Thread by @GrayConnolly

Wanted to thank Conway Stewart pens @BespokeBritish1 for delivery of my Winston fountain pen - a refreshingly large pen. I am aware graphophiles follow me & can strongly recommend Conway Stewart, which we have used across generations, esp if you prefer broad nibs #FountainPens

Only thing better than a new fountain pen is rebuilding an old pen from parts - all my years learning about gunnery, riflery & like naval trades helped me repair my late mother's 1980s Dunhill fountain pen, which writes very well again. #FountainPens

This ink well was made from the timber of HMAS Sydney (1), which destroyed the German raider SMS Emden in the Battle of the Cocos Islands in 1914. #fountainpens

This is my late mother's Parker 51 from when she was a young convent girl and then at university. Still works with the original bladder and writes very smoothly. I use it a good deal.

Some of these were my late parents' pens and some are mine - Conway Stewart, Montblanc, Faber-Castell, Schaeffer, Parker, Lamy, Parker ... all do a very good job. Conway Stewart & Montblanc do cater for the broad nib aficionado #fountainpens

I bought this Pilot broad nib fountain pen in January 2020 (just before the pandemic) while in Kyoto and it is a flawless pen to write with - a veritable Lexus of the written word with perfect balance and Japanese precision