At the Chicago-Land pen show I had a chance to buy the Visconti ( I think) Wall Street for $400. It was new. I passed on it but later learned that at that price it was a great bargain.
Had a chance to pick up a brand new Pelikan M1000 at a sweet _sweet_ discount. Took it! Even got the EF nib I wanted. But yeah, just the basic black with gold trim. That nib though is absolutely sweet! Just writes broader than its EF designation.
I bought a Platinum 3776 with an SF nib. At the shop they didn't have testers, so I had to go on the feeling of the dry nib on paper (admittedly a mistake, but live and learn!). In a local-to-me FB fountain pen buy and sell group I came across an old 3776 celluloid in the tortie finish with a 14 K nib and pulled the trigger before ever having inked up the SF one (mistake number two). After inking up the new one, I discovered that the 3776 likes to be held at a 45 degree angle whereas I tend to come in around 60-70 degrees (which may or may not be a lefty thing) - AND the old model needs a matching old converter which is out of production, but the seller still has some... I love the look of both my 3776 pens, and I want to love the writing experience, but I'll need to explore possible solutions: modify my grip (lowering the angle), getting a custom grind (naginata togi) or selling them off as is. The 3776 is the only pen (including inexpensive Platinum steel nibs on the Plaisir and the Prefounte) that has an issue with my writing angle...
I just ordered the Sailor ProGear Imperial (from Japan) and I’m waiting for it to arrive. I agree about the visual of it...the stealth is stunning and I’ve grow to love the shape. (Cigar style was my #1 style but now it may be tied with this new one!)
I know im asking randomly but does any of you know of a way to log back into an Instagram account? I was stupid lost my login password. I would love any tips you can give me.
@Ira Francisco i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site thru google and I'm trying it out now. Seems to take quite some time so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
Cool video Kerry.. I have a black lustre.. ruthenium finish on the nib as well.. not had a peeling problem yet..had a work colleague from Scotland who was shocked that I had never heard "Bob's your Uncle!" Deprived growing up in NY!! Loved that Raden beauty too! Frank from Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
Love that intro. Pens and hot bevs ^_^ I have the jade green celluloid 3776 and it's one of my faves! That calico version is also on my wish list, but currently, I'm hunting the karakusa blue ^_^ Finally, i love your sweater too ☺️
I wish I'd started spending more than $200 on pens sooner. There were so many cool Visconti models that I really liked but just couldn't pull the trigger on at the time. I'm trying to make up for that now.
I'm a huge Visconti fan. I absolute love the Homo Sapien Bronze Age, and they now have one called "Crystal Dream" that I can't wait to try. Scribo is an Italian company, and if you haven't seen the Scribo Feel, take a look, and find a way to try one. At about $750, they aren't cheap, but the shape and size put them in a class by themselves. It's one of the best feeling, hence the name, and best writing pens I've ever seen.
@@jamesaritchie1 Yes, I've heard that Scribo pens are great writers, but I just don't care for the shape and style of them. I've lately been buying more traditional types, like Leonardo and Pelikan, and also the Japanese brands.
The only pen I regret not buying is the Omas Arco brown Paragon. I could have had it at a pen show for $700 used, but in excellent shape. I DID get a used Omas Ogiva Arco brown with a "flessible" nib (at a pen show). I don't remember what I paid, but it was not a cheap pen. The first run of Paragons had a section made of the same material as the pen body and cap; the later edition had a metal section, and I dislike metal sections.
What a great idea for a pen video! It is a subject that speaks to many of us with the disease. You actually own one of my most regretted misses, the 365 optima, if that’s any consolation.
I have no idea why I was never bitten by the Montblanc bug. I've owned a couple, but only because I got them at ridculouskly low prices. I paid twenty bucks for one at a garage sale. I've used several loaned to me by friends who were trying to convert me, and all were spectacular writers, but they just never interested me. Despite my love for extremely expensive fountain pens, I've never been rich. I'm just very, very good at finding ways to buy what I want at very low prices. There are simply too many great companies, too many great pens, and never enough money to buy everything I love. Namiki, Sailor, Conway Stewart, Waterman, and Pilot have always kept me satisfied and broke. Now I've ha dto add Scribo to the list. On top of this, I absolutely love unusual and unique pens. I'm a sucker for the pens with mammoth ivory barrels, for instance. And despite the talk about expensive pens, I love some of the Jinhao dragon pens. Well, yeah, they work a lot better when you replace teh cheap Jinhao nib with a gold nib. But once you do, some of these pens are spectacular, and would cost hundreds of dollars if made in Europe or America. Some of the worst pens I've ever owned have been souvenir pens sold in gift shops everywhere. I still love them. I can persuade most of them to write reasonably well with some TLC, but they're still junk. I don't care. I still buy them.
Every other month or so I think about why I did not buy the Chatterley x Delta Stantuffo in Marmo Incrinato when I had more than one chance to, Number one on the regret list. Number two is the Sailor 95th Anniversary Realo. Number three is OMAS Paragon or Milord in Arco Bronze.
I regret not buying some more Waterman pens at the beginning of my hobby 15 years ago. At that time those pens (like the Le Man 100 Patrician) were just used versions of current models. Now they are out of production and way more expensive but I got enough models to be content. However I have some rules and one of them is: "Don't get a heart attack if the pen is lost, stolen or damaged", so this limits the price a bit. If it's too expensive, I'd be afraid of taking it with me to work and then it would be just an expensive piece of unused plastic. I still have far more pens than a sane person would need. I don't regret not buying some limited editions although they are beautiful but then again I don't have to buy the Mona Lisa to admire it. If you like celluloid, go vintage. I have some amazing Centropens (10014, 10016). You could sit there and gaze at the deep swirls of celluloid for hours and they are rather cheap and decent writers. BTW I have a used Montblanc 146 and it's big enough for me. No need for a 149. And I still think they're overpriced.
I think no "sane person" needs more than, at most, 10 fountain pens, which will cover various nibs, colors, etc. I also am not a "sane person". On the other hand, it can be fun to be not too "sane".
@@peterpuleo2904 hm, you think 10 pens is a limit for a sane person... Then I'm not insane. I'm crazy and I like it 8-) Same goes for inks. Shiny! So many colors and they're all mine. My precious... Everyone who is collecting stuff has to be a bit crazy. Otherwise it wouldn't be fun.
Same here. I met a guy at a pen show last year who said he has over 300 inks in his personal collection. (I confess that I have more than 10 pens and inks).
The only pen(s) I genuinely rue never buying are the Classic Pens LB5 series of breathtaking beauties. If new ones were still around, I’d buy at least one of them.
They are beautiful. But the fact that it is a converter filler is very disappointing. (Especially for a pen that cost so much). It should have been a piston filler.
MrPleers ...Completely agree. We aren’t alone in feeling this way on this particular point about the LB5s. Anyway, right now I’m yearning to buy the Conid Bulkfiller regular demonstrator.
Hi. I really like your presentations on youtube. I find it wonderful job that you are doing. I also wonder about your mention that you write quite a lot, therefore I am curious to know what kind of things you write. A diary? A book? Thanks. Again wonderful videos that you have.
@@Akiopai Repair is very gratifying, especially for items near to heart such as fountain pens which embody nostalgia. I have tweaked also a couple of Non Nonsense's and I now also enjoy adjusting the nibs / feeds of other makes. I am stuck on a Sheaffer Targa; 'spares' or replacement sections, nibs, feeds are hard to come by and usually overpriced. But this is part of the challenge.
Just the pen body. The 88 is a cigar shape like a sailor 1911 and the Optima has flat ends like the Sailor pro gear. It’s purely an aesthetic difference
The Pelikan M805 Ocean Swirl is my missed out on pen. Ugh, that thing is so gorgeous! Oh and the Aurora Nebulosa with the gold trim....so mad at myself for missing those! And of course the Twilight Vanishing Point, but that was just before I really jumped into the hobby so that was just poor timing
I regret not buying a second Waterman Phileas when they were being discontinued. I have one but I like having at least two. I have quite a few Watermans, no regrets about the 149 because so outrageously expensive. Perhaps some regrets not buying Parker in my younger days since I am from that part of the US
Interestingly, I was thinking about the Ohto Tasche as a knockabout pen, because I already have the Muji pen. They were very inexpensive at the time, like $15-20AUD on Amazon. Today, when I looked it up, though, they were minimum $50AUD, so I have no idea what happened.
So I've saved up enough to get a raden pelikan, but I also want a namiki seven gods pen. Whichever way I go, the other will be one of my biggest regrets to not buy. Uuugh
I patiently waited for a Pilot size 15 PO nib to become available at a reasonable price. Wanted it for about 2 years, but it was extortionatly marked up compared to other size 15 Pilot nibs. I already had a size 10 PO and thought maybe I shouldn't bother, but when I saw it at 300 instead of 4xx I decided not to let it pass. It's back at 4xx now, and I'm glad I finally got it. I sometimes think I would want an urushi or makie pen, and I could afford it, but it just seems like... If I want some novel material, or some one of a kind thing, I'd rather look into making something myself. I don't want to be someone who obsesses over the beauty of a reproduction, or fetishizes the Japanese. And I can just see myself losing all interest in it 5 minutes after I'd held it in my hands. I justify luxury purchases when I can think I wouldn't miss the money, but I also don't want to be holding an expensive purchase and realise it brings no more joy than anything I already had. I don't want to find myself with an enormous collection of tools I don't use, or feel like I am only using to justify the existence of them. I'm wary of trying too hard to recreate a moment of remembered happiness, as when first discovering fountain pens. I'm wary of being a person who spends too much money on themselves, and not enough on others. For me the question of acquisition is not only financial, but demands a philosophical response as well, as in whether or not there is real happiness in it. I let myself have a spare of nibs I liked, because I enjoyed the act of writing and these specialty nibs may not be around forever if mine is damaged, but beyond that I find it hard to think I'd be happier if I finally bought a Lamy2k to see what it is all about, or bought a pretty celuloid, or bought whatever else. I already feel kind of disgusted that I have over a dozen gold nib pens. It's a strange hobby we have when ostensibly the real hobby was supposed to be writing.
I don't think loving Maki-e or Chinkin pens have anything at all to do with a Japanese fetish. That's pretty insulting, and borders on racist. It's about beauty, talent, skill and dedication that should be rewarded, whoever makes it. I don't give a rat's behind who does something. When they do it well enough, they deserve to be respected, and their work deserves to be used. For me, at least, using a Maki-e or a Chinkin DOES bring far more joy that using any other pen. Price has absolutely nothing to do with it. If you buy anything just because it's expensive, you're a fool. If you don't buy something you can afford out of fear, you're a bigger fool. I do understand what you mean about spending money on others, but this is often misguided, as well. That wonderful and brilliant philosopher known as :"Anonymous" said a couple of things I took to heart long ago. 1. The man who buys something simply because it's expensive is a fool. The man who refuses to buy something simply because it's expensive is a bigger fool." 2. The man who goes through like wearing sackcloth and ashes is as vain as the man who goes through life bedecked in silk and jewels. Both as just saying, "Hey, look at me. Am I not special? He or she also said, "The foolish man spends his time handing out fish to the poor. The wise man spends time teaching the poor how to fish. The great man teaches the poor how to fish, and then buys their catch." So answer me this. Who employs more people, gives them jobs to feed their families, which makes them proud, and who does more to reward the artists who spend a lifetime of dedication developing their talent into a skill that allows them to create true beauty, the man in sackcloth and askes who hands them a fish, or the man who buys their catch. Go ask the artists who create Maki-e and Chinkin pens what they think. Go ask all the workers employed by Namiki what they think. Go ask all the business people and their workers who sell all of life's necessities to the Namiki employees what they think. And, seriously, who give a rat's whisker about owning a dozen fountain pens with gold nibs, and then buying another? No one with any sense. There is no magic number. If one is all right, then one thousand is also fine. There are no degrees of sin. It's like being pregnant. You is or you ain't, and sin is the same way. Greed, lust, whatever, you do or you don't, and "Well, I only bought one" is like saying, "Well, I only murdered once". enjoyed
Never really considered the 149 or any Montblanc pen, for decades. Reasons: I'm a technician and tinkerer and I knew that Montblanc aren't exactly service-by-user friendly. Also, they're heftily overpriced just because they're Montblanc. But I finally got one as a gift, a standard black & gold 149, and I'm very happy with it. Flawless pen, you won't see any criticism against it from me. Love it. But I'll never put any nasty ink in it. Have a celluloid 3776, it's pretty and nice, but I rarely use it. IMO the standard 3776s are better pens. Regret not buying? A blue M605. Only the M600 is available in blue now. Only other thing I can think of is a Visconti Opera Master. The currently available models don't attract me. Someday I will probably regret not getting a black Homo Sapiens Lava. But I'm not gonna buy any. I don't like the bronze fittings. I don't fret about these things. Compulsions need to be fought. I can do without them. It's a lot of money that can be spent on other things. Like you, there is a possible purchase of a M1000 in the future. But also like you, I figure I already have enough Pelikans. I have a Duofold I got long ago. It would be a wonderful writing instrument if it was decently sealed. But it was made back in the years when Parker quality was not exactly at the top, so it's not. The nib is more than perfect though. I might try another Duofold someday, but as I said, I don't fret about these things. You have to stay sane. Too many new pens are launched every year. I have no planned purchases.
I have long wanted the Pelikan Cities M600 Shanghai. I saw it once in a pen show but at c. £550 (US$700) it was simply not affordable for me... Sighs and regrets but then the only way to control a pen collecting addiction is to have a budget and stick to it... : (
Generally, I'm not attracted to pens for their rarity, so if I want a pen but decide not to buy it, then change my mind, I can generally buy it later. The two relative rarities I wanted were specialty nibs that I managed to hunt down in my price range and buy. Yay. So my regrets are not pen-related. I've had a few.
I bought a Platinum 3776 in Soft Fine from a Chinese dealer. I just loved it but unfortunately my new puppy got her teeth on it and completely smashed it. So sad but I haven’t reordered one. I was looking for flex & while that does have some it can’t compare to a Pilot Falcon soft fine.
I love the M815 metal stripes that Pelikan has since the last year, if I remember correctly. That pen has a beautiful look to it, it is something like Streseman but not so dull and the most important thing, it has an ink window. If they ever make it in M1000 I'm definitely buying it, no matter the cost. Have you ever tried Conid pens? People have really good stories about them.
I have a modest collection of fps - three 3776's, two Diplomats, two Lamy 2000's plus a few other brands. This might sound crazy, but I'm wary of using them for fear of wearing out the nibs. I notice that you have some very expensive pens and wonder whether you actually use them. I believe most fp collectors only buy super expensive pens as fetish objects - in short, baubles.
That sounds wise. I store the ones I'm not using. I sometimes gaze at them in their in their Aston case and promise that I'll write a play or short story with at least one of them!
Darryl Foster There's not a lot of information about it, but apparently 60 years ago they used to say it should last 12 years of 8 hour use a day. Nakaya thinks their pens should write 5 to 6 million characters. If you rotate your pens, they should all last your lifetime. If you use just one and you truly write prolifically, maybe you can wear it out. If you write maybe 5 to 10 hours a week, I think it should last. You can be proud if you ever wear out the tip in this modern age. Enjoy your pens how you want to, but don't be worried they'll be ruined if you use them.
Funny, Optima Auroloide led me to the Aurora appeal of 88 which led to Saturno. It looks waay better IRL not to mention the 18K nib is pretty sweet. That said, this first lux purchase is under house arrest as too precious for a daily outside writer. Regrets: missing the 6 hour decision window before some lucky soul snapped up a Sailor KOP clear demonstrator in Naginata Togi medium before the Sailor revamp to the current plain body specialty nib lineup. Reason over emotion, grumbles...
Pens and Tea Let me know if you want to sell it. Maybe you could use the $$ towards a MB 149 or that gorgeous Pelikan M1000 Raden pen. Start the “Free the Pelikan Fund”. 😁
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At the Chicago-Land pen show I had a chance to buy the Visconti ( I think) Wall Street for $400. It was new. I passed on it but later learned that at that price it was a great bargain.
Had a chance to pick up a brand new Pelikan M1000 at a sweet _sweet_ discount. Took it! Even got the EF nib I wanted. But yeah, just the basic black with gold trim. That nib though is absolutely sweet! Just writes broader than its EF designation.
I bought a Platinum 3776 with an SF nib. At the shop they didn't have testers, so I had to go on the feeling of the dry nib on paper (admittedly a mistake, but live and learn!). In a local-to-me FB fountain pen buy and sell group I came across an old 3776 celluloid in the tortie finish with a 14 K nib and pulled the trigger before ever having inked up the SF one (mistake number two).
After inking up the new one, I discovered that the 3776 likes to be held at a 45 degree angle whereas I tend to come in around 60-70 degrees (which may or may not be a lefty thing) - AND the old model needs a matching old converter which is out of production, but the seller still has some... I love the look of both my 3776 pens, and I want to love the writing experience, but I'll need to explore possible solutions: modify my grip (lowering the angle), getting a custom grind (naginata togi) or selling them off as is.
The 3776 is the only pen (including inexpensive Platinum steel nibs on the Plaisir and the Prefounte) that has an issue with my writing angle...
I love your recent vids.
Not just review, talking about topic that people get interested.
Thanks
I love a 149 before. Sold it, than just recently I bought an almost brand new 149 and the desk stand untouched! So happy!
I just ordered the Sailor ProGear Imperial (from Japan) and I’m waiting for it to arrive.
I agree about the visual of it...the stealth is stunning and I’ve grow to love the shape. (Cigar style was my #1 style but now it may be tied with this new one!)
I know im asking randomly but does any of you know of a way to log back into an Instagram account?
I was stupid lost my login password. I would love any tips you can give me.
@Izaiah Jericho instablaster ;)
@Ira Francisco i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site thru google and I'm trying it out now.
Seems to take quite some time so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@Ira Francisco it worked and I finally got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D
Thanks so much you really help me out :D
@Izaiah Jericho No problem :D
Cool video Kerry.. I have a black lustre.. ruthenium finish on the nib as well.. not had a peeling problem yet..had a work colleague from Scotland who was shocked that I had never heard "Bob's your Uncle!" Deprived growing up in NY!! Loved that Raden beauty too!
Frank from Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
I want to get the Pelikan M1005 Stresemann :) It will probably be available in June, but I can’t decide between F and the M.
I have never regretted not buying anything in my life. I generally am happier when I don't buy everything I want. Not to sound holier-than-thou.
Good trait to have!
Wise words Donald Drump.
Love that intro. Pens and hot bevs ^_^
I have the jade green celluloid 3776 and it's one of my faves! That calico version is also on my wish list, but currently, I'm hunting the karakusa blue ^_^
Finally, i love your sweater too ☺️
Hahaha thanks! I got it when I was in NYC early this month and saw the musical🥰
You’re marvellous: you don’t schlurp your coffee! I think Australia’s the same with retail mark up.
Hahahah schlurping drives me nuts 🤣
Most pens have a crazy high markup but there’s really nothing we can do about it lol
Pens and Tea 😂😂
I wish I'd started spending more than $200 on pens sooner. There were so many cool Visconti models that I really liked but just couldn't pull the trigger on at the time. I'm trying to make up for that now.
I'm a huge Visconti fan. I absolute love the Homo Sapien Bronze Age, and they now have one called "Crystal Dream" that I can't wait to try.
Scribo is an Italian company, and if you haven't seen the Scribo Feel, take a look, and find a way to try one. At about $750, they aren't cheap, but the shape and size put them in a class by themselves. It's one of the best feeling, hence the name, and best writing pens I've ever seen.
@@jamesaritchie1
Yes, I've heard that Scribo pens are great writers, but I just don't care for the shape and style of them. I've lately been buying more traditional types, like Leonardo and Pelikan, and also the Japanese brands.
The only pen I regret not buying is the Omas Arco brown Paragon. I could have had it at a pen show for $700 used, but in excellent shape. I DID get a used Omas Ogiva Arco brown with a "flessible" nib (at a pen show). I don't remember what I paid, but it was not a cheap pen. The first run of Paragons had a section made of the same material as the pen body and cap; the later edition had a metal section, and I dislike metal sections.
Wow! $3,200.00 is too much in my book
What a great idea for a pen video! It is a subject that speaks to many of us with the disease. You actually own one of my most regretted misses, the 365 optima, if that’s any consolation.
Just to rub it in a little, I do have a rose gold 149. *mic drop*
Could you do a video on how to sell pens? I have a few Safaris I’d like to not have and use money to buy others But I don’t know how to start
Would love a video on that also
@@gathercreatelivewithleslie8340 Me too!
Pelikan 805 Ocean Swirl
I have no idea why I was never bitten by the Montblanc bug. I've owned a couple, but only because I got them at ridculouskly low prices. I paid twenty bucks for one at a garage sale. I've used several loaned to me by friends who were trying to convert me, and all were spectacular writers, but they just never interested me.
Despite my love for extremely expensive fountain pens, I've never been rich. I'm just very, very good at finding ways to buy what I want at very low prices. There are simply too many great companies, too many great pens, and never enough money to buy everything I love. Namiki, Sailor, Conway Stewart, Waterman, and Pilot have always kept me satisfied and broke.
Now I've ha dto add Scribo to the list.
On top of this, I absolutely love unusual and unique pens. I'm a sucker for the pens with mammoth ivory barrels, for instance. And despite the talk about expensive pens, I love some of the Jinhao dragon pens. Well, yeah, they work a lot better when you replace teh cheap Jinhao nib with a gold nib. But once you do, some of these pens are spectacular, and would cost hundreds of dollars if made in Europe or America.
Some of the worst pens I've ever owned have been souvenir pens sold in gift shops everywhere. I still love them. I can persuade most of them to write reasonably well with some TLC, but they're still junk. I don't care. I still buy them.
Every other month or so I think about why I did not buy the Chatterley x Delta Stantuffo in Marmo Incrinato when I had more than one chance to, Number one on the regret list. Number two is the Sailor 95th Anniversary Realo. Number three is OMAS Paragon or Milord in Arco Bronze.
I regret not buying some more Waterman pens at the beginning of my hobby 15 years ago. At that time those pens (like the Le Man 100 Patrician) were just used versions of current models. Now they are out of production and way more expensive but I got enough models to be content. However I have some rules and one of them is: "Don't get a heart attack if the pen is lost, stolen or damaged", so this limits the price a bit. If it's too expensive, I'd be afraid of taking it with me to work and then it would be just an expensive piece of unused plastic. I still have far more pens than a sane person would need.
I don't regret not buying some limited editions although they are beautiful but then again I don't have to buy the Mona Lisa to admire it.
If you like celluloid, go vintage. I have some amazing Centropens (10014, 10016). You could sit there and gaze at the deep swirls of celluloid for hours and they are rather cheap and decent writers.
BTW I have a used Montblanc 146 and it's big enough for me. No need for a 149. And I still think they're overpriced.
I think no "sane person" needs more than, at most, 10 fountain pens, which will cover various nibs, colors, etc. I also am not a "sane person". On the other hand, it can be fun to be not too "sane".
@@peterpuleo2904 hm, you think 10 pens is a limit for a sane person... Then I'm not insane. I'm crazy and I like it 8-) Same goes for inks. Shiny! So many colors and they're all mine. My precious... Everyone who is collecting stuff has to be a bit crazy. Otherwise it wouldn't be fun.
Same here. I met a guy at a pen show last year who said he has over 300 inks in his personal collection. (I confess that I have more than 10 pens and inks).
I held off on the 149 for so long. It was *too* classic and boring for me. I now own 2 vintage models and love them.
The only pen(s) I genuinely rue never buying are the Classic Pens LB5 series of breathtaking beauties. If new ones were still around, I’d buy at least one of them.
They are beautiful. But the fact that it is a converter filler is very disappointing. (Especially for a pen that cost so much). It should have been a piston filler.
MrPleers ...Completely agree. We aren’t alone in feeling this way on this particular point about the LB5s. Anyway, right now I’m yearning to buy the Conid Bulkfiller regular demonstrator.
Hi. I really like your presentations on youtube. I find it wonderful job that you are doing. I also wonder about your mention that you write quite a lot, therefore I am curious to know what kind of things you write. A diary? A book? Thanks. Again wonderful videos that you have.
Top on my list is the Waterman Edson and the Parker 51 Heritage (but going back many years it would have been the 60s Parker 51)!
I now own a 1959 Parker 51 my dad passed on to me. In a state of disrepair but I'm fixing it.
@@Akiopai Well worth fixing, especially with such a high sentimental value. Good luck.
Elias Ragi thanks. I've already repaired his 1970s Sheaffer No Nonsense and am working on his 1950 Parker Victory next
@@Akiopai Repair is very gratifying, especially for items near to heart such as fountain pens which embody nostalgia. I have tweaked also a couple of Non Nonsense's and I now also enjoy adjusting the nibs / feeds of other makes. I am stuck on a Sheaffer Targa; 'spares' or replacement sections, nibs, feeds are hard to come by and usually overpriced. But this is part of the challenge.
M805 vibrant blue!
Though I have m805 stresemann, the marbled color of vibrant blue is wonderful.
Anyway, what differeces between aurora optima an 88?
Just the pen body. The 88 is a cigar shape like a sailor 1911 and the Optima has flat ends like the Sailor pro gear. It’s purely an aesthetic difference
Flat end is better for me. Thanks
The Pelikan M805 Ocean Swirl is my missed out on pen. Ugh, that thing is so gorgeous!
Oh and the Aurora Nebulosa with the gold trim....so mad at myself for missing those!
And of course the Twilight Vanishing Point, but that was just before I really jumped into the hobby so that was just poor timing
I regret not buying a second Waterman Phileas when they were being discontinued. I have one but I like having at least two. I have quite a few Watermans, no regrets about the 149 because so outrageously expensive. Perhaps some regrets not buying Parker in my younger days since I am from that part of the US
I wish Lamy will make again Al-Star Raspberry again. Why I cannot buy pen in color I need?
Interestingly, I was thinking about the Ohto Tasche as a knockabout pen, because I already have the Muji pen. They were very inexpensive at the time, like $15-20AUD on Amazon. Today, when I looked it up, though, they were minimum $50AUD, so I have no idea what happened.
So I've saved up enough to get a raden pelikan, but I also want a namiki seven gods pen. Whichever way I go, the other will be one of my biggest regrets to not buy. Uuugh
I patiently waited for a Pilot size 15 PO nib to become available at a reasonable price. Wanted it for about 2 years, but it was extortionatly marked up compared to other size 15 Pilot nibs. I already had a size 10 PO and thought maybe I shouldn't bother, but when I saw it at 300 instead of 4xx I decided not to let it pass. It's back at 4xx now, and I'm glad I finally got it.
I sometimes think I would want an urushi or makie pen, and I could afford it, but it just seems like... If I want some novel material, or some one of a kind thing, I'd rather look into making something myself. I don't want to be someone who obsesses over the beauty of a reproduction, or fetishizes the Japanese. And I can just see myself losing all interest in it 5 minutes after I'd held it in my hands. I justify luxury purchases when I can think I wouldn't miss the money, but I also don't want to be holding an expensive purchase and realise it brings no more joy than anything I already had. I don't want to find myself with an enormous collection of tools I don't use, or feel like I am only using to justify the existence of them. I'm wary of trying too hard to recreate a moment of remembered happiness, as when first discovering fountain pens. I'm wary of being a person who spends too much money on themselves, and not enough on others.
For me the question of acquisition is not only financial, but demands a philosophical response as well, as in whether or not there is real happiness in it. I let myself have a spare of nibs I liked, because I enjoyed the act of writing and these specialty nibs may not be around forever if mine is damaged, but beyond that I find it hard to think I'd be happier if I finally bought a Lamy2k to see what it is all about, or bought a pretty celuloid, or bought whatever else. I already feel kind of disgusted that I have over a dozen gold nib pens. It's a strange hobby we have when ostensibly the real hobby was supposed to be writing.
I don't think loving Maki-e or Chinkin pens have anything at all to do with a Japanese fetish. That's pretty insulting, and borders on racist. It's about beauty, talent, skill and dedication that should be rewarded, whoever makes it. I don't give a rat's behind who does something. When they do it well enough, they deserve to be respected, and their work deserves to be used.
For me, at least, using a Maki-e or a Chinkin DOES bring far more joy that using any other pen. Price has absolutely nothing to do with it. If you buy anything just because it's expensive, you're a fool. If you don't buy something you can afford out of fear, you're a bigger fool.
I do understand what you mean about spending money on others, but this is often misguided, as well. That wonderful and brilliant philosopher known as :"Anonymous" said a couple of things I took to heart long ago. 1. The man who buys something simply because it's expensive is a fool. The man who refuses to buy something simply because it's expensive is a bigger fool." 2. The man who goes through like wearing sackcloth and ashes is as vain as the man who goes through life bedecked in silk and jewels. Both as just saying, "Hey, look at me. Am I not special?
He or she also said, "The foolish man spends his time handing out fish to the poor. The wise man spends time teaching the poor how to fish. The great man teaches the poor how to fish, and then buys their catch."
So answer me this. Who employs more people, gives them jobs to feed their families, which makes them proud, and who does more to reward the artists who spend a lifetime of dedication developing their talent into a skill that allows them to create true beauty, the man in sackcloth and askes who hands them a fish, or the man who buys their catch.
Go ask the artists who create Maki-e and Chinkin pens what they think. Go ask all the workers employed by Namiki what they think. Go ask all the business people and their workers who sell all of life's necessities to the Namiki employees what they think.
And, seriously, who give a rat's whisker about owning a dozen fountain pens with gold nibs, and then buying another? No one with any sense. There is no magic number. If one is all right, then one thousand is also fine. There are no degrees of sin. It's like being pregnant. You is or you ain't, and sin is the same way. Greed, lust, whatever, you do or you don't, and "Well, I only bought one" is like saying, "Well, I only murdered once".
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The one pen I hunted down over time and then paid more than I wanted for was a posting nib. When you need a REALLY thin, non-feathering line.
I’m glad I got the Big Red from this series
Never really considered the 149 or any Montblanc pen, for decades. Reasons: I'm a technician and tinkerer and I knew that Montblanc aren't exactly service-by-user friendly. Also, they're heftily overpriced just because they're Montblanc. But I finally got one as a gift, a standard black & gold 149, and I'm very happy with it. Flawless pen, you won't see any criticism against it from me. Love it. But I'll never put any nasty ink in it.
Have a celluloid 3776, it's pretty and nice, but I rarely use it. IMO the standard 3776s are better pens.
Regret not buying? A blue M605. Only the M600 is available in blue now. Only other thing I can think of is a Visconti Opera Master. The currently available models don't attract me. Someday I will probably regret not getting a black Homo Sapiens Lava. But I'm not gonna buy any. I don't like the bronze fittings. I don't fret about these things. Compulsions need to be fought. I can do without them. It's a lot of money that can be spent on other things.
Like you, there is a possible purchase of a M1000 in the future. But also like you, I figure I already have enough Pelikans. I have a Duofold I got long ago. It would be a wonderful writing instrument if it was decently sealed. But it was made back in the years when Parker quality was not exactly at the top, so it's not. The nib is more than perfect though. I might try another Duofold someday, but as I said, I don't fret about these things. You have to stay sane. Too many new pens are launched every year. I have no planned purchases.
Nice video, as always!!
Your little song at the end 😂😂❤️❤️
I do that a lot 🤣
@@PensandTea But murder. Didn't know you would kill someone for lack of coffee x3.
Thanks Kerry.
I have long wanted the Pelikan Cities M600 Shanghai. I saw it once in a pen show but at c. £550 (US$700) it was simply not affordable for me... Sighs and regrets but then the only way to control a pen collecting addiction is to have a budget and stick to it... : (
Budgets are SUPER important to stick to otherwise you could definitely get into trouble
New name suggestion. Pens and drinks.
Aurora Optima 365 Brown Marble. I really regret not buying that one.
Same! I hunted for that one and finally got my hands on it!
Generally, I'm not attracted to pens for their rarity, so if I want a pen but decide not to buy it, then change my mind, I can generally buy it later. The two relative rarities I wanted were specialty nibs that I managed to hunt down in my price range and buy. Yay. So my regrets are not pen-related. I've had a few.
That would be ny GTO pen for daily ice!
I bought a Platinum 3776 in Soft Fine from a Chinese dealer. I just loved it but unfortunately my new puppy got her teeth on it and completely smashed it. So sad but I haven’t reordered one. I was looking for flex & while that does have some it can’t compare to a Pilot Falcon soft fine.
Oh man! Nibs are no match for puppy teeth 🤦🏼♀️
Neither is the body. She munched that too.
Ouch 😞
I love the M815 metal stripes that Pelikan has since the last year, if I remember correctly. That pen has a beautiful look to it, it is something like Streseman but not so dull and the most important thing, it has an ink window. If they ever make it in M1000 I'm definitely buying it, no matter the cost. Have you ever tried Conid pens? People have really good stories about them.
I agree on all of your pens except M1000. I find nib very finicky and feedback very unpleasant.
I wish I'd never bought my M1000. The nib is too thin and soft for me, and feels like it's made out of gold leaf foil.
Crazy! My experience was so different!
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I only have one Aurora with a steel nib, and it has a nice soft bounce to it. Is this generally true of Aurora nibs?
I’ve never actually used a steel nib Aurora! The Golds are fantastic though
Hey, nice sweater ;)
I like your videos but wish you would stop rocking back and forth when standing; it is sort of annoying. (No offense intended).
It’s a force of habit, I can’t stand/sit still. I’ll try to do better
@@PensandTea You are so sweet. I hate making a comment like this but thought it would make for a better video. :)
I have a modest collection of fps - three 3776's, two Diplomats, two Lamy 2000's plus a few other brands. This might sound crazy, but I'm wary of using them for fear of wearing out the nibs. I notice that you have some very expensive pens and wonder whether you actually use them. I believe most fp collectors only buy super expensive pens as fetish objects - in short, baubles.
I do use almost all my pens on a fairly regular basis. When I notice I don’t use them often enough I will sell them so that they go to a good home 👌🏼
That sounds wise. I store the ones I'm not using. I sometimes gaze at them in their in their Aston case and promise that I'll write a play or short story with at least one of them!
You don't need to fear wearing out the nib at all. You will never wear it down in your lifetime.
Not even a Platinum 3776 fine nib? I can't see any tipping on the nib - beautuful as that pen is.
Darryl Foster There's not a lot of information about it, but apparently 60 years ago they used to say it should last 12 years of 8 hour use a day. Nakaya thinks their pens should write 5 to 6 million characters. If you rotate your pens, they should all last your lifetime. If you use just one and you truly write prolifically, maybe you can wear it out. If you write maybe 5 to 10 hours a week, I think it should last. You can be proud if you ever wear out the tip in this modern age. Enjoy your pens how you want to, but don't be worried they'll be ruined if you use them.
So, size still matters huh?
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Funny, Optima Auroloide led me to the Aurora appeal of 88 which led to Saturno. It looks waay better IRL not to mention the 18K nib is pretty sweet. That said, this first lux purchase is under house arrest as too precious for a daily outside writer. Regrets: missing the 6 hour decision window before some lucky soul snapped up a Sailor KOP clear demonstrator in Naginata Togi medium before the Sailor revamp to the current plain body specialty nib lineup. Reason over emotion, grumbles...
My biggest regret was not buying an Omas Arco. :-(
Vanishing point twilight finish
I was lucky enough to have bought that one. It’s super hard to find now
Pens and Tea Let me know if you want to sell it. Maybe you could use the $$ towards a MB 149 or that gorgeous Pelikan M1000 Raden pen. Start the “Free the Pelikan Fund”. 😁
I’ll let you know if I do!
Why tho
Kudos for being geeky. Very funny.
I couldn’t be any other way lol