Oh no, I introduced a sixth grader to fountain pens

[D.Gray]

So I asked our postman's wife if she would like a fountain pen and ink for her sixth grader.
She said yes.

I gave them a Lamy Safari that was given to me as I already have one, a converter, and some ink samples, as well as some ink cartridges.

Their daughter started writing with it as soon as I showed her how to hold it.

I may have created the start of a monster

 

[blethenstrom]

So I asked our postman's wife if she would like a fountain pen and ink for her sixth grader.
She said yes.

I gave them a Lamy Safari that was given to me as I already have one, a converter, and some ink samples, as well as some ink cartridges.

Their daughter started writing with it as soon as I showed her how to hold it.

I may have created the start of a monster

I think I like that kind of monster though.

 

[D.Gray]

I think I like that kind of monster though.

Right? And she is being homeschooled which means she is learning to read and write cursive.

 

[brucered]

That's awesome. I love it.

We got our kids the "my first FP" Lamy pens years ago.

Now in university, he uses a FP for some writing and we just refilled with Bay State Blue the other day. His main obsessions is well made mechanical pencils though.

Teach them young.

 

[D.Gray]

That's awesome. I love it.

We got our kids the "my first FP" Lamy pens years ago.

Now in university, he uses a FP for some writing and we just refilled with Bay State Blue the other day. His main obsessions is well made mechanical pencils though.

Teach them young.

absolutely. I like the Staedtler mechanical and drafting pencils.

 

[Vacumatic]

I think this is great, I like the idea of children learning to write properly and enjoy their penmanship. Every day I see adults who have really poor, almost illegible, hand writing and I fear it is becoming a lost skill. I know one adult who openly admits that he never writes anything and is not sure that he can.

As Graham Nash said, Teach your children well.

 

[maxman]

Excellent! I bought my first Cross fountain pen from a jewelry store that was going out of business when I was in High School.
I still have it too.

It's good to start early. It can lead to great things like the next bestselling novel!

 

[Doc Dan]

I think that's pretty awesome. Now if that little girl discovers inks that family is going to go broke.

 

[Legion]

I think I got my first one about then. One of those 80's Sheaffer calligraphy pens, with the three nibs and different coloured ink.

 

[The Count of Merkur Cristo]

I think this is great, I like the idea of children learning to write properly and enjoy their penmanship. [...]

...;

"The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which helps us regain our equilibrium". Norbet Platt

 

[Toothpick]

If only we could get more kids interested in the arts and literature.

 

[dojpros]

Good On You.

 

[D.Gray]

I think that's pretty awesome. Now if that little girl discovers inks that family is going to go broke.

well I did give her a converter and some ink samples I had......

 

[DesertIguana]

If only we could get more kids interested in the arts and literature.

kids who’s Parents, actually spend time teaching the kids basic value.

Have good kids, time spent teaching is time well invested.

 

[D.Gray]

kids who’s Parents, actually spend time teaching the kids basic value.

Have good kids, time spent teaching is time well invested.

She and her siblings are home schooled, they are taught value, reading, writing, arithmetic, and reason.

 

[dojpros]

Jetpens.com

you have been warned!!!

 

[DesertIguana]

I recall back in Elementry School we were taught to use fountain pen, our desks had Ink Bottle Holder.

No George Washington wss not a class mate.

 

[Legion]

I recall back in Elementry School we were taught to use fountain pen, our desks had Ink Bottle Holder.

No George Washington wss not a class mate.

The wooden desk I used in the late 70's had a spot for an ink bottle in the corner. We didn't use it though.

 

[Vacumatic]

The wooden desk I used in the late 70's had a spot for an ink bottle in the corner. We didn't use it though.

I think that some schools had the risky job of Ink Monitor who took a two pint bottle of Parker Blue/Black from the cupboard and went around each desk to fill the small ink pots with 1 ounce of ink that glugged its way out of the huge and heavy bottle. A near impossible task for a seven year old with oily hands fresh from fixing his bicycle chain.

 

[Captainjonny]

It was around 1959-60 and everyone in the 1st grade was given a Sheaffer cartridge fountain pen to learn to write (plastic school version in red, green, blue and clear bodies). Those early cartridge versions made it much easier for the students and the teachers, since the inkwells were not necessary anymore. A couple of years ago, I purchased one of those NOS pens for old times sake (and re-live my childhood), and fell down the rabbit hole hobby of modern fountain pens!