Pens in Use - June 28, 2024
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- Опубликовано: 17 июл 2024
- I discuss the fountain pens and inks I'm using this week. I also get into 8 pens, 1 ink.
Lamy ABC (A) - J. Herbin 1670 Stormy Grey (September 5, 2014)
• Lamy ABC
Flaro - Lamy Turquoise (November 18, 2021)
• First Impressions - Flaro
Parker Sonnet (F) - Omas Black (September 6, 2018) 🐿🐿🐿
• Parker Sonnet
Parker Duofold Jr. - Krishna Ghat Green (August 22, 2018) 🐿🐿🐿
• Parker Duofold (vintage)
Cleo Skribent Classic (F) - de Atramentis Red Roses (July 19, 2023)
• First Impressions - Cl...
Sailor 1911 Standard (Z) - Sailor Jentle Apricot (October 4, 2017) 🐿🐿🐿
• Sailor 1911 Standard (...
Geha 722 (OB) - Pelikan 4001 Violet (February 17, 2020)
• First Impressions - Ge...
TWSBI Draco (B) - Noodler's Black Swan in Australian Roses (July 14, 2021)
• First Impressions - TW...
Chapters
Start 00:00
Talking Cameras 20:08
8 pens 8 inks 22:06
Cold! 25:03
Decluttering/Weather 27:00
Ink Talk 32:45
Outro 37:45
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stop showing that Sailor pale blue pen.. you are making me envious !!!
+1 ….Same with me. I just love that color on that pen.
It's almost empty! But it is one of my personal favorites in my collection!
Thank you for converting the temperature to Celsius degrees.😊
You're welcome! I don't always remember but I try.
I had "help" with decluttering. When I couldn't manage the stairs in my apartment (looking for a handicapped accessible place, right now), when moving out, my beloved family threw out all of my inks... I had over 40 mostly full bottles, from 30 mL to 4 ounce vintage bottles of Parker Quink and Sheaffer's Skrip...
So, I've had to start over. Currently, I have a package of Platinum Carbon Black cartridges for an early 1970s Platinum pocket pen (Use it for envelopes, mostly), and for day to day, bottle each of Waterman Serenity Blue and Mysterious Blue (blues... And me an avowed despiser of many blue inks. But they were cheap, on Amazon, easily half anywhere else, and good for original copies of doctor's forms and applications for different places. They're well behaved on cheap copy paper. And not gaudy or black.) Used currently in a couple of my vintage Esterbrook Js. Mysterious Blue in a black J with a 2550 extra fine "posting" nib (best extra fine I've ever used, even though it's not tipped) and the Serenity Blue in the type of Esterbrook that got me hooked, a gray J, with their almost default nib, a (in this case, well worn. Folded tipping is almost nonexistent) 2668 firm medium.
Then I have 2 more inks, again for something different. Both KWZ, Spruce Green and Cappuccino, for when I want something else. (Recently filled out the paperwork for another specialist for my health with the green. Because I didn't want to use blue.😁)
Currently playing with a recent acquisition, getting it back in writing condition, a 1940s Wahl-Eversharp Skyline I'd gotten a steal on, with minimally a semi flex nib. Flex really doesn't matter to me, but it's still cool. 😄
As it's navy blue, one of the Waterman inks should be a perfect match. And the Eversharp gold nibs are easily my favorite gold nibs.
Good luck with the decluttering, and hope you have a great summer!
"Help" in decluttering can actually make it worse. I like to make my own decisions.
It does sound like you're recovering well!
Kudos on your de-cluttering, taking the one/crock pot out to the shed is brilliant, unfortunately we live in a 200 unit apartment building, we opt for an air-fryer instead. Your projects are an inspiration, unfortunately I usually also plug in the names of all your exotic pens I never heard of into Ebay and we're off to the races. Pens, like books, can only be used one at a time. take care
Living in an apartment definitely changes things! I never lived in an apartment with that many units. I've been told I should get an air-fryer, but this is a small house and I need to take seriously what I bring in.
Good point on pens! I've behaved with pens for the last few months, not so much books. Nothing new in.
Maybe just start a list of inks that you wish to re-buy and wait until you empty a couple more bottles.
Good point! I should write that down because I will forget.
Being cold and having to wear jeans + a warm shirt sounds wonderful... we've been in an extreme heat wave with humidity causing feel like temps to be 109 - 112F ... so we have the A/C set no lower than 78 degrees!
I really admire your using up inks!!! I think future ink purchases will be very well thought out too due to the habit of sticking with an ink til it's gone!
Your 8 inks 8 pens project sounds fun! You'll likely discover some great combinations you hadn't thought of!
I was talking to some visitors from Georgia today, and they are loving the cool temperatures!
For sure I will think long and hard before I buy another ink bottle. I had a good suggestion to write it down in a list and sit on it for a while. Of course, I might still be using up inks when I retire from teaching in 11 years!
@@WaskiSquirrelI will be using up ink when I expire, but it will be an enjoyable journey.
I have decided I'm only going to buy those 2 ML sample bottles of ink, if possible, so that I can enjoy an ink without being stuck with a bottle that takes forever to get through.
I think I should have done more of that. But then I would discover fun inks I wanted to use again and again. Trouble was I did that too many times.
@@WaskiSquirrel it's true, there's a danger that you'll find an ink you really like and then go ahead and get a big bottle thinking you'll keep using it. I got a "surprise me" bundle of 2ml sample bottles from Goulet and discovered a couple of inks I think I'd like to use more of, but I have been able to hold off for now. The problem with the surprise me option is, some you might like and some you may never use. I recommend being more specific about which ones you try.
Love the canola field ❤
Glad to hear that! I'm trying to collect some other good summer footage.
I love that Parker Sonnet, but still have to get me a Duofold. Thanks for a great video.
Both are good pens. Glad you enjoyed!
We've had some incredibly hot (for Britain) days interspersed with quite a bit of rain. Climate change is already messing with our weather very significantly here, because we are so dependent on the warmth of the North Atlantic Drift, which has been disrupted by the colder meltwater entering the sea.
I’ll be there to watch the quarters onwards at Wimbledon this year, hopefully. If the heat continues, it could make me change my mind and cancel the trip. But then, if Novak goes far, I must be there. 🙂
Are you going to be voting in the general election on Thursday?
@@sajjadhusain4146 Oh yes. This is a crucially important election, and I shall be voting.
Britain is very much dependent on that North Atlantic Drift. I don't know what would happen to your country or indeed a lot of Europe if that breaks down.
@@archivist17 Good. Do the right thing and vote for an independent. Just saying! The two major parties are way beyond contemptible.
I got up at 6 am here in Melbourne, it was 6 degrees C(felt like 1.3C). Parker have released a Jotter range with versions named after capital cities including a Sydney pen. They won’t be bringing them into Australia. 🇦🇺
dang
That is good fall weather!
Interesting about the Jotter. Australia deserves to be able to buy the Sydney version!
8 pens and one ink sounds cool - I wonder if the ink will write differently because to the pens you use.
I'm curious too. I'm experimenting with the PiU pens to see what I can do as far as layout and different tests.
Too bad you don't have a thrift shop anywhere nearby. That's what I do with all my unwanted items that are still in good condition. I hate sending good stuff to the landfill. I envy your decluttering project and hope to do that my house someday soon.
We do have a thrift store in this town! I didn't end up using it because setting things on the curb was easier. The stuff going in the landfill is not stuff that a thrift shop would take. (OK, the day of the storm is an exception, but that came up real suddenly and I was rushing.)
Decluttering is worth it. Now that I'm doing detail work each day I'm recognizing just how much better I've made this house!
OMG, You carved an aardvark!!! -Waskisquirrel
You need that on a tee shirt! Great selection of inks in this vid. I really love the Cleo and Geha pens! And that De Atramentis ink smelled so lovely! I’m gonna get me some of that. Also, I like Noodler’s inks, and make no excuses. Nathan’s expression of political views is part of the American experience. If one disagrees with him then they’re free to express that as well. Anyway, thanks for the vid!
Even though I no longer use his pens or inks, I remain a fan of Nathan.
Nathan is a maverick and I like him, without necessarily agreeing with all his views. I sure wish his inks were much better.
The pen fan community online likes to vainly pretend that they are such lovely, tolerant, ‘different’ kind of people from the rest of them. But Nathan’s last run-in with public controversy over his bottled inks’ artwork etc..just blew everybody’s cover . The haughty intolerance and imbecility (and hypocrisies) of many pen fans and commenters on different pen channels was on full display.
I wish more people in America would begin to defend the right to freedom of speech and expression for EVERY ONE, and not just for themselves and their friends.
@@sajjadhusain4146 Well put. A true tempest in a teapot. Have you settled on an ink brand that you feel particularly suits your needs?
@@ichirofakename Yes. I think I probably mentioned it in my own post on this video. I love Sailor’s bottled inks best. Definitely quite expensive, but to me, the inks are very lovely and totally worth it, all round. Good flow, extremely well-behaved by every measure that matters, and just so attractive.
I love the Shikiori line best. And the Ink Studio (the triple digit numbered series) has shipload in variety. So, it’s inevitably sort of hit & miss. But lots of great colors and shades to choose from. The U.S. 50 State series is very attractive, too. The Manyo line is the most affordably priced in the price to volume ratio.
Sailor inks just rule! As do their pens!
Kudos for finally getting your grail KoP.
@@sajjadhusain4146 You knew me better than I know myself when you predicted I would eventually get one.
Honestly I don’t see the benefits of 4K since I watch all your videos on mobile.
I starters my declutterring exercise on Saturday, got all the Watch boxes together, didn’t feel like discarding them, moved them to a big container and kept it on the roof of my house - It’s a semi-declutterring ! Who knows
when I’ll need them even though I haven’t sold even a single watch or a pen yet 😄
Monsoon is about to hit South India. It’s time to hit western ghats and enjoy “ghat green” !
We’re transitioning from Summer to monsoon, it’s getting cooler, but it’s not a North Dakota cold not even California cold !
This other RUclipsr got me thinking about it. But I'm like you. I don't watch on mobile, but I also don't watch on a big enough screen for it to matter. But I did learn that I could do my video with the document camera.
Moving things out of sight is a good first step. It's a help to decide if you want to keep them.
Monsoon sounds like an interesting time! And, yes, I'd be surprised if you saw our cold outside the highest mountains!
My original Delta with a stub fusion nib is fantastic. Have no idea if the gold overlay contributes, but is is smooth wet writing stub. Enjoyed the video.
I do have a fusion nib on a Delta. It's a perfectly good pen.
I tried to ink up 7 purple inks at one time and I mixed the inks in the sample when I put them back so yeah no I dont do that anymore 1 pen has its family color Red ish ink goes in a red pen Blue ish ink goes in a blue pen so on and if I have used all my roygbiv pens then it goes to clear or black or silver or rainbow cause you can put any ink in those :)
The Moto Lisa (the other ND fountain pen person) has a single jar where she puts all last bits of ink when she's bored with an ink in a pen. Then she avoids this pen.
For me: I don't match inks and pens too much. I like if they go together somehow like the Sailor: bright ink works with that pen!
I surely sympathize about the Stipula. People love to bellyache about Visconti. I have had good luck with them. But Stipula is polar opposite. I have purchased 3 and have multiple issues with each. No more Stipulas for me.
This is my only Stipula. It feels so good in my hand, looks good, and can write well...until it doesn't. Would love to make it work.
Another good one. Enjoyed the flex of the Duofold especially because it looked like it made thick and thin lines without any special effort on your part, Or do you just write that way naturally? A gift!
I wish your decluttering were inspiring me to action instead of merely clean(ing) thoughts. Oh, wait. This afternoon I did declutter my secretary style writing desk, then went on to write a 12 page (so far) letter. It may need a P.S. or an addendum. Was easier with the clutter gone. Thanks! Next, the office which one female friend calls “That awful room!” The writing desk isn’t in there.
I wrote you a response to your response about Yellowstone talking about the amazing Old Faithful Inn and it’s mezzanine balcony writing desks. I’m starting to wonder if RUclips sends notifications for such secondary responses. Thoughts?
I make a little effort, but that Duofold is blessed with an amazing nib!
Something as simple as decluttering a desk helps a lot. It's wonderful having a clear area to work. And it's an inspiring starting spot.
I'll have to look for your comment. I don't get notifications for secondary responses, so I have to look for them. The balcony does sound nice for writing. Nowadays I would be uncomfortable setting a typewriter. I don't travel with them because of the noise.
You made a good point about Moab. Like a lot of beautiful areas, it's not local people, it's a lot of tourists and a lot of people who like the tourist lifestyle. I'm lucky to live in an area that is close to scenery, but not especially scenic itself.
And I have heard the "dry heat" comment. I visited Minneapolis a few summers ago and the humidity there was torture!
I wonder if the color of your Sailor 1911S is called the Fresca (Blue)?. It is very appealing. I remember wanting something eerily similar, but the 1911L instead. Couldn’t find it, all sold out, so I gave up. I didn’t look on the Bay, because I don’t buy anything there.
Also, despite your bad luck and troubles with the pen, I’d take that Stipula Etruria Rainbow Magma every day of the week over most of your other pens in recent PiU episodes. The Etruria pens are just such beauties and perfect for me.
I ❤ Stipula. I own twelve different Stipulas with various nibs (mainly gold, a few steel, one titanium) . None of my pens has given me any kind of problems, so far, so good. I own the Prisma and Emerald pens in this Rainbow series where your Magma pen belongs. Your Magma pen was generously discounted on price at a lot of places, presumably because of some buyers’ complaints about the nib, mainly.
As you may remember, I mostly never liked Noodler’s inks. So, I gave away mine. And stopped buying them a few years ago. Not because of Nathan’s recurrent controversies with the pen/ink fan community , but because most of the Noodler’s inks I’ve tried, while affordably priced, are just too unpredictable, inconsistent and often even unusable. There are far superior inks available. I have defended Nathan’s constitutionally protected right to freedom of speech and expression. And frankly, just to show my solidarity with Nathan’s right to freedom of expression, if it were possible I’d have bought the entire stock of Noodler’s inks from the cowardly, unprincipled weasels at Goulet pen company who had suddenly voided Nathan’s products on their website.
Btw, I’ve downsized my bottled ink collection mainly by giving them away to others who would care to have them. But I’ve also emptied several down the bathroom sink. No way out. This year, I’ve bought many Sailor inks (20ml bottles). Sailor inks are my mainstay and favorites.
Good for you on the ongoing de-cluttering mission at home. Hopefully, you’d get it done to your satisfaction, soon. I only once had to de-clutter my large home. Luckily, two of my sisters happily helped me at the time. Made the job easier and better, in the end.
I hope to be able to catch a livestream should you do one, soon.
Edit: Forgot to mention that I like older, original Delta pens with the Bock gold nibs. I even have a purple-lilac colored Delta Fusion 82 (my favorite) with that special ‘fusion’ nib. Even if it’s considered a gimmick, I must say the nib is a swell writer anyway.
Not interested in the ‘new’ Delta pens. For the mostly meh designs. And they come fitted with Jowo nibs. That just kills the deal for me.
Yes, that's the color of my Sailor. I loved the color, probably because the advertising paired it with bright tropical fruit. You'll notice I always pair it with a brightly colored ink.
I'm not thrilled with that Stipula. I'm glad I have it working better with this nib, but that's not what I bought. Beautiful pen and perfect shape, but so much trouble with ink, even as I've traded multiple different feeds in and out.
I think Nathan enjoyed poking people and being controversial. And then he took it too far and discovered the reaction he enjoyed wasn't so fun when it threatened his bottom line. I'd care more except too many of his inks just have to many problems.
As you say, Sailor inks are quite good. The original flat bottles are unpleasant. I haven't tried the new bottles yet.
The decluttering is going well. Now I've purged each room. So I'm going back through and decluttering in detail and making sure everything has a home.
My Delta experience is the steel nib you saw in this video and a Fusion nib. It writes well...as a steel nib.
Hoping a livestream soon, I just need to work out a few things.
Congrats on the de cluttering progress. Have you heard the subset term of de-cluttering? Credit to Lisa Anderson of Anderson Pens, “de-stashing.” 4 K I don’t think will help me, my eyes and central processor are no longer 4 K. that Stipula you have been wrestling with for years: it seems you have tried every thing nib brand wise and ink wise, l’m wondering if there is some tiny surface or other anomaly in the feed? Wonder if reaching out to Stipula, or US distributor, could get you a new replacement feed? As always love the views of Teddy Roosevelt National Park.
I might be destashing now. I call it organizing and finding a home. I'm now looking at things in detail and discovering small individual objects to remove.
I'll let the other RUclipsr experiment with 4K first. My new dashcam does larger than HD, but not 4K. I can't see a difference.
As for the Stipula, I have tried several feeds. But you did remind me that there is a company that makes ebonite replacement feeds. So they might be worth looking at as an option.
@@WaskiSquirrel That might be, I did’t know such a person/company existed. Good luck.
..now I know why there was a big orange splat on the flax field when looking at the photo on instagram.....
A North Dakota shaped splat!
I don't mind Noodler's and still buy their products (although I don't go through ink or pens very quickly...) I guess I'm ok with separating the person from the product. On the other hand, if a company starts using child or slave labor, that's another story.
I would probably be more torn if I thought noodles made a quality product. But the ink does not live up to how widely it is carried, so it's an easy pass for me.
I regularly get negative comments when I use Noodler's products. I think he got comfortable with being outspoken on his opinions and took it too far. He seems to be very much erring on the side of caution now.
But it's easy not to buy more. Noodler's is the one ink I frequently empty out of the pen before I'm done with it because it misbehaves so much.
@@WaskiSquirrel "He seems to be ... erring on the side of caution..." Definitely. The WWII American air bases (sorry if that's not quite right) pens are a clear appeal to popular sentiment.
So, an Internet mob with their phony outrage decides what is permissible or not. Many people condone that kind of thing. I never will. Nathan can do what he pleases to protect his business and appease the mob. What’s next? The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, say, might get him applause, instead of the usual orchestrated opprobrium.