Hello HJ. Great video. Especially love seeing all the different journals. They were quite unique choices. One of my favorites for letter writing is from Amalfi. Their deckled paper is just so elegant. Have you seen this brand? They are out of Italy. Thanks for staying up so late to share your finds with us.
I haven’t worn a Tuttle neck since the 1980’s. The turtle neck looks fantastic on you. I’m enjoying hearing about your trip & the stationary you picked up. Thanks again. Dave ☕️☕️
Wonderful video HJ! Loved all the Journals but really loved the one from Scriba ( and yes, that turtle neck is becoming… almost James Bond-esque!). Thank you for sharing your travels and all your treasures- I find that I always learn something coming out of your videos…keep traveling up that road.. we’re there with you!
You are very welcome! Thank you for watching and for the kind words! I appreciate it. I’ve always liked Turtlenecks and I think it’s my look for this Winter. Thanks!
I have only been watching you from January, when I rediscovered fountain pens after over 50 years yes I am that old! You bring a lovely enthusiasm to the hobby. Please continue young lady!
I have waited several days debating whether to comment. I have been subscriber to your channel for quite some time. I think I started back when you had less than 3,000 subscribers. I have always enjoyed your style and content. I appreciated that you said " there were no gatekeepers." I'm 77 years old retired and living on a fixed income. My wife is in a memory care unit with dementia. I am not mentioning this looking for sympathy, I realize my situation mirrors too many other families. I find pens a welcome diversion. Since my budget is limited, I don't often purchase more expensive pens. I do own a few upscale pens, (Pilot 74, Pelikan M200 for example, upscale for me). However, I tend to purchase more less expensive pens, many from China. I purchase a profile I like and that has been reviewed as a good writer and well made. The pens I purchase that I enjoy, regardless the source, I don't consider as garbage. Complaints about the Jinhao 80 being an unfair rendition of the Lamy 2000 as an example have been mentioned. As most have said, this is from initial viewing. There are many differences between the two once examined. I feel copying a popular pen profile is not a new or Chinese practice. For instance how many brands have pen that harkens to the Parker Duofold. I just wanted to get this off my chest. I still enjoy your channel and it is my go-to site for info about pens. Keep up the good work!! Thanks
I really enjoyed the Digital Dark Age video. I thought it was very interesting. The turtleneck looks great btw. And merino is such a wonderful fiber that I really like knitting with. Thanks for sharing your stationary from Italy. I'm really looking forward to the promised b roll of Italy though.
I love the journal! I would love it because I love art! It looks like it would be inspiring ! This show has inspired me to get some new journals to add to my collection. Move over Galen!
"Fiorenza" is old Italian for "Firenze"; it was "Florentia" in Latin. Example from Dante: "Godi, Fiorenza, poi che se’ sì grande, che per mare e per terra batti l’ali, e per lo ’nferno tuo nome si spande." (yes, is sad. many small shops closing here..)
Thanks for this. I thought it was something along those lines. It’s a shame that the more artisanal shops are closing and being replaced with high end luxury brands.
@@HemingwayJonesthanks for your absolutely delightful videos ... yes, the shops closing here are very sad...everything disappearing, like ghost towns ..
Welcome back! Venice is such a great city with so much history. And I don’t wait in line either. Especially for food. Time is too precious Murano is gone?!? That’s such a loss. I have a glass dip pen from them
Hi, Murano isn’t gone. Don’t worry. It’s fine. My favorite stationery shop is gone and replaced with a Murano Glass shop. Murano itself is fine. Thanks!
The heavily illustrated journal would give me pause in selecting the nib tip. For the small spaces, a F one or an VF would be the choice and the color of the ink would have to be complementary to the hues or a hue in the drawing. Ah, careful, slower cursive would have to be engaged. The spine/binding on the second simply sang with gravitas. The third seemed to call out for philosophical musings of import. To use any other writing instrument than a fountain pen in them would be sacrilege.
Thank you!!!!! No one got that reference! I appreciate it so so much! I love throwing out Easter Eggs and many get missed entirely. Gold Star to you!!!!
Thanks Hemingway, so glad you enjoyed your trip. I'm in love with this Florentine journal and would love to have one of my own. Love that the contents are so PreRaphaelite and 19th century.
Thank you! The link to their website is in the description. A quick check didn’t show that one, but you could try contacting them for one. I wish I had bought two!
Thank you so much! It was a great trip. I ran out of time. I’m thinking of hopping back on, maybe over the weekend for an informal expansion of this episode. What do you think?
@@HemingwayJones Yes please!! An hour is definitely too short to talk about such an amazing trip. I think we would all love to hear more about Italy through your eyes, as well as what Helen and Imogen loved about the trip. I'd love to see the tarot deck that Helen acquired too.
Enjoyed your review of your Italy trip very much. I have a friend going in April and was looking for shopping suggestions for pens and journals for her. I've been watching your channel for a few months now and find much pleasure in them. I also like your library, partly because I have several of the same titles in mine, not all read yet. At 74-years old I don't have the same pen budget as you but was heartened to hear you also buy pens under $150. I generally stay under $100, my most recent a Monteverde Ritma with medium nib which writes very smoothly. Congrats on your weight loss and improved health. I've lost 70 pounds since January with the Mounjaro injections and am feeling much better. Only 110 to go.
Yeah, whoo, that panic stuff. It is hard to know what has subconsciously programmed us. Like that sudden epiphany, we can have sudden panic. Most programs have an organized outlet, but some are dysfunctional. Read a story recently where a young Surveyor just passed out cold on occasion. Turns out the trigger was the word 'mountain'. He had somehow gotten hypnotized to react poorly to that word. We are all subconsciously programmed in many ways; When their is a glitch, finding, remembering, and understanding our triggers can be challenging. (Freud) Or, conversely providing counter suggestions and self observations are used to extinguish the behavior without understanding (Skinner) are employed. Sometimes they just give meds till the patient shuts up (American).
I loved your Digital Dark Ages episode, but I'm also fascinated by things like that. I thought it was insightful and an excellent adjunct subject to stationery. 45:32 absolutely beautiful!
I'm really sorry for missing out on the digital darkage video, completely fled my mind. I put it on my "watch later"-list, but then forgot about it. Really like that kind of stuff: We heroic knights (and ladies!) of the "inked sword" fighting our way through the apple farm. You love parrots? Then you would like it in Mannheim and Heidelberg... There are swarms of collared parakeet flying around here, which are so numerous that they darken the sun! Sometimes a group of them sits in a tree, bending it's branches to breaking point. (Because it just can't support the weight of 3 tons of birds.) You don't see any foliage, just birds. Even if the MB was an unexpected purchase, I'm totally with you there. At the end of a life we tend to regret the things we passed on more, than the things we did. I love the store of signum, firenze. Sadly, I wasn't there for some 30 years, last time was, when I was still studying at tech-school.
Thank you My Friend for the kind comment. I hope you like that video. I do like Parrots, but I recognize that they are noisy! It’s charming when you see them occasionally. Thanks for the support of the MB Wes Anderson. Thanks!
I 100% agree with your comments about replica pens. I have no interest in them - it’s terrible to piggy-back off the success of a brand (any brand) to make a dollar.
1. Have you been to Syracuse? It's the last remaining place on my Italy list. 2. WES Anderson? Give me Paul Thomas! 3. I caught Covid on a flight home from Dubrovnik (via Ankara).
24:36 I have the same thoughts about Chinese pens. I don’t own any. You’re increasing my resolve. I have only entry level and next level pens (most expensive is a Pilot Falcon), and I’m happy.
Thanks so much! I’ve taken some heat for this, but I am defending the designers, the creators from intellectual theft. It’s best to be happy with modest pens. So many great options there!
@ yes! While I’d love to have a vintage flex pen or perhaps a Pilot FA, Magna Carta, or Montblanc, I enjoy my TWSBI 580, Lamy Safari/AL Star, and Benu Euphoria as well as my Falcon.
A TH-camr in England uses Stream yard and she complains in frustration about it almost every show. I am not tech savvy so I can’t make any recommendations 😢❤🥰
"I'm not going to get involved with politics" "It's absolute garbage guys, I don't care how well it writes. It's void of content, character, and honesty. It's just a fake louis vuitton bag, on a blanket at a train station". You lasted 20 minutes :D
Hi. That’s not for political reasons. This is philosophical. I have issues with Chinese manufacturing, their treatment of the environment, etc. But that was not what I was speaking about. Perhaps I will at a future time. That would fall within the purvey of this Channel. What I am speaking about here is that any product that is a copy of another is a counterfeit, is dishonest, and a mere shadow of the original. I think that a copy of an expensive pen is like a cheap copy of an expensive bag or watch. I think that is an important distinction, My Friend.
@@HemingwayJones Goodreads is a website that you can track books you like, are reading, and want to read and follow like minded readers to get ideas for future reads.
I think three people do now! Still, It’s a LIVE Stream and that’s about average and I need the time for Set up and final Check. (For all the good it did for me last night!)
Glad you got to go to Italy, but this is one video that was boring AF. I usually enjoy your videos but this one bored me to tears. Looking forward to some that will be more exciting.
Thanks so much for watching. Since you’re a regular viewer, which part didn’t you like? Was it the stationery show and tell? The rants against Chinese Pens? This is actually doing better than my usual LIVE videos, considerably, but I always love the contrarians, considering myself to be one. So kindly let me know and thanks for being a regular viewer.
@@HemingwayJones Thanks for responding. I can't put my finger on any one thing, mayb e it was the stationery/journals segment. Keep up the good work. Italy is my bucket list country to get to, I love all things Italian.
Never thought of listing every place I went every day, but the idea appeals. Usually, I just get back at the end of the day and jot down a summary. Fun seeing your haul. Note from Imogen -- 🥲
@@HemingwayJones Yes, she is the ap.ple of her Daddy's eye. Feel the same way about my granddaughter (2-1/2). A contradictory note: I love my Chinese pens. Have a great weekend.
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Hello HJ. Great video. Especially love seeing all the different journals. They were quite unique choices. One of my favorites for letter writing is from Amalfi. Their deckled paper is just so elegant. Have you seen this brand? They are out of Italy. Thanks for staying up so late to share your finds with us.
Thanks very much, My Friend. I will have to seek those out. I do not know them. Thanks for pointing me in their direction. All the best!
I haven’t worn a Tuttle neck since the 1980’s.
The turtle neck looks fantastic on you. I’m enjoying hearing about your trip & the stationary you picked up.
Thanks again.
Dave ☕️☕️
Define your times and never allow your times to define you. Shine on, My Friend.
I really liked the Digital Dark Age video. Made me think about things I hadn't before. I personally would love to see more of that.
Thank you so much! I appreciate that.
It was a lousy week but I will watch for sure! I need a diversion.
@ sorry about your week.
Wonderful video HJ! Loved all the Journals but really loved the one from Scriba ( and yes, that turtle neck is becoming… almost James Bond-esque!). Thank you for sharing your travels and all your treasures- I find that I always learn something coming out of your videos…keep traveling up that road.. we’re there with you!
You are very welcome! Thank you for watching and for the kind words! I appreciate it. I’ve always liked Turtlenecks and I think it’s my look for this Winter. Thanks!
Love your principles and integrity!
I'm glad you had a good time in Italy.
Anyway, thank you!
Thank you for the kind words!
I have only been watching you from January, when I rediscovered fountain pens after over 50 years yes I am that old! You bring a lovely enthusiasm to the hobby. Please continue young lady!
Thank you very much! Happy to have you here.
What a haul! The illustrated journal is amazing!
I'm catching up on a time delay. Good to see familiar names in chat!
Thanks so much for being here.
I have waited several days debating whether to comment. I have been subscriber to your channel for quite some time. I think I started back when you had less than 3,000 subscribers. I have always enjoyed your style and content. I appreciated that you said " there were no gatekeepers." I'm 77 years old retired and living on a fixed income. My wife is in a memory care unit with dementia. I am not mentioning this looking for sympathy, I realize my situation mirrors too many other families. I find pens a welcome diversion. Since my budget is limited, I don't often purchase more expensive pens. I do own a few upscale pens, (Pilot 74, Pelikan M200 for example, upscale for me). However, I tend to purchase more less expensive pens, many from China. I purchase a profile I like and that has been reviewed as a good writer and well made. The pens I purchase that I enjoy, regardless the source, I don't consider as garbage. Complaints about the Jinhao 80 being an unfair rendition of the Lamy 2000 as an example have been mentioned. As most have said, this is from initial viewing. There are many differences between the two once examined. I feel copying a popular pen profile is not a new or Chinese practice. For instance how many brands have pen that harkens to the Parker Duofold.
I just wanted to get this off my chest. I still enjoy your channel and it is my go-to site for info about pens. Keep up the good work!!
Thanks
*replay* Would LOVE to see the tarot cards! AND I love the stationary you were able to pick up!
Thank you! I’m thinking about how I can make that happen thank you!
I don’t wait in line often and I never wait in line to pay people money.
Exactly!
I really enjoyed the Digital Dark Age video. I thought it was very interesting.
The turtleneck looks great btw. And merino is such a wonderful fiber that I really like knitting with.
Thanks for sharing your stationary from Italy. I'm really looking forward to the promised b roll of Italy though.
Thanks very much for all of your kind comments.
Good to see you back and nice swag. Looking forward to hearing more about the trip.
Thank you very much!
I love the journal! I would love it because I love art! It looks like it would be inspiring ! This show has inspired me to get some new journals to add to my collection. Move over Galen!
Thanks very much! There are some wonderful things out there.
"Fiorenza" is old Italian for "Firenze"; it was "Florentia" in Latin.
Example from Dante: "Godi, Fiorenza, poi che se’ sì grande,
che per mare e per terra batti l’ali,
e per lo ’nferno tuo nome si spande."
(yes, is sad. many small shops closing here..)
Thanks for this. I thought it was something along those lines. It’s a shame that the more artisanal shops are closing and being replaced with high end luxury brands.
@@HemingwayJonesthanks for your absolutely delightful videos ...
yes, the shops closing here are very sad...everything disappearing, like ghost towns ..
Thanks. There is still a lot of charm left in your beautiful country.
Totally agree with you about the knock offs.
Thanks! I'll speak more about this in the future. I think it's important.
@ Looking forward to it!
Welcome back! Venice is such a great city with so much history.
And I don’t wait in line either. Especially for food. Time is too precious
Murano is gone?!? That’s such a loss. I have a glass dip pen from them
Hi, Murano isn’t gone. Don’t worry. It’s fine. My favorite stationery shop is gone and replaced with a Murano Glass shop. Murano itself is fine. Thanks!
Oh I heard wrong haha. Thanks for the update 😊
The heavily illustrated journal would give me pause in selecting the nib tip. For the small spaces, a F one or an VF would be the choice and the color of the ink would have to be complementary to the hues or a hue in the drawing. Ah, careful, slower cursive would have to be engaged. The spine/binding on the second simply sang with gravitas. The third seemed to call out for philosophical musings of import. To use any other writing instrument than a fountain pen in them would be sacrilege.
Agreed completely on all counts. I will need to be very be careful either way the illustrated one. Thanks.
Thanks! Such fun! Looking forward to more. 😊
Thank you!
I'm happy to see a Clive Barker inspired prologue. Im certain the Coenobites would be proud to dub thee fountain pen face haha
Thank you!!!!! No one got that reference! I appreciate it so so much! I love throwing out Easter Eggs and many get missed entirely. Gold Star to you!!!!
I loved Digital Dark Age, so informative!
Thank you!
Thanks Hemingway, so glad you enjoyed your trip. I'm in love with this Florentine journal and would love to have one of my own. Love that the contents are so PreRaphaelite and 19th century.
Thank you! The link to their website is in the description. A quick check didn’t show that one, but you could try contacting them for one. I wish I had bought two!
@@HemingwayJones Yes!!
I just hope they regularly have them, because for now they only have one and ship abroad for shoping starting €200.
Thank you for sharing your trip! I hope you'll tell us more... what beautiful journals! I'm looking forward to seeing the Elf pen next year.
Thank you so much! It was a great trip. I ran out of time. I’m thinking of hopping back on, maybe over the weekend for an informal expansion of this episode. What do you think?
@@HemingwayJones Yes please!! An hour is definitely too short to talk about such an amazing trip. I think we would all love to hear more about Italy through your eyes, as well as what Helen and Imogen loved about the trip. I'd love to see the tarot deck that Helen acquired too.
I feel like those decks would have to be part of it.
Enjoyed your review of your Italy trip very much. I have a friend going in April and was looking for shopping suggestions for pens and journals for her. I've been watching your channel for a few months now and find much pleasure in them. I also like your library, partly because I have several of the same titles in mine, not all read yet. At 74-years old I don't have the same pen budget as you but was heartened to hear you also buy pens under $150. I generally stay under $100, my most recent a Monteverde Ritma with medium nib which writes very smoothly. Congrats on your weight loss and improved health. I've lost 70 pounds since January with the Mounjaro injections and am feeling much better. Only 110 to go.
Congratulations on your weight loss journey! Well done! Thanks for the kind words.
Yeah, whoo, that panic stuff. It is hard to know what has subconsciously programmed us. Like that sudden epiphany, we can have sudden panic. Most programs have an organized outlet, but some are dysfunctional. Read a story recently where a young Surveyor just passed out cold on occasion. Turns out the trigger was the word 'mountain'. He had somehow gotten hypnotized to react poorly to that word. We are all subconsciously programmed in many ways; When their is a glitch, finding, remembering, and understanding our triggers can be challenging. (Freud) Or, conversely providing counter suggestions and self observations are used to extinguish the behavior without understanding (Skinner) are employed. Sometimes they just give meds till the patient shuts up (American).
I agree completely and this is the main drive of my journal; attempting to decipher my mind and its reactions to the world.
I loved your Digital Dark Ages episode, but I'm also fascinated by things like that. I thought it was insightful and an excellent adjunct subject to stationery. 45:32 absolutely beautiful!
I think you are probably correct about the election stymieing your digital dark ages video.
Thank you very very much! I am so glad you enjoy it! Plus the stationery! Thanks!
It was kind of a big deal.
We have parrots in Chicago! Monk parrots in Hyde Park, near the University of Chicago.
Another reason to go there! Thanks.
Hey Tim, love the haul and love the Seiko watch
The Arnie! I was feeling tactical. I always feel like John Wick when I wear a turtleneck. SNJ025 really works with it.
I'm really sorry for missing out on the digital darkage video, completely fled my mind.
I put it on my "watch later"-list, but then forgot about it.
Really like that kind of stuff: We heroic knights (and ladies!) of the "inked sword" fighting our way through the apple farm.
You love parrots? Then you would like it in Mannheim and Heidelberg... There are swarms of collared parakeet flying around here, which are so numerous that they darken the sun! Sometimes a group of them sits in a tree, bending it's branches to breaking point. (Because it just can't support the weight of 3 tons of birds.) You don't see any foliage, just birds.
Even if the MB was an unexpected purchase, I'm totally with you there. At the end of a life we tend to regret the things we passed on more, than the things we did.
I love the store of signum, firenze. Sadly, I wasn't there for some 30 years, last time was, when I was still studying at tech-school.
Thank you My Friend for the kind comment. I hope you like that video. I do like Parrots, but I recognize that they are noisy! It’s charming when you see them occasionally. Thanks for the support of the MB Wes Anderson. Thanks!
I 100% agree with your comments about replica pens. I have no interest in them - it’s terrible to piggy-back off the success of a brand (any brand) to make a dollar.
Agreed! Completely!
1. Have you been to Syracuse? It's the last remaining place on my Italy list.
2. WES Anderson? Give me Paul Thomas!
3. I caught Covid on a flight home from Dubrovnik (via Ankara).
I haven’t been to Syracuse, not even in NY! Paul Thomas would be cool as well. Robert Eggers! That would be something. The details would be perfect.
Sorry to hear about the panic attack but damn, way to go on purchasing the Wes Anderson! YEAH!!!
@@skyerandbuzz8814 Thanks My Friend! The Wes Anderson pen was a big step, but I kept thinking about the video I could make.
@HemingwayJones That is a video which will be a treat!
I absolutely loved the digital dark ages video. It is much more serious of a problem than you even skimmed on. Sorry it didn't do well.
I appreciate that and for your watching. Thank you.
I hope you filmed a bit while you were there, and we'll see a few clips in future videos?
As Number Two said, “That would be telling!” ;-) (You know me.)
The migration into Stuart Smalley is no longer dismissible.
I missed this. What does that refer to?
Love the Fiorenza notebook! Will check out Signum 👍🏻
Please do. There is a link in the description for the shop with the Tarot.
24:36 I have the same thoughts about Chinese pens. I don’t own any. You’re increasing my resolve. I have only entry level and next level pens (most expensive is a Pilot Falcon), and I’m happy.
Thanks so much! I’ve taken some heat for this, but I am defending the designers, the creators from intellectual theft. It’s best to be happy with modest pens. So many great options there!
@ yes! While I’d love to have a vintage flex pen or perhaps a Pilot FA, Magna Carta, or Montblanc, I enjoy my TWSBI 580, Lamy Safari/AL Star, and Benu Euphoria as well as my Falcon.
What?!?!? I thought Digital Dark Age was great! Don't feel bad about it!
Thanks so much! It’s just sad that it is my least viewed video ever.
I liked it, too.
another fan...
Good for you! Why stand in line to spend your money? It goes fast enough anyway.
Sincerely.
Thanks for the show! That sound is a device trying to connect as a camera or mic. You can turn it off in settings.
Sadly I can’t. It just doesn’t anyway because eCamm is garbage.
I watched the Digital Dark Age, with great interest.
Thank you!!!!
Yeah, no new pens until May 2025. Taking bets that’s not going to happen. 😂44:21
You’re probably winning that one.
A TH-camr in England uses Stream yard and she complains in frustration about it almost every show. I am not tech savvy so I can’t make any recommendations 😢❤🥰
It is so frustrating and I have a simple set up.
Sending back my raven piston filled for a nib exchange.frank in Oswego,ill
Good Luck!
"I'm not going to get involved with politics"
"It's absolute garbage guys, I don't care how well it writes. It's void of content, character, and honesty. It's just a fake louis vuitton bag, on a blanket at a train station".
You lasted 20 minutes :D
Hi. That’s not for political reasons. This is philosophical. I have issues with Chinese manufacturing, their treatment of the environment, etc. But that was not what I was speaking about. Perhaps I will at a future time. That would fall within the purvey of this Channel.
What I am speaking about here is that any product that is a copy of another is a counterfeit, is dishonest, and a mere shadow of the original. I think that a copy of an expensive pen is like a cheap copy of an expensive bag or watch.
I think that is an important distinction, My Friend.
Are you on Goodreads? And congrats on the lifestyle change and weight loss.
Thank you! I don’t know what Goodreads is! Thanks!
@@HemingwayJones Goodreads is a website that you can track books you like, are reading, and want to read and follow like minded readers to get ideas for future reads.
Interesting! Thanks.
Your introduction is way too long
No
@ one person agrees with me.
I think three people do now! Still, It’s a LIVE Stream and that’s about average and I need the time for Set up and final Check. (For all the good it did for me last night!)
Nothing happens quickly on this channel. (That’s a good thing, these days!)
Glad you got to go to Italy, but this is one video that was boring AF. I usually enjoy your videos but this one bored me to tears. Looking forward to some that will be more exciting.
Thanks so much for watching. Since you’re a regular viewer, which part didn’t you like? Was it the stationery show and tell? The rants against Chinese Pens? This is actually doing better than my usual LIVE videos, considerably, but I always love the contrarians, considering myself to be one. So kindly let me know and thanks for being a regular viewer.
@@HemingwayJones Thanks for responding. I can't put my finger on any one thing, mayb e it was the stationery/journals segment. Keep up the good work. Italy is my bucket list country to get to, I love all things Italian.
Go e-cam
It’s the worst! Although, it may be the best of the worst, since I have only used eCamm. But it is terrible.
Never thought of listing every place I went every day, but the idea appeals. Usually, I just get back at the end of the day and jot down a summary. Fun seeing your haul. Note from Imogen -- 🥲
Imogen is the light of my world. So sweet.
@@HemingwayJones Yes, she is the ap.ple of her Daddy's eye. Feel the same way about my granddaughter (2-1/2). A contradictory note: I love my Chinese pens. Have a great weekend.