My dad who learned to use one in his calligraphy class in the late 1930's taught my older brother how to use one and they both had excellent penmanship. Very beautiful. My wife had a teacher that used one for writing all the titles on documents.
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Dominican fountain pens.
Writing everything in cursive was mandatory all the time I went to school. My signature is still cursive.
Very good point. The angle of the tip plays an important role. This was one the key things our son taught me. It was not easy, as I had never used one previously.
I've had a Parker Cross Hatch Sterling Silver Pen/Pencil/Fountain pen set for decades. Big $$$ back then. (Almost 1K)
I got them back in 1972 along with a Seiko dive watch for my birthday. The watch cost me $70 dollars then.
I still carry the pen/pencil set whenever I go out but the Fountain pen stays home.
I got them back in 1972 along with a Seiko dive watch for my birthday. The watch cost me $70 dollars then.
I still carry the pen/pencil set whenever I go out but the Fountain pen stays home.
For what I am reading, some think writing with a fountain pen has to do with cursively or calligraphy…
No it’s simple. It writes better, smoother. Even a cheap Parker jotter fountain pen writes 100 times better than a ballpoint pen.
What I see nowadays the youth has a strange forced grip on their ballpoints, pressing hard. Something we, at least in my case when we learned to write with a crown pen dipping in ink and later on using a fountain pen at school, never had.
So I recommend a fountain pen.
In fact, I gave one to my brother in law’s daughter (10 years old), in Santo Domingo and the teacher was surprised her using it for the first time.
“Mi tio de Holanda me la regaló”, she said proudly.
No it’s simple. It writes better, smoother. Even a cheap Parker jotter fountain pen writes 100 times better than a ballpoint pen.
What I see nowadays the youth has a strange forced grip on their ballpoints, pressing hard. Something we, at least in my case when we learned to write with a crown pen dipping in ink and later on using a fountain pen at school, never had.
So I recommend a fountain pen.
In fact, I gave one to my brother in law’s daughter (10 years old), in Santo Domingo and the teacher was surprised her using it for the first time.
“Mi tio de Holanda me la regaló”, she said proudly.
Our son is left handed too, he has always used a pen designed for left handed people. They even make these for left handed, the grip is different. Another thing I learned after we bought him the first one, not knowing any better...
