Wait, that couldn't have been 32 minutes.. Love the puns, the candid disdain for the Jinhao's, and the overall casual and personal vibe. What an enjoyable video. Thank you!
My first comment. Just started to watch your content about a month ago. I just love your gentleness/gentleman like posture and the background music...it's just all so soothing and enjoyable to watch. I encourage you to continue this channel. I love it. Thank you.
Thank you, Scott. What a kind comment. I sincerely appreciate your encouraging words. I will keep creating. I enjoy this immensely. Thanks so much and please comment again soon.
1. You have a lovely, diverse collection, thanks for showing them to us. However I'm very curious about the other pens you have, that for whatever reason don't qualify for inclusion in this group. What are they and why don't you show them off? 2. I have my drawing pens organized into "sets": - CORE SET: the best pen I own in each of the 14 sizes I use. - MINI SET: a range (EF, MF, B) of 3 Sailor Pro Gear Slim Minis that fit perfectly in a Kaweco 3-Sport case. Easy to carry on the go. - DEDICATED SET: 3 pens dedicated to Baystate Blue (BB), book annotation (PO) and a sketchbook with a single loop (Fude) in it. - OTHERS: pens that duplicate roles in the CORE set that I haven't had the heart to get ride of because I still love them. Probably most of them are justifiable to keep for when I need two of a pen at the same time. - BEGINNER SET: A while back I fell in love with the nib and bought every one I could find (12). Now they sit in a bag, waiting for me to come up with some grandiose project. Or maybe I'll just give them all to Chris Saenz for her children pens project.
Hello Ichiro! Thanks for the kind words! The others that aren’t shown are as follows: a Hoverpen that is on my desk in my office, three or so duplicate Esterbrook Js, couple of Etchr pens, a few MBs of questionable provenance that I keep for informational purposes, but probably should toss. A couple more Phileas and I think that is all. I love your organization. You always have a unique perspective. Well done
I find it remarkable that my pen collection is of a similar size to yours, yet we only have two pens in common. How lucky we are that we have a hobby that is so diverse that we can each find pleasure in collections which are almost complete opposites.
@Hemingway Jones Diplomat Aero and the Pilot Kakuno. All but four of my collection are demonstrators. My main interest when it comes to pens is very much "show me something different". This is one of the reasons I love PenBBS so much. Every model they do has something different and they are not afraid to do crazy things. Like the 456 magnetic fill system... you didn't need to be a physicist to know that it was going to be logistically terrible - but it thumbing its nose to good sense just makes me love it all the more. Their 355 is my favorite by far because of the filling system. I love demonstrators because I value good engineering.
Your comment holding the Pilot Custom 823 ‘If you own this pen, you can certainly buy other pens, but you don’t have to’ 😂 As a newbie owning only one Lamy Al-Star pen for the last year, I’ve been saving for the Pilot 823 in the hope I can (aside from a TWSBI or two) satiate the desire for the all pens 😅
That Magna Carta with the "cut glass" finish is gorgeous! You may have actually talked me out of selling one of my Platinums with a similar finish. I have that same green Parker Duofold with the same discoloration: it's a chemical reaction from the sac off-gassing and the celluloid. Mine has a clip with a ball on it: Parker didn't always use their arrow clip. Overall, a beautiful collection! Many more modern pens than mine, but I am thrilled to see that you have some vintage pens hidden in your collection. I haven't ever used a Conway Stewart vintage or otherwise. I'll have to change that! Thank you for sharing this collection. Fun to see! You mentioned traveling, so now I'm curious about how many pens you take when you travel, and whether you take ink.
Hello, My Friend! That Magna Carta looks like a Chandelier. It is very pretty. I do wish it were a little slimmer. It is a lot of pen. Thanks for the information on the Duofold. That is good to know. It makes sense. So I am assuming that is some sort of Celluloid. It’s like old film stock. I should do a video on traveling. I just need to go somewhere! I have been so busy and 6 year old! Generally, it’s usually 4 pens or so, full of ink, and I usually carry those smaller 5ml, I think, bottles of Diamine in a favorite blue and Oxblood, because… Oxblood! Love that one. I have this little Galen Leather leather travel bag for pens & Ink. I usually keep everything in there. Thanks so much for watching!
@@HemingwayJones Yes sir, there are many but vazir checkmate, click yen, ASA nauka, Lotus Shikhar are good options.Many more manufacturers are also there which I didn't name.
We should definatly have a Boston Meet up. My pen organization is all over the place and changes depending on the day. I try to group by brands but then I group them on what I like, so brands get mixed up. I really need to do a more intence collection round up, I went to order a pen and realized that I had it already. LOL
Oh no! So funny. You do have a lot of pens, My Friend! A meet up would be fun. We can definitely meet up at the Commonwealth Pen Show. I’ll let you know when I will be there.
Wow they are beautiful. Congratulations. Your Esterbrook Honeycomb reminds me of my Edison Menlo Sweet Honey. I just love the color. Your cases are nice. I organize by delight & price. Thank you for sharing.
Hello HJ!!!! Like you, my MB 149's would be the #1 in my small collection. And, a wonderful video, as usual. You have an eclectic collection, my friend. Thanks for sharing your collection with us.:):):)
Wonderful collection--gotta love those vintage Watermans! Mine are organized alphabetically by brand, lowest to highest priced. Ha ha--how to know you are "left-brained"!
Very nice collection of pens, which is no surprise. As an ardent Aurora fanboy, sad to see no Aurora in your fleet. And just one Sailor is never enough. 🙂 I have the same Oxblood Girologio pen case. I don’t use it anymore. I still prefer and use premium quality leather or wood display cases with clear glass tops and individual slots to sit the pens as my favorite pen storage option. I do have three 2-3 pen carrying cases, too.
Your collection is not excessive at all ! Thanks for a great presentation I have just sent 3 pens away to a wonderful nibmaster in the town of Cumming, Georgia in America to increase the ink flows Best regards RS. Canada
What an awesome and enviable collection of pens from around the world! “I love pens from India” was music to my ears ! Almost every week I’m getting to know about an Indian pen maker I hadn’t heard of before that’s offering hand turned acrylic/Ebonite pens at very reasonable prices.. I’ve a 60 pen case in which I store “currently un-inked” pens. I’ve a 12 pen case in which I keep the ‘currently inked’ pens. In addition, I’ve a pen pouch in which I store very low priced pens which aren’t used..
I always appreciate someone with a deeper collection than me sharing pens they've had great experiences with. I'm looking for ideas that go beyond Lamy Safaris and TWSBI ecos.
Loved the video. I was especially interested in your Magna Carta because your feed looks black, but my feed is a sage green color. The pen is the Sapphire green model. I have never read a review that talks about the feed being a light green color. I love it!
Hello Terea! Now I need to look at what that feed is. Ebonite is more uncommon these days and having it in an interesting color scores bonus points. Thanks for the kind words on the vid!
Lovely way to store the pens. The first of the vintage Montblanc's is probably the number 22 (being the smaller size) - I suspect you mixed it up when you said 122. Besides the Parker 51, those '60s MB are my thing, currently unceremoniously packed in empty Parker boxes. Ideally, I'd like some sort of display case.
Thank you for that and yes, you are indeed correct! Here are the pens: The MB 22 with a flex M, the 264 with a flex M, the 292 with an Oblique, 149, 146 with Calligraphy, and the Egyptomania. Those MBs are so good and they do not get enough love! Thanks for the great comment and for watching.
I have the same pen case, a gift from my very generous friend Gary. I need to do a video just of the lovely gifts he has made and found for me, and for others in our local pen community. Your little "boop boop!" for the button fill made me laugh. I have a Jinhao x750, which has a nice heft to it, but had a terrible, scratchy, misaligned nib. I recently got a replacement nib for it (I don't know what kind but it has a bear holding a shield on it) and it is now one of my faves to write with. The pink Kaweco is a Blush Pitaya. I got the same one very early on in my pen obsession, and it wrote flawlessly on the first stroke. I wish I had a job where I used a pen (I work in several departments in film) so I could use them for more than just journaling. I have a purple Himalaya with an ultra flex nib. A gorgeous pen, and very wet. I will try a koya no oto ink in it next. I hear they are drier than most, and I have a bunch of samples my sister bought me. I don't own a modern Esterbrook, yet, but I just love the softly rounded edges of their arylic pens. Beautiful collection! You should auction off the Jinhaos you hate. I bet your followers would love to bid! I think we all have pens we got when we were figuring out what we liked and what was worthwhile, which now languish in the backs of drawers..
Thanks so much for watching and I am glad that it was fun! Yes, it is Blush Pitaya. Sometimes I miss the specifics in the moment, but I want to keep the spontaneity up. I am glad that you have a Himalaya. That pen is under rated. You know, I only keep the Jinhao’s for filming. I imagine they will be compared to this and that as we go along. Thanks so much always for being here!
Hello Stephen, it’s a Fender Lacquer Tweed Blue Jr and I adore it. I have a review way back on my channel. I plug directly in with no effects. Just tube tone. I also have a Marshall 5. I like personality amps. Thanks!
@@HemingwayJones I gifted a brass facetted and bought myself a copper facetted. I really like mine. You could interchange parts to still keep some of the pen your wife got you in it. There are now other #6 pocket pen options with Ensso and Gravitas so you might be able to find something else as well.
I loved this video! Pen cases that stand up on my shelf like books are how I organize too although I'm jealous mine are several types but yet I guess they still look pretty nice on the shelf. Early in my journey I really liked the Monteverde 36 pen cases but once I got to try the Girologio, Ashton and Galen Leather ones ... I just like how they are constructed better. I'm in the process of organizing my fountain pens by category and/or brand. Some of them work out perfectly for that! One case has all my TWSBIs, one 10 pen case holds my Opus 88s and a 10 pen case also holds my Lamy's, and another 12 pen case is full of Jinhaos (metal ones). Pocket pens are a problem for me because so many are slim so I put those in a cigar box with a tray/liner. Now, this year I find I'll need to probably prepare space for all the student pens from my project ... most of them are inked up but I think one of those Monteverde cases may be the only one big enough to contain the herd. So many thoughts on organizing and curating a collection ... but I shall save some for my letter/reply! :) Super enjoyable video as usual Hemingway ... and it's clear you cherish your pens!!!!!!
Thank you, Chris, so much! I am so glad you enjoyed it. You have some wonderful storage options! Well chosen. I like your method too! Very organized. Thanks so much and I am so glad that you enjoyed it!
So much beauty in one video...I am looking forward to your eventual Sailor pen review as I've acquired a Sailor in Lilac that I am fairly fond of. Your channel is so captivating that I credit you with causing my own love of fountain pens to bloom. Thank you ✒
A relaxing video! I’ve had a hectic and stressful work week, so it feels nice to just sit down and have something calming play in the background while I fill/refill my fountain pens and write out quick entries to document which inks are in each pen. The Monteverde Super Mega and the Jinhao x450 in your collection are such gorgeous pens! While my preference runs towards solid-coloured, practical pens, I certainly appreciate the sheer artistry that goes into the design of some pens (looking respectfully at Namiki pens). I usually like to keep 3 pens inked up at a time, today however I made the crazy(!) decision to ink up all 7 of my fountain pens. Meanwhile I have a Pilot Kakuno (F) on the way, so that will leave 2 slots in my collection which I will reserve for future gold-nib pen purchases (currently aspiring for a Pilot and a Pelikan, not decided on specific models yet). Is it okay to count my Pilot Parallel pens separately, since I use them exclusively for practicing calligraphy? I sure hope so! 😂
Nice variety of fountain pens at all price points, HJ! After hearing you talk about how much you enjoy Indian-made FP's, I purchased a Ranga Splendour today. It looks like a nice pen for the money.
Nice collection! I would always put my pens into the case the way you did from 16:30 on, to avoid scratching pens on the zipper and to go easy on the case as well.
Well, you look and sound like a pampering pen papa patting his precious pals while putting them in their places. (Enough "p',s" for you)? I know the feeling. Great review. Thanks. You have some beauties there. Be cautious about parting with any as you may regret it as time goes by.
Thanks so much, Peter, for the great comment! I gift many pens from time to time, but I haven’t in a while since I keep using them in my videos. That’s my fear now. Thanks so much for being here!
@@HemingwayJones At some point, I will determine who gets my collection. Maybe it will go to my grandchildren, although none of them have any interest in the hobby right now. This is a bit of a conundrum for me. Selling is not easy as it is difficult to get a fair price.
Thoroughly enjoyed this video. The last two Esterbrooks might be a J and an SJ, which may explain the slight variation in length. I organize my pens by body color---I seem to reach for a certain color vibe when selecting a pen to ink up, so I find it easiest to have all my browns, all my pinks, all my greens, etc. stored together. Do you store inked pens alongside dry pens, and if so, may I ask how do you keep track of that?
Thank you so much for watching and I am glad that you enjoyed it. Thanks so much! I think you may be right about those Esterbrook. I have had those for years. As for what is and is not inked, that is an issue for me, but mostly because of RUclips! I tend to ink up a lot of pens because I am constantly filming with them, so out of 80 pens, probably 65 are inked. I don’t keep track. I mostly assume that they are inked! It’s an issue! Thanks so much!
I really like how you have so many different kinds/brands of pens. I am so curious about vintage pens and hope to get my first one sometime within the year. Watching this certainly makes me see I need to up my organization game, which is currently best described as randomness, LOL. I have watched this video a bunch of times, it is packed full of great little tips and insights. As always, Hemingway, thank you 🙂
I was having so much fun watching, it felt like a 5 minute video. The case holds an impressive number of pens, I like how they really thought about preventing pens from rubbing on other pens. Right now I do not yet have many fountain pens, so am using the Rickshaw 6 pen "case".
Nice video, did you ever buy the modern Estie adapter to allow the vintage Estie nibs to be used on your new pens? They are fun to use on the new bodies.
I have one. Bryan Hulser gave it to me which was very nice and very generous, but I have yet to actually use it since I enjoy the modern nibs so much. Still, it is a wonderful way to tie the two strands together; modern and vintage.
"Hemingway Jones will return." That's a classy touch. Nice to see Lamy Safaris represented alongside your bespoke pens. When I first got a Lamy AL-star to try out as a shirt pocket pen, the clip didn't resonate with me. Then I realized that someone else into pens would recognize what it was. That's a potential conversation-starter, and then I noticed it's a very practical design. Cloth has to follow the curve of the cap between the two arms of the clip. That gives it a little extra purchase and I've come to think the AL-star is a perfect pocket pen. Unfortunately, too many shirts have shallow pockets, prohibiting proper pen carry. I assume, as I believe any reasonable pen aficionado would, this is a conspiracy most foul wrought by word processor vendors hell-bent on backspacing the noble fountain pen out of existence. Faugh! I flick my oversaturated feed in their general direction! Keep 'em flying, Hemingway.
Thanks so much! That was me riffing off of the end of a Bond film. I should pick up an AL Star sometime. The idea sounds brilliant. My shirts deep pockets. I tend to wear US made Oxford button downs from JPress and Mercer Shirt Co and neither of these have changed their designs in 40 years. These are of that wonderful fabric that becomes wrinkle resistant once it breaks in. Thanks for the kind words!
I have jinhao x450 exactly the same color for 8 years, never used it though, because it looked very flashy and i like to hide 😆 thinking of buying a liliput but reviews were not good, but now I am rethinking because you saying good about it
Thank you! I just haven’t got around to them. I don’t have Edison pens either, Scribo, Santini, This is a journey so i am sure I will get there. All the best.
Nice collection and video HJ 👍. I have 3 spaces left in my pen case. The Leonardo Furore Grande and an Esterbrook Estie will fill two of them. I keep looking at a CS Churchill but I don't think I can justify spending so much on one pen even though it is very beautiful. Any suggestions for something instead in a slightly lower price range but of similar quality? Thank You!
@@thewolfman6854..Cool! I strongly recommended the Elmo based on your criteria of comparable quality AND price. It is a pretty good looking pen (in an understated way), too.
Hello HJ. What an eclectic collection. My Waterman Phileas was my first fountain pen so many years ago. To this day, it's still a favorite and a good writer. What was your very first fountain pen and do you still have and use it?
“Like always there’s writing paper and a fountain pen on the desk, but the pen is capped. Both hands resting on the desk, she’s starring off into space. Not like she’s looking at anything, just gazing at a place that isn’t there.” Murakami. Kafka on the Shore.
Great video. Fortunately I have had better results with my Jinaho pens . All including X450, X750, X159 Ana a few others wrote great out on the box. I often change nibs on the 450’s and 750’s but only to experience different nib widths and often revert to the original for a medium experience. Another bonus is I am comfortable tinkering with the Jinhao nibs because they are inexpensive. The blue X450, like yours, is one of my favorite “in hand” experiences. But the Jinhao’s are not my go to daily writers. They are mostly used ' to test a new ink in various nib widths on various papers. My daily writers vary among ny Pilot, Platinum, Sailor, and Waterman pens . The Carene is a favorite.
No political commentary meant here, but seeing the in court picture of the lawyers and the cheap $.25 click ballpoint pens amazes me. They don't have to use fountain pens, but you are representing a former POTUS and an allegedly very rich man, at least get yourself a nice Parker rollerball or something. If I ever had to get a lawyer and they show up with a cheap Bic pen, they are out the door.
Wait, that couldn't have been 32 minutes.. Love the puns, the candid disdain for the Jinhao's, and the overall casual and personal vibe. What an enjoyable video. Thank you!
Thanks so much, Kendall! I appreciate that! So glad you enjoyed it.
My first comment. Just started to watch your content about a month ago. I just love your gentleness/gentleman like posture and the background music...it's just all so soothing and enjoyable to watch. I encourage you to continue this channel. I love it. Thank you.
Thank you, Scott. What a kind comment. I sincerely appreciate your encouraging words. I will keep creating. I enjoy this immensely. Thanks so much and please comment again soon.
1. You have a lovely, diverse collection, thanks for showing them to us. However I'm very curious about the other pens you have, that for whatever reason don't qualify for inclusion in this group. What are they and why don't you show them off?
2. I have my drawing pens organized into "sets":
- CORE SET: the best pen I own in each of the 14 sizes I use.
- MINI SET: a range (EF, MF, B) of 3 Sailor Pro Gear Slim Minis that fit perfectly in a Kaweco 3-Sport case. Easy to carry on the go.
- DEDICATED SET: 3 pens dedicated to Baystate Blue (BB), book annotation (PO) and a sketchbook with a single loop (Fude) in it.
- OTHERS: pens that duplicate roles in the CORE set that I haven't had the heart to get ride of because I still love them. Probably most of
them are justifiable to keep for when I need two of a pen at the same time.
- BEGINNER SET: A while back I fell in love with the nib and bought every one I could find (12). Now they sit in a bag, waiting for me to
come up with some grandiose project. Or maybe I'll just give them all to Chris Saenz for her children pens project.
Hello Ichiro!
Thanks for the kind words! The others that aren’t shown are as follows: a Hoverpen that is on my desk in my office, three or so duplicate Esterbrook Js, couple of Etchr pens, a few MBs of questionable provenance that I keep for informational purposes, but probably should toss. A couple more Phileas and I think that is all. I love your organization. You always have a unique perspective. Well done
I find it remarkable that my pen collection is of a similar size to yours, yet we only have two pens in common.
How lucky we are that we have a hobby that is so diverse that we can each find pleasure in collections which are almost complete opposites.
That's really cool!
That is amazing! It really shows all the different choices out there. Which two do we share?
@Hemingway Jones Diplomat Aero and the Pilot Kakuno.
All but four of my collection are demonstrators. My main interest when it comes to pens is very much "show me something different".
This is one of the reasons I love PenBBS so much. Every model they do has something different and they are not afraid to do crazy things.
Like the 456 magnetic fill system... you didn't need to be a physicist to know that it was going to be logistically terrible - but it thumbing its nose to good sense just makes me love it all the more.
Their 355 is my favorite by far because of the filling system.
I love demonstrators because I value good engineering.
@@puppetaccess The 456 is the vac-fill.
Your comment holding the Pilot Custom 823 ‘If you own this pen, you can certainly buy other pens, but you don’t have to’ 😂 As a newbie owning only one Lamy Al-Star pen for the last year, I’ve been saving for the Pilot 823 in the hope I can (aside from a TWSBI or two) satiate the desire for the all pens 😅
If there is any pen that can do that, that is the one! It’s brilliant. Good luck on your quest.
That Magna Carta with the "cut glass" finish is gorgeous! You may have actually talked me out of selling one of my Platinums with a similar finish. I have that same green Parker Duofold with the same discoloration: it's a chemical reaction from the sac off-gassing and the celluloid. Mine has a clip with a ball on it: Parker didn't always use their arrow clip.
Overall, a beautiful collection! Many more modern pens than mine, but I am thrilled to see that you have some vintage pens hidden in your collection. I haven't ever used a Conway Stewart vintage or otherwise. I'll have to change that!
Thank you for sharing this collection. Fun to see! You mentioned traveling, so now I'm curious about how many pens you take when you travel, and whether you take ink.
Hello, My Friend! That Magna Carta looks like a Chandelier. It is very pretty. I do wish it were a little slimmer. It is a lot of pen.
Thanks for the information on the Duofold. That is good to know. It makes sense. So I am assuming that is some sort of Celluloid. It’s like old film stock.
I should do a video on traveling. I just need to go somewhere! I have been so busy and 6 year old! Generally, it’s usually 4 pens or so, full of ink, and I usually carry those smaller 5ml, I think, bottles of Diamine in a favorite blue and Oxblood, because… Oxblood! Love that one.
I have this little Galen Leather leather travel bag for pens & Ink. I usually keep everything in there.
Thanks so much for watching!
You said many times you love Indian pens! Being an Indian I would love to watch Click, Vazir, Lotus, ASA pens here.
Hello from a fellow Dei!!!! I have a couple of Ranga pens, which are pretty nice, and a Ranga 9B is going to be ordered next week.
I need more! These are great recommendations. Are there specific models I should look at? Thanks!
The huge, red Ranga model 5, with the stellar, large #8 Bock 18k gold broad nib is my runaway favorite Indian pen.
@@HemingwayJones Yes sir, there are many but vazir checkmate, click yen, ASA nauka, Lotus Shikhar are good options.Many more manufacturers are also there which I didn't name.
We should definatly have a Boston Meet up. My pen organization is all over the place and changes depending on the day. I try to group by brands but then I group them on what I like, so brands get mixed up. I really need to do a more intence collection round up, I went to order a pen and realized that I had it already. LOL
Oh no! So funny. You do have a lot of pens, My Friend! A meet up would be fun. We can definitely meet up at the Commonwealth Pen Show. I’ll let you know when I will be there.
Wow they are beautiful. Congratulations. Your Esterbrook Honeycomb reminds me of my Edison Menlo Sweet Honey. I just love the color. Your cases are nice. I organize by delight & price. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks so much !
Hello HJ!!!! Like you, my MB 149's would be the #1 in my small collection. And, a wonderful video, as usual. You have an eclectic collection, my friend. Thanks for sharing your collection with us.:):):)
Thank you so much! I always enjoy hearing from you!
Wonderful collection--gotta love those vintage Watermans! Mine are organized alphabetically by brand, lowest to highest priced. Ha ha--how to know you are "left-brained"!
Thank you very much! I appreciate it. I think you have the right idea.
Very nice collection of pens, which is no surprise. As an ardent Aurora fanboy, sad to see no Aurora in your fleet. And just one Sailor is never enough. 🙂
I have the same Oxblood Girologio pen case. I don’t use it anymore. I still prefer and use premium quality leather or wood display cases with clear glass tops and individual slots to sit the pens as my favorite pen storage option. I do have three 2-3 pen carrying cases, too.
Thanks so much! I could use some Aura! Thanks!
Yes. I organize my pens in about the same way, but I've already told you about that.
Awesome. Thanks!
Your collection is not excessive at all !
Thanks for a great presentation
I have just sent 3 pens away to a wonderful nibmaster in the town of Cumming, Georgia in America to increase the ink flows
Best regards
RS. Canada
Thanks so much! I hope your pens come back amazing!
That is an amazing collection of pens! Fun to watch how you organize them.
Thank you Debby!
Unsurprisingly, a beautiful pen collection to go with your equally beautiful videos. Stunning, brilliant, and well done!
Thank you so much for the kind words!
What an awesome and enviable collection of pens from around the world!
“I love pens from India” was music to my ears ! Almost every week I’m getting to know about an Indian pen maker I hadn’t heard of before that’s offering hand turned acrylic/Ebonite pens at very reasonable prices..
I’ve a 60 pen case in which I store “currently un-inked” pens. I’ve a 12 pen case in which I keep the ‘currently inked’ pens.
In addition, I’ve a pen pouch in which I store very low priced pens which aren’t used..
Feel free to make suggestions! I love Ebonite pens from Indian. Lately I am preferring slimmer and lighter. Thanks so much for the kind words.
how fun.. can't wait to watch.. !!
Thank you!
I always appreciate someone with a deeper collection than me sharing pens they've had great experiences with. I'm looking for ideas that go beyond Lamy Safaris and TWSBI ecos.
Thanks so much!
Loved the video. I was especially interested in your Magna Carta because your feed looks black, but my feed is a sage green color. The pen is the Sapphire green model. I have never read a review that talks about the feed being a light green color. I love it!
Hello Terea! Now I need to look at what that feed is. Ebonite is more uncommon these days and having it in an interesting color scores bonus points. Thanks for the kind words on the vid!
That Oktoberfest pen would pair well with Akkerman Hopjesbruin ink
Lovely way to store the pens. The first of the vintage Montblanc's is probably the number 22 (being the smaller size) - I suspect you mixed it up when you said 122.
Besides the Parker 51, those '60s MB are my thing, currently unceremoniously packed in empty Parker boxes. Ideally, I'd like some sort of display case.
Thank you for that and yes, you are indeed correct! Here are the pens: The MB 22 with a flex M, the 264 with a flex M, the 292 with an Oblique, 149, 146 with Calligraphy, and the Egyptomania. Those MBs are so good and they do not get enough love! Thanks for the great comment and for watching.
I have the same pen case, a gift from my very generous friend Gary. I need to do a video just of the lovely gifts he has made and found for me, and for others in our local pen community.
Your little "boop boop!" for the button fill made me laugh.
I have a Jinhao x750, which has a nice heft to it, but had a terrible, scratchy, misaligned nib. I recently got a replacement nib for it (I don't know what kind but it has a bear holding a shield on it) and it is now one of my faves to write with.
The pink Kaweco is a Blush Pitaya. I got the same one very early on in my pen obsession, and it wrote flawlessly on the first stroke. I wish I had a job where I used a pen (I work in several departments in film) so I could use them for more than just journaling.
I have a purple Himalaya with an ultra flex nib. A gorgeous pen, and very wet. I will try a koya no oto ink in it next. I hear they are drier than most, and I have a bunch of samples my sister bought me.
I don't own a modern Esterbrook, yet, but I just love the softly rounded edges of their arylic pens.
Beautiful collection! You should auction off the Jinhaos you hate. I bet your followers would love to bid! I think we all have pens we got when we were figuring out what we liked and what was worthwhile, which now languish in the backs of drawers..
Thanks so much for watching and I am glad that it was fun! Yes, it is Blush Pitaya. Sometimes I miss the specifics in the moment, but I want to keep the spontaneity up. I am glad that you have a Himalaya. That pen is under rated.
You know, I only keep the Jinhao’s for filming. I imagine they will be compared to this and that as we go along.
Thanks so much always for being here!
Is that a Fender tweed Deluxe I see over your left shoulder? If so, I applaud your choice of amplifier!
Hello Stephen, it’s a Fender Lacquer Tweed Blue Jr and I adore it. I have a review way back on my channel. I plug directly in with no effects. Just tube tone. I also have a Marshall 5. I like personality amps. Thanks!
Magnificent, magnificent. Watching your videos makes me want to get out my pens and start writing. Greetings. Don't stop posting
Thanks very much, Salvador! I will never stop!
nice collection ... thanks for share HJ
Thank you, My Friend!
I wonder if you would like the facetted Schon Design Pocket 6 better. The facets do give it a pretty different look.
Perhaps. I’ll try one at the next pen show. Thanks!
@@HemingwayJones I gifted a brass facetted and bought myself a copper facetted. I really like mine. You could interchange parts to still keep some of the pen your wife got you in it. There are now other #6 pocket pen options with Ensso and Gravitas so you might be able to find something else as well.
I loved this video! Pen cases that stand up on my shelf like books are how I organize too although I'm jealous mine are several types but yet I guess they still look pretty nice on the shelf. Early in my journey I really liked the Monteverde 36 pen cases but once I got to try the Girologio, Ashton and Galen Leather ones ... I just like how they are constructed better. I'm in the process of organizing my fountain pens by category and/or brand. Some of them work out perfectly for that! One case has all my TWSBIs, one 10 pen case holds my Opus 88s and a 10 pen case also holds my Lamy's, and another 12 pen case is full of Jinhaos (metal ones). Pocket pens are a problem for me because so many are slim so I put those in a cigar box with a tray/liner. Now, this year I find I'll need to probably prepare space for all the student pens from my project ... most of them are inked up but I think one of those Monteverde cases may be the only one big enough to contain the herd. So many thoughts on organizing and curating a collection ... but I shall save some for my letter/reply! :) Super enjoyable video as usual Hemingway ... and it's clear you cherish your pens!!!!!!
Thank you, Chris, so much! I am so glad you enjoyed it. You have some wonderful storage options! Well chosen. I like your method too! Very organized. Thanks so much and I am so glad that you enjoyed it!
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Christine!
So much beauty in one video...I am looking forward to your eventual Sailor pen review as I've acquired a Sailor in Lilac that I am fairly fond of. Your channel is so captivating that I credit you with causing my own love of fountain pens to bloom. Thank you ✒
Thank you, Avec! You are too kind and I appreciate you greatly.
That M600 Tortoise red is extraordinaire. Beautiful collection.
Thanks so much! Love that one.
A relaxing video!
I’ve had a hectic and stressful work week, so it feels nice to just sit down and have something calming play in the background while I fill/refill my fountain pens and write out quick entries to document which inks are in each pen.
The Monteverde Super Mega and the Jinhao x450 in your collection are such gorgeous pens! While my preference runs towards solid-coloured, practical pens, I certainly appreciate the sheer artistry that goes into the design of some pens (looking respectfully at Namiki pens).
I usually like to keep 3 pens inked up at a time, today however I made the crazy(!) decision to ink up all 7 of my fountain pens.
Meanwhile I have a Pilot Kakuno (F) on the way, so that will leave 2 slots in my collection which I will reserve for future gold-nib pen purchases (currently aspiring for a Pilot and a Pelikan, not decided on specific models yet). Is it okay to count my Pilot Parallel pens separately, since I use them exclusively for practicing calligraphy? I sure hope so! 😂
Sure, you can count anyway you wish! Thanks for watching! I am glad that you found it relaxing. That is something I always aspire toward.
This isn't a poll, but I am voting: yes, the Estie Honeycomb is the most beautiful material in that collection.
Thank you very much! I appreciate that and I think I agree.
Nice variety of fountain pens at all price points, HJ! After hearing you talk about how much you enjoy Indian-made FP's, I purchased a Ranga Splendour today. It looks like a nice pen for the money.
Thanks Scott! Great purchase! Very impressive.
Hi. Wonderful stuff, just love the stacked celluloid of Parker Vacumatics. 😍 Cheers
Hear hear! Great design! Thanks so much.
Nice collection!
I would always put my pens into the case the way you did from 16:30 on, to avoid scratching pens on the zipper and to go easy on the case as well.
That was accidental but I did like it that way and will probably do so from now on. Thanks so much!
Your voice is soothing like the Fred Rogers of fountain pens.
Thanks! I aim for an NPR vibe!
Well, you look and sound like a pampering pen papa patting his precious pals while putting them in their places. (Enough "p',s" for you)? I know the feeling. Great review. Thanks. You have some beauties there. Be cautious about parting with any as you may regret it as time goes by.
Thanks so much, Peter, for the great comment! I gift many pens from time to time, but I haven’t in a while since I keep using them in my videos. That’s my fear now. Thanks so much for being here!
@@HemingwayJones At some point, I will determine who gets my collection. Maybe it will go to my grandchildren, although none of them have any interest in the hobby right now. This is a bit of a conundrum for me. Selling is not easy as it is difficult to get a fair price.
Thoroughly enjoyed this video. The last two Esterbrooks might be a J and an SJ, which may explain the slight variation in length. I organize my pens by body color---I seem to reach for a certain color vibe when selecting a pen to ink up, so I find it easiest to have all my browns, all my pinks, all my greens, etc. stored together. Do you store inked pens alongside dry pens, and if so, may I ask how do you keep track of that?
Thank you so much for watching and I am glad that you enjoyed it. Thanks so much! I think you may be right about those Esterbrook. I have had those for years.
As for what is and is not inked, that is an issue for me, but mostly because of RUclips! I tend to ink up a lot of pens because I am constantly filming with them, so out of 80 pens, probably 65 are inked. I don’t keep track. I mostly assume that they are inked! It’s an issue!
Thanks so much!
@@HemingwayJones That is impressive! I salute you, sir, for keeping 65 inked pens in good working rotation.... #penhero
Greetings from Australia.
May I ask why you use a leather case rather than a wooden desk cabinet?
Interesting video. Thanks.
Sure. You can ask me anything. It’s all about room. These cases shelve and take up no room at all. About three books worth.
I really like how you have so many different kinds/brands of pens. I am so curious about vintage pens and hope to get my first one sometime within the year. Watching this certainly makes me see I need to up my organization game, which is currently best described as randomness, LOL. I have watched this video a bunch of times, it is packed full of great little tips and insights. As always, Hemingway, thank you 🙂
Thank you so much! That’s very kind of you to say!
I was having so much fun watching, it felt like a 5 minute video. The case holds an impressive number of pens, I like how they really thought about preventing pens from rubbing on other pens. Right now I do not yet have many fountain pens, so am using the Rickshaw 6 pen "case".
Thank you very much! I am so glad that you enjoyed this! Hope you’re having a wonderful weekend.
Dear Hemingway, nice vid and Collection. Could you tell me the brand of these beautiful pen cases? Where to buy them? Thank you and keep on writing…
Thank you very much and thanks for writing! Those are from Girologio and I got them from Goulet Pens.
@@HemingwayJones Thank you so much!
Nice video, did you ever buy the modern Estie adapter to allow the vintage Estie nibs to be used on your new pens? They are fun to use on the new bodies.
I have one. Bryan Hulser gave it to me which was very nice and very generous, but I have yet to actually use it since I enjoy the modern nibs so much. Still, it is a wonderful way to tie the two strands together; modern and vintage.
"Hemingway Jones will return." That's a classy touch.
Nice to see Lamy Safaris represented alongside your bespoke pens.
When I first got a Lamy AL-star to try out as a shirt pocket pen, the clip didn't resonate with me. Then I realized that someone else into pens would recognize what it was. That's a potential conversation-starter, and then I noticed it's a very practical design. Cloth has to follow the curve of the cap between the two arms of the clip. That gives it a little extra purchase and I've come to think the AL-star is a perfect pocket pen.
Unfortunately, too many shirts have shallow pockets, prohibiting proper pen carry. I assume, as I believe any reasonable pen aficionado would, this is a conspiracy most foul wrought by word processor vendors hell-bent on backspacing the noble fountain pen out of existence.
Faugh! I flick my oversaturated feed in their general direction!
Keep 'em flying, Hemingway.
Thanks so much! That was me riffing off of the end of a Bond film. I should pick up an AL Star sometime. The idea sounds brilliant. My shirts deep pockets. I tend to wear US made Oxford button downs from JPress and Mercer Shirt Co and neither of these have changed their designs in 40 years. These are of that wonderful fabric that becomes wrinkle resistant once it breaks in.
Thanks for the kind words!
I have jinhao x450 exactly the same color for 8 years, never used it though, because it looked very flashy and i like to hide 😆 thinking of buying a liliput but reviews were not good, but now I am rethinking because you saying good about it
The Liliput is fun. It’s very small. Almost comically small, but has a good size nib. I love Kaweco nibs. Very nice and reliable.
I’m quite surprised to see that you do not have any Leonardo….why?
Many compliments for your video
Thank you!
I just haven’t got around to them. I don’t have Edison pens either, Scribo, Santini, This is a journey so i am sure I will get there. All the best.
Nice collection and video HJ 👍. I have 3 spaces left in my pen case. The Leonardo Furore Grande and an Esterbrook Estie will fill two of them. I keep looking at a CS Churchill but I don't think I can justify spending so much on one pen even though it is very beautiful. Any suggestions for something instead in a slightly lower price range but of similar quality? Thank You!
I forget, do you have a Pilot Custom 823? That is an amazing pen.
@Hemingway Jones Yes, I got the Brown 823 with medium nib. It's a lovely pen.
The Montegrappa Elmo is worthy of consideration for the comparably affordable prices and the all round quality and performance you can expect to get.
@Sajjad Husain Thank you! I will take a look at these 👍
@@thewolfman6854..Cool! I strongly recommended the Elmo based on your criteria of comparable quality AND price. It is a pretty good looking pen (in an understated way), too.
A great selection of just about everything !!! Very impressive
Thanks Gino!
HJ,
This was a lot of fun! Look at all of the comments!
Thanks Jim!
Hello HJ. What an eclectic collection. My Waterman Phileas was my first fountain pen so many years ago. To this day, it's still a favorite and a good writer. What was your very first fountain pen and do you still have and use it?
Thanks so much, Richard! I love the Phileas, still! My first pen was a Waterman, but I broke it in half! I am telling that story Tuesday night Live!
This is a good video but I have a suggestion it would have been more fun if you also showed nibs of all the pens as you went along
Thanks! Truly, I was trying to make it shorter, but yes, excellent point! Thanks so much for watching.
Beautiful collection! How did you handle all of them without yielding to the temptation to start writing with them?
Thanks, David! It was the video! I had to keep moving.
“Like always there’s writing paper and a fountain pen on the desk, but the pen is capped. Both hands resting on the desk, she’s starring off into space. Not like she’s looking at anything, just gazing at a place that isn’t there.”
Murakami. Kafka on the Shore.
You know my sources. I used a quote of his in one of my videos a few months back. Wonderful book too. Thanks!
Great taste in books and pens.
Great video. Fortunately I have had better results with my Jinaho pens . All including X450, X750, X159 Ana a few others wrote great out on the box. I often change nibs on the 450’s and 750’s but only to experience different nib widths and often revert to the original for a medium experience. Another bonus is I am comfortable tinkering with the Jinhao nibs because they are inexpensive. The blue X450, like yours, is one of my favorite “in hand” experiences. But the Jinhao’s are not my go to daily writers. They are mostly used ' to test a new ink in various nib widths on various papers.
My daily writers vary among ny Pilot, Platinum, Sailor, and Waterman pens . The Carene is a favorite.
The Carene is a wonderful pen with that gorgeous embedded nib. I wish I had had better luck with the Jinhao pens. All the best!
Please subtitle Indonesia
So sorry. I thought I had.
No political commentary meant here, but seeing the in court picture of the lawyers and the cheap $.25 click ballpoint pens amazes me. They don't have to use fountain pens, but you are representing a former POTUS and an allegedly very rich man, at least get yourself a nice Parker rollerball or something.
If I ever had to get a lawyer and they show up with a cheap Bic pen, they are out the door.
Hi Lars, My Attorney loves fountain pens. Although he accidentally ran over a Blue Ocean Pelikan that I gave him. He mostly likes vintage