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The pen collection grows

May 8, 2008

Fountain pen nib labeled Image via Wikipedia

I’ve been collecting pens for as long as I can remember.  I’d hoard them up under my bed, on my bookcase, and all available surfaces - and I’d cry when I lost them.  Later, when I met my other half, he started buying me collectable pens (yes, there is such a thing) and I discovered that I really and truly covetted fountain pens and ‘pretty’ pens.
I’ll take a photo of some of my favorites in the next couple of days (I need to find them all first!), but I’m curious - do YOU like pens?
Are they because they are representative of being a writer?  A symbol of some kind for you?

I love pens because they represent both freedom, and a key.  A key to a new world, and freedom from this one.  For some reason I don’t view printers as quite the same - pens feel more natural, if it has to be done in ink, y’know?  (the pen in the picture above?  I’ve got one - its a ‘virtually indestructable’ nib, and so far, its proved itself right ;))

Written by Kai · Filed Under All, writing 

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