Ferris Wheel Brush Review
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- A review of the 14k gold-plated version of the Ferris Wheel Press Brush fountain pen.
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I have one of these pens (not gold-plated nib) and I love it. As a woman, my hands are a little more petite than yours David, but, while I love all your videos and the pens you review, I find many of them to be a little too large for my comfort for long writing sessions. I totally understand that you would review pens that, for the most part, fit your hand. It's nice though, to see a pen that fits a slightly smaller hand. Thank you so much! Happy New Year!
I'm a card carrying member of the tiny hands club as well. Petite pens really are unicorns. That might honestly be the reason I stick mostly to vintage pens. Too many of today's pens look comically large in my Barbie hands 😂 This is a nice one! I do hope they make a straight up copper one though.
Fuliwen Shanghai is the OEM of this pen, "Brush". Fuliwen itself also carries this same model as it's own pen named "Fuliwen 014 'Scale' ". (fish scale, reptile scale) The marking on the metal section is far, far less complicated, only the name of the company. An "F" inside a circle is engraved on one side of the six sides of the hexagon bolt ring. The imprint on the nib is Fuliwen's own design. The Fuliwen shop on Taobao offers three colours: teal, yellow and white. Priced at ¥120.00.
I used to work in a print shop using letterpress machines in amongst others. Yes, it goes rat tat sigh, rat tat sigh. Lovely sounds
That single brass nut make the overall pen's aesthetics to the next level of beauty. A classic design with a blend of minimal industrial elements not only makes this pen a contemporary beauty but also a functional roll-stopper or maybe acts as a stand that the pen could parallelly stand without touching the nib to the surface/desk. And those engravings on the nib, section, and prints on the packaging make it a wonderful artistic feel to it. And I love this lord green colour with the gold-coloured brass nut, section, and nib. Lovely pen. Greeting from India.
Ferris Wheel Press keeps trumpeting that they're a Canadian company as part of their marketing but the Brush is made in China. At 160$, there are way better options out there with proper gold nibs.
The Brush has a lot of similarity to a Chinese LD, but the nib might be a Schmidt. They're known for no breather hole.
The LD? Has a "Genius iridium" nib, and I got mine for free plus shipping. Very similar to the Brush...
It's like a certain company that claims that they use an "Italian resin" and are made in Miami and are an identical pen to another from China...
Yeah ferris is definitely a social media brand, their ink is way overpriced for being nothing new and is put in fancy impractical bottles that look good only in photos. I'm also near sure that images of the ink that sellers use are heavily edited, making the ink look far different then it actually is. Got one of those small bottle sets from them and the ink was 10x darker in and out the bottle then what the initial images showed. The overly fancy engravings on this pretty cheap looking pen that is weighted by brass is what certainly seals the deal, and only a 30 dollar difference between steel and gold nibs is incredibly suspicious. Pretty much the Vincero of the pen world.
@@paulherman5822 you stole my words, Paul. Can't agree more. Some pens look cool on instagram feeds.
The only metal pen I own is parker 45 flighter, a couple of them.
The brass pes from China with 14/18KGP nibs are just scam. I doubt the brass content as well.
I thought it is made in Canada. Thanks for letting us know.
@@dashsunil A clue to the Chinese origin was when it's supposed to be "copper." That's the usual poor translation from China for brass.
There's plenty of "multi cultural" pens out there. Italian pens with German workings, American ones made in India. And like I said, not always honest. Can get a "made in" on the box because the box was assembled in the supposed country of origin. Pretty sure that the "Italian resin, made in Miami" is like this. It's the identical "resin" (call it what it is. Plastic) as the Chinese version, and the only difference is the name inscribed. Not an unusual business practice, until people start to assume that, because the country of assembly (or final box) is one country, that's where it came from.
Even the modern steel nibbed Parker 51 may be guilty of this.
I really wish they’d release an unpainted, raw copper version of this pen. It’s gorgeous, but I can’t imagine the paint lasting long unblemished. And I adore copper *anything*. Knowing that there’s copper underneath that paint would kill me haha.
This slender, tapered design would be so perfect at a desk pen dimension.
Keep up the effort and you'll have a million subscribers in the near future, I'm sure of it
Coming out of the gate strong!!!!! Great review! Happy New Year FB!!! All the best to you and yours!
Just like everything else FWP makes, grossly overpriced for what it is. There's absolutely no reason this pen isn't under $100, given the materials used. You can buy two Conklin Duragraphs at full boat retail for this price, and likely get two pens that write better than this.
Everything about this screams "$25 Chinese pen with social media lady marketing slapped onto it" to me.
$160?! The section is beautiful but apart from that the design is pretty uninteresting. I’m also not a fan of thin pens but if I was I might be willing to spend $35 on it, definitely not $160 or even $135.
Great review as always.
i agree, the gold plated nib thing feels like a ripoff with how it is presented. It shouldn't be costing this much for a steel nib and body material, even the kaweco sport brass goes for like 80 dollars compared to the 160 dollar price tag of this one
The packaging is more beautiful than the pen :( they really need to do something with the barrel.
I don’t know why, but the over-the -top marketing, branding and packaging is a turn off for me, it feels like a university group project for a Business degree program (let’s create a story, and how many boxes can we tick to draw the customer in). Noodlers is more interesting to me, and a great value product too. Lamy to me has it right: quality, craftsmanship and style, and no over-the-top antics, additionally they have a quality product at a price range for everyone, and it’s made in their country of origin and their price is still reasonable to me, (ps, I’m Canadian).
@Bruno Desrosiers pens are designed in Canada, made in China. The website does not state that the ink is made in Canada, there is no reference to where it is made (and I don’t own any of their inks to check the packaging).
@Bruno Desrosiers you too Bruno 😁
Interesting counter-opinion. And yes, it is particularly expensive for a Chinese-made pen.
Keep up the awesome content!
Interesting that you are having the experience of the section coming slightly unscrewed when unscrewing the cap. That is not a problem that I've had with mine. I purchased my pen over a year ago. Maybe something happened with this new batch of pens in the manufacturing process.
Enjoyable review. You've done some videos that show us how a pen is made, the body of the pen. Have you ever shown how nib is made. I'm curious how they are produced.
Yay for the first episode of the year! I am not sure if I would care for gold plated, but I have to say that I like the look of the section.
I find the name confusing, since this is not a brush pen. The shape is reminiscent of very early Mabie Todds and such. Looks like a desk pen, despite it's size.
I've always appreciated the look of this pen, but I feel like it's a bit over priced. Maybe if I could actually see it and hold it in hand, I may change my mind!
Oooh, nice surprise, thank you for the new year's treat. Happy 2022 BTW!
The section, nib and nut are cool...I just wish the pen was better.
I love my Ferris Wheel Pen. I am a woman, fits my medium size hand so nice. It feels so elegant…. I got the persimmon color and love it. I have not had an issue with the section coming unscrewed when unscrewing the cap. It is a fun pen to have. 🖋🖋
Last time I was this early, Parker Penman Sapphire was available.
My late grandfather owned and operated a working print shop. Rat-tat-tat captures it as much as any pronunciation can, but still falls short.
Thanks for the great review. Have a wonderful New Year.
your making me want to order the pen in teal. love the design
Happy new year David.
I just ordered the teal one and apparently they are on sale as the listed price was 150 but in my cart it was 136,
Glad you made this video. I don't think the pen is for me- especially at that price point. Could get a Vanishing Point or Lany 2000 for that much.
Thanks for the review, Dave! Special pen - but do not quite know if this is a pen for my taste. In any case, it's nice to get such reviews - then you become more aware of your own desires.
Out of sheer curiosity - what's the thing with the stack of Rubik's cube in the background, the layout changes for each video you make .. Greetings from Helen i Norge
Just a decoration. Sometimes the pattern means something...sometimes it does not.
Thanks for the review, Dave. Really cannot see good value in this one, and even in the video it does not look like it is very well made. Cheers.
Is there a much cheaper (no gold required) similarly-looking pen?
Great looking pen
This could be a very nice pen. It's sleek shape is lost, in my opinion, on that awful nut-shaped band. That's a deal breaker for me.
Theyre not wrong, Rat tat tat tat tat tat. MY neighbor owned a printshop i helped out in as a kid
that being said, modern ones probably just sounds like "brrrrrr"
Interesting concept. I do like FWP's branding and style.
Happy New Year, David!
I like the inks from Ferris Wheel Press, but I think these pens are over priced.
Hi David
I am old enough to remember when Made In Japan indicated cheap schlock. Now it's a symbol of quality. Perhaps a few more decades and Made In China will also lose its stigma. It's already lost some; remember, iPhones are made in China.
Moonman and Jinhao are some of my favourite fountain pens (made in China), they always work and never disappoint. I gift Jinhao pens to people who have never used a fountain pen, the price allows me to do that….. and I know the pen will always work for the newbie and turn them into a fountain pen lover, just like my first Jinhao did for me 😁
I hate the bottles. I’ve tipped over a few and stopped buying it just bc of this reason.
You'd think for some thing called a "brush" pen it'd have more flexibility.