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What a great color! I am excited for you!!

Happy New Year! I loved the two Kuretake inks that I tried, and I definitely want to try more in the coming year.

@@WhimsyofThings Definitely, I was just on their website looking at another set of colors they have.

I’m glad it helped! Flex nibs can definitely be intimidating at first.

Thank you so much!!

I Forgot to mention, your reviews are elegant and thorough. The background music isn't my favorite, but your videography is on the money.

That is a great question. I know several people that have ordered grey market pens and have had no issues at all. They have received legitimate pens and were happy with the experience. I guess the issue comes in with the warranty. I have personally never had to do a warranty claim and I get so many of my pens second hand that it usually isn’t even an option. I guess it is one of those buyer beware situations and i would stick with listings that allow returns. I don’t have a huge ethical issue with it (other than general Amazon ooginess) since those pens are priced so much higher for the western market. The custom urushi 845 is a beautiful pen! I love love love the red version.

Also, funny you should mention the background music. It is bugging me too! You all are unfortunately victims of my videography and editing learning process and I highly appreciate anyone brave enough to suffer through my learning curve ◡̈ thank you so much for the compliment!

Thank you so very much!! I hope that you love it if you end up getting it!

Mostly the penswap board on Reddit. I have also gotten a couple things from Ebay. Some of the Discord servers out there that are run by other creators will have a for sale section.

Actually, just remembered another place! Pen Realm has a decent used pen section too that I like to keep an eye on. The extra bonus there is that the nib can be tuned for free and/or you can order a custom nib grind at the same time

I have two nib assemblies from Osprey - a zoom nib and a double broad architect I want to try. I don’t know if either will work well, but they are both nib types I haven’t tried yet and if they aren’t great, I’ll just pull them out.

I am excited to have a larger size! I only had a smallish sample before and was very conservative with it. Shimmer samples can be weird too. I dont know if they always give a correct impression of how much or how little shimmer is in the actual ink. Wearingeul inks almost always make me happy!

@@WhimsyofThings agreed on Wearingul inks. The Frankenstein was my first and I have since added 4 or 5 more. I feel they perform quite well. Although I was a little disappointed by Anubis. I think I expected a darker base color. But such is the way of things.

Also, thanks for the prices! It drives me nuts when people don’t share prices. Very helpful.

Thank you! I am working on the Mag600 review next/now and both the 600 and 650 are great pens. I think that Goldspot is the only place that has the 650 right now, which is why you see it more. Maybe? Just a guess. Honestly, i think it comes down to which body style you like better, they both use the same nib. I think you can generally get the 600 for less, especially if you don’t want one of the stacked resin versions (though that purple stacked resin 600 is still roaming around in my brain!)

Yeah, i am not sure about the muddler! I definitely made a lot of assumptions about its size that were not based in reality at all. It would be a great tool to bring to an ink meet up or something since you can write and swatch with just that one thing. The list and budget really help me keep things under control, I am glad to hear you do the same! Thanks for watching!

Why would someone go out of their way to comment on something they already know the answer to?

Yes the body style on the 650 is nicer overall i think, and I do really love the look of the stacked resin. I should have my Mag600 video up tomorrow. The pen sheet is something I put together and is available as a free download in a few sizes on my community page ◡̈

Good to know! I probably thought that was one of those disposable seals. Thanks!

I haven't had to fuss with the nibs themselves much. Out of all the FPR pens I have, I only had to change out one nib because it was too dry. I probably could have tried adjusting the nib, but since I had another nib, I decided to just change it out. I will say that the piston FPR pens (the Jaipur models) are more error prone. It seems like about every 5th fill or so, they start to leak ink through the nib when capped. Sometimes this leaking is small, and sometimes it literally dumps all of the ink out of the converter. The solution to that is usually to pull the piston out and apply silicone grease. The Himalaya versions use a proprietary threaded converter but could be converted to an eyedropper. I think the Himalaya is a better "beginner" option because you would only need to worry about applying silicone grease to the threads of the converter. The converter is much better on the version 2 of these pens though. Version 1 uses a plunger that is annoying. Ideally, if you have any pens with you like that would take a Jowo or a Bock nib assembly, FPR does sell both. This way you could get a flex nib and put it into a pen that you already enjoy. I do 100% recommend getting an ebonite feed as it makes more of a difference than you would think. The performance with a plastic feed is not as good at all. Changing out either a Jowo or Bock nib assembly is just a matter of unscrewing the nib assembly in the pen and screwing in the new assembly - very easy to do. Sorry for the wall of text! Please let me know if you have any other questions!

@WhimsyofThings thank you so much! I didnt realize they sold the nibs and feeds separately! Thats honestly a great option. I appreciate your help so much! 🖤

@ No problem at all!! It can all be overwhelming ◡̈

Thank you! Ink color is such a personal preference that I sometimes feel bad saying when I don't like something just based on the color, but hopefully people know that is just my opinion! I just used Citrus Black this morning when I was doing my morning pages and I 100% decided that I just don't like it. I was excited for it too and I like the theory but not the ink itself at all. Thanks so much for stopping by!

That makes the most sense! They have a picture of a coke bottle on the ink, but maybe that is just because a lump of coal wouldn’t cut it visually haha

I think a fountain pen would have the same issues that a straight pen holder would have. There are ways to get the slant with a straight pen holder, but I have heard that the resulting writing can have a tendency to have more issues with connectors or fine lines. I am sure it can be done, but if I am trying to get that slant, I tend to rely on rotating the paper a good bit. Rotating the pen to try to keep both tines in contact with the paper seems to result in more ragged writing, though less so with the nib on the Magna Carta than some of the stiffer steel flex nibs. Hopefully I understood the question correctly! Thanks for stopping by!

Yes, I could see that being an issue with a nib that is this soft. So far so good, but that is a long term issue so I will have to keep an eye on it.

I would say that it took nearly a whole converter fill. It started behaving better near the end of the fill and then seemed fine on the next fill. I wasn't happy in the beginning either! I am not sure why it acted like that with me either. I ran some dish soap water through it to get rid of any contaminates from the manufacturing process and used an ink that I knew pretty well. I would reach out to them if it is still acting up after you go through a converter of ink. It is possible that there is something wrong with your nib or feed that goes beyond what I was talking about in this video.

I am glad it was helpful! I was very happy that it was giving me a different experience with flex compared to my other pens. I like my other pens a good bit, but having something different was really nice.

Thank you! I think the next flex pen I get will be something vintage again. The one vintage flex I have is pretty stiff.

I have the tool to remove the piston, but I will check to see if there is a different tool to fix. Thanks for letting me know!

Thank you so much! They started as a way to use up some scrap paper i had left after cutting down paper for my journal and I am really glad i went that route. I like moving them around like you said and writing notes on the back. Thanks so much for stopping by!

That is crazy about the Narwhal! It makes me feel a little better because maybe it wasn’t something I did, but also annoyed that it happened to both of us!

@@WhimsyofThings when they first came out I was so excited about them that I got them in four different colors and it happened to two of them; so in all fairness, two of them are OK.

It was at the start of my fountain pen obsession. I was seduced by the fact that a fountain pen could have the name of a sea creature, narwhal, and it was so beautifully designed. That’s why I got them in four colors. I had four little crab pen holders that displayed the foursome on my desk.

I honestly went into the Mag 650 with a huge dose of skepticism because my other expensive flex pen (a Crossflex nib) is very very fussy. So i totally get being jaded about flex pens. The Mag 650 continues to blow me away to the point where I am actively trying to find an ink that will misbehave in it and I haven’t found one yet. I posted the New Pen Day sheet in a bunch of different sizes on my community tab for people to download, along with a version that skips all the measurements, and added a New Nib Day sheet for new nibs. I am so glad you stopped by!!

I love interesting shifts when ink dries, it just adds to the experience. I didn’t know the dots had a name - thank you for sharing that with me! I need to learn more about watercolor. It has really been interesting to me lately.

Thank you and very good point! I have noticed that most of the sunsets for the last few weeks have strongly featured almost that same color pink as well. I miss changing leaves so very much.

And it's informative and enjoyable while making **me** feel compelled to go out and buy stuff. 🙂

Thank you! I love making them! They are seriously calming to me and let me focus as much as I feel like focusing at the time. Getting new things is fun, but hanging out with things you already have is even better I think ◡̈

I guess it can go both ways! I can compel myself to want to go buy stuff doing these videos sometimes haha

I do like my Pair glasses a lot! I was sort of bummed that they came out with bigger frames about a month after I ordered mine, but I'll need new glasses soon enough!

@@WhimsyofThings I hear that. Same happened to me! Good thing they are pretty affordable bad thing, more toppers lol

Thank you so much!

That is good to know! I have heard such mixed reviews about the 14k FPR nib, but I figured it had to be more responsive. I will have to look into it more. Thanks for your nice comments and for stopping by!

I think he needs to wear a hat next time he makes an appearance. He definitely could look more dapper!

I love Moon River and I have no idea why I don't use it more. With how much I like shaders and grey inks you would think it would be constant rotation! My nails almost matched one of the colors this month haha

Hello! You're welcome! This pen is a Goldspot exclusive (as of right now anyway), but it looks like they ship internationally. They are usually pretty nice to work with, so I am sure if you reached out to them through their contact page, they could let you know more. If not, the Magna Carta site also has a contact form and they might be able to help. I honestly don't know how much it would be in Belgium, but Goldspot might be able to help you out with that too - goldspot.com/pages/contact-goldspot

Thank you so much!

Thank you so much! $450 is somewhat insane, I agree. It was definitely something I saved up for over several months and not an amount I’ll spend again until the pen fun fund has been built up again!

Thank you so much!

Congratulations! Great ink choice as well!!

I am glad you liked them! Sometimes I feel a little silly doing them because they don’t really have anything to do with how the inks write, but they are fun to do ◡̈. Some inks have some serious surprises hidden that come out in a wash.

You are welcome! The color shift was so big I had a hard time showing it any other way

Love gray ink! Gray ink club! I have to find a place for more bottles before I get anymore. I have played tetris with my ink bottle drawer successfully so far, but I think I have to face reality now and look at expanding.