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Hello everyone. I hope you're all doing great.

First time ever coming to this board and it immediately caught my interest.

I noticed there is no newbie sticky, so I just thought I would ask all my questions here instead of chasing rabbit holes with google.

I have no idea what a nib is.

Basically I have never even held a fountain pen before. I have always just used around BIC ink pens that I buy in bulk.

I was looking through some of the picture threads and some of these pens are gorgeous. They just scream class.

Can anyone give me some resources or give me a crash course on fountain pens? What I need, where to buy, what to look out for, maintenance, etc.

I would like to get a nice first pen that isn't too expensive. I was thinking about setting the budget for a first one around ~30. Is that too low to get anything worthwhile?
 
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