Hi, my name is Jeph and I am an American living in Germany. I have only been into fountain pens for a little over 6 months so I still have the zeal from everything seeming new to me. German piston fillers are currently my favorite pens, which living here helps me out with immensely. In the beginning I started focusing on fixing my own lever fillers, but now I greatly prefer vac fillers and pistons. I mostly snatch up the crap German pens that nobody wants and try to restore them. Sometimes I even succeed. I also have to admit that every time I stumble across a new flavor of Parker I am impressed by the way that they are designed, built, and of course function. My first true vintage pen was a Sheaffer craftsman vac so I have a soft spot for them as well. I am not immune to bling, but I still get the most pleasure out of finding some obscure fountain pen that is well made and writes beautifully.
I have been skulking around here shamelessly absorbing knowledge so I thought that it would be appropriate to register. Since I was registered, it is only polite to say hello. I am mostly active over on FPGeeks, but I am not ashamed to post some questions here as well.
