Dear David , personally when I see such old things , letters and cards (not to me even!) I find a particular pleasure as the time passed tells you their real importance , people are now too busy to enjoy the art of "personalization "i.e leaving their impression by handwriting , drawing, and other form of hand designing , and of course such things harbour "happy memories". so they are enjoyable, as todays " sterile " communications are becoming devoid of human feelings .Thats my humble opinion , if not very correct!
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#31591 Finding a card illustrated by my uncle 25 years ago.
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on 01 January 2014 - 04:36 PM
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#32075 My Parker 15s
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on 08 January 2014 - 05:56 PM
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PARKER: (USA "Big Five")
They are simply amazing, congrats ,on having such a marvellous collection!
#32594 Warm Hugs From Turkey To All Members
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on 19 January 2014 - 02:51 PM
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You are welcome!
#33059 2014 New Year's Resolutions of a pen variety
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on 03 February 2014 - 02:08 PM
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Elements of Collecting: Hunting, Valuing and Polemicizing
I cant say when I would stop buying pens, but I am thinking that we should give the "surplus" pens to some brilliant students , who cant afford to have it , and who will be pleased to have them . I have given away few pens in this way .It is better than selling .
#30935 Hello
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on 28 December 2013 - 05:56 PM
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welcome to FPB from my side.
#32969 My Parker Patrician pens
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on 29 January 2014 - 07:01 PM
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making me speechless !
#32566 Hello from Germany
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on 18 January 2014 - 05:31 PM
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Welcome Jeph ! enjoy being member of FPB .
#32131 Taking a Risk on eBay
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on 09 January 2014 - 04:13 PM
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Congrats! on your wonderful restoration , do you intend to fill and write with it ?
#33127 Greetings from Denmark
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on 08 February 2014 - 05:20 PM
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Welcome , you seem to have lot of information which must be very helpful !
#31587 New Year's Eve Day Hunt
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on 01 January 2014 - 03:04 PM
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Dear Randy, this particular find of green pens is a pure deligft , its simply wonderful in such a nice condition , congrats ! Happy New Year to you and all FPB members. saleem
#33258 Hello
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welcome Mr. Charles , nice to know about you !
#33105 New Collector Representing Sacramento California
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on 06 February 2014 - 06:28 PM
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Welcome Ray , The Fp world is amazing !
#33738 Hi from South Louisiana
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Welcome Phil , sincerely hope that you easily get back to your collecting /hunting
#33216 Hello from Finland!
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on 11 February 2014 - 03:45 PM
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Welcome !
#32391 A sensible approach to amateur nib smoothing?
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on 14 January 2014 - 06:55 PM
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R & R: (Repair and Restoration)
I would like to make staement of my own bad experiances .Learning from FPN or other forums , I gathered a lot of theoritical knowledge about damaged or badly perfprming nibs . I was sucessful in straightening bent nib of my parker 75 after falling on the floor, but scratchiness did not go away. I tried many things including writng on glass , brown bag ,card cover of legal pads , and to the worst making circles on "very fine grit paper" , result : nib remains scratchy and annoying . The nib did not break because 14 k gold permits flexibility and prevents breakage , while to straight a steel nib can very quickly break it .Lesson learned ; Leave the job to a professional nibmiester, this is the best advice IMHOP.To my dismal , there are no nibmiester here in Pakistan who can restore these nibs, and sending them to Mr Mottisaw or Binder would cost so much , so a new nib can be purchased ! Again very costly ,here about 70.00 Us dollars!!
#30940 Cross Townsend Lapis lazuli Fp
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Here is my latest addition to my pen
collection. Its a wonderful Cross Townsend Fp in Lapis Lazuli finish.I am , now a great fan of Cross pens. I did not pay particulr attention to Townsends ,though I was already having a Townsend Medalist. For a few months , I was searchinfg for a Parker 75 in Lapis finish , and then encountered Townsend in Lapis model . It was stunning ., so i decided to get one for me . It was a pure pleasure to acquire this pen in a big gift box , with all accessories ,suh as ink-botlle ,,ink cartrdges , information booklet etc. And my dealer provided it for economical price of 250 US dollars . Simply a wonderful pen, for a wonderful price!
#31302 Let me introduce myself...
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welcome to the board from my side ! hope we will enjoy together . saleem
#31311 Cross Townsend Lapis lazuli Fp
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on 30 December 2013 - 05:54 PM
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thanks all for your kind appreciation,
#31795 Greetings from Jackson, Mississippi
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Welcome friend , i would like to see some pictures of your collection , hope you you will give us this opportunity.saleem
