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Penuary Day 1/31: Show us all your fountain pens!

Somehow I have 12 fountain pens? The two Metropolitans and the Graf von Faber Castell are currently out of use, the latter because the nib needs to be fixed.  I don’t use the Esterbrook and Sailor as much as I’d like to, and I should probably take the ink out of the Conklin because I don’t use it much.  But I do love all my pens!  I look forward to showing you all more of them over the next month.

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The Student Scribblers Discord Server Presents: Penuary - a month of fountain pen prompts. Each day of January 2021 has a prompt for you to answer either on your blog or other social media or in the discord server, with a picture if you like.  You don’t have to answer every question, and it doesn’t matter if you have only one pen for a whole collection, or if you don’t even have one yet. The questions are just to get the fountain pen community talking and to share the fountain pen love!

Tag your posts #penuary or #studentscribblers, and be sure to check the tags to see other people’s posts!  Prompts below the cut.

Show us all your pens!

How did you get into fountain pens?

How long have you been using fountain pens?

Show us a pen you received as a gift, or would like to receive as a gift

Show us your favorite pen-related accessory

Have you penabled anyone? (That is, introduced them to fountain pens)

Show us your grail pen (ie. a pen you would love to have, even if a bit out of reach)

Show us your normal handwriting (write out: alphabet in caps and lowercase, the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog, and your name/username)

What is your favorite ink?

Write your favorite quote with one of your pens

What ink(s) do you use on the daily and for regular use?

Share an ink you would like to try

Do you journal with your pens?

Show us your daily use pen

What is your favorite ink with special properties (ie. shimmering/sheening)?

How often do you clean your pens?

What do you use your pens for?

What kind of paper do you write on?

Where do you buy your pens from?

How do you store your pens?

What is your preferred nib size or type?

Who is your favorite pen maker?

Who is your favorite ink maker?

How many pens do you keep inked at a time?

Write out a short poem with one of your pens

Do you do calligraphy? Do you want to learn any specific styles?

Write something in another language

What’s a pen you love but don’t use too often?

Do you write letters with your pens?

Show us another bit of stationery you like to use along with your pens

Tell us something fun about your experience with pens and why you enjoy using them