That's a really solid lineup. My goal is to just have 5 really great pens. Out of these I definitely want a Pelikan, but it's between M800 or M600. Pelikan (tied with Leonardo MZ honestly) has my favorite design for a pen. I just really love the way it looks. The pen I thought was the ugliest was the Lamy 2000 and now I really love the design haha. P.s. I took time to listen to some of your performances (I'm new here) and you're incredible, man.
Amazing, I have all five of these in my collection. And they are all great pens. I may not agree with the order you have them in your top five Mick, but a very worthy top five. Thanks for the video, very interesting.
Awesome lineup! I had a Lamy 2000 EF and lost it! It was too fine for me so I just ordered a replacement by with a medium nib. I will have to set a very hard rule, do not take any of my good pens to work! Your top five is almost my top five
If you're placing ink into storage, I would recommend placing them into an airtight container inside another airtight container. Temperature and humidity conditions can fluctuate wildly, depending on the facility. If you are placing them somewhere under your control or that has controlled conditions, this might not be required.
Fabulous list, Mick, no denying that. It could even be somebody’s essential quintet of pens - without needing to buy another pen again. I prefer the 845 to the 823. And the Visconti HS Bronze Age remains one of my own enduring favorites. I like the Lamy 2000 enough to have bought three of them (one in steel). Alas, my 823 is broken. Haven’t replaced it yet with a repeat purchase of the pen. Maybe, I eventually will. In the meantime, I bought the Justus 95 instead. I prefer it to the 823. My own list of top (5) favorites for most of the year would be : Aurora 88 (Large) (14k Fine Flex) Stipula Etruria (celluloid) (14k 0.9 stub) Sailor KoP (21k B) Aurora Imternazionale (18k Italic) OMAS Arte Italiana Paragon (18k M)
@@MarcusCan I absolutely do. They have their quirks, unpredictability and frustrations, too. But when on song, Italian pens are things of sublime beauty and endless pleasures. My favorites remain Aurora, Montegrappa and Stipula. ❤️…And then a bunch more.
@@sajjadhusain4146 I'm Italian and I actually own a pineider and a Montegrappa ducale. Was looking for a homo sapiens. Never thought enough to aurora and stipula. Need to cover my lack soon
@@MarcusCan Ha, I really need to visit Italy, especially Rome (it has some top class pen stores). My own present fountain pen collection is mainly Italian pens. Of a total of 65 pens, I think at least 40 are Italian.
Great selection :) My favourites are my Pelikan m1005 Stresemann with a broad nib, S.T. Dupont Vitruvian man in black/silver with a medium nib and a Scribo Feel glicine with a fine nib.
My favorite pen is always whatever pen I'm actively using at that time, because while I'm using it, for that first 2-3 fillings, I'm slowly making it perfect for my writing. By the time I'm done with it, the nib is perfect, with no railroading/babybottom, or scratchiness, or burr scrapes, and to my preference, is glass smooth. The feed keeps the nib well saturated with no issues no matter how fast or long I'm writing, and any other weird issues I find are gradually perfected into what I deem to be a marvelous writing instrument. It's that period of tweaking and adjusting, and resolving problems, that makes me happiest. My last pen was a TWSBI Eco-T in Rosso Red, the one before that was a Platinum Curidas in Grand Red, and right now it's a clear demonstrator Jinhao 9019, which isn't quite perfect yet, but getting there.
This is a great selection of fine pens. While I don’t have many of these exact pens, I do agree with your sentiments about the Lamy 2000 for sure. It’s a terrific everyday carry writer. I keep mine inked up all the time. Your top choice, Visconti H.S. Bronze Age is on my grail list.
I just ordered an M805 blue stripes and can not wait for it to come. My M605 Black tortoiseshell is my current favorite. damn near perfection in a pen so really cant wait for the m805.
Thanks Mick. You chose some very solid performers. How do you think the Visconti goes in terms of weight and feel when writing. I am undecided about what to get as I generally like bigger pens (e.g., I went for the custom urushi over the custom 845). I think the bronze age oversize might be better - but frankly love the crystal version. Do you find the regular size big enough?
Best advice I can give for people moving make sure you have your ducks in a row make a list and take pictures of your place before you put everything in boxes it will be something to look back on later and take p ictures of your new place before you move in so you have pictures of how it looked in the beginnig and at the end have a good cry over it and keep moving forward :)
Is the 18K nib on the Custom 845 a better performer than the 14K version I have on my Custom 743? Have you tried a Pineider pen? It certainly rivals Visconti.
I like all the gold pilot nibs. I’ve never found one I didn’t like. However… I tried one Pineider (with a steel nib) and it was horrid. Bad nib. Kept drying out. The cap seal was a joke, and the entire pen rattled. I want to give them another shot, bit it’s an expensive risk.
@@theoffstageme I am sorry to read this. My experience with Visconti with a steel nib was very similar. It was wretched. I sent the nib back for an exchange and what I got was even worse. I did spend the money and got a Pineider Avatar demonstrator with a gold nib. It has been a stunning writer. I have found when a pen works, it can be transformational. When it is horrible, it can be the pen from hell.
I have the Pilot 823 and Pelikan M805 (and many, many other Pelikans...) but have never bought the Visconti Homo Sapiens, as I think I would find it irritating not to be able to tell how much ink was left in the barrel. Do you find that a drawback or is running out of ink something you get used to?
Although a good ink viewing window in a piston/vac self-filling pen is both really cool and very practical, I have several such pens with no ink viewing window. And frankly, I don’t mind it one bit. If fact, I actually find it a pleasing design attribute not to have the window. Running out of ink and having to refill is no big deal at all to me. So yes, I like the Visconti Bronze Age pen without the window.
I use a range of different cameras depending on what or where I am filming. None are professional cameras. As this is just a hobby for me, I'd rather invest my available funds into products to review.
'Dame Etna' cracked me up completely! 😂
That's a really solid lineup. My goal is to just have 5 really great pens. Out of these I definitely want a Pelikan, but it's between M800 or M600. Pelikan (tied with Leonardo MZ honestly) has my favorite design for a pen. I just really love the way it looks.
The pen I thought was the ugliest was the Lamy 2000 and now I really love the design haha.
P.s. I took time to listen to some
of your performances (I'm new here) and you're incredible, man.
Amazing, I have all five of these in my collection. And they are all great pens. I may not agree with the order you have them in your top five Mick, but a very worthy top five. Thanks for the video, very interesting.
Awesome lineup! I had a Lamy 2000 EF and lost it! It was too fine for me so I just ordered a replacement by with a medium nib. I will have to set a very hard rule, do not take any of my good pens to work! Your top five is almost my top five
If you're placing ink into storage, I would recommend placing them into an airtight container inside another airtight container. Temperature and humidity conditions can fluctuate wildly, depending on the facility. If you are placing them somewhere under your control or that has controlled conditions, this might not be required.
That’s exactly what I am doing. The facility I am in is humidity controlled, but I am absolutely not taking any risks.
Fabulous list, Mick, no denying that. It could even be somebody’s essential quintet of pens - without needing to buy another pen again.
I prefer the 845 to the 823. And the Visconti HS Bronze Age remains one of my own enduring favorites. I like the Lamy 2000 enough to have bought three of them (one in steel). Alas, my 823 is broken. Haven’t replaced it yet with a repeat purchase of the pen. Maybe, I eventually will. In the meantime, I bought the Justus 95 instead. I prefer it to the 823.
My own list of top (5) favorites for most of the year would be :
Aurora 88 (Large) (14k Fine Flex)
Stipula Etruria (celluloid) (14k 0.9 stub)
Sailor KoP (21k B)
Aurora Imternazionale (18k Italic)
OMAS Arte Italiana Paragon (18k M)
Seems like you like Italian pens ❤
@@MarcusCan I absolutely do. They have their quirks, unpredictability and frustrations, too. But when on song, Italian pens are things of sublime beauty and endless pleasures. My favorites remain Aurora, Montegrappa and Stipula. ❤️…And then a bunch more.
@@sajjadhusain4146 I'm Italian and I actually own a pineider and a Montegrappa ducale. Was looking for a homo sapiens. Never thought enough to aurora and stipula. Need to cover my lack soon
@@MarcusCan Ha, I really need to visit Italy, especially Rome (it has some top class pen stores). My own present fountain pen collection is mainly Italian pens. Of a total of 65 pens, I think at least 40 are Italian.
@@sajjadhusain4146 that's a lot! Florence has some nice pen stores too
Great selection :) My favourites are my Pelikan m1005 Stresemann with a broad nib, S.T. Dupont Vitruvian man in black/silver with a medium nib and a Scribo Feel glicine with a fine nib.
My favorite pen is always whatever pen I'm actively using at that time, because while I'm using it, for that first 2-3 fillings, I'm slowly making it perfect for my writing. By the time I'm done with it, the nib is perfect, with no railroading/babybottom, or scratchiness, or burr scrapes, and to my preference, is glass smooth. The feed keeps the nib well saturated with no issues no matter how fast or long I'm writing, and any other weird issues I find are gradually perfected into what I deem to be a marvelous writing instrument. It's that period of tweaking and adjusting, and resolving problems, that makes me happiest. My last pen was a TWSBI Eco-T in Rosso Red, the one before that was a Platinum Curidas in Grand Red, and right now it's a clear demonstrator Jinhao 9019, which isn't quite perfect yet, but getting there.
This is a great selection of fine pens. While I don’t have many of these exact pens, I do agree with your sentiments about the Lamy 2000 for sure. It’s a terrific everyday carry writer. I keep mine inked up all the time. Your top choice, Visconti H.S. Bronze Age is on my grail list.
I just ordered an M805 blue stripes and can not wait for it to come. My M605 Black tortoiseshell is my current favorite. damn near perfection in a pen so really cant wait for the m805.
Thanks Mick. You chose some very solid performers. How do you think the Visconti goes in terms of weight and feel when writing. I am undecided about what to get as I generally like bigger pens (e.g., I went for the custom urushi over the custom 845). I think the bronze age oversize might be better - but frankly love the crystal version. Do you find the regular size big enough?
I love the Visconti HS. This is the Maxi version and the weight and size is perfect for me.
The M1000`s nibs are excellent! The pilot custom urushi's nibs are also excellent, the only one that is STELLAR though is the Magnum nib made by GvFB.
Great collection!
Best advice I can give for people moving make sure you have your ducks in a row make a list and take pictures of your place before you put everything in boxes it will be something to look back on later and take p ictures of your new place before you move in so you have pictures of how it looked in the beginnig and at the end have a good cry over it and keep moving forward :)
Good collection at reasonable price range.
Is the 18K nib on the Custom 845 a better performer than the 14K version I have on my Custom 743?
Have you tried a Pineider pen? It certainly rivals Visconti.
I like all the gold pilot nibs. I’ve never found one I didn’t like. However… I tried one Pineider (with a steel nib) and it was horrid. Bad nib. Kept drying out. The cap seal was a joke, and the entire pen rattled. I want to give them another shot, bit it’s an expensive risk.
@@theoffstageme I am sorry to read this. My experience with Visconti with a steel nib was very similar. It was wretched. I sent the nib back for an exchange and what I got was even worse.
I did spend the money and got a Pineider Avatar demonstrator with a gold nib. It has been a stunning writer.
I have found when a pen works, it can be transformational. When it is horrible, it can be the pen from hell.
I have the Pilot 823 and Pelikan M805 (and many, many other Pelikans...) but have never bought the Visconti Homo Sapiens, as I think I would find it irritating not to be able to tell how much ink was left in the barrel. Do you find that a drawback or is running out of ink something you get used to?
Although a good ink viewing window in a piston/vac self-filling pen is both really cool and very practical, I have several such pens with no ink viewing window. And frankly, I don’t mind it one bit. If fact, I actually find it a pleasing design attribute not to have the window. Running out of ink and having to refill is no big deal at all to me. So yes, I like the Visconti Bronze Age pen without the window.
There are a few models of Homo Sapiens that have ink windows.
What camera do you use?
I use a range of different cameras depending on what or where I am filming. None are professional cameras. As this is just a hobby for me, I'd rather invest my available funds into products to review.