An excellent essay. It would have been too easy to just recommend pens. The fact that you went into several aspects the culture as well elevates the whole piece.
I'd never heard of dark academia, except for a mention in one of your other videos. I've apparently marinated myself in the aesthetic for decades, though. Except for the clothing. After leaving DC and Moscow, I moved to the U.S. South and traded in my tweeds, cardigans, and leather gloves for short-sleeved shirts, jeans (the only trousers that can withstand the affectionate onslaughts of my hundred-pound dog), and gardening gloves. The pens. My favorite pen for library research is an Omas Russian Empire with an 18k EF nib. It's a massive pen, lacquered black with raised gold emblems of Russian imperial power. It's flamboyant and as serious as a heart attack and perfect for writing extensive notes in the margins and between the lines of copied books and journal articles. Any nib broader than EF wouldn't do. The pen I used throughout my PhD program was a Waterman Gentleman, sterling silver in the godron pattern with a 14k F nib. I have binders with hundreds of pages of notes I took in my courses and as I worked out the math in my dissertation. I don't remember the name of the ink I used, but those hundreds of pages of notes are written in a turquoise-blue ink. It's an attractive color; I wish I remembered what it was. My wife gave me a Yard-O-Led Grand Viceroy Victorian pen this week with an 18k F nib. I've always been partial to silver pens, and this one is the largest and heaviest of the lot. It's a beautiful, handmade piece of craftsmanship that exudes English style without excessive English understatement. It's a pen for a viceroy, for a college professor, for a dark academic. Is this the video that resulted in the charge of "pretentiousness"? I'd say so from a couple of the comments. I'm glad we cleared up the issue of books. Thank you for your response to my comments on that video. You're clearly a man with a well-defined sense of style and not ashamed of it. Some people would consider the use of fountain pens in general to be a pretentious affectation. Even inexpensive ones of low quality are more expensive than excellent ballpoints, so using fountain pens does make some sort of statement. But it's not usually pretentious. I think of fountain pens in term's of Obi Wan's comment about lightsabers, "an elegant weapon for a more civilized age." Perhaps less cost effective than a blaster (an extraordinarily inefficient weapon in the hands of Imperial storm troopers), but its use makes a statement, and not one of a false sense of superiority, but of a preference for another way of life. Fountain pens can be an aesthetic repudiation of a technologically and efficiency-driven system of life in favor of something more elegant, slower, more demanding of practice and thought in use. I don't look down on people who reject that in favor of a gel-pen world, or going even further, a meme and emoji and 280-character world. I just don't share their enthusiasm for it. It's not what makes me happy. That's not pretension. Nor is a love of books and classical music. These are just preferences in a world that often doesn't appreciate that kind of diversity.
Hello My Friend, You have a wonderful and eclectic collection of pens. Well done. I am also a big fan of Waterman pens, especially the older ones. Nice to see that Obi-wan quote! I use it often in this Channel. So nice seeing you having a similar thought. We do share many common threads. I think it was Dark Academia 2 that inspired that comment most recently. That was an ambitious video. I love doing the high concept ones. Happy to have you here with us. We have quite a bit in common.
From someone who works in museums, just an FYI: many art museums prefer pencil in the galleries so as to not risk accidents, and occasionally gallery assistants will offer a golf pencil if you don't have one available. Natural History tend to be more open to ink!
I used to work at a Museum also. I met my wife at The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. I have seen this, but not in the last 20 years. And I have been to museums all over, but then, I am an old guy and people tend to leave you alone! Thanks for watching.
Two more pens for the Dark Academic. From Nahvalur (formerly Narwhal), their Nautilus Bronze Corydoras fountain pen. A black ebonite pen, with bronze trim features and three porthole windows to check the ink level. If not the Bronze Corydoras, then the Cephalopod Black version. For a more mainstream pen, possibly go with the Pilot Custom 912 with its choice of 15 different nib sizes and styles (I have the SU (stub) nib, but imagine the others.) And for a book, try Lemony Snicket's POISON FOR BREAKFAST.
Love this one. Just today I was using my Kaweco Bronze Sport. I am so glad I bought the Bronze and not the brass as I prefer the feel and smell of the Bronze. Also the color can't be beat...well in my eyes anyway. I just picked up some Diamine Oxblood, maybe that will be the next ink I use in this pen? Can't wait to take it to a museum, thanks for the inspiration!
👏👏👏 Amazing as always! I absolutely adored this video just as much as I did the other one (maybe even more ;)). Although I new all the fountain pens, it was still worth listening to your poetic analyses of them. I also loved the lifestyle advice that you gave, it was a really pleasant surprise to say the least. Keep up the great work and have a good day👍
Hemingway, I loved this video. I am a dark academic. Who knew? (i will look back at the first one of this two part series). I do cherish my college days, hours at the library studying, note taking, also hours at any museum, library or book store, especially used book stores, I've worked in both old and new bookstores. I love stacks of books in every room (my husband doesn't but I do! ;) I would write by candlelight, read by candle light, (I would also add knit by candle light). I love writing letters and cards. I love tea rooms, with mood lighting where I can sit for hours going between books and journaling. My husband says I love anything with wagon wheels, hats and long dresses, sometimes I feel as though I'm in the wrong century. I love archeology, anthropology, fiction, theology, medieval times. I try these days to focus on Christian things as I can't do it all, thus I prioritize. There are so many ancient writings from our Church fathers and it's so wonderful to imagine their scribes writing away on papyrus, or hides, which later came to influence the whole world. Imagine if you could have a pen and ink they used? As it turns out I have all but two of the pens you mentioned. I can't grip the Homo Sapiens and I can't find locally the Custom 823, but I have a Century 3776. I finally got my grail Montblanc Meisterstuck Le Grande, and while I love you MB, because its vintage, I know mine will last me the rest of my life, come what may, and one day be vintage. I think you could make a book out of this series, it's so clever. Bravo. I'll consider becoming a patron, but until then I will enjoy the lovely free content. Regards, Cheryl
Thank you, Cheryl! I appreciate your thoughtful and lovely comment. I find comments like yours inspiring. Thank you. I also get the Homo Sapiens is a beast!
@@HemingwayJones Hemingway, here is one book for your Dark Academia tastes that I strongly recommend because this author must be exactly how you describe, and so is the world he creates. You just have to try it, it has the libraries and weird architecture and quirk characters and because his series is still incomplete, it takes it to a nerdy nail-biting bit of collectors anxiety: Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind, the first in his Kingkiller chronicles. I am usually a fiction person, but I loved Lord of the Rings, and some other well written fantasy, and this is one of the best I think, dense and detailed and well paced, and I only lament the series may never be completed.
@@csikomas8910 That sounds pretty wonderful! I usually read nonfiction, but I have been on a DA tear for the last few months. Thanks for the recommendation.
What an awesome video! I just realized after watching this that I have always been a dark academic, but never realized it! I am constantly missing my university days, getting lost in the stacks at the historic library, writing letters to family, journaling (which I still do) and of course obsessed with fountain pens! I hope to one day afford and acquire a montblanc egyptomania! Cheers!
I absolutely love the Morgan Library. The only place known to have 3 Gutenberg Bibles. There is an amazing book titled The Lost Gutenberg that I highly recommend. Another great video HJ!
Absolutely off the charts AWESOME Hemingway. A+++++ You gave us so much great material to think about. And you are inspiring me to do some things like visit some local museums (yes they have them in Florida :) and read some of those books you mention. Like most people some of my fondest memories are from my days in college. Particularly law school. You live in the library when you are a law student...particularly in your first year. We used to study on the lower floors of the library and we called it "the catacombs"! And the close ups of the butterflies were awesome. You must have a great cinemaphotographer on staff. I will definitely play this tonight during "happy hour" on the big screen TV in the living room. My wife will love it too. BTW, sign me up for the "Dark Academia Club". I'm all in. Can't wait to watch it again...and probably again. As far as the pens you picked I liked them all except the retractable one. How about the Platinum Preppy? Its a fantastic pen for under $10 and writes as well or better than some $800 pens I have. It blows me away. AWESOME OFF THE CHARTS!!!
Thanks so much! I am so glad you enjoyed it and found it inspirational! This was all filmed on an iPhone 13 Pro Max. It is amazing what it can do. It shoots in 4K. (The interiors though were tough because there wasn't enough light.) I did the Preppy in the Preppy video! Preppy is well suited though. Definitely a great choice. Some future video! Thanks so much!
Wow! So much work went into this beautiful video. The music, the graphics, the calming voice- overs and beautiful footage. Thank you for creating beauty. And DAMN I want that Visconti! Lovely Dark Academia collection indeed.
Thank you so much! I am so glad that you enjoyed it! The Visconti HS is pretty amazing. I am using it right now with a new ink I am into. I’ll be speaking about it on Tuesday. Dorman’s Neptune. All the best.
Lovely video. I can tell you put a lot of thought into what you include in each frame. I am also on team Short Ink Attention Span. I was, at one time, very devoted to Parker Ruby. Alas. These days I've developed modes of work that involve changing my ink color each day or for each project, so while I had CONCERNS about the con-40, experimentation has revealed that I can, with my handwriting, get about 12-13 A5 pages out of it. That's perfectly fine as long as I load the pen first thing in the morning, or stick an Inkvent bottle in my pocket. Those things are so convenient.
Amazing video, what a visual and audio spectacle! I spent a few hours sitting at the Temple of Dendur some years ago. Love your other references slipped into the video from Dante to Rodin, with a Cartier on the wrist! I have small "the kiss" bronze on my desk and often have a 149 in hand as I listen to my other half on the Cello in the next room. Maybe I was always for Dark Academic without knowing it.
As someone who teaches future librarians and archivists and as a second-generation academic how could I not love that video. Lovely choices, although I wonder how many academics can afford MB or Visconti. Maybe one … I picture more of a stealth under-appreciated pen like the old Reform pens from Germany, which were probably mostly reliable student pens but are quality piston-filler workhorses. I do love my Pilot Vanishing Point when taking notes or being inspired by the muse. I’m picturing this ‘dark academic’ as reading Rimbaud or Lovecraft or Poe after hours. Have you ever read Carlos Ruiz Zafron’s works. I think you would enjoy them. I’m looking forward to part III with notebooks, inks, and ideal vintage pens. You must use the word provenance in regards to the latter … as we imagine the past lives of pens and books and the thoughts they transmitted. Enjoy the weekend and I’m pleased you are feeling better. The new academic year approaches….
I have a vintage pen from E Germany. It’s amazing. Great reading suggestions! I don’t know Zafron. I shall seek them out. Thank you. We will definitely be doing inks. I did do vintage pens in Part 1. It was my favorite part of that video. Thanks for the great comment and kind words. Speak again soon.
@@HemingwayJones thanks. Yes, I recall the vintage section in Part I, and felt you could give it an entire episode. I’m imagining the Lenny Bruce routine on who is a New Yorker… with rhetorical considerations if X vintage pen is dark academic or not. Enjoy the weekend.
It’s “Dreamland” by Aakash Gandhi. It’s in the free YT music library. I use it a lot. Boy, I had COVID when I recorded that video and I sound like a different person!
Very inspiring, the Morgan Libary is very impressive. Ancient institutional libraries in general are. Old books are magical! I regret not having took the time to visite the BnF (Bibliothèque Nationale de France) the last time I was in Paris.. Was way too busy at a tech convention sadly... I need to take some more time to do touristy stuff like this, especially now that we are pretty much in a post-pandemic world.
Thank you for a wonderful video! Just discovered your channel and immediately came here from you first part in this series (2 videos is enough to qualify as a series i would think). Regardless, both of your videos mentioned some grail pens for me with the Montblanc 149 in Part 1 and Part 2 including the Visconti Homo Sapiens. My start to the fountain pen world and to dark academia as a whole, was a vintige Cross Townsend that I found in a vintage store for rather cheao as it wasn't working. All it needed was a good clean, a refill and now I have a lovely pen that is beautifully classic. My daily carry pens include a Kaweco Sport in dark blue, an Esterbrook Estie Raven, and the Kaweco Student, which has a bit of colour to it, but is still a wonderfully simple pen that fits well on top of my stacks of books and notebooks. Thank you again for the video! Very fast subscription from me.
Thank you! I am so happy to have you here. Welcome! I am so glad you enjoy the Dark Academia videos. They are so fun to make. I love that you started with a vintage pen. Such a great place to start. Stop by again soon and all the best.
Oh, I love the Morgan Library. I could spend my whole life there. Just started to read The Secret History a few days ago, and I can't stop. As for the fountain pen selection for Dark Academia, I would add my Montblanc "Marcel Proust" and my "Yard-O-Led Viceroy Grand Victorian". And my beloved Visconti "Divina Elegance" in green/bronze with the amazing 24kt Palladium Dreamtouch nib. Thanks for another great video. 🖤🖤
Your best video essay on the Gothic era. You were very elegant in the commentary. I appreciate the inclusion of the Visconti Bronze Age. However the rest of the pens were a good choices too. I wish I could travel back in time to the Gothic era. Not only for handwriting and dip pens, but also the Gothic Cathedrals. The footage of the museum and library was stunning. It was very academic, lol.
Before I even start your videos I give it a thumbs up. Everything you upload is a masterpiece. The passion, time and effort you put into your videos and editing is astounding. I have two questions for you, HJ. 1) How do you feel about the Kaweco Steel Sport and 2) Esterbrook Estie or Visconti Van Gogh? Thank you so very much for all of your inspiration. ~ ADL
You are the best! And so kind. Thank you! So questions, I love questions! I love the Kaweco Steel Sport. I have never written with a Visconti Van Gogh. I would love to. I love Esterbrook though. I cannot really decide since I have only written with one. I have to be honest! Thanks so much for watching and for your encouraging words!
My dark academia pick is my Noodler's Ahab Raven, in Noodler's Raven Black ink. The pen has swirls of silver & gold in a predominant black pen. Brings out Edgar Allan Poe & Anne Rice in me.
I've been contemplating the Pilot Vanishing Point, and while it's undeniably a modern and sleek pen, I'm wondering if it truly fits the Dark Academia style. The black version seems to do alright, but the clicking mechanism doesn't quite resonate with the aesthetic I have in mind. Perhaps a Gold Parker Vacumatic or even a Conklin Mark Twain would exude a more pretentious vibe, which I believe Dark Academia enthusiasts would appreciate. Picture the act of screwing on and off the cap, a bit more refined and sophisticated, perfectly complementing a breast suit jacket pocket. Just a thought worth considering.
I know what you mean, BenJoe, there is something very accessible to the VP. It is always at the ready. But it is also remarkably good for academia and note taking. It is my go to museum pen. Vacumatic is nice. I'm not a fan of the Conklin, but I respect it. Always appreciate your perspective and well reasoned feedback and comments! You are the best.
@@HemingwayJones Yeah good thought, two ways of looking at it...I am a museum buff and need to take quick notes or I want to look wise and elegant as I unscrew my fancy pen to take notes...lol. My son and I went to a museum recently and he pulled out a pencil and sticky notes. So it all works in the end.
@@BenJoeMarklandWhilst you didn't connect with the vanishing point, I couldn't see any connection with the Kaweco. However, as per the video, HJ did try to connect each with the theme & I respect his thoughts here as they are his pens. The Kaweco in particular just would not have been mine. Notwithstanding, it was a fun video & I tend to enjoy these videos on the basis of the joy it must give to the creator. Alas, I just (literally) bought (another) a new guitar, surprisingly one that doesn't meet my aesthetic, but figured the deal was too good to pass up. On that note, I'm not looking for inspiration for a new fountain pen, although another book can never do harm, albeit I'm not going to learn hieroglyphics, there simply is no point. Although, it seems that's the exact point according to HJ. 😊 Cheers.
Very nice. I'm bested, though. I don't recognize the O. Henry quote. Intellectual adventure can take many forms. I don't think it would be complete without an appreciation for pen, ink, and paper.
Great video Hemingway. I too, though I like the colour, have yet to use purple ink, think Lamy should have given it another, even if similar, name to the new edition of this ink.
Excellent content, as ever. Great locations and lovely pens. I've recently acquired a Conway Stewart Winston in the Dartmoor finish, and that would make a great pen for this aesthetic. It's a heavyweight but sits handsomely on my desk. My vintage Conway Stewart 100, with its black/gold look and a broad stub nib, has the right classic look. For a note taking workhorse that's classy but understated I'd pick my Danish 1947 Parker VS. It's one of those pens that's grown on me overtime. Just very reliable. My last suggestion is a Parker 21, a student pen with some style.
Thanks so much for the kind words! Yes! Conway Stewart is perfect for this. It was one of the pen in part one. Love it. You have some great choices there. Well done.
✔️✔️✔️ I fit all the boxes of dark academia and appreciate you confirming that with your content. The best word I can use to describe your videos is “inspiring.” Clearly you are a pursuer of excellence based on the effort you put into these videos. Thank you.
This is the first time I've ever heard the term Dark Academia.... and I feel like I've finally found my home 🤣 Thank you for this wonderful video. I could watch it for hours.
Loved it, HJ! I enjoyed the practical tips to bring dark academia to life. I especially appreciated the nod to the one and only, Henry. Kaweco Bronze Sport is my pick.
Dear Mr. Jones. Thank you for a wonderful video. I am just getting into pens, and unfortunately I am left handed. Do you have any suggestions for pens or ink that might help my affliction?
Hi Alex, that’s not an affliction at all, My Friend. It is simply how it is for you and presents some challenges, but nothing you cannot transcend. Know that I believe in you. I am not left handed, but my Mom is and she writes with fountain pen. She keeps her hand straight up j the page; straight up and down, and so she never drags her hand through what she has written. For her, it is all about hand position. Remember, fountain pens require no pressure. You could try a Fine or Extra Fine nib to start to get control. I wish you a lot of luck! You can do it.
Thanks a lot for this magnificent & inspiring video ❤ Like I always want to RISE in love rather than ‘fall’, I’d call yr video Bright Academia since it brightened up my mood 😊❤🌸😊
1. beautiful vid, thanks. 2. though i briefly felt smart in grad school, my academic career is no longer a fond memory. I need a different formula to drive my pen story, hopefully something that is satisfied by bright Sailors.
Really? Awesome. Thank you! Bronze was a departure. I should have introduced it It would have felt more of the channel then departures are good though too. Variety.
Hello HJ. Another brilliant video. Great choice of pens. Perhaps next time you will choose the proper ink with the pen choices. For me and my small collection of pens, I would say that my Montblanc Boheme using Mystery black ink is my Dark Academia pick. Getting back to the video, wonderful job with the b-roll. It makes quite the impression. The lifestyle of DA was also a hit in the video. Can't wait for DA3 to come out. This is an interesting subject that I believe is catching on. Keep them coming, my friend. Always enjoyable.
Thank you Hemingway for your excellent guidance and my personal initiation into Dark Academia. I can suggest Hommage to Brothers Grimm by Montblanc and I think inks might be relatable to Dark Academia as well. My choice is Wearingeul “Anubis”.
You're not wrong about the 149! I did that in part one. It was referenced in "The Secret History" so it is THE Dark Academic Pen. Very true statement and awesome choice. Thank you for watching!
Loved this video. Excellent selection of pens. A suggestion: not for this theme, but more generally, have you considered a Kaweco Student model. I have the 1970's and it has become one of my favorites. Very underrated, probably because of the name. This is not a starter, but a serious pen.
I love the set of pens you chose for this video - also for part 1 of this series. Of the ones you listed here, I have only the Kaweco Brass (not Bronze) Sport and the Custom 823 - two of my favorites. And I covet that Homo Sapiens Bronze Age - if I were to buy a Homo Sapiens, it would be that one. :)
Bravo! Wish you had had the chance to visit my beloved, former, used book shop on Long Island (The Odyssey Bookshop, Rockville Centr3…it’s also where I met my wife who was a customer)
@@HemingwayJones thank you, alas too late, as I closed during the economic crash of 08/09. That closed door opened a new world though as I became an artist (realism revival) and art teacher. In order to actually make a loving however, I’ve become a civil servant. One never knows what road life will lead
Hello HJ, I just watched your video "Dark Academia 2". Nice work as always, I appreciate the time and effort you put in all of your videos. Here is another interesting fountain pen that is worth checking: The Fine Writing International (Taipeh, Taiwan) " Bronze Age" 3rd generation. Although it is a brass pen, it is an interesting and beautiful exotic looking pen. Have a nice weekend and stay safe.
my oh my, have you handled the grey metal Egyptomania with the hieroglyphs all around the body? I keep going back to the Montblanc boutique in Oslo to ask to play a bit more with that pen. It's $1000 though. I keep coming back to "visit" it.
This is not really a comment on the video. It's just an experience I decided to throw out to this community. The mystery of two inks. Since like a year back, I've had plans back in my head to maybe acquire two additional Iroshizuku inks. One was a (in my mind) slightly brown, glowing red/orange red, like an idealized burnt sienna but redder. The other was a sort of brownish grey, cold brownish but mostly grey. And I was convince I liked both colors. So I decided to shop today, but to my great surprise, two such Iroshizuku inks do not exist!? And the current lineup of 24 inks is 10 years old!? So I'm baffled. 😮 I have half convinced myself that they must have occurred in some dream I've had, and then lived on as a purchase plan in my head? There's another possibility, and that is that they lived for a while in some of Diamine's Christmas series, and that I saw them there and then for some reason assumed they were Iroshizuku inks. Anyway, now I'm disappointed and also obsessed with finding two such inks. 🤪
@@HemingwayJonesI failed at dark academia, although I adore books, museums, old churches, wandering in historic districts, and fountain pens. It looks like I was chaotic academic the whole time. May I suggest the TWSBI Eco, the lovely Leonardo Momento Zero Grande series of pens, and vintage pens?
Che bel video! Mi è sembrato quasi di sentire odore di musei e biblioteche! Grazie per i consigli di lettura, se posso permettermi di ricambiare, direi senz'altro "Il Nome Della Rosa" di Umberto Eco... È abbastanza Dark Accademia? Saluti da Capri ❤
@@HemingwayJones Grazie a te! In realtà Dark Academia non viene tradotto, ma italiano corrente sarebbe "Accademia Oscura", ma il tuo "Academia Obscura" suona arcaico e perfetto allo scopo!
Awesome video, and your words were inspiring. I couldn't get past your voice in the voice over clips though lol, something felt very forced. Other than that great content!
It was forced! I was sicker than I have been in years. I ended up losing my voice completely the next day. Thanks for watching. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Hi. Fabulous piece of work, you have really excelled yourself. The Montblanc 149 or the Pilot custom 823 are Perfection for Dark Academia.🤗 Cheers from Australia.
Your voice sounds dry, and nasal. Hope you are doing well, try to take break to rest. Thank you for posting. If you ever come by Toronto Canada, there is the U of T Robart's library, Toronto Reference Library, and Lilian Galbraith Library, all contain rare volumes, especially the last, which contains a large collection of science fiction, steam punk & horror.
thats the catch :) I guess it just used to be the time where people would dress like what we call black academia. i personally find it interesting, thats dark academia has lots of old money elements. would you make a fountainpen video in old money aesthetics ? that would be interesting to compare @@HemingwayJones
But went is it DARK Academia. Googling "dark academia" days nothing about why it's called 'dark'. "...an aesthetic and subculture that is primarily focused on higher education, the arts, calligraphy, museums, writing/reading, and classic Greek and Gothic architecture..." could simply define Acedemia, no Dark about it.
I have made several videos on this, by the way. Catch this one: ruclips.net/video/k0AiqbOzuTo/видео.html So, the reason it is “Dark” is that it features Gothic aesthetics, wood paneled libraries, moody lighting, drama, Heathcliff on the Moors! Fog, Night, Mystery, Poe. This contrasts with Light Academia, which is also a thing, evidently, and it is very close to Prep, Slim Aarons, brighter spaces. I hope this helps and thanks for watching.
It's a shame you could not meet graciousness with graciousness. I suppose you are speaking for yourself, I really do appreciate you watching and wish you would aspire for more.
I responded gently and sincerely. Perhaps you are confusing opinion with judgment. Sorry, my English is not very good. Surely your Spanish is better. I also wish you aspired to something better. I found this comment of yours really disrespectful to me. Anyway, I wish you the best.
I somewhat agree with Mr. Flores. It was a bit too much for me. Also you should calm the snarky responses, in my opinion. Take care and keep up the good work.
Try the Havamal - the collected wisdom gifted to mankind by Odin AllFather. - lots of of verses for life I have 2 TWO! Manual Royal typewrites! one is for supply forms, I can load legal sheets sideways! When I was first hired in San Jose, I checked one Library the card catalog (remember those??) and I had more Conrad, more Hemingway, and more Kerouac in my little library than the whole Santa Clara County Library system, and Santa Clara County CA has more registered voters than New Hampshire has total people. Currently re-reading Conrad's Nostromo - In Conrad's The N****** of the Narcissus, in the early pages there is a reference to Bulwer-Lytton !?!?
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An excellent essay. It would have been too easy to just recommend pens. The fact that you went into several aspects the culture as well elevates the whole piece.
Thank you so much! I try to make these things interesting and entertaining, with the emphasis on entertaining! Thank you for the kind words.
I'd never heard of dark academia, except for a mention in one of your other videos. I've apparently marinated myself in the aesthetic for decades, though. Except for the clothing. After leaving DC and Moscow, I moved to the U.S. South and traded in my tweeds, cardigans, and leather gloves for short-sleeved shirts, jeans (the only trousers that can withstand the affectionate onslaughts of my hundred-pound dog), and gardening gloves.
The pens. My favorite pen for library research is an Omas Russian Empire with an 18k EF nib. It's a massive pen, lacquered black with raised gold emblems of Russian imperial power. It's flamboyant and as serious as a heart attack and perfect for writing extensive notes in the margins and between the lines of copied books and journal articles. Any nib broader than EF wouldn't do.
The pen I used throughout my PhD program was a Waterman Gentleman, sterling silver in the godron pattern with a 14k F nib. I have binders with hundreds of pages of notes I took in my courses and as I worked out the math in my dissertation. I don't remember the name of the ink I used, but those hundreds of pages of notes are written in a turquoise-blue ink. It's an attractive color; I wish I remembered what it was.
My wife gave me a Yard-O-Led Grand Viceroy Victorian pen this week with an 18k F nib. I've always been partial to silver pens, and this one is the largest and heaviest of the lot. It's a beautiful, handmade piece of craftsmanship that exudes English style without excessive English understatement. It's a pen for a viceroy, for a college professor, for a dark academic.
Is this the video that resulted in the charge of "pretentiousness"? I'd say so from a couple of the comments. I'm glad we cleared up the issue of books. Thank you for your response to my comments on that video. You're clearly a man with a well-defined sense of style and not ashamed of it. Some people would consider the use of fountain pens in general to be a pretentious affectation. Even inexpensive ones of low quality are more expensive than excellent ballpoints, so using fountain pens does make some sort of statement. But it's not usually pretentious. I think of fountain pens in term's of Obi Wan's comment about lightsabers, "an elegant weapon for a more civilized age." Perhaps less cost effective than a blaster (an extraordinarily inefficient weapon in the hands of Imperial storm troopers), but its use makes a statement, and not one of a false sense of superiority, but of a preference for another way of life.
Fountain pens can be an aesthetic repudiation of a technologically and efficiency-driven system of life in favor of something more elegant, slower, more demanding of practice and thought in use. I don't look down on people who reject that in favor of a gel-pen world, or going even further, a meme and emoji and 280-character world. I just don't share their enthusiasm for it. It's not what makes me happy. That's not pretension. Nor is a love of books and classical music. These are just preferences in a world that often doesn't appreciate that kind of diversity.
Hello My Friend,
You have a wonderful and eclectic collection of pens. Well done. I am also a big fan of Waterman pens, especially the older ones.
Nice to see that Obi-wan quote! I use it often in this Channel. So nice seeing you having a similar thought. We do share many common threads.
I think it was Dark Academia 2 that inspired that comment most recently. That was an ambitious video. I love doing the high concept ones.
Happy to have you here with us. We have quite a bit in common.
Outstanding! You have officially outdone yourself. The B-roll footage was wonderful. Your narration was expressive and poetic. 👍
Thanks so much, Kurt! I am so glad you liked it.
From someone who works in museums, just an FYI: many art museums prefer pencil in the galleries so as to not risk accidents, and occasionally gallery assistants will offer a golf pencil if you don't have one available. Natural History tend to be more open to ink!
I used to work at a Museum also. I met my wife at The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. I have seen this, but not in the last 20 years. And I have been to museums all over, but then, I am an old guy and people tend to leave you alone! Thanks for watching.
This is by far the best collection of filming locations on your videos so far. Very well done!
Also, thank you for the book recommendations.
Allie! Thanks so much! I will have to work hard to pen up these locations. Thanks for watching. So happy you like it.
Two more pens for the Dark Academic. From Nahvalur (formerly Narwhal), their Nautilus Bronze Corydoras fountain pen. A black ebonite pen, with bronze trim features and three porthole windows to check the ink level. If not the Bronze Corydoras, then the Cephalopod Black version. For a more mainstream pen, possibly go with the Pilot Custom 912 with its choice of 15 different nib sizes and styles (I have the SU (stub) nib, but imagine the others.) And for a book, try Lemony Snicket's POISON FOR BREAKFAST.
Those are great suggestions for the list. Thank you! I may yet do another version! Thursday’s video is on Dark Academia as well.
Seconding Poison for Breakfast!
Love this one. Just today I was using my Kaweco Bronze Sport. I am so glad I bought the Bronze and not the brass as I prefer the feel and smell of the Bronze. Also the color can't be beat...well in my eyes anyway. I just picked up some Diamine Oxblood, maybe that will be the next ink I use in this pen? Can't wait to take it to a museum, thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks so much! I appreciate it! Oxblood is a great match!
👏👏👏 Amazing as always!
I absolutely adored this video just as much as I did the other one (maybe even more ;)).
Although I new all the fountain pens, it was still worth listening to your poetic analyses of them. I also loved the lifestyle advice that you gave, it was a really pleasant surprise to say the least.
Keep up the great work and have a good day👍
Thank you so much! So kind of you!
Beautifully done! I’m more of a Hippie, but now I want to be a Dark Academic🥸
You can be both! Make it your own! Thanks for watching! Please stop by again soon and let me know how it is going. All the best.
Hemingway, I loved this video. I am a dark academic. Who knew? (i will look back at the first one of this two part series). I do cherish my college days, hours at the library studying, note taking, also hours at any museum, library or book store, especially used book stores, I've worked in both old and new bookstores. I love stacks of books in every room (my husband doesn't but I do! ;) I would write by candlelight, read by candle light, (I would also add knit by candle light). I love writing letters and cards. I love tea rooms, with mood lighting where I can sit for hours going between books and journaling. My husband says I love anything with wagon wheels, hats and long dresses, sometimes I feel as though I'm in the wrong century. I love archeology, anthropology, fiction, theology, medieval times. I try these days to focus on Christian things as I can't do it all, thus I prioritize. There are so many ancient writings from our Church fathers and it's so wonderful to imagine their scribes writing away on papyrus, or hides, which later came to influence the whole world. Imagine if you could have a pen and ink they used? As it turns out I have all but two of the pens you mentioned. I can't grip the Homo Sapiens and I can't find locally the Custom 823, but I have a Century 3776. I finally got my grail Montblanc Meisterstuck Le Grande, and while I love you MB, because its vintage, I know mine will last me the rest of my life, come what may, and one day be vintage. I think you could make a book out of this series, it's so clever. Bravo. I'll consider becoming a patron, but until then I will enjoy the lovely free content. Regards, Cheryl
Thank you, Cheryl! I appreciate your thoughtful and lovely comment. I find comments like yours inspiring. Thank you. I also get the Homo Sapiens is a beast!
@@HemingwayJones Hemingway, here is one book for your Dark Academia tastes that I strongly recommend because this author must be exactly how you describe, and so is the world he creates. You just have to try it, it has the libraries and weird architecture and quirk characters and because his series is still incomplete, it takes it to a nerdy nail-biting bit of collectors anxiety: Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind, the first in his Kingkiller chronicles. I am usually a fiction person, but I loved Lord of the Rings, and some other well written fantasy, and this is one of the best I think, dense and detailed and well paced, and I only lament the series may never be completed.
@@csikomas8910 That sounds pretty wonderful! I usually read nonfiction, but I have been on a DA tear for the last few months. Thanks for the recommendation.
Thank you for these videos. I am a Dark Academic, I just didn’t realize there was an actual term for this. I appreciate your insight.
Thanks so much! I am glad that you enjoyed it.
What an awesome video! I just realized after watching this that I have always been a dark academic, but never realized it! I am constantly missing my university days, getting lost in the stacks at the historic library, writing letters to family, journaling (which I still do) and of course obsessed with fountain pens! I hope to one day afford and acquire a montblanc egyptomania! Cheers!
Thanks so much! I am so glad it resonated with you! There are 3 other videos on this topic on my Channel, so don’t miss them. Thanks for watching!
I absolutely love the Morgan Library. The only place known to have 3 Gutenberg Bibles. There is an amazing book titled The Lost Gutenberg that I highly recommend. Another great video HJ!
Thank you so much! I am so glad you enjoyed it.
Fantastic HJ, I’m watching this while on the Acela to the DC Pen Show. This could get me in trouble !!!!
So fun! Have a great time! Enjoy the show! 👏
Your videos keep getting better and better. I live for Datk Academia... Books make me happy.
Thank you so much! I am so glad you enjoyed it.
Loved this video, the visuals and music were exceptional extras.
Thank you!
You are definitely becoming a master of your craft, I bow to you Sir.
You are too kind. Thank you.
Absolutely off the charts AWESOME Hemingway. A+++++ You gave us so much great material to think about. And you are inspiring me to do some things like visit some local museums (yes they have them in Florida :) and read some of those books you mention. Like most people some of my fondest memories are from my days in college. Particularly law school. You live in the library when you are a law student...particularly in your first year. We used to study on the lower floors of the library and we called it "the catacombs"! And the close ups of the butterflies were awesome. You must have a great cinemaphotographer on staff. I will definitely play this tonight during "happy hour" on the big screen TV in the living room. My wife will love it too. BTW, sign me up for the "Dark Academia Club". I'm all in. Can't wait to watch it again...and probably again.
As far as the pens you picked I liked them all except the retractable one. How about the Platinum Preppy? Its a fantastic pen for under $10 and writes as well or better than some $800 pens I have. It blows me away. AWESOME OFF THE CHARTS!!!
Thanks so much! I am so glad you enjoyed it and found it inspirational! This was all filmed on an iPhone 13 Pro Max. It is amazing what it can do. It shoots in 4K. (The interiors though were tough because there wasn't enough light.) I did the Preppy in the Preppy video! Preppy is well suited though. Definitely a great choice. Some future video! Thanks so much!
Wow! So much work went into this beautiful video. The music, the graphics, the calming voice- overs and beautiful footage. Thank you for creating beauty. And DAMN I want that Visconti! Lovely Dark Academia collection indeed.
Thank you so much! I am so glad that you enjoyed it! The Visconti HS is pretty amazing. I am using it right now with a new ink I am into. I’ll be speaking about it on Tuesday. Dorman’s Neptune. All the best.
It’s great how you give each pen its own personality! Or, maybe it’s already there and you are able to recognize it! Thank you for this video.
Thank you so much!
This is brilliant and evokes mystery. As a bookseller, I enjoyed your book descriptions.
Thank you very much! I appreciate your kind words.
One of your best, really enjoyed it.
Thank you!
Lovely video. I can tell you put a lot of thought into what you include in each frame.
I am also on team Short Ink Attention Span. I was, at one time, very devoted to Parker Ruby. Alas. These days I've developed modes of work that involve changing my ink color each day or for each project, so while I had CONCERNS about the con-40, experimentation has revealed that I can, with my handwriting, get about 12-13 A5 pages out of it. That's perfectly fine as long as I load the pen first thing in the morning, or stick an Inkvent bottle in my pocket. Those things are so convenient.
Excellent points and we are of equal mind on inks and the Con 40. I am so glad you enjoyed it.
Amazing video, what a visual and audio spectacle! I spent a few hours sitting at the Temple of Dendur some years ago. Love your other references slipped into the video from Dante to Rodin, with a Cartier on the wrist! I have small "the kiss" bronze on my desk and often have a 149 in hand as I listen to my other half on the Cello in the next room. Maybe I was always for Dark Academic without knowing it.
I think you are! Thanks so much for the kind and encouraging words. I appreciate them and you.
As someone who teaches future librarians and archivists and as a second-generation academic how could I not love that video. Lovely choices, although I wonder how many academics can afford MB or Visconti. Maybe one … I picture more of a stealth under-appreciated pen like the old Reform pens from Germany, which were probably mostly reliable student pens but are quality piston-filler workhorses. I do love my Pilot Vanishing Point when taking notes or being inspired by the muse. I’m picturing this ‘dark academic’ as reading Rimbaud or Lovecraft or Poe after hours. Have you ever read Carlos Ruiz Zafron’s works. I think you would enjoy them. I’m looking forward to part III with notebooks, inks, and ideal vintage pens. You must use the word provenance in regards to the latter … as we imagine the past lives of pens and books and the thoughts they transmitted. Enjoy the weekend and I’m pleased you are feeling better. The new academic year approaches….
I have a vintage pen from E Germany. It’s amazing. Great reading suggestions! I don’t know Zafron. I shall seek them out. Thank you. We will definitely be doing inks. I did do vintage pens in Part 1. It was my favorite part of that video. Thanks for the great comment and kind words. Speak again soon.
@@HemingwayJones thanks. Yes, I recall the vintage section in Part I, and felt you could give it an entire episode. I’m imagining the Lenny Bruce routine on who is a New Yorker… with rhetorical considerations if X vintage pen is dark academic or not. Enjoy the weekend.
@@AndrewWertheimer That sounds fun. I can never do enough on vintage pens. Have a great weekend and stop by again soon. Take care.
What a treat of a video, very much enjoyed the book recommendations towards the end.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much! I’ll keep doing that from time to time. Thanks!
Fantastic video! Thank you for showing us such great locations! The book recommendations are wonderful! Thanks!
Thank you so much for watching! I’m glad you liked this one. Thank you.
What piece is played at #5 (17:57) in the video? I can't manage to identify it unfortunately.
It’s “Dreamland” by Aakash Gandhi. It’s in the free YT music library. I use it a lot. Boy, I had COVID when I recorded that video and I sound like a different person!
Very inspiring, the Morgan Libary is very impressive. Ancient institutional libraries in general are. Old books are magical! I regret not having took the time to visite the BnF (Bibliothèque Nationale de France) the last time I was in Paris.. Was way too busy at a tech convention sadly...
I need to take some more time to do touristy stuff like this, especially now that we are pretty much in a post-pandemic world.
Thanks so much. I am so glad you enjoyed this. I try to visit the libraries wherever I am. Thanks for being here.
Great video…..from content to complimentary visual and auditory experience. Thank you.
Thank you!
Wow, I’m a Dark Academic and I didn’t even know it! Explains a lot in my life.
That’s how I found out! Thanks for watching and enjoy! There are a few others on the same topic to check out.
Thanks for the amazing video!
Glad you liked it! That means a lot to me!
What a wonderful video, so eloquent and superbly captured; and the music overlay just divine
Thank you so much! I appreciate it!
Thank you for a wonderful video! Just discovered your channel and immediately came here from you first part in this series (2 videos is enough to qualify as a series i would think). Regardless, both of your videos mentioned some grail pens for me with the Montblanc 149 in Part 1 and Part 2 including the Visconti Homo Sapiens.
My start to the fountain pen world and to dark academia as a whole, was a vintige Cross Townsend that I found in a vintage store for rather cheao as it wasn't working. All it needed was a good clean, a refill and now I have a lovely pen that is beautifully classic. My daily carry pens include a Kaweco Sport in dark blue, an Esterbrook Estie Raven, and the Kaweco Student, which has a bit of colour to it, but is still a wonderfully simple pen that fits well on top of my stacks of books and notebooks.
Thank you again for the video! Very fast subscription from me.
Thank you! I am so happy to have you here. Welcome! I am so glad you enjoy the Dark Academia videos. They are so fun to make. I love that you started with a vintage pen. Such a great place to start. Stop by again soon and all the best.
Oh, I love the Morgan Library. I could spend my whole life there. Just started to read The Secret History a few days ago, and I can't stop. As for the fountain pen selection for Dark Academia, I would add my Montblanc "Marcel Proust" and my "Yard-O-Led Viceroy Grand Victorian". And my beloved Visconti "Divina Elegance" in green/bronze with the amazing 24kt Palladium Dreamtouch nib. Thanks for another great video. 🖤🖤
Thanks for watching. I am so glad you enjoyed it. Your list is excellent! Thanks so much.
I love that Divine Comedy cover!
Thanks Buddy! Happy to see you in the comments! It's a Barnes & Noble edition, if you want to pick one up.
Great video! Thank you for posting this! I read the Secret History and Donna’s 2 other books. Really good reading.
Thank you so much!
This truly is an awesome video. I've watched it several times, and it holds up really well. So atmospheric! Plus it features the 823 🙂
Thanks so much! My poor voice in that one though! Thank you.
Like a good meal shared with a loved one.
Thanks so much. Well said. Received your letter. The handwriting is top shelf. Thank you.
Still just as good as the first time I watched it😊👍🏻
Thank you very much! You’re the best!
Your best video essay on the Gothic era. You were very elegant in the commentary. I appreciate the inclusion of the Visconti Bronze Age. However the rest of the pens were a good choices too. I wish I could travel back in time to the Gothic era. Not only for handwriting and dip pens, but also the Gothic Cathedrals. The footage of the museum and library was stunning. It was very academic, lol.
Thank you My Friend! I appreciate it.
Before I even start your videos I give it a thumbs up. Everything you upload is a masterpiece. The passion, time and effort you put into your videos and editing is astounding. I have two questions for you, HJ. 1) How do you feel about the Kaweco Steel Sport and 2) Esterbrook Estie or Visconti Van Gogh? Thank you so very much for all of your inspiration. ~ ADL
I think you have an argument for the Van Gogh, but the Estie's are too vibrant I feel for the aesthetic we are shooting for.
You are the best! And so kind. Thank you!
So questions, I love questions! I love the Kaweco Steel Sport.
I have never written with a Visconti Van Gogh. I would love to. I love Esterbrook though. I cannot really decide since I have only written with one. I have to be honest! Thanks so much for watching and for your encouraging words!
My dark academia pick is my Noodler's Ahab Raven, in Noodler's Raven Black ink. The pen has swirls of silver & gold in a predominant black pen. Brings out Edgar Allan Poe & Anne Rice in me.
I love the sound of that! Brilliant!
I've been contemplating the Pilot Vanishing Point, and while it's undeniably a modern and sleek pen, I'm wondering if it truly fits the Dark Academia style. The black version seems to do alright, but the clicking mechanism doesn't quite resonate with the aesthetic I have in mind. Perhaps a Gold Parker Vacumatic or even a Conklin Mark Twain would exude a more pretentious vibe, which I believe Dark Academia enthusiasts would appreciate. Picture the act of screwing on and off the cap, a bit more refined and sophisticated, perfectly complementing a breast suit jacket pocket. Just a thought worth considering.
I know what you mean, BenJoe, there is something very accessible to the VP. It is always at the ready. But it is also remarkably good for academia and note taking. It is my go to museum pen. Vacumatic is nice. I'm not a fan of the Conklin, but I respect it. Always appreciate your perspective and well reasoned feedback and comments! You are the best.
@@HemingwayJones Yeah good thought, two ways of looking at it...I am a museum buff and need to take quick notes or I want to look wise and elegant as I unscrew my fancy pen to take notes...lol. My son and I went to a museum recently and he pulled out a pencil and sticky notes. So it all works in the end.
@@BenJoeMarklandWhilst you didn't connect with the vanishing point, I couldn't see any connection with the Kaweco. However, as per the video, HJ did try to connect each with the theme & I respect his thoughts here as they are his pens. The Kaweco in particular just would not have been mine.
Notwithstanding, it was a fun video & I tend to enjoy these videos on the basis of the joy it must give to the creator.
Alas, I just (literally) bought (another) a new guitar, surprisingly one that doesn't meet my aesthetic, but figured the deal was too good to pass up. On that note, I'm not looking for inspiration for a new fountain pen, although another book can never do harm, albeit I'm not going to learn hieroglyphics, there simply is no point. Although, it seems that's the exact point according to HJ. 😊
Cheers.
@@nostro1001 Yeah this was just a healthy discussion of ideas nothing more.
Very charming. You are among the best ambassadors of the fountain pen world to the wider world, Hemingway. Bravo and many thanks.
Wow, thanks so much! That is extremely kind and generous of you to say.
Very nice. I'm bested, though. I don't recognize the O. Henry quote.
Intellectual adventure can take many forms. I don't think it would be complete without an appreciation for pen, ink, and paper.
The Henry allusion is to “The Secret History”. Thanks for watching! Ink is coming up for certain.
@@HemingwayJones I have The Secret History. A few days of all night work sessions interrupted my read. Tonight, I’ll begin a re-read.
Great video Hemingway. I too, though I like the colour, have yet to use purple ink, think Lamy should have given it another, even if similar, name to the new edition of this ink.
Totally agree! Thanks!
Excellent content, as ever. Great locations and lovely pens. I've recently acquired a Conway Stewart Winston in the Dartmoor finish, and that would make a great pen for this aesthetic. It's a heavyweight but sits handsomely on my desk. My vintage Conway Stewart 100, with its black/gold look and a broad stub nib, has the right classic look. For a note taking workhorse that's classy but understated I'd pick my Danish 1947 Parker VS. It's one of those pens that's grown on me overtime. Just very reliable. My last suggestion is a Parker 21, a student pen with some style.
Thanks so much for the kind words! Yes! Conway Stewart is perfect for this. It was one of the pen in part one. Love it. You have some great choices there. Well done.
✔️✔️✔️ I fit all the boxes of dark academia and appreciate you confirming that with your content. The best word I can use to describe your videos is “inspiring.” Clearly you are a pursuer of excellence based on the effort you put into these videos. Thank you.
Thank you so much! That is very kind of you.
We need an entire video about pens for people with "short ink attention spans" 😂😂😂 You had me cracking up!
Thank you! I may do that one.
This is the first time I've ever heard the term Dark Academia.... and I feel like I've finally found my home 🤣 Thank you for this wonderful video. I could watch it for hours.
Thank you! Welcome Home! Don't miss part 1 from a few months back. Happy to have you here. There are many videos with similar themes. Enjoy!
@@HemingwayJones I will definitely check out part 1!
Surprised to know I own 4/5 of these pens. Great choices, my favorites being the Visconti and the the Pilot Custom 823!
Thanks very much! You may very well be a Dark Academic!
Well thank you Mr Jones. The videos of the Bronze Sport have compelled me to buy one ✒
Thanks so much! I am glad you enjoyed these.
@@HemingwayJones I do enjoy your videos even if they are costing me money. In fairness other channels are guilty also. Enjoy the weekend.
Thank you, you too!
Very well done, Hemingway. What about the five inks for dark academia as your next video on this theme?
I am already working on a script for this one! Stay tuned.
Loved it, HJ! I enjoyed the practical tips to bring dark academia to life. I especially appreciated the nod to the one and only, Henry. Kaweco Bronze Sport is my pick.
Thank you so much! I am so glad you enjoyed this! Tip a hat to Henry.
Wonderful! Thank-you!
Thank you too for watching!
Love the handwriting.
Thank you! I have been working on that!
Dear Mr. Jones. Thank you for a wonderful video. I am just getting into pens, and unfortunately I am left handed. Do you have any suggestions for pens or ink that might help my affliction?
Hi Alex, that’s not an affliction at all, My Friend. It is simply how it is for you and presents some challenges, but nothing you cannot transcend. Know that I believe in you.
I am not left handed, but my Mom is and she writes with fountain pen. She keeps her hand straight up j the page; straight up and down, and so she never drags her hand through what she has written. For her, it is all about hand position. Remember, fountain pens require no pressure.
You could try a Fine or Extra Fine nib to start to get control.
I wish you a lot of luck! You can do it.
Thanks for the kind words on the video too!
Thanks a lot for this magnificent & inspiring video ❤ Like I always want to RISE in love rather than ‘fall’, I’d call yr video Bright Academia since it brightened up my mood 😊❤🌸😊
Yes! Truly! Thanks so much!
1. beautiful vid, thanks.
2. though i briefly felt smart in grad school, my academic career is no longer a fond memory. I need a different formula to drive my pen story, hopefully something that is satisfied by bright Sailors.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. You are writing your own legend, My Friend.
This was really well done HJ, as always
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great one. Liked this one even better than the Bronze.
Really? Awesome. Thank you! Bronze was a departure. I should have introduced it
It would have felt more of the channel then departures are good though too. Variety.
Hello HJ. Another brilliant video. Great choice of pens. Perhaps next time you will choose the proper ink with the pen choices. For me and my small collection of pens, I would say that my Montblanc Boheme using Mystery black ink is my Dark Academia pick. Getting back to the video, wonderful job with the b-roll. It makes quite the impression. The lifestyle of DA was also a hit in the video. Can't wait for DA3 to come out. This is an interesting subject that I believe is catching on. Keep them coming, my friend. Always enjoyable.
Thank you My Friend! I am writing the Ink version of this. So stay tuned. Thanks so much for watching.
Thank you Hemingway for your excellent guidance and my personal initiation into Dark Academia. I can suggest Hommage to Brothers Grimm by Montblanc and I think inks might be relatable to Dark Academia as well. My choice is Wearingeul “Anubis”.
Excellent Choices! I just ordered Anubis! I am doing DA Inks very soon. Thanks so much! I appreciate you being here.
Absolutely outstanding!
Thank you kindly!
Love my new Kaweco Bronze Sport FB (F) and considering a 1.1 mm or 1.5 mm calligraphy nib soon, with midnight blue ink. ✍
Great choices!
Thank you!
Love the choices, and totally agree, although I still don’t think it gets much more dark academia than a Meisterstuck 149!
You're not wrong about the 149! I did that in part one. It was referenced in "The Secret History" so it is THE Dark Academic Pen. Very true statement and awesome choice. Thank you for watching!
Loved this video. Excellent selection of pens. A suggestion: not for this theme, but more generally, have you considered a Kaweco Student model. I have the 1970's and it has become one of my favorites. Very underrated, probably because of the name. This is not a starter, but a serious pen.
Thank you for the kind words! I love the Kaweco Student. That is an excellent suggestion.
Great video - nice locations too!
Thank you! I am very glad that you enjoyed it. Thank you!
I love the set of pens you chose for this video - also for part 1 of this series. Of the ones you listed here, I have only the Kaweco Brass (not Bronze) Sport and the Custom 823 - two of my favorites. And I covet that Homo Sapiens Bronze Age - if I were to buy a Homo Sapiens, it would be that one. :)
Thanks very much! I’m glad you found this one.
Bravo! Wish you had had the chance to visit my beloved, former, used book shop on Long Island (The Odyssey Bookshop, Rockville Centr3…it’s also where I met my wife who was a customer)
How romantic! I’ll get there one day. Thank you!
@@HemingwayJones thank you, alas too late, as I closed during the economic crash of 08/09. That closed door opened a new world though as I became an artist (realism revival) and art teacher. In order to actually make a loving however, I’ve become a civil servant. One never knows what road life will lead
Please make a video about seals and wax.
I did a short one, but I probably should go deeper. Thanks!
Pretty much any vintage fountain pen should fit into Dark Academia.
Yup, that was actually in the first edition of this series. Check it out too, if you would. ruclips.net/video/k0AiqbOzuTo/видео.html
Hello HJ,
I just watched your video "Dark Academia 2". Nice work as always, I appreciate the time and effort you put in all of your videos.
Here is another interesting fountain pen that is worth checking:
The Fine Writing International (Taipeh, Taiwan) " Bronze Age" 3rd generation.
Although it is a brass pen, it is an interesting and beautiful exotic looking pen.
Have a nice weekend and stay safe.
Thank you so much for the kind words. I appreciate it. I am glad you enjoyed this. Thanks for the pen suggestion!
If Garrison Keiler was into fountain pens...
my oh my, have you handled the grey metal Egyptomania with the hieroglyphs all around the body? I keep going back to the Montblanc boutique in Oslo to ask to play a bit more with that pen. It's $1000 though. I keep coming back to "visit" it.
I love that pen! I am tempted. It has The Book of the Dead all over it. Brilliant.
Great video,my next pen nahvalur decades in the desert,cactus skies
Pen chetal,frank in Oswego ill
Thank you!!!
@@HemingwayJones thanks those new pen are desert skies are very nice.,ink decades ink the desert is a wonderful ink frank in Oswego ill
This was fun. May I add Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco to your book list?
Thanks for watching! That is an excellent suggestion. Thank you!
This is not really a comment on the video. It's just an experience I decided to throw out to this community. The mystery of two inks.
Since like a year back, I've had plans back in my head to maybe acquire two additional Iroshizuku inks. One was a (in my mind) slightly brown, glowing red/orange red, like an idealized burnt sienna but redder. The other was a sort of brownish grey, cold brownish but mostly grey. And I was convince I liked both colors. So I decided to shop today, but to my great surprise, two such Iroshizuku inks do not exist!? And the current lineup of 24 inks is 10 years old!? So I'm baffled. 😮 I have half convinced myself that they must have occurred in some dream I've had, and then lived on as a purchase plan in my head? There's another possibility, and that is that they lived for a while in some of Diamine's Christmas series, and that I saw them there and then for some reason assumed they were Iroshizuku inks.
Anyway, now I'm disappointed and also obsessed with finding two such inks. 🤪
try peerless 125 by cross, you will see angels
That would certainly be something. I'll check it out. Thanks very much for watching!
I'm curious what pen you consider as "Light Academia"?
I am sure we will get into that at some point. Probably some Benu pens, Ferris Wheel Press. It’s a good idea and inspiration. Thank you.
@@HemingwayJonesI failed at dark academia, although I adore books, museums, old churches, wandering in historic districts, and fountain pens.
It looks like I was chaotic academic the whole time. May I suggest the TWSBI Eco, the lovely Leonardo Momento Zero Grande series of pens, and vintage pens?
Che bel video! Mi è sembrato quasi di sentire odore di musei e biblioteche! Grazie per i consigli di lettura, se posso permettermi di ricambiare, direi senz'altro "Il Nome Della Rosa" di Umberto Eco... È abbastanza Dark Accademia?
Saluti da Capri ❤
Grazie! Veramente! “I’ll Nome Della Rosa” é perfetto per Dark Academia. “Academia Obscura?” Sono molto contento che ti piace questo video. Grazie!!!!
@@HemingwayJones Grazie a te!
In realtà Dark Academia non viene tradotto, ma italiano corrente sarebbe "Accademia Oscura", ma il tuo "Academia Obscura" suona arcaico e perfetto allo scopo!
Could you drop the pomposity by half? Not sure if that'd be enough to make this watchable, but maybe.
This Channel is not for you. We seek kind and curious people here.
Awesome video, and your words were inspiring. I couldn't get past your voice in the voice over clips though lol, something felt very forced. Other than that great content!
It was forced! I was sicker than I have been in years. I ended up losing my voice completely the next day. Thanks for watching. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
@@HemingwayJones oh no, hope you feel better!
@@thekanthalkid4273 Fine now, but what a struggle making this one was! Thanks again.
Hi. Fabulous piece of work, you have really excelled yourself. The Montblanc 149 or the Pilot custom 823 are Perfection for Dark Academia.🤗 Cheers from Australia.
Thanks very much! I’m glad you liked it. Great suggestions!
What I wouldn't give for an 823 with an FA nib 🥴
That sounds very interesting. Mod it!
Your voice sounds dry, and nasal. Hope you are doing well, try to take break to rest. Thank you for posting. If you ever come by Toronto Canada, there is the U of T Robart's library, Toronto Reference Library, and Lilian Galbraith Library, all contain rare volumes, especially the last, which contains a large collection of science fiction, steam punk & horror.
I was horrifically sick when I recorded this. I am all better now, but I shall never forget how it was then. Thanks for the tip on the library.
but the most important, become an academic, to look like an academic
We all know that academics usually don’t like look academics.
thats the catch :) I guess it just used to be the time where people would dress like what we call black academia. i personally find it interesting, thats dark academia has lots of old money elements. would you make a fountainpen video in old money aesthetics ? that would be interesting to compare @@HemingwayJones
I did one on Preppy! It’s in the back catalogue. I like tying in different genres. I think you will see more soon.
But went is it DARK Academia. Googling "dark academia" days nothing about why it's called 'dark'.
"...an aesthetic and subculture that is primarily focused on higher education, the arts, calligraphy, museums, writing/reading, and classic Greek and Gothic architecture..." could simply define Acedemia, no Dark about it.
I have made several videos on this, by the way. Catch this one: ruclips.net/video/k0AiqbOzuTo/видео.html
So, the reason it is “Dark” is that it features Gothic aesthetics, wood paneled libraries, moody lighting, drama, Heathcliff on the Moors! Fog, Night, Mystery, Poe.
This contrasts with Light Academia, which is also a thing, evidently, and it is very close to Prep, Slim Aarons, brighter spaces.
I hope this helps and thanks for watching.
Mr. Jones
I usually like your videos but I found this one too pretentious.
My Friend, You cannot be pretentious if you can back it up. Thanks for watching though. I do appreciate it and you.
@@HemingwayJones IT Takes all kinds to make the world, I guess.
It's a shame you could not meet graciousness with graciousness. I suppose you are speaking for yourself,
I really do appreciate you watching and wish you would aspire for more.
I responded gently and sincerely. Perhaps you are confusing opinion with judgment. Sorry, my English is not very good. Surely your Spanish is better. I also wish you aspired to something better. I found this comment of yours really disrespectful to me. Anyway, I wish you the best.
I somewhat agree with Mr. Flores. It was a bit too much for me. Also you should calm the snarky responses, in my opinion. Take care and keep up the good work.
Try the Havamal - the collected wisdom gifted to mankind by Odin AllFather. - lots of of verses for life
I have 2 TWO! Manual Royal typewrites! one is for supply forms, I can load legal sheets sideways!
When I was first hired in San Jose, I checked one Library the card catalog (remember those??) and I had more Conrad, more Hemingway, and more Kerouac in my little library than the whole Santa Clara County Library system, and Santa Clara County CA has more registered voters than New Hampshire has total people.
Currently re-reading Conrad's Nostromo - In Conrad's The N****** of the Narcissus, in the early pages there is a reference to Bulwer-Lytton !?!?