Fountain Pens in Singapore
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- Опубликовано: 7 июл 2024
- This is a quick vid where I show a few fountain pen stores in Singapore--and of course, my haul!
00:00 - Intro
00:45 - Aesthetic Bay
01:55 - National Gallery Singapore
02:54 - Think Stationery Store
04:26 - Fook Hing Trading 
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I never get tired of your high quality editing. Thanks it's a very interesting video.
Thanks so much! So glad you found it interesting 💞
You just love spilling things. I love that! 😂😂
I know I know-it’s because I shouldn’t so it’s more fun hahaha
Glorious! Thank you 🙏
Glad you liked it!
That was a lovely little tour of Singapore, thanks for sharing, Alesa! 😊
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Yes the National Gallery was amazing, including the view from the bar / restaurants on the top floor. I also loved those little bookshops near the Design Museum and library. Congrats on the Iron Gall ink and other finds. Opus Rabbit 😀. Looks like it was a great trip
Thanks Andrew! I got a mess of prints from that shop!
So glad you made a trip to Singapore!
I loved it! I should have announced it earlier so I could have met more people!
Your videos are always so beautiful!!
Thank you so much! Really appreciate such kind feedback.
I'd love to visit there one day. Thanks for sharing culturally rich content.
It really is a fun trip. Thank you!
Yes! More videos on iron gall ink, purely for the novelty.
OK! I have a couple (I think-some of the Japanese ones I’m not sure about) so it would be fun to compare!
I'm here for the pens and ink, but that tea cup and saucer at the end take the cake! So pretty!
Hahaha! Thank you-you have great taste!
Singapore is another bucket list place to visit along with Japan. Beauyscenery, including the shops that feed our addiction haha!
Thanks for making this vid, have fun in SF!
I’m so glad. It really was worth the trip for me. Playing tourist AND pens! Win win! Thank you!
Was a little intimidated by aesthetic bay’s fabulous Nakaya collection & ended with an opus 88 from Fook Hing instead 🤔. Now I have Think to visit next time I’m there. Thank you 🙏
i know! I wish I had taken better video of the Nakayas but I was too busy drooling.💖
@@InkyRocks I was just a bit confused to hear you say Nakaya in two different ways, stressing the first and second vowel each time, so which is the right way in Japanese? I thought it was on the Na and not the Ka.
@@Seefood73 Japanese pronunciation is, at the strictest level, very even with no emphasis on any syllable (many consider English to be sing song-y). I sometimes say it the way Americans do because I frequently don't want to be that person who uses the correct pronunciation when everyone else is using another. So sometimes I just mix it up.
Thank you for another wonderful video! I'd love to see you review some inks you picked up - especially the iron gall one from Stipula.
Thank you. I’m going to do an iron gall ink because I have several and there does seem to be some differences between them. The Stipula one is VERY weird.
I went to THINK to look at notebooks and inks. Had a lovely chat with Tsurumi san about inks and pens. He showed me his pen collection and let me try a couple of them. Ended up leaving the place with 1 bottle of IWI ink, a Perpanep Zara-zara book and a BENU EUPHORIA VODKA ON ROCKS…
What a dangerous salesman 😂
Hahaha! He really is! Sending me home with two bottles of Japanese ink is the epitome of salesman-ship!
Aesthetic Bay is such a museum to all things fountain pen, and Mr Tan has such an infectious enthusiasm for all things Maki-e. I’ve had the great opportunity to see some of the one-offs made by Nakaya for his clients. Real jaw droppers ! I wasn’t surprised you got those bottles of Japanese inks from Tsurumi-san of THINK - he is such a great salesman isn’t he? He talked me into getting a bottle of Teranishi’s Taishō Roman Guitar Melancholic Blue, and I’ve lost count of how many pens he has in his suit jacket. Thanks for another great Video !
Awesome-you’re obviously a pro at the Singapore pen scene! I was really impressed with Mr Tan’s knowledge about Nakaya. A lot of it zoomed over my head hahaha!
Hi Alesa, I’m far from being a pro at any scene ! Just plucked up my courage and walked into Me Tan’s shop - only to find what a nice guy this man is, and I was so grateful for his time sharing his long experience in the pen scene, as we spent hours just talking, and looking at pens (with my lax jaw saggy when I left!) I hope that you’ll have a great time in SF - no doubt quite a few familiar faces from the Asian pen scene will be there ! Safe travels !
I think its that oversize Piccolo. I though it looks like the Piccolo, but its' too big. But it's a special order from Makaya. Only place to get an oversize Piccolo. And to see the roll stoppers...wow.
Another much overlook place is Overjoy. It's not a 'pen' shop, but an art supply shop that have fountain pens and ink. Sometimes, they they may have great offers. Like I got my Pelikan M800 for $470. The down side is unlike the other shops, the helpful staff are not fountain pen experts.
Great info for us outside of Singapore! How do you like your Pelikan? I just got the M1000 because I found one of the old translucent ones and I can’t quit writing with it hahaha!
@@InkyRocks It's the reliable German engineering. Not as finicky like the Italian pens. (Like their overrated Ferrari cars.) It easy to take apart for cleaning and nib swapping, except for the piston. But I think it's the same system like the TWSBI. The nibs are smooth, with very little feedback. Only a die hard Sailor fan will dislike it. But I've heard the M800 nibs are not as bouncy like the M1000 nibs.
It's not a luxury brand to show off (koff Montblanc), or a desk trophy (koff Montegrappa). It's an unassuming pen made for writing. For some strange reason, I'm only filling the pen with Emeraude de Chivor from J Herbin, or Iroshizuku Forest Green / shin-ryoku. 😁
How interesting! Thank you for the video! :)
Thanks! Glad you found it interesting!
can't wait for the Singapore Fling video - Im sure that you are going to pour and splash that Iron gall ink and wow us as you always do :)
Hahaha what a great name! I’m not sloshing any iron gall-that stuff doesn’t come out!
Nice little tour of Singapore. Wish I would have gone there when I had a chance. But at that time I would have missed all the beautiful fountain pens and inks. Had my mind on other things back at that time in my life. Please do a review of "iron gall" inks or if you have done one already...please let me know which one it is. I'm sure all your fans want to see some IG stories on the SF Pen Show. Have a great time. And thanks.
Thank you so much! I’m really thinking about doing an iron gall vid. It would be fun!
Lovely! I guess I am adding Singapore to my list of Asian destinations then...
Hahaha! I really enjoyed myself. The humidity will get to you…
I know that oolong tea!!! Aren’t enough os in smooth! ❤️
I love it and am now running out!!
Raden Saleh's "Forest Fire" is a powerful painting - thank you for sharing! I think you have your next maki-e (or raden?) pen design here.
Yes seriously. It just leaps out at you. Im so thankful I had a pen friend show me around and steer me in this direction. Hope you are doing good 💖
I’m going to the SF Pen Show this weekend. I’m very excited and prepared to go heavily into debt.
Hahaha! I’m WAAAY ahead of you!
I loved the way you talked about pen ink in your Singapore...is there more? grateful
If you are talking about more Singapore stuff, this is the only trip I made to Singapore. If you are talking about more ink stuff there is plenty. You may want to start with Crazy Inks.
I’ve been there - died of the humidity. Singapore Sling top notch. See you in SF.
Hahaha! The humidity is pretty tough! Hope to meet you!
Wow. Just an incredible WOW!
I'm blown away by the pen and ink stores (museums almost) ... and the art ... and the architecture in Singapore. That rabbit holding the pen is pretty awesome too.
What were the pyramid tent things on the tennis courts at time stamp 2:37 ish? Any idea?
VERY NICE teapot and cup!!
Thank you for such a beautiful, but swift, peak at Singapore.
The green things? They're just umbrellas for the benches.
@@kyris66 Thanks. I wouldn't expect benches to be on the actual courts, I'd expect them to be off the sides.
Thank you! Singapore is just lovely-we really enjoyed the food and and obviously the shopping! It was so nice to connect with some pen people too.
I want to flip Daytonas 😂 the opening shot was the spark auntie 😂
Glad you liked it. I don’t think I’ve heard of “flip Daytonas” hahaha!
@@InkyRocks Rolex Daytonas are so rare anywhere on earth the moment someone walked one of them out the store the value will quadruple on the second hand market, but I know my self too well to be really careful when it comes to collecting things :) looking forward to your Cologne trip auntie xD
See you at the Pen Show!
Please say hi!
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