I see you are well down the rabbit hole! Some of my favorite sketching pens are Opus 88. With their “Japanese eyedropper” filling system they hold a lot of ink but can be shut off from outside air pressure for flying like the vacuum fillers. Consequently, I will take my TWSBI Vac Mini and a couple of Opus 88 small Fantasias to have different colors of ink for my international sketching/watercolor trip this summer. I love the De Atramentis Document inks, especially Sepia Brown, Black, Urban Sienna, Cyan, Turquoise for sketching and journaling. SketchINK is good, too. I am enjoying your videos. Keep up the good work!
I'm so deep down the rabbit hole! I've never tried an Opus 88 before but now I'll add it to my list. Glad to hear that you enjoy the De Atramentis document inks too! The joy of fountain pens - they are neverending 💕
Interesting fact, that KaWeCo and Lamy are in the same town *Heidelberg * Als, Kaweco became a public limited company in 1921, then being taken over by the Knust Woringen and Grube company (KWG), after Kaweco went bankrupt in 1930
@@beckyisj Your welcome! At times _(regardless of the product)_ its good to know something about the company, have they been round for a long time, do they have an office address! Knowing the product is one thing, however, knowing something about them is another - like Loake has been around since 1880 still exists to day! Same a Toyota the vehicle maker! One of the best places to find out about a company is Google! As to the *Heidelberg* there's also Google Maps!
@@beckyisj Of course if currently prefer Lamy Safari as it cheaper than KaWeCo and other brands! The grip is great for people that have never been taught to hold a pen properly! The founder of Lamy _(Manfred Lamy)_ used to work for Parker Pens in Germany! He started Lamy in the 1930s! In 1930 by purchasing the Orthos pen manufacturer. Most students - _from 8 years old_ - Use Fountain pens, from primary to university!
I'm pretty new to sketching but have been into fountain pens for many years! You're fortunate to have small hands since the Kaweco Sport is a decent pen (and easy to swap nibs) but too small for my large hands. The beauty of the Lamy Safari is how incredibly easy it is to change nibs -- a piece of tape to slide off one, then slide on another of different width. My favorite for sketching remains the Sailor Fude. I find it better than other fude nibs that dry out in the cap -- this one doesn't! The TWSBI (Vac 700R Iris here) does have a large ink capacity, is easily user maintained but it doesn't use a cartridge or converter -- purely bottle fill (it's a "vac fill").
The Safari is awesome! I'd love to try it in a stub nib and see if maybe I can get different sketching widths, although the fude is also my all-time favourite. Not sure how it's so magical and sooo affordable!
With a syringe unfortunately! When I'm at home, I have a dedicated inkwell (I don't switch out inks a lot) but when travelling, a blunt syringe is the least messiest way for me.
Nice to glean some basic fountain pen terminology from you. I am curious why your pens are empty? Have you not used them yet? It would've been nice to see their comparison strokes to the other ones. Also that's a lot of inks! XD I would love to see you exploring colored inks. I lean more towards sepia tones but would be interested in a nice gray. :)
Greys are sooo beautiful in real life but often turn out black on camera 😭 might have to figure out how to capture that soon! And I usually only keep 1-2 pens inked up for sketching because I tend to grab them over and over again :) will definitely be going through the sample pack for all those waterproof coloured inks!!
I see you are well down the rabbit hole! Some of my favorite sketching pens are Opus 88. With their “Japanese eyedropper” filling system they hold a lot of ink but can be shut off from outside air pressure for flying like the vacuum fillers. Consequently, I will take my TWSBI Vac Mini and a couple of Opus 88 small Fantasias to have different colors of ink for my international sketching/watercolor trip this summer. I love the De Atramentis Document inks, especially Sepia Brown, Black, Urban Sienna, Cyan, Turquoise for sketching and journaling. SketchINK is good, too. I am enjoying your videos. Keep up the good work!
I'm so deep down the rabbit hole! I've never tried an Opus 88 before but now I'll add it to my list. Glad to hear that you enjoy the De Atramentis document inks too! The joy of fountain pens - they are neverending 💕
Interesting fact, that KaWeCo and Lamy are in the same town *Heidelberg *
Als, Kaweco became a public limited company in 1921, then being taken over by the Knust Woringen and Grube company (KWG), after Kaweco went bankrupt in 1930
Oh woah! I did not know that. Thanks for sharing. That's also quite a great town!
@@beckyisj Your welcome! At times _(regardless of the product)_ its good to know something about the company, have they been round for a long time, do they have an office address! Knowing the product is one thing, however, knowing something about them is another - like Loake has been around since 1880 still exists to day! Same a Toyota the vehicle maker!
One of the best places to find out about a company is Google!
As to the *Heidelberg* there's also Google Maps!
@@beckyisj Of course if currently prefer Lamy Safari as it cheaper than KaWeCo and other brands! The grip is great for people that have never been taught to hold a pen properly! The founder of Lamy _(Manfred Lamy)_ used to work for Parker Pens in Germany! He started Lamy in the 1930s!
In 1930 by purchasing the Orthos pen manufacturer.
Most students - _from 8 years old_ - Use Fountain pens, from primary to university!
This is really cool! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! 💙
Platinum Carbon Black is absolutely superb ink. Love drawing with it!
I'm pretty new to sketching but have been into fountain pens for many years! You're fortunate to have small hands since the Kaweco Sport is a decent pen (and easy to swap nibs) but too small for my large hands. The beauty of the Lamy Safari is how incredibly easy it is to change nibs -- a piece of tape to slide off one, then slide on another of different width. My favorite for sketching remains the Sailor Fude. I find it better than other fude nibs that dry out in the cap -- this one doesn't! The TWSBI (Vac 700R Iris here) does have a large ink capacity, is easily user maintained but it doesn't use a cartridge or converter -- purely bottle fill (it's a "vac fill").
The Safari is awesome! I'd love to try it in a stub nib and see if maybe I can get different sketching widths, although the fude is also my all-time favourite. Not sure how it's so magical and sooo affordable!
Amazing..Very Helpfull....Keep it up your good work
Thanks!
Why didn’t you use the Lima but all the other pens? Weird.
I think van ness pens gives bigger or cheaper samples. Shop around.
Hi! How do you transfer ink samples to your Twsbi eco?
With a syringe unfortunately! When I'm at home, I have a dedicated inkwell (I don't switch out inks a lot) but when travelling, a blunt syringe is the least messiest way for me.
Nice to glean some basic fountain pen terminology from you. I am curious why your pens are empty? Have you not used them yet? It would've been nice to see their comparison strokes to the other ones.
Also that's a lot of inks! XD I would love to see you exploring colored inks. I lean more towards sepia tones but would be interested in a nice gray. :)
Greys are sooo beautiful in real life but often turn out black on camera 😭 might have to figure out how to capture that soon! And I usually only keep 1-2 pens inked up for sketching because I tend to grab them over and over again :) will definitely be going through the sample pack for all those waterproof coloured inks!!
@@beckyisj ohh okay I see. I hope we get to see the colorful one in action. It's so pretty!
Don’t feel you have to show only stuff we can run out and buy. I’m here because I’m curious. Not because I can afford to shop.