Wow, Leila, you look wonderful! Soft, firm (that's a contradiction, isn't it?) smiling, a bit subdued. Look, you weren't planning on using that old gall bladder anyhow, were you? Nah. And Laura, much improvement on having whatever is in your hand not being hidden by the microphone. Is that a different table? More intimate, less need to project.
Great questions! Thanks for posing them to us. See you at the DC Supershow! I started my fountain pen interest in 2022 2a. I think I have 10 pens. 2b. I seem to have 13 including some Pilot Varsities 2c. I have 6 inked presently. My go to for long writing is the Pilot Custom 823, and for notes it’s the Amazon Basics Asvine (Hongdian) Black Forest for quick notes. 10% are sentimental. My main sentimental pen is my Sailor 1911L Ringless Galaxy Pleiades. I got it because my wife and I have had a special fondness for the constellation for many years, and seeing the Sailor without the ring in a color I liked named for the constellation that already had meaning for us made it an easy purchase. I recommend the Pilot Varsity for younger folks since you don’t need to worry about refilling ink, and it always writes. The Pilot Kakuno for slightly older folks with the ability to change colors and the cute faces on the nib is a great choice, too. They’re both snap caps, which is good for newer pen people, too. I first used blue blacks primarily because it was interesting but still professional. I suppose it is representative of me, and of my journey thus far in the hobby. I have some inks and pens I wouldn’t get again, but will likely give them away and keep what I’ve learned I like. I like the Sailor Ink Studio 224 for the shading, sort of subdued haziness, and slight pink color when really laying it down. I’m finding more and more that I like shimmer for writing letters, specifically, and shading in general. I think this is likely to change, as it already has, but presently, I think Fine or Medium are my sweet spot. I really want my pens to be able to write on every paper, even cheap workplace copier paper that isn’t too fountain pen friendly. Finer nibs generally seem to be better with this. I don’t have any custom grinds or anything, but Medium nibs do better with interesting ink properties than my finer nibs. My holy grail pen now is the Namiki Emperor Urushi in Vermillion. I’m more interested in broader nibs to show off inks more and much more open to shimmer inks and shading inks with no interest in sheening inks.
OK. I'll do the long type since someone else also did one. 1. It really depends on how you define collecting, but my first pens came to me in the late 1980's, when I wasn't really able to enlarge the collection. I've added slowly until around the 2010's, when my collection started to really become something. 2. Mentioned earlier, but estimated 90. Counted 120, which includes non-functioning as well as for-later gifts and Pilot Varsities. 18 inked that are not Varsities. 3. Please further define workhorse. Anything with a snap cap is my regular note-taking/list making pen. Long writing sessions could be many options, but I do love my Taccia Spotlight with a fine nib. 4. Most of my pens were bought to celebrate something; so, all are to some extent sentimental. And yet, only 2 are in the collection for only sentiment-and they both are currently nonfunctional. 5. And so, those 2 I mentioned in #4 are ones I found in my maternal Grandma's attic. They were in many ways the start of my collection. No one could tell me for sure if my mom or many aunts or someone else used them. They were most likely school pens. One requires a unique cartridge and the other is a lever-fill in need of a new sack. As a kid, I messed about with them as a dip pen using food coloring as my "ink." From there, the exploration began. 6. Pilot Varsity is what I hand someone first, unless I have more information about interest. At the Super Bowl party this year, I handed a Varsity to someone who couldn't find their pen when marking a Bingo card, and I got the comment, "Oooh, a nice pen!" 7. Cartridges. That's what was available. Sheaffer since that was the pen I had. 8. H E double hockey stick, yeah! My colors, my interests, my collection! 9. Umm....whatever works in the pen I'm using. Let me show you the pen with a bit of damage from back in the day when I needed to clean out an ink that I shouldn't have used. (This is back in the dark ages.) That said, my signature ink colors for decades have been greens and purples. 10. My default is fine, but I have a full range of options, given I started my journey with calligraphy pens. And, yes, I do love me some Japanese fines/extra-fines for day-to-day writing. 11. What do you want me to do with the nib? Fun comes in lots of flavors. I'll sketch with a fine and letter with an Italic. Journal with whatever fits the mood and write a letter to a friend with a stub. And then there's my flex nibs when I truly have the time. 12. Don't have one in the true sense. If I ever allowed myself a true art pen that would live at a formal desk (which I don't currently have), I'd get a Taccia Empress. 13. When I started, all the pens in my world were European mediums or Italics. I always wanted finer, especially when writing on that grey recycled paper in the 90's. Now, I get to have my super fines! So much of my changes have been about access. Going back to #9, there's so much more information now and so many more options.
You’re both most welcome! I went back for a count check and found that 22 of those pens are Varsities, Preppies, and assorted pens for gifting. That means my main collection is 98, much closer to my estimate.
I'll put 13 Pen Questions in my queue of future videos to do, though my answers will be more boring and limited since I've only been collecting in earnest for about a year, and only began using fountain pens in 2019. I thought I'd ideally limit my collection to 36, since that's my highest lucky number, but I may have gone past that. At the moment, I haven't tried more than a few ink brands, but I'd love to cast a wider net and add more variety to my collection.
I thought I had maybe 85 but i just counted and I have 106 fountain pens eek I wont count my inks cause there are too many of them but there has to be over 400 between bottles and ink samples
I’m with you. Estimated 90, but counted 120. Granted, that includes non-functioning pens, pens that will penable someone at some time, and a good collection of Pilot Varsities. I know you teach calligraphy; so, I’m wondering if you, like me, counted only pen bodies. I have several pen bodies for which I have several nibs. Not going to start counting extra nibs and. certainly not inks.
@@StacySchulze-cg1he If I were to count nibs I have 20 steel nibs 2 copper nibs 2 14k gold nibs 11 spring steel dip nibs and 5 dip pens with spring steel nibs , 2 dip nibs with stainless steel #5 nibs and 1 #6 jowo dip pen and 1 crow quill pen with no nib and 1 speedball without a nib in and 2 14k gold victorian dip nibs
@@MissMarilynDarling Thanks for a fully inventory! I gotta say the gold Victorian dip nibs sound fascinating. My collection of dip nibs is mostly vintage, but none are gold.
@@StacySchulze-cg1hethe Victorian one is single tine with the tipping broke right off ping🎉 oops but then I turned it into a stub its all right but not worth the $ 1,200 I want for it I know eek
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Col-O-Ring -- woo hoo! Ima going to have to plan a visit in the coming weeks.
Yes, please!
It was so good to see you on Saturday, David!!
Go Laura
Wow, Leila, you look wonderful! Soft, firm (that's a contradiction, isn't it?) smiling, a bit subdued. Look, you weren't planning on using that old gall bladder anyhow, were you? Nah. And Laura, much improvement on having whatever is in your hand not being hidden by the microphone. Is that a different table? More intimate, less need to project.
Thanks, Judy! Nope, it's an identical table. I'm glad you're enjoying the show.
Nice ❤❤
Great questions! Thanks for posing them to us. See you at the DC Supershow!
I started my fountain pen interest in 2022
2a. I think I have 10 pens.
2b. I seem to have 13 including some Pilot Varsities
2c. I have 6 inked presently.
My go to for long writing is the Pilot Custom 823, and for notes it’s the Amazon Basics Asvine (Hongdian) Black Forest for quick notes.
10% are sentimental.
My main sentimental pen is my Sailor 1911L Ringless Galaxy Pleiades. I got it because my wife and I have had a special fondness for the constellation for many years, and seeing the Sailor without the ring in a color I liked named for the constellation that already had meaning for us made it an easy purchase.
I recommend the Pilot Varsity for younger folks since you don’t need to worry about refilling ink, and it always writes. The Pilot Kakuno for slightly older folks with the ability to change colors and the cute faces on the nib is a great choice, too. They’re both snap caps, which is good for newer pen people, too.
I first used blue blacks primarily because it was interesting but still professional.
I suppose it is representative of me, and of my journey thus far in the hobby. I have some inks and pens I wouldn’t get again, but will likely give them away and keep what I’ve learned I like.
I like the Sailor Ink Studio 224 for the shading, sort of subdued haziness, and slight pink color when really laying it down. I’m finding more and more that I like shimmer for writing letters, specifically, and shading in general.
I think this is likely to change, as it already has, but presently, I think Fine or Medium are my sweet spot. I really want my pens to be able to write on every paper, even cheap workplace copier paper that isn’t too fountain pen friendly. Finer nibs generally seem to be better with this.
I don’t have any custom grinds or anything, but Medium nibs do better with interesting ink properties than my finer nibs.
My holy grail pen now is the Namiki Emperor Urushi in Vermillion.
I’m more interested in broader nibs to show off inks more and much more open to shimmer inks and shading inks with no interest in sheening inks.
Oh my goodness, great answers! See you in DC!
Wow! Loved reading your answers!!! Super interesting. Thank you!
OK. I'll do the long type since someone else also did one.
1. It really depends on how you define collecting, but my first pens came to me in the late 1980's, when I wasn't really able to enlarge the collection. I've added slowly until around the 2010's, when my collection started to really become something.
2. Mentioned earlier, but estimated 90. Counted 120, which includes non-functioning as well as for-later gifts and Pilot Varsities. 18 inked that are not Varsities.
3. Please further define workhorse. Anything with a snap cap is my regular note-taking/list making pen. Long writing sessions could be many options, but I do love my Taccia Spotlight with a fine nib.
4. Most of my pens were bought to celebrate something; so, all are to some extent sentimental. And yet, only 2 are in the collection for only sentiment-and they both are currently nonfunctional.
5. And so, those 2 I mentioned in #4 are ones I found in my maternal Grandma's attic. They were in many ways the start of my collection. No one could tell me for sure if my mom or many aunts or someone else used them. They were most likely school pens. One requires a unique cartridge and the other is a lever-fill in need of a new sack. As a kid, I messed about with them as a dip pen using food coloring as my "ink." From there, the exploration began.
6. Pilot Varsity is what I hand someone first, unless I have more information about interest. At the Super Bowl party this year, I handed a Varsity to someone who couldn't find their pen when marking a Bingo card, and I got the comment, "Oooh, a nice pen!"
7. Cartridges. That's what was available. Sheaffer since that was the pen I had.
8. H E double hockey stick, yeah! My colors, my interests, my collection!
9. Umm....whatever works in the pen I'm using. Let me show you the pen with a bit of damage from back in the day when I needed to clean out an ink that I shouldn't have used. (This is back in the dark ages.) That said, my signature ink colors for decades have been greens and purples.
10. My default is fine, but I have a full range of options, given I started my journey with calligraphy pens. And, yes, I do love me some Japanese fines/extra-fines for day-to-day writing.
11. What do you want me to do with the nib? Fun comes in lots of flavors. I'll sketch with a fine and letter with an Italic. Journal with whatever fits the mood and write a letter to a friend with a stub. And then there's my flex nibs when I truly have the time.
12. Don't have one in the true sense. If I ever allowed myself a true art pen that would live at a formal desk (which I don't currently have), I'd get a Taccia Empress.
13. When I started, all the pens in my world were European mediums or Italics. I always wanted finer, especially when writing on that grey recycled paper in the 90's. Now, I get to have my super fines! So much of my changes have been about access. Going back to #9, there's so much more information now and so many more options.
Brilliant responses, Stacy! Thank you for taking us along your pen journey!
I loved reading your answers, Stacy! Super interesting! Thank you!
You’re both most welcome! I went back for a count check and found that 22 of those pens are Varsities, Preppies, and assorted pens for gifting. That means my main collection is 98, much closer to my estimate.
I officially love Lauren!!!!!!
She is WONDERFUL!
So do we!!!!
I'll put 13 Pen Questions in my queue of future videos to do, though my answers will be more boring and limited since I've only been collecting in earnest for about a year, and only began using fountain pens in 2019. I thought I'd ideally limit my collection to 36, since that's my highest lucky number, but I may have gone past that. At the moment, I haven't tried more than a few ink brands, but I'd love to cast a wider net and add more variety to my collection.
I think this is great! I can't wait to hear your answers! They won't be boring. I'm always interested in everyone's pen journey!
I agree with Leila! They won't be boring at all! I can't wait to hear your answers.
I thought I had maybe 85 but i just counted and I have 106 fountain pens eek I wont count my inks cause there are too many of them but there has to be over 400 between bottles and ink samples
I’m with you. Estimated 90, but counted 120. Granted, that includes non-functioning pens, pens that will penable someone at some time, and a good collection of Pilot Varsities. I know you teach calligraphy; so, I’m wondering if you, like me, counted only pen bodies. I have several pen bodies for which I have several nibs. Not going to start counting extra nibs and. certainly not inks.
You and Laura probably have a similar amount of ink bottles and samples!
@@StacySchulze-cg1he If I were to count nibs I have 20 steel nibs 2 copper nibs 2 14k gold nibs 11 spring steel dip nibs and 5 dip pens with spring steel nibs , 2 dip nibs with stainless steel #5 nibs and 1 #6 jowo dip pen and 1 crow quill pen with no nib and 1 speedball without a nib in and 2 14k gold victorian dip nibs
@@MissMarilynDarling Thanks for a fully inventory! I gotta say the gold Victorian dip nibs sound fascinating. My collection of dip nibs is mostly vintage, but none are gold.
@@StacySchulze-cg1hethe Victorian one is single tine with the tipping broke right off ping🎉 oops but then I turned it into a stub its all right but not worth the $ 1,200 I want for it I know eek