my impression from looking through Goulet Pens and also various fountain pen communities is that fountain pens are like plants. you start with a cheapo 8 dollar one you grabbed at the store... but then you black out, and when you've come to you now own like twenty pens, at least three of which cost you a firstborn's ransom, and you have an entire fleet of supplies dedicated to pampering them. to say nothing of the bottle of cherry-scented color-changing sheening ink
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