't plastic, I jumped in.
I'm now aware that this pen is normally so expensive there's absolutely no way I would have bought it as a first pen under any other circumstance as it retails for about 6x the price I paid for it here in Australia 😶
It's a fine nib and I have a journal that seems to be considered ~okay~ for fountain pens (Peter Pauper), so now I just need to choose an ink and learn to care for it and write with it! I'm going to be watching YouTube videos and reading articles, but I thought I'd also ask this community given your wealth of experience.
What advice would you give to a completely new starter?
Do you have any ink recommendations? I've been looking at the Cross ink at Officeworks online.
Thank you!
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Don’t be afraid to use print style letterforms with a fountain pen.
While cursive is designed for writing quickly, while getting used to a new pen it’s ok to print with it. No one’s going to judge you, except you.
You might find the different weight will throw your natural movement off if you’ve been using cheap ballpoints, even some of the more expensive ballpoints can be significantly lighter than a fountain pen.
I have a note book spare always for writing practice, if I find my self being forced to watch something on the TV that I’m not interested in I’ll pull out that notebook and just write lines practicing my letter forms. I cycle through songs and poems I know as well as things like the national anthem, there is nothing wrong with practicing your handwriting!