My TOP 5 fountain pens which are the most durable!
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- Welcome back in my rabbit hole and with inky fingers!
This video is the 2nd out of a Mini-Series about Vitruv and how he has influenced my taste. I'm an architect and since I learned about his basic concept I often use his theory to criticize and to create good architecture. But what he wrote about architecture you sure also can say about products.
There 4 episodes will be:
1. The most beautiful pens I own
• My TOP 5 fountain pens...
2. The most solid/durable pens I own (this video)
3. The most useful pens I own
4. In which of my pens the three main categories are equally and equally well considered.
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#fountainpen #vitruviano #top5
By mistake- a mistake that I am embarrassed to admit I have repeated several times- I have discovered how durable my EDC Sailor Pro Gear Mini is. I have sent it through the washer and the dryer, dropped it, and generally given it hard use. It lives in my front pocket, or in my jeans pocket and I have had zero issues with the clip, leaking or anything. Thank you for the great series- I am looking forward to the third installment!
Wow I‘m very impressed.
You‘re welcome
Oh, wow, very impressive, the durability of the pen.
the cheaper, the more willing I am to use their durability. the fragility of my more expensive pens is entirely financial 😂
There is a lot of truth in your words ;)
I agree, my Lamy 2000s and my Pilot VP are among my most durable pens. I also have a Kaweco Supra in solid brass that is highly robust, although the feed is not as reliable. I've used a Montblanc 146 since 1992, so strictly speaking, besides some vintage pens I inherited, that is my most long-lived fountain pen. BTW, the Lamy 2000 grip section is brushed stainless.
I am speculating your top fountain pen combining all three elements is the Lamy 2000, such a classic. Look forward to hearing your ideas
Very practical selections and like the black theme here also noticed a German theme as well. I would have to agree somewhat on your choices. my 5 in the field are ...
(5) Jinhao 80 black with black clip and a black lamy safari nib.
(4) Moonman F4 rouge et noir in coral red with a spider lazered on a nib
(3) Twsbi 580 diamond in Prussian blue with a nib
(2) Jinhao 159 black/ chrome trim with a Peter Ford custom grind italic nib.
(1) Jinhao 9019 cotton candy lobster blue demonstrator with a < M> heartbeat nib.
Honorable mention...
Jinhao 996 tan tiger stripe with a lazered cat face nib which I customized in honor of our cat Niko who passed on. I hold this particular one close to me and never lend it out.
I was surprised to hear you mention the Pilot VP as a durable pen, because the clip is said to break off quite easily because it's just glued on. I stopped wearing it in my shirt pocket for that reason..
My 5 most durable fountain pens are:
5. Tools to Liveby "Le Chat"
4. Pilot Metropolitan / Urban
3. Parker steel fountain pens (Sonnet, vector and jotter)
2. Graf von Faber Castell rhodinated Guilloche
1. Kaweco AL Bronze
I didn't list my Lamy Studio LX all black because you covered it in your video. It'd be in my top 3. Mine also had its lacquer removed where the clip touches the body but that's not unusual at all.
The Lamy 2000 however, as durable it is and as many falls and hardships it went through, didn't make it on my list simply because of its material, Makrolon - I've seen many cracked Lamy 2000s on eBay, unfortunately. I still don't baby it like I baby my really expensive fountain pens.
Excellent, I love a pen that makes a satisfying click sound when the cap is posted. My most durable pen is probably a Kaweco sport in stainless steel. It's very heavy but is also incredibly strong and feels as though it could survive anything.
@DarkFire515 If you like a satisfying click, then the Diplomat Aero is pen you need to have if you don't already have one. it is the feel as well as the noise it makes as it clicks, it's almost a fidget gadget as it is soooo satisfyingly good, and they write so beautifully too,. The nibs are in house tuned Jowo nibs so you are as near as guaranteed a good one.
@@ste286ste Thanks very much for the recommendation, I'll definitely check out the Diplomat Aero, sounds ideal for me.
Eureka fountain pens out of South Korea are super durable. PEEK and Ultem plastic are some super strong materials plus their design. Worth checking out! Agreed on Lamy 2k being just so good.
Another excellent video. I totally got what you were referring to for solidity and durability. Loving your content keep up the great work. BTW Matt Black Capless is awesome but it does tend to scratch or scuff if not kept in a case. For me Lamy Safari and Pelikan Twist are very durable.
I admire and notice durability, even though I don't consider it when choosing a pen to use. Here are my top 5, all of which are pretty dang bulletproof.
5. Muji
4. TiLiner Titanium
3. Good Blue L130
2. Kaweco Liliput Brass
1. Kaweco Stainless Steel Sport.
Very nice durable collection!
I recently bought the LAMY Studio LX All Black like yours and added a gold F nib which is very nice. I’d be curious if you ever take the Gold nib off your All Star and put it on the Studio and then compare it to your LAMY 2000. I wonder which pen would come out on top! I do have the brass sport and while it is totally durable it is a little hefty for longer sessions. I think the black piston sport could be a good choice.
Great review - thanks for sharing!
You know how I know your videos are effective? Before I saw your name or face or the video title, I saw the thumbnail and said to myself, "hey!! Vitruvius!" 😂
I realise watching your vid that I also have a penchant for solid looking pens in block colours... Not so much with the black colours... But I do own a number of those... I'm in a tailspin 😂
Durability is definitely a consideration for me as most of my writing is done out of the home, both at work (in a gym filling out client programs) or at an archery range
For me the Kaweco AL Sport is ideal for that. Feels like I could throw it at a wall without problems
my top most durable would have to be: Traveler's Company Brass Fountain Pen, Muji Aluminum Fountain Pen, Lamy Safari, Kaweco Sport, and Majohn A1
Yes the A1 is great (and if you can afford, the VP). That is a good list.
In terms of durable pens, my most durable one is the Kaweco Brass Sport that I carry with my every day. (Wie sagt man EDC auf Deutsch?) It has a the stock Broad steel nib and writes reliably from using the Kaweco Pearl Black cartridges. I feel like I could drive over it and it would still be unharmed. Next would be the Kaweco Original 250 with a steel M nib. Similar metal body, similar reliability, but the full size converter lets me access bottled inks. The final pens are ones that are no longer in production. Birmingham Pen Company here in the US made several runs of stainless steel pens they named the Ironsides and machined in their own shop. I have three, one of which is anodized in black, the Raven Ironsides. They have steel (I think) Bock nibs. Since they're made of stainless steel, they are predictably heavy, but I feel these will long outlast me. (Honorable mention would go to Karas Pen Company and their INK V2 aluminum body pens. They're reasonably priced and worth checking out.)
Thank you for sharing. Well, maybe a Hosentaschenfüller? ;)
Cool choices and I am looking forward to the next one. My most durable would be be my Nova in titanium, Kaweco Bronze sport, my Faber castell e Motion is a chonker of a pen. The Lamy 2000 and Al Star are great too. I also baby my Capless 😂
Sheaffer Intensity! A lot of my pens have been problematic in the heat wave, but not my Sheaffers! And the Monteverde Innova M, you should hear The Snap on That Cap!
A fresh face chatting about pens. Sweet.
I've always wanted a Kaweco Brass or bronze Sport, but my hands are way too big for them. I ended up getting a Kaweco Supra instead in brass and got the clip and a converter for it. It comes with a bigger #6 steel nib and I got that in a medium. It's a very very durable pen and I feel safe taking it anywhere and throwing it around. It fits my bigger hands very well, and you can also take a section out of the pen to make it shorter and a pocket pen if need be. I usually keep Robert Oster Gold Antiqua ink in it or Private Reserve D.C. Supershow Blue.
I really like the supra. But since I‘m not soooo much into metal pens, I never bought it
@Blue_Rosemarie I'm not into metal much either, but it is a solid pen. Didn't want to miss out on the Kaweco train haha
Please remember to add the links to your other videos when you point. My most durable pen is the Waterman Phileas, a real durable pen. I have an original and a demonstrator kultur. I love Waterman pens. I also love Jinhao, especially the 9016.
Good series. I like it . Keep em coming. Very nice.
Hongdian m2, asvine v126, pilot silvern series, sailor tuzu, Lamy 2k :)
For what it’s worth, at least in the American Midwest, we informally use “solid” to stand in for durable, long lasting, etc. “That’s a solid pen” would totally make sense
Sadly, I have to disapoint you there, Laura... My Studio is brushed Steel and ALSO has the scratchmark from the Clip. I'm also really jealous of your nibgrind by Jose 😢 I looked him up, and he stopped doing commisions... Just penshows like Utrecht in the future.
PS.:Sometimes, I feel sooo old! My school pen up to Abitur was a GEHA. As a firstgrader I learned to write with that thing in 1978 and it worked flawless for 13 years of daily use. Sadly it got lost later during a move.
Don’t worry 1978 in first grade means you’re a youngster. Luckily my first fountain pen was a cheap no name pen but in high school I got a Parker 45. I think everyone in Dutch schools had one.
Hope you find your Geha someday
I really don’t like that detail about the lamy studio. A bit of sanding before installing the clip would make things so much better.
@@Blue_Rosemarieor making it out of one piece instead of folding over two pieces. There would be half the chance of scratching, I think.
It is most likely a cost driven thing. This is probably the cheapest way to manufacture the clip. I saw/read somewhere, they had issues during development of the pen with the clip.
@@naher1277 absolutely
In terms of durability...
I giftet myself to my upcomming birthday with the kaweco Supra in brass. (The broad nib is not my favorite Part, but I will try to do Jose's Grind on it and therefor need the extra material...)
This thing has the look and feel of a piece of construction Steel. Besides being in my possesion just 3 days, I wouldn't be to concerned, even if it fell into a concretemixer on construction site! Accidentally, of course... 😅😅😅
Let me propose a fountain pen propose 2 fountain pens which can sneak in your top 5 list. Give Karas Kustoms and IWI Civilization a try 😃
Suggestion: you can call this series "the Vitruvian Pen".
Also, three of my "durable" pens: a Lamy 2000 (also in EF), a Franklin Christoph 02, and a Namisu Nova. I carry at least one of them whenever I leave the house - no problems!
I loved this video idea. Personally, my most durable pens are my Pilot Capless Special Alloy Edition, my EDC pen, and my Kaweco Al-Sport .
Thank you for sharing.
talking of snap caps which sound good, my favourite is my lovely Pilot prera which is the demonstrator version with blue end caps and I swapped it’s nib for an EF as I’ve got small handwriting: this fp is an understated masterpiece imho:); did you manage to get the Pilot vanishing point LS?(it comes with a slightly alarming price tag!:(
No I don‘t have the Pilot capless LS. The price tag is just too high. At least where I live. Though I‘m debating with myself because it seems so cool. On the other hand I already have two black capless pens. 😅
Irgendwo habe ich den vagen Verdacht, dass Schwarz Ihre Lieblingsfarbe ist. 😊
Not exactly 😉
Durability is absolutely a thing I consider! Lamy Safari is perfect for that. It is something that TWSBI fails hard at.
Yes, I wasn’t able to put twsbi on the list. It fails even on solidity. That after time it gets cracks without doing something
@@Blue_Rosemarieis this true for all the TWSBIs? I only heard the Eco being notorious for cracking. This is why I am sticking with the Diamond 580. So far it even survived in the bottom of my rucksack. Well, it was surrounded by one layer of jeans fabric (a pen sleeve).
@@naher1277 I don‘t know. I didn‘t have issues myself with my own pens. So this is based on the experience of others that have told me or that I watch their videos. Well… I guess I had an experience with it but it wasn‘t my pen. I was loaned a twosbi diamond 580 alr and was always wondering why my fingers get inky all the time. There was a slight crack where you can screw out the grip section. I only saw it when I cleaned the pen and ink was hanging in the crack. But I still thing twsbis are very good pens. I myself own an eco and a diamond 580 and am very happy with them.
Great video. I immediately thought about the LAMY Safari for this category, and so your #1 pick makes sense - is the aluminum of the Al-star more or less durable/solid than the plastic of the Safari? Not sure, but it definitely fits. I hadn't thought of the Faber-Castell Ambition as a pen for teens.. it's a $100 pen after all. I think my Faber-Castell Grip would be my pick just because it has a lot of those elements but is plastic and closer to $30.
I totally forgot that the Faber-Castell ambition is that pricy. But in germany it is only 65€ right now. And I said that because my partner owns it since he went to school. So that is where this information comes from.
@KendallW I've seen pictures of scratched AL Stars showing the silver Aluminium under the paint. The ABS of the Safari is coloured through and through. My Safaris do have scratches, but it is just some material missing there. Way less obvious than showing a different colour.
@@naher1277 Thanks! Makes perfect sense.
@@naher1277 true. Maybe the safari is the better choice then.
You are gorgeous. 🥺
I got a Safari and the nib was so mangled it looked like it got in a fight with another pen and lost. I didn't buy another one.
That sucks.
There are replacement nibs you can get.
@@Blue_Rosemarie Yah, but they cost as much as the pen. I got a Metropolitan instead.
I have a brass All Sport and the thing is a ROCK. Or a metal. I think you could run it over in a car and it would be fine. Most durable pen I own.
You're gorgeous