I believe it’s my dad’s 51st birthday today, I say “I believe”, because my family has never been very big on actually remembering how old we each are. We pretty much just celebrate the day rather than the number, I blame my mom for this, she disguised her age for years, to the point where I couldn’t tell you with certainty how old she really is, and I’m her son.

Anyway, I haven’t actually bought my dad anything on a holiday for years, he’s very practical, the type of person that would get more use out of a good jucier than something expensive and useless. I decided to try and split the difference by buying him a nice pen, something chic and minimal that still had a practical uses.

I decided to go with a Lamby 2000 Fountain Pen, the price wasn’t ridiculous, but I really like the modern look of the pen and the few reviews I read about the writing quality all said good things. I paid a little extra to get it engraved, but I’m hoping he likes it.

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