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Originally Posted by Bob Russell
Btw, I'm really impressed with those of you that always write with a fountain pen. I couldn't deal with it all the time even if I liked it better. But with all that use, you must certainly have found some nice ones, or you would have given up by now.
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Bob, despite my love of fountain pens, they are sometimes terribly inconvenient. When you just need to jot down a phone number, it's cumbersome to have to remove a fountain pen cap, place the cap on the other end and then take the number. It takes two hands and sometimes while standing and holding the notebook you'll write on, you just don't have both hands free to prepare the fountain pen, let alone have the time.
All that changed when I got my Vanishing Point fountain pen. I carry it in my shirt pocket just like a ballpoint or other pen. In this position, the nib is retracted at the top of the pen (never leaked, not once). To use it, you invert the pen, press the plunger just like a ballpoint and the nib is exposed and ready to write. And you still get the favorable writing experience as with all fountain pens. Best of both worlds and alwasys a conversation starter.