A couple questions for the fellow who transcribed The Lord of the Rings; 1. What paper did you use? (lined? unlined? notebook? looseleaf?) How many pages were used? 2. Did you use just one ink? How many bottles were used? 3. "Fine", "medium", "broad", "stub"? Gold, or steel nib?
I remember one of ‘Those moments’ for my Mother. I am one of 4 girls and we used to fight over whose turn it was to do the dishes each evening. One time we had guests for dinner and without being asked we all got up, cleared the table and did the dishes so the adults could visit. Mom could not believe her eyes! Later when the guests were gone she made a big deal out of it and made us feel so grown up. I am retired and your comment brought that back from the past. Thanks. Turkey Hammock and hope Drew has a safe end enjoyable trip.
Regarding quill pens, you may have heard a small pocket knife referred to as a penknife, because they were used primarily to make and mend quill pens. On a side note, a professional calligrapher acquaintance of mine once opined, "If you've ever written with a well-cut quill on a finely prepared piece of vellum, you will understand how medieval monks could've remained celibate."
@@warblerab2955 My friend, Sally, knew how to cut a quill, but I'm afraid real vellum (as opposed to paper vellum) is out of my price range. I have to content myself with a gold nib on Tomoe River paper.
I am soo excited - a new podcast and my Goulet package just arrived!! I get to ink up my new pens while listening to this!! Also, I just want to thank Sandy for her attention and care packing my box. She must have realized I love a particular shade of blue. She gave me the blue B7 Apica notebook and a blue tootsie pop in my favorite shade of blue. I have hyper fixations on color combinations so those little details mean a lot. Please extend her my personal thanks because she made my Friday.
For future pencast: Why the wide range of prices in converters and inclusion with pens. For example, a cheap fountain pen like the Shark includes a converter, and yet a Platinum converter is almost twice as expensive as their Preppy (which itself is more expensive than a Shark with a converter). Is the quality that varied or is there more at play?
Very good question. Local pen store recommended Faber Castell converters, and for the price I didn't mind. But very curious to hear a professional's answer on this.
They introduced "biros" at schools in the UK circa 1966. They often leaked all over your shirt pocket! My father concluded that the ball point nibs slid to quickly across the paper making my handwriting nearly illegible so he arranged with the school that I could use a fountain pen. I had a Platignum piston filler that I used for about three years that was replaced by a Sheaffer when I started Secondary School in South America. I have used fountain pens ever since.
Hey Brian and Drew, I just wanted to say thank you for keeping those incredible videos! I remember when I just got into fountain pens around 2019 Brian videos on 101 videos got me more curious and more passionate about it, especially that I didn’t had anyone I know that love this. So thank you! 🙏 and also wanted to mention that last year I had a massive burnout that It was even hard to get out of the bed, and your videos made me laugh, and having this bright light at the end of tunnel, that helped me to get back on my feet, so thank you Brian and Drew, please keep it up! I know how much it takes from you, you just helping people without even know it, so from the bottom of my heart thanks ❤️🙏
In German a fountain pen is called - Füllfederhalter - which translates into filling a feather holder which probably explains why we call the nib Feder/feather. Wonderful pencast.
In Japan, fountain pens are called 万年筆, meaning "10,000 year pen." In Taiwan, they are called 鋼筆, which means "steel pen." 钢笔 (steel pen) is the Simplified Chinese form used in China, but people also use the term 墨水笔, meaning "ink pen" there when referring to fountain pens.
Oh my goodness, that half speed....I laughed so hard. And I received my package from Goulet today too. Inks, pen flush, a lot of awesome stickers, and my three pen Rickshaw case like Drew's. I just enjoy you both so much 😊
Omg I just about died when Brian said “shorts would help with the humidity” lol. Listening to you in bed with a sleeping baby and husband on either side shaking and trying not to make any noise. Love all the “extra” you guys put into these. Turkey hammock 😀
APPLAUSE: (1) To Megan-Love your resilience and dedication to “keeping your head up!” May God bless you richly in your journey; may you continue to find joy in writing and in art and life. (2) For Brian & Drew, I don’t know if I would be a fountain pen fanatic without you. I got started when the RUclips computer gave me an option to watch Goulet Pen’s posting. Even after I had become a fanatic, after many programs had come and gone, I still watch many, many Goulet Episodes, and I search Goulet past episodes for reminders about various techniques, from cleaning various pens to correcting “baby’s bottom” to increasing flow, and on and on. Brian, if I were still teaching in a school of business and occasionally teaching “entrepreneurship” (starting and growing a small business), I would probably contact you for permission to do a case study (still possible, but my motivation for publishing cases as diminished significantly 5 years after retiring. YOU HAVE BEEN A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT OF THE FLOURISHING OF THIS HOBBY IN AMERICA. I am passionate about writing, everything from theology to children’s literature and Inklings inspired fiction. I believe fountain pens take the pleasure of writing to the highest level. There is just something poetic about the pen in hand, nib touching paper, words flowing, and the warm glow of one’s heart. Blessings for your contributions and ongoing inspiration. I am down to my “final 4” and Goulet is always something I watch. K
Hi, I have a question about the new Twisbi Eco Glow Green pen- I'd love to get one to fill it with Noodler's Blue Ghost, but would a UV light make the glowing part glow, in addition to the ink? I absolutely love illustrating with Blue Ghost, and it would be super cool if the black light made the pen body continue to glow while I'm drawing!
It should, and UV should also charge the glow material quicker than regular room lighting, given the phosphorescence and fluorescence work off similar principles
Beautiful letter from Meghan. Wishing the best future for her. I’m sure with her positive attitude she will have many wonderful life events that will sustain her. Such an inspiration for the rest of us. 😊❤️
Dzień dobry! In Polish, fountain pen is pióro (feather) or, more completely, pióro wieczne (eternal or perpetual feather). Warm greetings from Wrocław!
I like the addition of a guest spot. I hope you have more guests in the future. Question for you two. Do you find yourself reaching for pens with steel nibs or gold nibs?
I know whereof Chantal speaks! I use a syringe to flush the stubborn ink from above the nib in the housing as well as from under the nib through the breather hole. Some pens really seem to hold a lot of ink there! If I can unscrew the nib unit I do, and rinse the section, but I still can get ink to rinse out from the inside of the housing above the nib.
In Polish fountain pen is called 'pióro wieczne' which roughly translates to 'eternal / everlasting pen' since as long as you fill the reservoir with ink it will last you forever. also 'pióro' on its own translates to feather, so I guess there is also that connection there.
Going back to the fude nibs from a few episodes back, I have a Jinhao fude pen that I fill with a bright color and use it as a multi-width 'highlighter'. I underline, star, circle text etc in thin to thick lines as needed for the 'pay attention to this' factor 😊
Hey Brian and drew. It was me who asked about the pen for 10 years. It’s ok you didn’t remember my name the dialogue was way more fun then my name lol. It is jack though 😂❤️
Brian: we have crates to put our 30++ pairs of shoes in. Drew: you know what I have? I have… I was actually expecting Drew to say: I have only three pairs of shoes that I will rotate and if I want to get a new pair of shoes, I will throw one pair out. I was a little disappointed he has more than 3.
I loved hearing about Drew’s son getting the fasten to shoes roller skates. They were common back in the mid to late 1960s, cheaper than conventional skates and were adjustable to accommodate growing feet. I remember enjoying skating in them indoors and on sidewalks outdoors.
I had hand-me-down skates. I was born in '66' with siblings 9 and 4 years older. I loved skating. I lived on the end of a block which was a small hill. I perfected over time speed and enough control to make the corner. A lot of falls along the way though!! But then the skateboard came to my attention, it became a new love.
Hi guys, in the current French Canadian, we call it a "plume fontaine " translation : fountain feather. I love that translation, stylo came much later in history, in Canada we kept the old name ! Nice info,!
I also have to agree that my Edison Collier is my most comfortable pen to write with. The light weight and wide barrel really do make it so easy to write with.
Here are the ways to call fountain pens in Japanese and Chinese: In Japanese, as another commenter pointed out, is ‘ten thousand years pen 万年筆.’ Ten thousand usually connotes with the meaning ‘mass/large quantity/close to infinity,’ so that can mean ‘long lasting pen.’ while I agree with the other comment that it last longer than the historically traditional bamboo/wood+animal fur brush pens, it also indicates its longevity and sustainability. There are two ways to call fountain pens in Chinese. The most common name used by most Chinese speaking communities (I have seen it from Taiwanese and mainland Chinese stationary communities) is the same as Japanese, ‘ten thousand years pen 萬年筆/万年笔’ but of course with different pronunciations (you also need to consider the variety of dialects too.) I suspect that this name is adapted from Japan as it was considered to be technologically and academically more advanced throughout 20th century; the influence would have been more significant in Taiwan as it was a Japanese colony (and it still is heavily influenced by Japanese culture.) I’m not sure when fountain pens are introduced to China nor Taiwan, but knowing that most Chinese bourgeois and scholars do advance studies in Japan, I suspect the instrument was introduced in this process. The second name is more familiar with me, because that was the first and only name I got introduced by my father, who is a regular fountain pen user, in my first language, Cantonese (a variant of Chinese language). The name is ‘Ink Pen 墨水筆’. It seems that it is used commonly in Cantonese-speaking communities if not exclusively in Hong Kong where I grew up. I think the name references to the ink-flowing experience when using the pen. There are two possibilities for this name: for one, although the Chinese stationary heritage also use ink with brush pens, we have already called that the ‘brush pen 毛筆’ so I guess we just decided to take its ink flow characteristic as the way to refer fountain pens. Another reason would probably be English language influence from British colonialism, because fountain pen and ‘ink pen’ share very similar naming inspirations, to me at least. Hope all these make sense! I’d love to know how other languages refer to fountain pens and what they mean contextually.
Thank you so much for answering my question in depth (posted as lincolnpunch). I've recently got a Pelikan golden beryl and just thought the nib was designed to be a bit scratchy... By the way, it's "everlasting pen" in Korean.
To Megan, I’m not sure what the meaning behind your name is but it should include resilient! Go you!!! May God bless you as you move ahead. 🌻 Enjoyed the memory of an ice cold Fresca. 🥤 Figboot was a nice addition. BTW he mentioned the Lamy 2000 so this wouldn’t have been the episode that it didn’t get mentioned. It’s good that this video is watched at different times so there wasn’t this strange report of a loud echo “bumper pool” followed by uncontrolled laughter all over the world. lol. Drew, have fun at the pen show. Brian, happy welding...you need to be on Forged in Fire. Hope everyone is able to enjoy some fountainpen/paper time this weekend. 🤓🌻
I like how Brian talks about listening 3/4 speed at the start as I listen to all your podcasts at 2x the speed... especially great to catch up when I get behind (almost caught up!) when you slowed it down it sounded normal and I thought I accidentally didn't put it on 2x the speed.
Already gave a like before the show even started then almost in tears by the first two feedback comments. I totally agree you guys add sooooo much to this hobby. Very important question: brian, after 60 pencasts can you do the intro off by heart or do you still need to read it. Aaand I've burnt my toast coz i was typing this...oops
In Filipino, a writing instrument is “panulat,” where the root word is “sulat,” meaning to write. Westernized terms as bolpen (ballpen), or pluma are also used.
Speaking of cleaning, I think it's kinda fun to switch to different colors without cleaning the pen, because you get this effect where as you write, you get this gradual color shift to the target color and I just think it's really neat. Although you gotta do it when the nib is basically completely out of usable ink and write anymore. I forgot that step and now I just backwards contaminated the nice iroshizuku Yu-Yake I put into it. Although, it's not too bad. I find the resulting brown quite pleasant.
Brian: Ellie is one of my Spooky Season sisters! Our Halloween brainstorming begins in early August, sometimes even as early as mid-July. Costumes and decorations take time, especially for the creative-minded. Listening to y’all talk about milestones with your children was so relatable. I just came from my first stay with my adult daughter who has her own home and way of doing things. THAT was an eye-opener! I had to forget that I was the parent and remold myself to show respect for their system. A hard, but important lesson.
I just love David (figboot on pens). I actually found his channel before you guys, and I LOVE his content too! Truly he and you guys are the reason i am in the hobby! Awesome to see him here
You guys do an awesome job bringing the fountain pen community together, but do your LOCAL communities know they have celebrities in their midst? Do they yell BRIAN...DREW when you walk into a room? Have your kids watched your RUclips videos? One day they will treasure these videos.
Have always loved random facts and sharing them. Does get you lots of strange looks upon sharing them. Thank you for supplying me with more. Glad to hear I am not the only one who talks to the screen.
Just when I think the Pencast can't get any better (unless it was longer), you have David Parker on as a guest. Seeing him answer Q&A questions was a delight. Please bring him back again, and keep having other pen people on as guests sometimes, it's great! And I'd love to see more people from Goulet Pens, too. If I got to keep my hypothetical 10 year pen afterwards, it would be either a Namiki Emperor Coral, Namiki Yukari Frog, or Namiki Yukari Pine Needle (almost definitely the former). I just can't see letting the opportunity to admire that much individual artistry every day go to waste on a pen that has a less handcrafted touch. If I didn't get to keep it, an Opus 88 of some persuasion, for a combination of practicality and pleasure. As a hypothetical, what is the reverse of that question? If you could only use one ink for ten years, what would it be?
(1:08:15): I love that he covered that in the manner that he did. I cringe when I see people talk about things they dislike about an expensive pen that could easily be found out before their big purchase. That makes me question their knowledge about the subject at hand and their practicality about what's important (ie. why I tapped into their review in the first place) all together.
@@mephitstophilis The Lamy 2000 is one of the ugliest fountain pens ever but is very popular. I have never tried a Benu pen. I find Benu pens to be ugly but a lot of people like them.
Happy National Toilet Paper Day! 😁 You guys and the Anderson Pens podcast are easily the most helpful information for the fountain pen community of any other retailers. Thanks for providing this valuable service! There's a cheat answer to the "only one pen for the next 10 years." An old Esterbrook. 33 nib options, and they never said anything about switching nibs. 😈 And, Drew, there's brown ones. 😁
I definitely do not speak French, but I did manage to carry an A through 4 semesters of it. Based on this, I know that fountain pen in french is "stylo plume" -- literally feather (plume) pen (stylo). The common word used to refer to any random pen is just stylo.
Glad to be tuning in for another great pencast! I’ve recently noticed my Kaweco Lilliput no longer keeps the ink cartridges on (they fit loosely and often leads to a huge mess). Womp womp😵💫😩. Is this a common issue? I’ve been using Kaweco’s ink cartridges so I know I’m using the appropriate size cartridges… I don’t really know how to fix it aside from retiring my pen… 😢
In Japanese , fountain pen is ... 万年筆 . Which basically means ten thousand year writing brush . It is mae nen fude . The writing brush is still used today.
I love figboot!! He has said that he writes back to anyone who writes him. I've been trying to craft the perfect letter for so long now, ha ha! I think I'm close to a finished letter wanting to not waste one thought. Seems I think of more questions and ideas. Then to write it out fountain pen style!!
Brian has the correct answer for the hypo: Namiki Emperor Nightline Raden. There’s one listed on eBay for a cool $39,888 right now. No biggie. Pelikan Souverän M1000 Raden Green Ray was another for me because I couldn’t justify either normally. Okay, maybe the M1000 🤤
That Green Ray was to die for. Absolutely gorgeous. I think I’d have to go with the Sailor King of Pens with the wolf on it that’s currently on the Goulet site, Nihon Ookami to Gekkou, because there’s no way I’d get sick of looking at that gorgeous maki-e for ten years. I’ll take a fine, please and thank you. 😁
Forgive me, I’m 5 episodes behind and am currently playing catch up, but we might need a brain melt sticker to accompany our turkey. Go figure, my first comment on this channel and I choose brain melting. Mind boggling facts are the best! Thank you both for the laughter, smiles, nose snorts, and arbitrary knowledge, it’s beyond appreciated.
Chiming in mid view without having red any of the comments to say 1984 baby here and I remember Orbitz! I only had one once. My brother and I got to be on a local Canadian game show as children (YTV Uh-Oh for any elder millennial Canadians in the crowd haha), and they gave us orbitz at the studio. I thought it was the coolest thing…… until I took a gulp and the texture of floaties in my drink was a hard no 😂
Brian’s Spanish pronunciation, though not perfect, was acceptable. The effort is what counts. By the way, in Romance languages, pluma or plume, though it literally means “feather,” is used the same as “pen” in English. So “pluma fuente” really means “fountain pen.” Great show, guys.
Question: I bought a bottle of ink last year and have used the ink once. A few months ago, when I reopened the bottle, there was a 'pop' sound when the cap came off. Didn't think much about it at first so I inked up a couple of pens. After a couple of days, I saw ink spattered in the pen caps so I had to clean them up. And when I used the pens, they burped. I noticed that the ink in the barrel (I used TWSBIs) looked more viscous than the ink in the bottle. I thought the problem was with the pens so I emptied them and inked up two different ones with converters. The same thing happened. I assume it is the ink that is the problem. But, when I checked, there was no strange smell (except for the kind of smell one would expect of ink) and no weird particles floating around. Also, all the other bottles of ink that I bought from that same brand, at the same time, are fine. Those inks are all 'well-behaved'. Did I get a rouge bottle of ink or what? Should I get rid of it?
I just have to say that I love watching your segments and have learned so much about fountain pens!! With that being said….. I started using a fountain pen just 6 months ago so I am new to this. I have developed tendonitis in my right arm (from other crafts) and find that some days it is hard to use the pens. I have a Lamy and TWSBI. F & M nibs. Is there a particular fountain pen that might be better to use at this point?
I have arthritis and chronic pain. I like the TWSBI Ecos for that, but if they don't work for you, you might try Opus 88, which I also find extremely comfortable. In particular, I find the Jazz very helpful with pain. I also tend to find that broader and smoother nibs help me, that might be a personal preference, but I find it helps me resist the ingrained impulse to press down when I write.
I’ve noticed that I write at an angle. Is this going to cause a problem for my pen? It’s hard to keep my hand/pen straight. Are there nibs that account for that?
re: drying pens, I usually leave the pen open/apart overnight in a closed cigar box with some packets of desiccant. If water is particularly hard (and leaves water drop residues) rinse the pen/parts in distilled water before drying.
Enjoyed as always. You guys have a wonderful Labor Day weekend with your families. Looking forward to seeing you back in a few weeks. BTW My husband said he used to pick his teeth with the swords of his lead d&d figurines back in the day. 😵💫
I hope you both enjoy Labor Day Weekend! And safe travels, Drew! I understand y'all taking a week off, but I would really appreciate it if you could tell us at the beginning of the episode rather than the end. I sometimes stretch these out or save them for special days, and I like to know if an episode needs to last 2 weeks. (And yes, I do also re-watch old episodes, but there is something special about seeing them for the first time!)
Of course, 'pen' means feather, as in penne pasta, and originally meant what we now call the nib, which is why dip pens were formerly referred to as 'pen-holders'. So 'quill pen' is actually a tautology. With this in mind, words like 'Federhalter, 'Plume', 'Piuma' etc make so much more sense. Japan and China have a tradition of using brushes for calligraphy, so their terminology arose from a different root.
Worth also mentioning that 'fountain' comes from the Latin 'fons' IIRC, and has the same root as a font for baptism. So the reservoir is the key element. How the meaning slid to our current one, I don't know.
When Brian says, “I won’t get deep into that,” and Drew slyly smirks. 😂❤️😂❤️😂 Brian, I love your extensive, but “not deep” explanations. Drew, thank you for making the same face as me. ☺️ Never change. And…..we also need a sticker of a turkey playing bumper pool. Just saying.
The turkey has to be sitting in a hammock, of course. Not the most effective position for playing pool, but I don’t know that their wings have the right range of movement for pool playing anyway, so… go FULL TURKEY HAMMOCK or go home, right? 😅😂🤣 🌴🦃🌴
Hey guys, I am definitely looking forward to the 'getting back in' video! Funny enough, listening through last week's episode a second time. I must have missed it the first time, but the whole hot dog/bologne segment I can actually shed some light on this! While yes, they are both emulsified meat products (meaning that the meat fibers and fat get blended together incredibly uniformly) which is the similar texture. (Fun fact: the same process (emulsification) is why our normal, supermarket milk doesn't separate into cream on top and low fat on bottom in your fridge at home!) An example of a mixed but not to such an extreme as emulsification would be salami, just left with larger chunks rather than pulverized down to such small pieces. But getting back to the point, other than texture, bologne and hot dogs are surprisingly different in their ingredients (spice blends, meats used, etc. For example, the 'snap' that you get from hot dogs that you don't get with bologne is due to usually being cured slightly stronger. Curing (celery salt) binds the meat fibers together which gives the firmness that gives the meat shape after cooking. Similar to the concept of adding egg to meatloaf, just more effective. Anywho, given my appreciation for Brian deep dives, I thought some people would appreciate some of the actual differences between hot dogs and bologne. TLDR - you would likely not enjoy a hot dog made of bologne, nor a cold, thin pancake of hot dog on your sandwich 😂
I've had a question for a while that I was never willing to ask because it sounds a little dumb, but I figured I might as well ask it anyway and maybe hope for an answer in a future pencast. Any tips for appreciating broad nibs? The writing experience I like the most usually comes in the shape of EF/F nibs (Japanese or German) or stubs. I own a TWSBI 580 with a broad nib as well as a Pilot Vanishing Point with a broad nib (I bought both of these as second/third pens of the same type, to get a wider range of experiences), but these two always end up being pens that I don't ink up. I do use good paper, so there's never any bleedthrough or anything, but I find that no matter what I always end up with hard starts (and I use a writing glove to not put hand oils on the page). That also seems to happen with medium nibs, albeit to a lesser degree. TL;DR: How to appreciate broad nibs when they always seem to hard start for me?
About the name "fountain pen", in French it's called "stylo-plume" because it translates literally to "pen-feather", or more accurately to "pen-quill" (because "quill" and "feather" are the same word in French). Its only disadvantage is that the word "plume" automatically makes people think you need to dip it sometimes xD You didn't butcher it too much, but "plume" has a sound that doesn't exist in English I believe.
Brian is completely right. I would totally go with the Emperor Nightline for ten years. As he said, it is beautiful. It is a great writer. It is absurdly expensive on the secondary market and Pilot EU sells a great leather pen sleeve for the emperor so you can pocket carry it. And it's an eyedropper, you'll only fill it like three times in five years: how economical!
If I was forced to choose 1 Pen for 10yrs, I can only speak for what I have right now..... But would be my Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age since I got it back from Mark Bacas. Does a perfect Fine line with light pressure, has a lovely bounce to show flare if I want to, reverse writing is better than some other pens I have, quick release cap, good ink capacity, LOOKS AWESOME, feels great, and durable.
Just getting around to watching this, but I find myself wondering, with each of your episodes: What pen is Drew using to take notes? He appears to use a different pen/episode. it would be nice to have a segment titled: "Drew's Pen of This Episode". Inquiring minds want to know!
Thank you soooo much Drew for asking Brian to name some of the language variations! Was yelling at my screen how disappointing the answer until that point was. Regarding German, yes German words are known to be super long (füll-feder-halter = filled feather holder) but we also like to make the language more comfortable and shorten things (füller = filled/filler) And I love the other answers in this comment section as well, thanks everyone!
The video is still black and white and I feel compelled to comment. Empty ink bottles could be used as very discreet flasks. "Is he drinking on the job?" "Nah...he just REALLY likes his Tsukushi" 😂😂😂
I feel like my pilot custom 823 and decimo are impossible to clean. Good thing my decimo is useless so i stored it away somewhere and i use pretty much one color on 823.
Yes, how do you thoroughly clean a vacuum filler? There must be some way, but probably too time-consuming for me. I just go with 'good enough' and haven't had any issues when switching to a new colour (using a TWSBI vac700).
Great collaboration with Mr Figboot, interesting and different taste.
“I just said - it depends - in a more confusing way” - Brian Goulet
another great quote for the books 🙌🤣😅
A couple questions for the fellow who transcribed The Lord of the Rings;
1. What paper did you use? (lined? unlined? notebook? looseleaf?) How many pages were used?
2. Did you use just one ink? How many bottles were used?
3. "Fine", "medium", "broad", "stub"?
Gold, or steel nib?
Yes, please! I want more details of this epic project. Also, I wouldn't mind seeing a few pics. 😊
I would also love more information and to see some photos. What a fantastic project.
I am DYING at the half speed pre-roll! 🤣
I remember one of ‘Those moments’ for my Mother. I am one of 4 girls and we used to fight over whose turn it was to do the dishes each evening. One time we had guests for dinner and without being asked we all got up, cleared the table and did the dishes so the adults could visit. Mom could not believe her eyes! Later when the guests were gone she made a big deal out of it and made us feel so grown up. I am retired and your comment brought that back from the past. Thanks. Turkey Hammock and hope Drew has a safe end enjoyable trip.
Regarding quill pens, you may have heard a small pocket knife referred to as a penknife, because they were used primarily to make and mend quill pens. On a side note, a professional calligrapher acquaintance of mine once opined, "If you've ever written with a well-cut quill on a finely prepared piece of vellum, you will understand how medieval monks could've remained celibate."
Satisfaction garanteed with that combination 😊
@@karinamcconell1828, writing with the right pen and paper combination is life changing! 😂
Came to the comments to make mention of the pen knife... thanks for bringing it up.
They often used reed quills.
@@warblerab2955 My friend, Sally, knew how to cut a quill, but I'm afraid real vellum (as opposed to paper vellum) is out of my price range. I have to content myself with a gold nib on Tomoe River paper.
In Japanese it’s called a “ten-thousand year brush.” I guess because metal lasts much longer than the animal fur of traditional writing brushes.
That’s cool!
Same in Korean; 만년필 "man.nyun.pil" 10,000 year pen/brush
I am soo excited - a new podcast and my Goulet package just arrived!! I get to ink up my new pens while listening to this!!
Also, I just want to thank Sandy for her attention and care packing my box. She must have realized I love a particular shade of blue. She gave me the blue B7 Apica notebook and a blue tootsie pop in my favorite shade of blue. I have hyper fixations on color combinations so those little details mean a lot. Please extend her my personal thanks because she made my Friday.
Yay! Thanks for choosing us! - Drew
That's awesome!!!
For future pencast: Why the wide range of prices in converters and inclusion with pens. For example, a cheap fountain pen like the Shark includes a converter, and yet a Platinum converter is almost twice as expensive as their Preppy (which itself is more expensive than a Shark with a converter). Is the quality that varied or is there more at play?
Very good question. Local pen store recommended Faber Castell converters, and for the price I didn't mind. But very curious to hear a professional's answer on this.
Great question! Often wondered this myself
Half speed starting at 8:46 is *chefs kiss*
They introduced "biros" at schools in the UK circa 1966. They often leaked all over your shirt pocket! My father concluded that the ball point nibs slid to quickly across the paper making my handwriting nearly illegible so he arranged with the school that I could use a fountain pen. I had a Platignum piston filler that I used for about three years that was replaced by a Sheaffer when I started Secondary School in South America. I have used fountain pens ever since.
Hey Brian and Drew, I just wanted to say thank you for keeping those incredible videos! I remember when I just got into fountain pens around 2019 Brian videos on 101 videos got me more curious and more passionate about it, especially that I didn’t had anyone I know that love this. So thank you! 🙏 and also wanted to mention that last year I had a massive burnout that It was even hard to get out of the bed, and your videos made me laugh, and having this bright light at the end of tunnel, that helped me to get back on my feet, so thank you Brian and Drew, please keep it up! I know how much it takes from you, you just helping people without even know it, so from the bottom of my heart thanks ❤️🙏
In German a fountain pen is called - Füllfederhalter - which translates into filling a feather holder which probably explains why we call the nib Feder/feather. Wonderful pencast.
DREW!, bad boy Drew ha ha ha. The look of glee on your face as you requested to hear "fountain pen" in other languages...mean (but great) ha ha ha.
I set the playback speed to 0.5 during the bumper pool banter (8:40), as per Brian's recommendation at the beginning. 10/10 would recommend! Haha
David Parker rules. You gents RULE💙
Thanks! You rule too!
In Japan, fountain pens are called 万年筆, meaning "10,000 year pen." In Taiwan, they are called 鋼筆, which means "steel pen." 钢笔 (steel pen) is the Simplified Chinese form used in China, but people also use the term 墨水笔, meaning "ink pen" there when referring to fountain pens.
Oh my goodness, that half speed....I laughed so hard. And I received my package from Goulet today too. Inks, pen flush, a lot of awesome stickers, and my three pen Rickshaw case like Drew's. I just enjoy you both so much 😊
Omg I just about died when Brian said “shorts would help with the humidity” lol. Listening to you in bed with a sleeping baby and husband on either side shaking and trying not to make any noise. Love all the “extra” you guys put into these. Turkey hammock 😀
Figboot!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much for having him on the show!
Not even a minute in and you guys already put a smile on my face! :)
I had already tried to hit "like" six times!!! 🤣🤣
APPLAUSE: (1) To Megan-Love your resilience and dedication to “keeping your head up!” May God bless you richly in your journey; may you continue to find joy in writing and in art and life. (2) For Brian & Drew, I don’t know if I would be a fountain pen fanatic without you. I got started when the RUclips computer gave me an option to watch Goulet Pen’s posting. Even after I had become a fanatic, after many programs had come and gone, I still watch many, many Goulet Episodes, and I search Goulet past episodes for reminders about various techniques, from cleaning various pens to correcting “baby’s bottom” to increasing flow, and on and on. Brian, if I were still teaching in a school of business and occasionally teaching “entrepreneurship” (starting and growing a small business), I would probably contact you for permission to do a case study (still possible, but my motivation for publishing cases as diminished significantly 5 years after retiring. YOU HAVE BEEN A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT OF THE FLOURISHING OF THIS HOBBY IN AMERICA. I am passionate about writing, everything from theology to children’s literature and Inklings inspired fiction. I believe fountain pens take the pleasure of writing to the highest level. There is just something poetic about the pen in hand, nib touching paper, words flowing, and the warm glow of one’s heart. Blessings for your contributions and ongoing inspiration. I am down to my “final 4” and Goulet is always something I watch. K
Hi, I have a question about the new Twisbi Eco Glow Green pen- I'd love to get one to fill it with Noodler's Blue Ghost, but would a UV light make the glowing part glow, in addition to the ink? I absolutely love illustrating with Blue Ghost, and it would be super cool if the black light made the pen body continue to glow while I'm drawing!
It should, and UV should also charge the glow material quicker than regular room lighting, given the phosphorescence and fluorescence work off similar principles
What a cool idea. I wasn't even considering getting the new TWSBI but now I want it and a bottle of Blue Ghost.
Beautiful letter from Meghan. Wishing the best future for her. I’m sure with her positive attitude she will have many wonderful life events that will sustain her. Such an inspiration for the rest of us. 😊❤️
Dzień dobry! In Polish, fountain pen is pióro (feather) or, more completely, pióro wieczne (eternal or perpetual feather). Warm greetings from Wrocław!
Oh!! I like 'eternal feather'!!
I like the addition of a guest spot. I hope you have more guests in the future. Question for you two. Do you find yourself reaching for pens with steel nibs or gold nibs?
Great question
I know whereof Chantal speaks! I use a syringe to flush the stubborn ink from above the nib in the housing as well as from under the nib through the breather hole. Some pens really seem to hold a lot of ink there! If I can unscrew the nib unit I do, and rinse the section, but I still can get ink to rinse out from the inside of the housing above the nib.
In Polish fountain pen is called 'pióro wieczne' which roughly translates to 'eternal / everlasting pen' since as long as you fill the reservoir with ink it will last you forever.
also 'pióro' on its own translates to feather, so I guess there is also that connection there.
In a lot of Europe, it's still the local language for "feather." (German, for example, is "feder.")
That’s so cool
Thanks guys!! Hope you guys have a great weekend Thanks for the new TWSBI Eco
Going back to the fude nibs from a few episodes back, I have a Jinhao fude pen that I fill with a bright color and use it as a multi-width 'highlighter'. I underline, star, circle text etc in thin to thick lines as needed for the 'pay attention to this' factor 😊
Love this idea!
Hey Brian and drew. It was me who asked about the pen for 10 years. It’s ok you didn’t remember my name the dialogue was way more fun then my name lol. It is jack though 😂❤️
Thanks for the great question Jack.
Agree, Thank you for asking!!
As I am JUST NOW listening and realized you answered my question. It was a pleasure to meet you, Drew! Your reaction to my book made my week.
Yay!! It was a weekend highlight meeting you! - Drew
Brian: we have crates to put our 30++ pairs of shoes in.
Drew: you know what I have? I have…
I was actually expecting Drew to say: I have only three pairs of shoes that I will rotate and if I want to get a new pair of shoes, I will throw one pair out.
I was a little disappointed he has more than 3.
I loved hearing about Drew’s son getting the fasten to shoes roller skates. They were common back in the mid to late 1960s, cheaper than conventional skates and were adjustable to accommodate growing feet. I remember enjoying skating in them indoors and on sidewalks outdoors.
I had hand-me-down skates. I was born in '66' with siblings 9 and 4 years older. I loved skating. I lived on the end of a block which was a small hill. I perfected over time speed and enough control to make the corner. A lot of falls along the way though!! But then the skateboard came to my attention, it became a new love.
Hi guys, in the current French Canadian, we call it a "plume fontaine " translation : fountain feather. I love that translation, stylo came much later in history, in Canada we kept the old name !
Nice info,!
Fountain Feather-love!
I also have to agree that my Edison Collier is my most comfortable pen to write with. The light weight and wide barrel really do make it so easy to write with.
Here are the ways to call fountain pens in Japanese and Chinese:
In Japanese, as another commenter pointed out, is ‘ten thousand years pen 万年筆.’ Ten thousand usually connotes with the meaning ‘mass/large quantity/close to infinity,’ so that can mean ‘long lasting pen.’ while I agree with the other comment that it last longer than the historically traditional bamboo/wood+animal fur brush pens, it also indicates its longevity and sustainability.
There are two ways to call fountain pens in Chinese.
The most common name used by most Chinese speaking communities (I have seen it from Taiwanese and mainland Chinese stationary communities) is the same as Japanese, ‘ten thousand years pen 萬年筆/万年笔’ but of course with different pronunciations (you also need to consider the variety of dialects too.) I suspect that this name is adapted from Japan as it was considered to be technologically and academically more advanced throughout 20th century; the influence would have been more significant in Taiwan as it was a Japanese colony (and it still is heavily influenced by Japanese culture.) I’m not sure when fountain pens are introduced to China nor Taiwan, but knowing that most Chinese bourgeois and scholars do advance studies in Japan, I suspect the instrument was introduced in this process.
The second name is more familiar with me, because that was the first and only name I got introduced by my father, who is a regular fountain pen user, in my first language, Cantonese (a variant of Chinese language). The name is ‘Ink Pen 墨水筆’. It seems that it is used commonly in Cantonese-speaking communities if not exclusively in Hong Kong where I grew up. I think the name references to the ink-flowing experience when using the pen. There are two possibilities for this name: for one, although the Chinese stationary heritage also use ink with brush pens, we have already called that the ‘brush pen 毛筆’ so I guess we just decided to take its ink flow characteristic as the way to refer fountain pens. Another reason would probably be English language influence from British colonialism, because fountain pen and ‘ink pen’ share very similar naming inspirations, to me at least.
Hope all these make sense! I’d love to know how other languages refer to fountain pens and what they mean contextually.
Thank you for this description. It is personal and universal at the same time. Very cool!
It would be fun for there to be a collection of answers, maybe on their website. It is really interesting.
Thank you so much for answering my question in depth (posted as lincolnpunch). I've recently got a Pelikan golden beryl and just thought the nib was designed to be a bit scratchy... By the way, it's "everlasting pen" in Korean.
To Megan, I’m not sure what the meaning behind your name is but it should include resilient! Go you!!! May God bless you as you move ahead. 🌻 Enjoyed the memory of an ice cold Fresca. 🥤 Figboot was a nice addition. BTW he mentioned the Lamy 2000 so this wouldn’t have been the episode that it didn’t get mentioned. It’s good that this video is watched at different times so there wasn’t this strange report of a loud echo “bumper pool” followed by uncontrolled laughter all over the world. lol. Drew, have fun at the pen show. Brian, happy welding...you need to be on Forged in Fire. Hope everyone is able to enjoy some fountainpen/paper time this weekend. 🤓🌻
1. I routinely watch FP videos at x1.5. Keeps it brisk.
2. One pen for 10 years: Nakaya Desk Pen Midori-tamenuri .
I like how Brian talks about listening 3/4 speed at the start as I listen to all your podcasts at 2x the speed... especially great to catch up when I get behind (almost caught up!) when you slowed it down it sounded normal and I thought I accidentally didn't put it on 2x the speed.
Already gave a like before the show even started then almost in tears by the first two feedback comments. I totally agree you guys add sooooo much to this hobby.
Very important question: brian, after 60 pencasts can you do the intro off by heart or do you still need to read it.
Aaand I've burnt my toast coz i was typing this...oops
So basically every household used to have a writing duck.
"dear, please get me a new feather from the writing duck" 1753 somewhere in England...
Goose feathers were considered better I think. I can't imagine trying to get one though. Geese aren't the most agreeable critters.
In Filipino, a writing instrument is “panulat,” where the root word is “sulat,” meaning to write.
Westernized terms as bolpen (ballpen), or pluma are also used.
Speaking of cleaning, I think it's kinda fun to switch to different colors without cleaning the pen, because you get this effect where as you write, you get this gradual color shift to the target color and I just think it's really neat.
Although you gotta do it when the nib is basically completely out of usable ink and write anymore. I forgot that step and now I just backwards contaminated the nice iroshizuku Yu-Yake I put into it. Although, it's not too bad. I find the resulting brown quite pleasant.
In Thai, the fountain pen is "ปากกาหมึกซึม" which is roughly translated to "Leaking pen"! Which is quite direct, isn't it. Ha Ha Ha Ha.
Brian: Ellie is one of my Spooky Season sisters! Our Halloween brainstorming begins in early August, sometimes even as early as mid-July. Costumes and decorations take time, especially for the creative-minded.
Listening to y’all talk about milestones with your children was so relatable. I just came from my first stay with my adult daughter who has her own home and way of doing things. THAT was an eye-opener! I had to forget that I was the parent and remold myself to show respect for their system. A hard, but important lesson.
I just love David (figboot on pens). I actually found his channel before you guys, and I LOVE his content too! Truly he and you guys are the reason i am in the hobby! Awesome to see him here
You guys do an awesome job bringing the fountain pen community together, but do your LOCAL communities know they have celebrities in their midst? Do they yell BRIAN...DREW when you walk into a room? Have your kids watched your RUclips videos? One day they will treasure these videos.
Have always loved random facts and sharing them. Does get you lots of strange looks upon sharing them. Thank you for supplying me with more. Glad to hear I am not the only one who talks to the screen.
Just when I think the Pencast can't get any better (unless it was longer), you have David Parker on as a guest. Seeing him answer Q&A questions was a delight. Please bring him back again, and keep having other pen people on as guests sometimes, it's great! And I'd love to see more people from Goulet Pens, too.
If I got to keep my hypothetical 10 year pen afterwards, it would be either a Namiki Emperor Coral, Namiki Yukari Frog, or Namiki Yukari Pine Needle (almost definitely the former). I just can't see letting the opportunity to admire that much individual artistry every day go to waste on a pen that has a less handcrafted touch. If I didn't get to keep it, an Opus 88 of some persuasion, for a combination of practicality and pleasure. As a hypothetical, what is the reverse of that question? If you could only use one ink for ten years, what would it be?
Thanks for the kind words! We've got more guests planned! - Drew
@@Gouletpens Awesome!
(1:08:15): I love that he covered that in the manner that he did. I cringe when I see people talk about things they dislike about an expensive pen that could easily be found out before their big purchase. That makes me question their knowledge about the subject at hand and their practicality about what's important (ie. why I tapped into their review in the first place) all together.
I love David. His passion is so visible.
I nearly lost bladder control when you two went into slo-mo drunk mode! 🤣😂🤣 Great Pencast as always! Thanks Guys!
QUESTION: What is (in your opinion) the UGLIEST fountain pen that performs so amazingly that people should overlook (so to speak) its hideousness?
Excellent query. Subjective and fun.
Lamy 2000? 🤣
Lamy Safari
@@mephitstophilis The Lamy 2000 is one of the ugliest fountain pens ever but is very popular. I have never tried a Benu pen. I find Benu pens to be ugly but a lot of people like them.
Great question! We have to answer this one! - Drew
the bumperpool segment at 0.75x is a treat 😂
Happy National Toilet Paper Day! 😁
You guys and the Anderson Pens podcast are easily the most helpful information for the fountain pen community of any other retailers. Thanks for providing this valuable service!
There's a cheat answer to the "only one pen for the next 10 years." An old Esterbrook. 33 nib options, and they never said anything about switching nibs. 😈 And, Drew, there's brown ones. 😁
Best intro of the year, possibly ever.
I definitely do not speak French, but I did manage to carry an A through 4 semesters of it. Based on this, I know that fountain pen in french is "stylo plume" -- literally feather (plume) pen (stylo). The common word used to refer to any random pen is just stylo.
And here I was thinking I was the only person who remembered Fresca! Loved it and Fruitopia when I was a kid. Clearly Canadian too.
In Swedish it's called "Reservoarpenna" which you might even guess what it is in English.
Glad to be tuning in for another great pencast!
I’ve recently noticed my Kaweco Lilliput no longer keeps the ink cartridges on (they fit loosely and often leads to a huge mess). Womp womp😵💫😩. Is this a common issue? I’ve been using Kaweco’s ink cartridges so I know I’m using the appropriate size cartridges… I don’t really know how to fix it aside from retiring my pen… 😢
If you can find a small spring, put it behind the cartridge. The pressure will keep the cartridge on.
@@hannahmalcolm6683 thank you! I’ll try that out! I don’t know why I didn’t think of that lol sounds so simple!
@@hannahmalcolm6683 that definitely fixed the issue. Thank you so much! ❤️
In Icelandic it is ‘lindapenni’, meaning ’spring pen’ (‘spring’ as in ‘water flowing from a spring’, not the season or the elastic device).
In Japanese , fountain pen is ... 万年筆 . Which basically means ten thousand year writing brush . It is mae nen fude . The writing brush is still used today.
I love figboot!! He has said that he writes back to anyone who writes him. I've been trying to craft the perfect letter for so long now, ha ha! I think I'm close to a finished letter wanting to not waste one thought. Seems I think of more questions and ideas. Then to write it out fountain pen style!!
Drunken Drew is hilarious !!!!!!!! :)))))))))))
Brian has the correct answer for the hypo: Namiki Emperor Nightline Raden. There’s one listed on eBay for a cool $39,888 right now. No biggie. Pelikan Souverän M1000 Raden Green Ray was another for me because I couldn’t justify either normally. Okay, maybe the M1000 🤤
That Green Ray was to die for. Absolutely gorgeous. I think I’d have to go with the Sailor King of Pens with the wolf on it that’s currently on the Goulet site, Nihon Ookami to Gekkou, because there’s no way I’d get sick of looking at that gorgeous maki-e for ten years. I’ll take a fine, please and thank you. 😁
@@heathergleiser that is also a great choice! Sailor makes such great pens.
Always love hearing and seeing you two chat. Hope you get to rest a bit without a Pencast next week!
If it is ok to store unuse pen with the opened cap?
Forgive me, I’m 5 episodes behind and am currently playing catch up, but we might need a brain melt sticker to accompany our turkey. Go figure, my first comment on this channel and I choose brain melting. Mind boggling facts are the best! Thank you both for the laughter, smiles, nose snorts, and arbitrary knowledge, it’s beyond appreciated.
Chiming in mid view without having red any of the comments to say 1984 baby here and I remember Orbitz! I only had one once. My brother and I got to be on a local Canadian game show as children (YTV Uh-Oh for any elder millennial Canadians in the crowd haha), and they gave us orbitz at the studio. I thought it was the coolest thing…… until I took a gulp and the texture of floaties in my drink was a hard no 😂
Have fun at the San Francisco Pen Show Drew!
Brian’s Spanish pronunciation, though not perfect, was acceptable. The effort is what counts. By the way, in Romance languages, pluma or plume, though it literally means “feather,” is used the same as “pen” in English. So “pluma fuente” really means “fountain pen.” Great show, guys.
Speaking of the names of things referring to the previous technology… I think I read somewhere the term “car” was short for carriage
Wow.
Question: I bought a bottle of ink last year and have used the ink once. A few months ago, when I reopened the bottle, there was a 'pop' sound when the cap came off. Didn't think much about it at first so I inked up a couple of pens. After a couple of days, I saw ink spattered in the pen caps so I had to clean them up. And when I used the pens, they burped. I noticed that the ink in the barrel (I used TWSBIs) looked more viscous than the ink in the bottle. I thought the problem was with the pens so I emptied them and inked up two different ones with converters. The same thing happened. I assume it is the ink that is the problem. But, when I checked, there was no strange smell (except for the kind of smell one would expect of ink) and no weird particles floating around. Also, all the other bottles of ink that I bought from that same brand, at the same time, are fine. Those inks are all 'well-behaved'. Did I get a rouge bottle of ink or what? Should I get rid of it?
This pre-roll!! 🤣
Can you imagine having to fight a goose in order to have a quill pen?
No wonder so many people were illiterate in previous centuries.
I just have to say that I love watching your segments and have learned so much about fountain pens!! With that being said….. I started using a fountain pen just 6 months ago so I am new to this. I have developed tendonitis in my right arm (from other crafts) and find that some days it is hard to use the pens. I have a Lamy and TWSBI. F & M nibs. Is there a particular fountain pen that might be better to use at this point?
The Edison Collier that they were talking about is a favorite for people with arthritis so it might be a good one for you.
I have arthritis and chronic pain. I like the TWSBI Ecos for that, but if they don't work for you, you might try Opus 88, which I also find extremely comfortable. In particular, I find the Jazz very helpful with pain. I also tend to find that broader and smoother nibs help me, that might be a personal preference, but I find it helps me resist the ingrained impulse to press down when I write.
Thank you so much!
@@heidishaw2175 You're welcome!
I’ve noticed that I write at an angle. Is this going to cause a problem for my pen? It’s hard to keep my hand/pen straight. Are there nibs that account for that?
re: drying pens, I usually leave the pen open/apart overnight in a closed cigar box with some packets of desiccant. If water is particularly hard (and leaves water drop residues) rinse the pen/parts in distilled water before drying.
Enjoyed as always. You guys have a wonderful Labor Day weekend with your families. Looking forward to seeing you back in a few weeks. BTW My husband said he used to pick his teeth with the swords of his lead d&d figurines back in the day. 😵💫
LOL that is epic! - Drew
in hungarian it translates to filler pen
in german it translates to filler or fillingholder
I hope you both enjoy Labor Day Weekend! And safe travels, Drew!
I understand y'all taking a week off, but I would really appreciate it if you could tell us at the beginning of the episode rather than the end. I sometimes stretch these out or save them for special days, and I like to know if an episode needs to last 2 weeks. (And yes, I do also re-watch old episodes, but there is something special about seeing them for the first time!)
Of course, 'pen' means feather, as in penne pasta, and originally meant what we now call the nib, which is why dip pens were formerly referred to as 'pen-holders'. So 'quill pen' is actually a tautology.
With this in mind, words like 'Federhalter, 'Plume', 'Piuma' etc make so much more sense.
Japan and China have a tradition of using brushes for calligraphy, so their terminology arose from a different root.
Worth also mentioning that 'fountain' comes from the Latin 'fons' IIRC, and has the same root as a font for baptism. So the reservoir is the key element. How the meaning slid to our current one, I don't know.
In Dutch it's vulpen which translates to filling-pen or like Brian said fill pen. Loved hearing you say that 😜😂
I absolutely remember the Orbitz beverage. It was weird but I loved it.
When Brian says, “I won’t get deep into that,” and Drew slyly smirks. 😂❤️😂❤️😂 Brian, I love your extensive, but “not deep” explanations. Drew, thank you for making the same face as me. ☺️ Never change. And…..we also need a sticker of a turkey playing bumper pool. Just saying.
The turkey has to be sitting in a hammock, of course. Not the most effective position for playing pool, but I don’t know that their wings have the right range of movement for pool playing anyway, so… go FULL TURKEY HAMMOCK or go home, right? 😅😂🤣 🌴🦃🌴
LOL Thanks, Maria! - Drew
And a super villian.
Fanny-pack, eh ? That has quite another meaning in Redcoatsville , dudes. Still, party on.
Haha yeah - we know about that one! - Drew
Hey guys, I am definitely looking forward to the 'getting back in' video!
Funny enough, listening through last week's episode a second time. I must have missed it the first time, but the whole hot dog/bologne segment I can actually shed some light on this! While yes, they are both emulsified meat products (meaning that the meat fibers and fat get blended together incredibly uniformly) which is the similar texture. (Fun fact: the same process (emulsification) is why our normal, supermarket milk doesn't separate into cream on top and low fat on bottom in your fridge at home!) An example of a mixed but not to such an extreme as emulsification would be salami, just left with larger chunks rather than pulverized down to such small pieces. But getting back to the point, other than texture, bologne and hot dogs are surprisingly different in their ingredients (spice blends, meats used, etc. For example, the 'snap' that you get from hot dogs that you don't get with bologne is due to usually being cured slightly stronger. Curing (celery salt) binds the meat fibers together which gives the firmness that gives the meat shape after cooking. Similar to the concept of adding egg to meatloaf, just more effective. Anywho, given my appreciation for Brian deep dives, I thought some people would appreciate some of the actual differences between hot dogs and bologne. TLDR - you would likely not enjoy a hot dog made of bologne, nor a cold, thin pancake of hot dog on your sandwich 😂
I've had a question for a while that I was never willing to ask because it sounds a little dumb, but I figured I might as well ask it anyway and maybe hope for an answer in a future pencast. Any tips for appreciating broad nibs? The writing experience I like the most usually comes in the shape of EF/F nibs (Japanese or German) or stubs. I own a TWSBI 580 with a broad nib as well as a Pilot Vanishing Point with a broad nib (I bought both of these as second/third pens of the same type, to get a wider range of experiences), but these two always end up being pens that I don't ink up. I do use good paper, so there's never any bleedthrough or anything, but I find that no matter what I always end up with hard starts (and I use a writing glove to not put hand oils on the page). That also seems to happen with medium nibs, albeit to a lesser degree.
TL;DR: How to appreciate broad nibs when they always seem to hard start for me?
About the name "fountain pen", in French it's called "stylo-plume" because it translates literally to "pen-feather", or more accurately to "pen-quill" (because "quill" and "feather" are the same word in French). Its only disadvantage is that the word "plume" automatically makes people think you need to dip it sometimes xD You didn't butcher it too much, but "plume" has a sound that doesn't exist in English I believe.
Brian is completely right. I would totally go with the Emperor Nightline for ten years. As he said, it is beautiful. It is a great writer. It is absurdly expensive on the secondary market and Pilot EU sells a great leather pen sleeve for the emperor so you can pocket carry it. And it's an eyedropper, you'll only fill it like three times in five years: how economical!
If I was forced to choose 1 Pen for 10yrs, I can only speak for what I have right now..... But would be my Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age since I got it back from Mark Bacas. Does a perfect Fine line with light pressure, has a lovely bounce to show flare if I want to, reverse writing is better than some other pens I have, quick release cap, good ink capacity, LOOKS AWESOME, feels great, and durable.
Brian, the term you might be looking for about broad thinking is "divergent thinker" ;)
Just getting around to watching this, but I find myself wondering, with each of your episodes: What pen is Drew using to take notes? He appears to use a different pen/episode. it would be nice to have a segment titled: "Drew's Pen of This Episode". Inquiring minds want to know!
Thank you soooo much Drew for asking Brian to name some of the language variations! Was yelling at my screen how disappointing the answer until that point was.
Regarding German, yes German words are known to be super long (füll-feder-halter = filled feather holder) but we also like to make the language more comfortable and shorten things (füller = filled/filler)
And I love the other answers in this comment section as well, thanks everyone!
In Norwegian (and Danish) it's called fill(ing)-pen: written fyllepenn in Norwegian, fyldepen in Danish (pronounced more or less the same).
The video is still black and white and I feel compelled to comment. Empty ink bottles could be used as very discreet flasks.
"Is he drinking on the job?"
"Nah...he just REALLY likes his Tsukushi"
😂😂😂
I feel like my pilot custom 823 and decimo are impossible to clean. Good thing my decimo is useless so i stored it away somewhere and i use pretty much one color on 823.
Yes, how do you thoroughly clean a vacuum filler? There must be some way, but probably too time-consuming for me. I just go with 'good enough' and haven't had any issues when switching to a new colour (using a TWSBI vac700).
Ahh! DREW! HAUNTED MANSION SHIRT!!! I love it so much!
Yay! Thanks for noticing! - Drew