[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Slava

I love fountain pens and have a few that I use. It's true, no one walks away with one. The issue is that you will see some of the most boneheaded ways of damaging your pen you can believe. Once a lady dropped the pen straight down directly on the nib onto a tile floor. Then there are the people who don't know how to use them (fair), and push super hard because no ink is coming out.

If that pen is a keepsake or something you don't want wrecked, I'd not lend it to anyone.

Yeah, you are right. The pen is too important, it is one of the few things I have from a Grandparent I don't remember.