Big fan of these - my first ‘proper’ fountain pen (a green one) at school. I bought a black one (known as ‘blackie’) when I was 16 - which I still have. I now have 5 of them, including 2 rare all stainless steel versions. They all write beautifully. I’ve been buying spare nibs for them, simply because I can’t imagine ever using another fountain pen.
I have fallen in love with these pens also! I just got my 4th one yesterday. I'm not all that crazy about the Italics nibs but really like the medium one for journaling , note-taking, etc. I also like the Sheaffer student pens. I had one from the late 70's and it is what started my current fountain pen journey. I have several of those also and they are reliable. Thanks for a good review!
I have seen lots of them on eBay, as you said. I didn't know much about this pen but thanks to your video I may get one. I liked the marble finish on the green pen. The broad italic nib on the yellow pen was tempting but I'm not really into calligraphy. So, probably a medium nib would be more useful to me.
I really liked your review. Sheaffer company had chosen No Nonsense fountain pen to be its calligraphy pen for no nonsense reason. I like this pen. All your four pens are MK 1 which produced from 1969 till 1999 in U.S.A. Many people say that the MK 2 which made in China isn't as great as original no nonsense. Thank you and enjoy your wonderful pens.
Thanks for your comment! Mine looks like the first black pen in the review, but i've had to tune the F nib, as it needs a fair amount of pressure to write. Will check to see if it's in fact an Mk2.
Hey Rob, wanted to thank you for this video, helped make a decision. Got a small gift card for Christmas, decided to see what was on eBay in the way of low priced fountain pens, found two Sheaffer pens with no model name. Put aside a few days, then decided wanted to know, turns out No Nonsense, then found this video. Mention medium italics are uncommon and remember having seeing both nibs say italic medium, listed only as medium. Have wanted to try italic nib, cost for doing so seemed too much, so here was an opportunity. Option to offer, so go 75 percent at $7.49, shortly later actually accepts! Hard part be waiting, USPS takes so long, probably not until late January be my guess. Oh and all my pens have been colored so didn't seem right to use black, both black and based on being wet nibs, try X-Feather so have an EDC that can use on modern paper. Think also convert to eyedropper, I prefer over cartridges and cartridge fillers, less mess.
I'm back on this video that I watched (and liked a lot) when you released it cause I have a little question. I had No Nonsense fountain pens as my school pens back in the 90's (I live in France). I started a little collection that I want to grow up to six or seven of my favorite finishes. It's not just about nostalgia, I love the simple looks and how reliable they are regarding writing performance. Anyways here's my question : if I get a ballpoint model would I be able to swap the section with one of my nib sections? I sometimes find interesting finishes or color on eBay but they're ballpoint which I don't care for. However I may go for them if I can swap sections. It looks like it could be done but I'm not 100% sure. I couldn't find the answer on FPN and such, hope you can help! Thanks again for this cool video about this great little pen
If memory serves, Fine Italic nibs were popular with musicians back in 80’s and 90’s who wrote Sheet Music by hand. That could be why these Nibs are so common?
@@FountainPenJourney micromesh? Its going to cost some money. The cheapest one comes in set of different grits i don't need. I was wondering if any household solution.
Big fan of these - my first ‘proper’ fountain pen (a green one) at school. I bought a black one (known as ‘blackie’) when I was 16 - which I still have. I now have 5 of them, including 2 rare all stainless steel versions. They all write beautifully. I’ve been buying spare nibs for them, simply because I can’t imagine ever using another fountain pen.
I have fallen in love with these pens also! I just got my 4th one yesterday. I'm not all that crazy about the Italics nibs but really like the medium one for journaling , note-taking, etc. I also like the Sheaffer student pens. I had one from the late 70's and it is what started my current fountain pen journey. I have several of those also and they are reliable. Thanks for a good review!
It's great to hear from someone else who loves these great fountain pens as much as I do!
I have seen lots of them on eBay, as you said. I didn't know much about this pen but thanks to your video I may get one. I liked the marble finish on the green pen. The broad italic nib on the yellow pen was tempting but I'm not really into calligraphy. So, probably a medium nib would be more useful to me.
I really liked your review.
Sheaffer company had chosen No Nonsense fountain pen to be its calligraphy pen for no nonsense reason. I like this pen.
All your four pens are MK 1 which produced from 1969 till 1999 in U.S.A. Many people say that the MK 2 which made in China isn't as great as original no nonsense.
Thank you and enjoy your wonderful pens.
Many thanks for your comment - I did not know about the Mk 1 and the years that it was produced.
Thanks for your comment! Mine looks like the first black pen in the review, but i've had to tune the F nib, as it needs a fair amount of pressure to write. Will check to see if it's in fact an Mk2.
I’ve had one of these for ages but never knew the model name until now. Thanks very much.
Glad that I could help 👍
Hey Rob, wanted to thank you for this video, helped make a decision. Got a small gift card for Christmas, decided to see what was on eBay in the way of low priced fountain pens, found two Sheaffer pens with no model name. Put aside a few days, then decided wanted to know, turns out No Nonsense, then found this video. Mention medium italics are uncommon and remember having seeing both nibs say italic medium, listed only as medium. Have wanted to try italic nib, cost for doing so seemed too much, so here was an opportunity. Option to offer, so go 75 percent at $7.49, shortly later actually accepts!
Hard part be waiting, USPS takes so long, probably not until late January be my guess.
Oh and all my pens have been colored so didn't seem right to use black, both black and based on being wet nibs, try X-Feather so have an EDC that can use on modern paper. Think also convert to eyedropper, I prefer over cartridges and cartridge fillers, less mess.
I’m glad that my video helped you. Enjoy your pens!
You mentioned that this pen could take a converter. Do you know the model of converter or have a link to what the converter looks like?
Can we remove feed and Nib to put in some normal writing nib
Do you know if you can use a Sheaffer Viewpoint nib on this pen?
No idea.
I'm back on this video that I watched (and liked a lot) when you released it cause I have a little question.
I had No Nonsense fountain pens as my school pens back in the 90's (I live in France). I started a little collection that I want to grow up to six or seven of my favorite finishes. It's not just about nostalgia, I love the simple looks and how reliable they are regarding writing performance.
Anyways here's my question : if I get a ballpoint model would I be able to swap the section with one of my nib sections? I sometimes find interesting finishes or color on eBay but they're ballpoint which I don't care for. However I may go for them if I can swap sections. It looks like it could be done but I'm not 100% sure.
I couldn't find the answer on FPN and such, hope you can help!
Thanks again for this cool video about this great little pen
I thought that I’d said that this odd possible in this video - anyway, yes it works 😀
@@FountainPenJourney I should have relisten to the video before asking!
Anyway thank you :)
No worries 😀
If memory serves, Fine Italic nibs were popular with musicians back in 80’s and 90’s who wrote Sheet Music by hand. That could be why these Nibs are so common?
All the ones I bought were scratchy
As with almost all vintage pens, they may need work. It’s very easy to fix.
@@FountainPenJourney micromesh? Its going to cost some money. The cheapest one comes in set of different grits i don't need. I was wondering if any household solution.