Hey guys, I was kinda nostalgic and searched a bout around and found the fountain pens. My parents had two of those but unfortunately they broke and as I was young and my father said it was not possible to repair them we threw them away. But I would want to have one again, as writing with it was like being on cloud 7 for me. So could you help a brother out? I'm not sure what you guys need to get started. So I'll give some basic info and wait what you'll need more to know to give me an recommendation.
- I'm a left-hander (so I guess I need a fine nib and some ink that can dry up quicker so that I don't wipe it along the paper with my hand)
- I searched a bit and it seems a Pilot Metropolitan Fine Nib would be good and not too expensive.
- I dont want to go over 50€. If it is to be below that and I still can get a good pen, I'd go for that instead as I want to minimize my investment if the fountain pens are not meant to be for me besides the one I had in my childhood (Unfortunately I'm kinda picky regarding certain things).
- As I'm residing in Germany I'd like to minimize shipping cost as much as possible. I found some fountain pens via eBay but the shipping cost were sometimes almost the smae what the pen would cost.
[] I also wanted to know if the fountain pens are very sensible if I travel with them in my bag? Do I need to take care of them or is it alright to put them in a case and put the case into my bag?
P.S.: Unfortunately I don't know what kind of pen I had back in my childhood, I only know that it had a lot of engravings on the body and nib, it was completely gold (probably only covered with gold) except the nib thingy (I don't know the exact word for this). I moved from Kazakhstan to Germany maybe it is some kind of "speciality" from Russia/Russian Federation to distinguish it more easily (?). It's possible that this could be some kind of graduation gift you get after college as these pens (I had two) were from my parents. Maybe with the help of you we can conclude what was the name and if it is still purchasable
The engravings looked a little bit like
this I found while browsing the net.