I have owned a few fountain pens over the years. Never got really into it, but now I'm going to give it a whirl. Last week I got my hands on a Schafer Connoisseur second hand. I bought and loaded it with Lamy black ink (after having to hunt down a squeeze converter. The gent I bought it from...
Been smoking English mixtures for some time. Decided to load up some Blood Red Moon in my Bekler Bacchus. Wife loves the way aro's make the house smell.
After years of trying other blades (including Feathers), I finally settled on the Gillette Silver Blues. They are sharp and smooth for me. I haven't bothered to try another blade since.
The problem with them is that now that Tom Clancy is dead, the books just aren't as good. I fell in love with is work when I first read "The Hunt for Red October" Those books were very good. I have since switched to the Jack Reacher series
Thank you for adding me to this group. I have been smoking for about 12 years now and have a small (21 or so) but growing collection ranging from Dunhills to Ser Jacopo. I started out smoking aros but in the past few months have ventured into virginias and english balkan blends (Penzance...