Loved the 4 part series! I shouldn't have, because I want more pens. My collection is getting formidable, and my hubby who shares the hobby with me, is thinking we need to slow down! Thanks for being an inspiration!
Hi Lynn -- at the point I was making those videos I was already knowing that I needed to slow down!!!!!! :) It did help to SEE everything in big collections like that!!!! I'm intending this (2022) will be my year to purchase only a very few pens!!!! No matter how inexpensive ... I need to have time to rotate and write with each pen and at this point my "collection" is a bit unwieldy!!!!!
@@ChrisSaenz13 totally agree! My focus right now is writing and being a diarist! I so enjoy the pens and ink, and seeing words flow. Keep up the good work, and have joy every day!
Echoing what others have said - a great collection and very enjoyable to watch. More importantly though is all that you teach us. I know these videos were a lot of work, as was the inventory, so I really appreciate your sharing this with us.
Hi Donna -- thank you. Doing this inventory has really been a great help to me! I now have multiple pen projects and feel the enthusiasm really coming back for some of those older pens!
I loved this series. I like that I just found them, because I hate to wait for the next video. You do a great job and I really love your enthusiasm. I thought I liked a fine nib, but your reasons for wanting a larger nib made me think, and pretty ink should be shown off. Happy Days! We will concur this crisis together.
What a strong finish! I’ve loved seeing your collection and hearing about all of the brands I’ve never come across before. I appreciate you sharing you collection, and I look forward to seeing some of these in the future! 🧡🖋
Hi Casey - I'm now re-organizing my storage for the pens. Mostly I rely on 2 - Monteverde 36-pen cases which I love. Recently I started using my Rickshaw pen rolls to store my beautiful Jinhao pens!
Hi Chris, i just binge on all 4 of your collection:Wow! I've started to need/want (or maybe the other way around) to inventory my collection. It started out with just a few, but the isolation of the pandemic had me spending more time on you tube and buying more pens 🤷♀️. I will try the google docs this afternoon . Great videos.
Hi Ann-Ingrid -- I made those videos partly to STOP myself from buying more pens. After that I did add the Opus 88s but I've been much more careful ... it's embarrassing how many I acquired in the first few years back in the hobby. :) Google Docs really helped me get them all listed ... ! Good luck to you and happy inventorying!!!
At the start of this year, I sold every pen I owned that was worth a hundred dollars or more. It came to a few more pens than you have. I wanted to start over, and I'm very glad I did. We didn't know Covid was going to be such a problem, but we've had the money to cover everything because I sold those pens. I kept the cheap pens because the buyer didn't want those. I didn't have many, but I do have several Metropolitans, and the Pop Purple is one of my favorite pens. It has been since I bought it. I have medium nibs on all the Metropolitans, and the width is perfect for me. So is the flow. Using the cheap pens, the Metropolitan, the TWSBI ECO and especially the TWSBI 580ALR, the Cross Bailey, and a few other brands in this price range, made me realize how much I enjoy writing with such pens. I still prefer soft gold nibs for long writing sessions, For me, they do make a difference when writing for hours at a time, but I also love writing with these cheaper pen. Despite being financially drained dry by Covid, I did put back enough to buy my three favorite go anywhere, do anything, cheap enough to lose gold nib pens, a 3776, a Custom 74, and a 1911L. I'll have to buy the very few other gold nib pens I want as, and if, money permits. There aren't many. A Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age, a Scribo Feel, and a Conway Stewart, though I'm not sure of the model I most want. Starting over has been even more fun than I thought it would be, despite Covid draining us dry. Or maybe because of it. I can't just buy whatever I want and hope it's worth keeping, but this just makes it more fun. Then I see a collection like yours and I have thoughts of building up again. I really don't want to do that. At my age I just want the handful of gold nibs, I love and will use day in and day out, and spend more time and money on inexpensive pens just for the fun of it. I really, really like your collection. It looks like a lot more fun than mine was. That's what I'm after now. Pens I can and will write with every day for my five hours stretches, and even more pens I use, but that are for pure fun. And ink, I guess. I already have more ink than I could use in a lifetime, with more coming every week, mostly than to you. Between your ink reviews and the doggone unmentionable site with all those beautiful inks on it, I'm buying inks I didn't even know existed. One of your last videos made me order three new red inks, which I certainly didn't need, but the two that arrived yesterday were beautiful, and the Red Dragon is coming tomorrow. Bah, humbug. Sorry to ramble on so much. Really good video here, and ty\he ones you're doing right now are wonderful, and informative. Too informative, I think. I keep buying inks because of them.
I really overbought the Chinese pens in the early days. Now I still love the X750s but some of the 599s are just irritating to me. Once I found TWSBI pens were so reliable it changed things for me!!!! Oops sorry I am such a bad ink enabler!!! :)
Fabulous overview of your collection. I have the Prefounte too (same color, same nib) and LOVE it! I agree that it's like butter. The fact that it probably never dries out is a bonus.
Chris, I love your pen collection and I've enjoyed getting to see them in this series. It was helpful hearing some of the good and bad of each pen and seeing how they compare to one another.
Hi Cathy - this whole project sure has been an eyeopener to me. I'm seeing how I get really attached to pens for sentimental reasons even when I'm not choosing them to write with that often for various reasons. I think that's okay - I just need to be aware! :) Thanks for watching!!!! I would love it if there was a swap meet for pens. Maybe after the current situation is over I will try again to establish a local pen club!
Leica is a German lens and camera manufacturer. Chris rap does this letter swapping a lot. I believe what you have there is a Moonman Lecai, since replaced in their range by the Moonman M2 and Moonman Wancai (some guess it may be pronounced like one-CHAY). Chris Rap liked the first model, but not the two that replaced it, though in general the Moonman range is excellent and almost always wins high ratings in his reviews.
Hi Seefood - I have the letter from the pen friend who sent the pen and I need to take the time to extract the details from it about the Lecai pen - all I know is it's a great writer with a superb nib I've even used on a Moonman Mini!
@@ChrisSaenz13Moonman started by making copies of other makers, the Lecai put them on the map because it was an original that earned its own recognition. Since then they added lots of excellent cheap models, but I'm trying to stick to a utilitarian collection of 20 pens ;)
Hi Sharon - you are very welcome! This was fun for me and now I'm working on the storage/organization. I don't want to buy more pen cases - I want my 2 - 36 pen Monteverde cases and my Rickshaw pen rolls to be "it". I can use my cigar boxes for some of the storage! :)
Hello Chris I have really enjoyed this series of videos and I am considering getting out my pens and looking at what I have. The thin Sheaffer pen is a Tagar I think, I have one I bought in about 1986 but then they stopped making the cartridges so I have not been able to use it for years so hang on to the cartridge you have.
In your box of mixed pens towards the end of the video, the Baoer pen is an 801 Aurora Borealis with a fine nib. These have been great videos showing your pen collection. Many thanks for showing them all to us 👍☺️
That is a lot of pens, if you ever want to give one away, I would love one!!! Thanks for these videos I learn alot about so many FPs. You have a wealth of information. Best regards always
Hi Ichiro - oh now I'm curious which two you're wanting. When I ask myself that right now I know that I've yet to clarify and refine my pen collecting.
@@ChrisSaenz13 I want a Posting Nib (PO) like Sailor has (an EF with the nib bent down slightly). And I want something with a double broad (BB) or wider (BBB, C) nib, but not a Kaweco, which has such bad reviews (BB specifically). Both seem priced double or more my price limit. If my Serendipity ever arrives, I'll look for used BB's, doubtless available on eBay.
@@peterpuleo2904 About 20. Every nib I think can possibly be useful for drawing. A few duplicates picked up along the way, when one is wet and one is dry. Plus 9 "extras", purchased before I got focussed, which are not worth enough to sell. All steel nibs, plus one titanium, which is very different (bouncy, so wet), possibly gold-like.
@@ChrisSaenz13 I have 9 "extra" pens, purchased before I focussed on nib variety, or busts. All low end, not worth enough to try to sell. They don't take up much space, so I guess I'll hang onto them for experimentation, or to give away.
Hi Chris! I love watching your videos. I would be really interested in seeing more of your thoughts on the lanbitou pens! I saw them on eBay a few weeks back but haven’t been able to find much in the way of reviews on them
Nicki Hill: Here is a list of TH-cam reviews on the Lanbitou 3059: 1. Lanbitou 3059 - Fake TWSBI Eco Pen Review by JPL 2. Hooded Lanbitou 3059 by Chrisrap 3. Lanbitou 3059s Fountain Pen Review by Chrisrap 4. Lanbitou 3059 Fountai Pen Revisited by Chrisrap 5. Lanbitou 3059 Fix Didn't Work by Chrisrap 6. Lanbitou 3059 Review Cheap Piston Filled Chinese Fountain Pen by Fountain Pen Journey 7. Lanbitou Eco 3059 by Mae Chia 8. Lanbitou 3059 Diamine Green/Black by Marilyn Darling 9. Lanbitou 3059 Budget Demonstrator Review by jk_pens 10. Cleaning the Lanbitou 3059 by Samantha Canete I'm quite sure you will discover the information you are looking for on the Lanbitou 3059.
Chris, if I could only follow one "fountain pen" or "ink" channel, it would be yours. Sometimes I think your videos are a little long, but I watch (and learn) anyway. Your collection mirrors mine in many ways; I have tons of Jinhao pens. 😊 I’m guessing I have about 250 pens in my collection. (I think I have all the shark and swan pens which I bought mainly to give away.) My favorites are my Lamy and Pilot pens, but also my Kaweco, TWSBII, and other quality pens. I absolutely love a pen that will write well even after sitting unused for months. I’ve recently decided to stop buying pens so randomly (and cheaply) and concentrate on more expensive pens (and ink). More in the $200-$500 range. Naturally I won’t be buying many of these. I intend to keep be on the lookout for great values that come along, the Amazon Basics fountain Pens, for example, recently released. I’ve been pleasantly surprised with them. So keep up the good work. I especially enjoy your ink reviews. They’re the best. Be safe; stay healthy.
Hi Frank! Thank you! I too love pens that start even after a long time! And never dry out!!! Even though I don't keep as many inked up now! Stay healthy & happy!
Rot ring It's a German word Rot means red and ring speaks for itself... You'll see a little red ring somewhere on the barrel... I'm a huge fan, so I'm really green with envy of your Rotring Pens
Hi Helen - I am eager to explore those 2 pens. I really would like one of the large capped space looking Rot rings I can't recall the name at the moment!
Ha ha ... I do have a pile of parts but in some cases I can't remember what pens they were to start with! Funny though, some folks have great luck with the same model pen I have in pieces totally unable to make it write! And other pens I have no problems with -- people mention they couldn't get them to write. :)
Would be curious to hear your thoughts about the vac-filler Wing Sung 699 if you have one. If you don't have one, I highly recommend one! M nib has been great.
Great collection of pens again ! I love these video especially while we are all in this situation together. I look forward to your videos and wondered if you'd considered doing a live stream so we can communicate in a group while we can't mix. My computers as died , the hard drive decided it didn't want to be a hard drive any more so its trashed and i need a new one , I'm using an ancient laptop which is so slow its not even funny. It cant be saved I've lost so data and emails but that is life.I should have a new one probably next week hopefully. Stay Safe
Hi Matthew - I would consider a livestream if I can figure out how to see comments/questions so I could answer them. It's something I will need to test out. Oh I hope you get the new computer soon. I always worry about losing photos so I often back up onto flash drives but I need to do that now because it has been awhile. :)
@@ChrisSaenz13 Yeah a live stream would be cool but obviously its up to you, if you don't want to don't, please don't feel pressured that was not my intention .:-)
Hi Yvonne - I love my glass dip pen. I have one ordinary dip pen that came in an ink flight and I just don't like it. I can't get a consistent line width or very many words written with it per dip!
@@YvonneRaphaelWriter I have a Moonman Mini Wancai glass nib pen - it came with a replacement regular nib but I only use the glass one. It caps securely to protect the nib & screws to post but the main thing I love is the smoothness of it & how it writes quite a bit per dip. I ordered it from eBay from China.
@@ChrisSaenz13 I use dip pens, steel and glass, about as often as I use fountain pens. I've tried a lot of brands of glass pens, and it seems like pure hit or miss to me. I have expensive ones that are so rough they won't write without a couple of hours of work on the nib, and I have three dollar ones that write as well as a steel nib dip pen, or a fountain pen. I recently bought a pack of three off Amazon, and pain eight dollars. All three are very, very smooth and will write about six sentences before the words start getting a little faint. They don't even have a brand name that I can find, and I apparently bought the last pack because they're unavailable now, and the company isn't expecting to deliver more. I mention these just to show you don't always have to pay very much money to get a good glass dip pen. I've had extremely good glass pens that cost a dollar, and completely unusable ones that cost thirty dollars. The really nice thing about cheaps nes is that it doesn't hurt if you have to buy five or six to get one really good one. It also doesn't hurt nearly as much when you break the tip on one, which I'm notorious for doing.
Hi Vanilla Sky -- I looked thru my pens and I'm just not finding one without a triangle grip but I do know that WingSung makes some of their pens with the rounded grip ... I'm just not finding the one I thought I had that was a Lamy knockoff. If I find it I'll come and answer your question properly. My friend Marilyn also has that issue and is always looking for the rounded vs triangle grips.
Nice collection (over all your videos)! I'm debating whether I should purchase a flex pen just to get the experience and not miss out... Do you have any experience with affordable flex pens? I'm pretty satisfied with my current standard steel nib pens but I'm not sure if it's worth spending more to get a flex pen, although I've heard that they can write normally (without flexing too).
Hi READComment1 - I have just my Noodler's Ahab in the flex nib department ... so I don't have a much experience at all really. I've tinkered with mine a little bit to see what it could do and it does lay down the ink very heavy on the down strokes - which then affects dry times but it can create some pretty letters if I take my time! I like how the Ahab writes even when I don't flex it.
i carry my space penn with me everywhere the thing about the space pen that ive done is i took the ink i want to fill it with over the sink with a syrenge and put the syrenge in the breather hold and depressed the sack and apon releasing squerting the ink into the breather hole untill it is full up ive tried squeezine the sack inside the ink regularly but i only get a few drops i took off the sack housing to see if i could manually squeeze the sack a way to get the ink to come up through the breather tube but it was stubborn who knows but i love that pen alot i use it every day at work and many people at my work want that pen so bad and im like nope you cant has my pen i keep it on a landyard so people wont steal it lol
Hi Marilyn -- ooo good idea! I did have some luck taking off the sack housing -- but I still was not getting enough ink into it. It writes so beautifully it's a shame it doesn't take a cartridge.
Chris, I think that mystery Sheaffer is a Targa. If you go here you can figure out the model number based on the finishwww.sheaffertarga.com/finishes/finishes.html
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I just watched all 4 videos this weekend. I even did a pen inventory because of you. Thank you! Rachelle in Seattle
Hi Rachelle -- awesome!!! I'm working on an updated pen inventory as we speak! :)
Loved the 4 part series! I shouldn't have, because I want more pens. My collection is getting formidable, and my hubby who shares the hobby with me, is thinking we need to slow down! Thanks for being an inspiration!
Hi Lynn -- at the point I was making those videos I was already knowing that I needed to slow down!!!!!! :) It did help to SEE everything in big collections like that!!!! I'm intending this (2022) will be my year to purchase only a very few pens!!!! No matter how inexpensive ... I need to have time to rotate and write with each pen and at this point my "collection" is a bit unwieldy!!!!!
@@ChrisSaenz13 totally agree! My focus right now is writing and being a diarist! I so enjoy the pens and ink, and seeing words flow. Keep up the good work, and have joy every day!
Echoing what others have said - a great collection and very enjoyable to watch. More importantly though is all that you teach us. I know these videos were a lot of work, as was the inventory, so I really appreciate your sharing this with us.
Hi Donna -- thank you. Doing this inventory has really been a great help to me! I now have multiple pen projects and feel the enthusiasm really coming back for some of those older pens!
I loved this series. I like that I just found them, because I hate to wait for the next video. You do a great job and I really love your enthusiasm. I thought I liked a fine nib, but your reasons for wanting a larger nib made me think, and pretty ink should be shown off. Happy Days! We will concur this crisis together.
Hi Kendo! Welcome!!! If I could go back to the beginning of my fountain pen journey I would try more nibs earlier on. :) Be well and happy!!!
Hai Chris, what a great overview of your collection! Thanks for sharing
Hi Marian -- you're very welcome. I may do an update this year as some pens are keepers and some being passed to new homes.
Thank you for sharing your collection 😊
You are very welcome!!!
What a strong finish! I’ve loved seeing your collection and hearing about all of the brands I’ve never come across before. I appreciate you sharing you collection, and I look forward to seeing some of these in the future! 🧡🖋
Hi Casey - I'm now re-organizing my storage for the pens. Mostly I rely on 2 - Monteverde 36-pen cases which I love. Recently I started using my Rickshaw pen rolls to store my beautiful Jinhao pens!
Hi Chris, i just binge on all 4 of your collection:Wow! I've started to need/want (or maybe the other way around) to inventory my collection. It started out with just a few, but the isolation of the pandemic had me spending more time on you tube and buying more pens 🤷♀️. I will try the google docs this afternoon . Great videos.
Hi Ann-Ingrid -- I made those videos partly to STOP myself from buying more pens. After that I did add the Opus 88s but I've been much more careful ... it's embarrassing how many I acquired in the first few years back in the hobby. :) Google Docs really helped me get them all listed ... ! Good luck to you and happy inventorying!!!
At the start of this year, I sold every pen I owned that was worth a hundred dollars or more. It came to a few more pens than you have. I wanted to start over, and I'm very glad I did. We didn't know Covid was going to be such a problem, but we've had the money to cover everything because I sold those pens.
I kept the cheap pens because the buyer didn't want those. I didn't have many, but I do have several Metropolitans, and the Pop Purple is one of my favorite pens. It has been since I bought it. I have medium nibs on all the Metropolitans, and the width is perfect for me. So is the flow. Using the cheap pens, the Metropolitan, the TWSBI ECO and especially the TWSBI 580ALR, the Cross Bailey, and a few other brands in this price range, made me realize how much I enjoy writing with such pens.
I still prefer soft gold nibs for long writing sessions, For me, they do make a difference when writing for hours at a time, but I also love writing with these cheaper pen. Despite being financially drained dry by Covid, I did put back enough to buy my three favorite go anywhere, do anything, cheap enough to lose gold nib pens, a 3776, a Custom 74, and a 1911L.
I'll have to buy the very few other gold nib pens I want as, and if, money permits. There aren't many. A Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age, a Scribo Feel, and a Conway Stewart, though I'm not sure of the model I most want.
Starting over has been even more fun than I thought it would be, despite Covid draining us dry. Or maybe because of it. I can't just buy whatever I want and hope it's worth keeping, but this just makes it more fun.
Then I see a collection like yours and I have thoughts of building up again. I really don't want to do that. At my age I just want the handful of gold nibs, I love and will use day in and day out, and spend more time and money on inexpensive pens just for the fun of it.
I really, really like your collection. It looks like a lot more fun than mine was. That's what I'm after now. Pens I can and will write with every day for my five hours stretches, and even more pens I use, but that are for pure fun.
And ink, I guess. I already have more ink than I could use in a lifetime, with more coming every week, mostly than to you. Between your ink reviews and the doggone unmentionable site with all those beautiful inks on it, I'm buying inks I didn't even know existed. One of your last videos made me order three new red inks, which I certainly didn't need, but the two that arrived yesterday were beautiful, and the Red Dragon is coming tomorrow. Bah, humbug.
Sorry to ramble on so much. Really good video here, and ty\he ones you're doing right now are wonderful, and informative. Too informative, I think. I keep buying inks because of them.
I really overbought the Chinese pens in the early days. Now I still love the X750s but some of the 599s are just irritating to me. Once I found TWSBI pens were so reliable it changed things for me!!!!
Oops sorry I am such a bad ink enabler!!! :)
I think that this slim sheaffer is Targa 1001. Nice collection anyway ;)
Thank you Karol this really helps!
Thanks for sharing your pen collection with us. I always like to see others have in their collection.
Hi Janis - you are very welcome!
Saw a couple I'll have to check out, and thanks, because I was able to tell my wife, "See? I don't have so many pens after all!" lol
Hi JG3 - I know just what you mean - I feel that way when I learn someone has a really large bottled ink collection :). LOL
Thanks so much for sharing ❤️
Hi Mark - you're very welcome!
Fabulous overview of your collection. I have the Prefounte too (same color, same nib) and LOVE it! I agree that it's like butter. The fact that it probably never dries out is a bonus.
Hi Kimbopolo - I was just amazed how super smooth the nib is! I can't wait to write the cartridge dry and use one of my inks in it!
Chris, I love your pen collection and I've enjoyed getting to see them in this series. It was helpful hearing some of the good and bad of each pen and seeing how they compare to one another.
Hi Cathy - this whole project sure has been an eyeopener to me. I'm seeing how I get really attached to pens for sentimental reasons even when I'm not choosing them to write with that often for various reasons. I think that's okay - I just need to be aware! :) Thanks for watching!!!! I would love it if there was a swap meet for pens. Maybe after the current situation is over I will try again to establish a local pen club!
What a fun collection. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Barbara!
Thanks for sharing your pen collection. You have an awesome collection
Thank you Missy Pooh!
Leica is a German lens and camera manufacturer. Chris rap does this letter swapping a lot. I believe what you have there is a Moonman Lecai, since replaced in their range by the Moonman M2 and Moonman Wancai (some guess it may be pronounced like one-CHAY). Chris Rap liked the first model, but not the two that replaced it, though in general the Moonman range is excellent and almost always wins high ratings in his reviews.
Hi Seefood - I have the letter from the pen friend who sent the pen and I need to take the time to extract the details from it about the Lecai pen - all I know is it's a great writer with a superb nib I've even used on a Moonman Mini!
@@ChrisSaenz13Moonman started by making copies of other makers, the Lecai put them on the map because it was an original that earned its own recognition. Since then they added lots of excellent cheap models, but I'm trying to stick to a utilitarian collection of 20 pens ;)
This has been so much fun, Chris!! Thanx, a ton for sharing your collection with us out here in the inter-webs!!
Hi Sharon - you are very welcome! This was fun for me and now I'm working on the storage/organization. I don't want to buy more pen cases - I want my 2 - 36 pen Monteverde cases and my Rickshaw pen rolls to be "it". I can use my cigar boxes for some of the storage! :)
I really enjoyed this series. Thank you.
Hi Susan - you are very welcome!
Hello Chris I have really enjoyed this series of videos and I am considering getting out my pens and looking at what I have. The thin Sheaffer pen is a Tagar I think, I have one I bought in about 1986 but then they stopped making the cartridges so I have not been able to use it for years so hang on to the cartridge you have.
Hi Anne -- oh wow that's a shame the cartridges are not being made. I'll have to see how long this one lasts.
Great finally.
In your box of mixed pens towards the end of the video, the Baoer pen is an 801 Aurora Borealis with a fine nib. These have been great videos showing your pen collection. Many thanks for showing them all to us 👍☺️
Hi Annie - you are very welcome!
That is a lot of pens, if you ever want to give one away, I would love one!!! Thanks for these videos I learn alot about so many FPs. You have a wealth of information. Best regards always
Hi Sandra!!!
Thanks for sharing, it's quite interesting.
My collection is nearing completion; I want two more.
Hi Ichiro - oh now I'm curious which two you're wanting. When I ask myself that right now I know that I've yet to clarify and refine my pen collecting.
@@ChrisSaenz13 I want a Posting Nib (PO) like Sailor has (an EF with the nib bent down slightly). And I want something with a double broad (BB) or wider (BBB, C) nib, but not a Kaweco, which has such bad reviews (BB specifically). Both seem priced double or more my price limit. If my Serendipity ever arrives, I'll look for used BB's, doubtless available on eBay.
How many will you have when your collection is complete?
@@peterpuleo2904 About 20. Every nib I think can possibly be useful for drawing. A few duplicates picked up along the way, when one is wet and one is dry. Plus 9 "extras", purchased before I got focussed, which are not worth enough to sell. All steel nibs, plus one titanium, which is very different (bouncy, so wet), possibly gold-like.
@@ChrisSaenz13 I have 9 "extra" pens, purchased before I focussed on nib variety, or busts. All low end, not worth enough to try to sell. They don't take up much space, so I guess I'll hang onto them for experimentation, or to give away.
Hi Chris! I love watching your videos. I would be really interested in seeing more of your thoughts on the lanbitou pens! I saw them on eBay a few weeks back but haven’t been able to find much in the way of reviews on them
Hi Nicki - I'm interested in diving deeper with the Lanbitou 3059. And I know that SBRE Brown reviewed the Lanbitou 3009 Space Pen. :)
Nicki Hill: Here is a list of TH-cam reviews on the Lanbitou 3059:
1. Lanbitou 3059 - Fake TWSBI Eco Pen Review by JPL
2. Hooded Lanbitou 3059 by Chrisrap
3. Lanbitou 3059s Fountain Pen Review by Chrisrap
4. Lanbitou 3059 Fountai Pen Revisited by Chrisrap
5. Lanbitou 3059 Fix Didn't Work by Chrisrap
6. Lanbitou 3059 Review Cheap Piston Filled Chinese Fountain Pen by Fountain Pen Journey
7. Lanbitou Eco 3059 by Mae Chia
8. Lanbitou 3059 Diamine Green/Black by Marilyn Darling
9. Lanbitou 3059 Budget Demonstrator Review by jk_pens
10. Cleaning the Lanbitou 3059 by Samantha Canete
I'm quite sure you will discover the information you are looking for on the Lanbitou 3059.
Chris, if I could only follow one "fountain pen" or "ink" channel, it would be yours. Sometimes I think your videos are a little long, but I watch (and learn) anyway. Your collection mirrors mine in many ways; I have tons of Jinhao pens. 😊 I’m guessing I have about 250 pens in my collection. (I think I have all the shark and swan pens which I bought mainly to give away.) My favorites are my Lamy and Pilot pens, but also my Kaweco, TWSBII, and other quality pens. I absolutely love a pen that will write well even after sitting unused for months. I’ve recently decided to stop buying pens so randomly (and cheaply) and concentrate on more expensive pens (and ink). More in the $200-$500 range. Naturally I won’t be buying many of these. I intend to keep be on the lookout for great values that come along, the Amazon Basics fountain Pens, for example, recently released. I’ve been pleasantly surprised with them. So keep up the good work. I especially enjoy your ink reviews. They’re the best. Be safe; stay healthy.
Hi Frank! Thank you! I too love pens that start even after a long time! And never dry out!!! Even though I don't keep as many inked up now! Stay healthy & happy!
Rot ring It's a German word Rot means red and ring speaks for itself... You'll see a little red ring somewhere on the barrel... I'm a huge fan, so I'm really green with envy of your Rotring Pens
Hi Helen - I am eager to explore those 2 pens. I really would like one of the large capped space looking Rot rings I can't recall the name at the moment!
the wing sung 3007 really likes monteverde inks with itf technology :)
Cool - I will try that when this cartridge I have in mine runs dry! And maybe I won't throw away the other one I have lol.
Hi Chris! What about a video about pens that won't work or are junk?😂
Ha ha ... I do have a pile of parts but in some cases I can't remember what pens they were to start with! Funny though, some folks have great luck with the same model pen I have in pieces totally unable to make it write! And other pens I have no problems with -- people mention they couldn't get them to write. :)
Would be curious to hear your thoughts about the vac-filler Wing Sung 699 if you have one. If you don't have one, I highly recommend one! M nib has been great.
Hi Jon that's one pen I've yet to try out!
Great collection of pens again !
I love these video especially while we are all in this situation together.
I look forward to your videos and wondered if you'd considered doing a live stream so we can communicate in a group while we can't mix.
My computers as died , the hard drive decided it didn't want to be a hard drive any more so its trashed and i need a new one , I'm using an ancient laptop which is so slow its not even funny.
It cant be saved I've lost so data and emails but that is life.I should have a new one probably next week hopefully.
Stay Safe
Hi Matthew - I would consider a livestream if I can figure out how to see comments/questions so I could answer them. It's something I will need to test out.
Oh I hope you get the new computer soon. I always worry about losing photos so I often back up onto flash drives but I need to do that now because it has been awhile. :)
@@ChrisSaenz13 Yeah a live stream would be cool but obviously its up to you, if you don't want to don't, please don't feel pressured that was not my intention .:-)
I’ve enjoyed this series! And I came back by to ask you about dip pens. Have you tried them? Why or why not?
Hi Yvonne - I love my glass dip pen. I have one ordinary dip pen that came in an ink flight and I just don't like it. I can't get a consistent line width or very many words written with it per dip!
Chris Saenz what type of glass dip pen do you have? And why do you like it?
@@YvonneRaphaelWriter I have a Moonman Mini Wancai glass nib pen - it came with a replacement regular nib but I only use the glass one. It caps securely to protect the nib & screws to post but the main thing I love is the smoothness of it & how it writes quite a bit per dip. I ordered it from eBay from China.
Chris Saenz thanks Chris! I appreciate your time! Hope you are staying well!
@@ChrisSaenz13 I use dip pens, steel and glass, about as often as I use fountain pens. I've tried a lot of brands of glass pens, and it seems like pure hit or miss to me. I have expensive ones that are so rough they won't write without a couple of hours of work on the nib, and I have three dollar ones that write as well as a steel nib dip pen, or a fountain pen.
I recently bought a pack of three off Amazon, and pain eight dollars. All three are very, very smooth and will write about six sentences before the words start getting a little faint.
They don't even have a brand name that I can find, and I apparently bought the last pack because they're unavailable now, and the company isn't expecting to deliver more. I mention these just to show you don't always have to pay very much money to get a good glass dip pen.
I've had extremely good glass pens that cost a dollar, and completely unusable ones that cost thirty dollars. The really nice thing about cheaps nes is that it doesn't hurt if you have to buy five or six to get one really good one. It also doesn't hurt nearly as much when you break the tip on one, which I'm notorious for doing.
Nice collection. Which Lamy knock-off does not have the triangular grip? My hand hurts with the Lamy grip and had to return it!!
Hi Vanilla Sky -- I looked thru my pens and I'm just not finding one without a triangle grip but I do know that WingSung makes some of their pens with the rounded grip ... I'm just not finding the one I thought I had that was a Lamy knockoff. If I find it I'll come and answer your question properly. My friend Marilyn also has that issue and is always looking for the rounded vs triangle grips.
@@ChrisSaenz13 Thank you Chris for taking the time to look at your pens. I appreciate that.
Will you also do an ink collection video?
I did one in February 2019 and then showed my ink shelf on this video: th-cam.com/video/aV3JUT0BheA/w-d-xo.html
Nice collection (over all your videos)! I'm debating whether I should purchase a flex pen just to get the experience and not miss out... Do you have any experience with affordable flex pens? I'm pretty satisfied with my current standard steel nib pens but I'm not sure if it's worth spending more to get a flex pen, although I've heard that they can write normally (without flexing too).
Hi READComment1 - I have just my Noodler's Ahab in the flex nib department ... so I don't have a much experience at all really. I've tinkered with mine a little bit to see what it could do and it does lay down the ink very heavy on the down strokes - which then affects dry times but it can create some pretty letters if I take my time! I like how the Ahab writes even when I don't flex it.
i carry my space penn with me everywhere the thing about the space pen that ive done is i took the ink i want to fill it with over the sink with a syrenge and put the syrenge in the breather hold and depressed the sack and apon releasing squerting the ink into the breather hole untill it is full up ive tried squeezine the sack inside the ink regularly but i only get a few drops i took off the sack housing to see if i could manually squeeze the sack a way to get the ink to come up through the breather tube but it was stubborn who knows but i love that pen alot i use it every day at work and many people at my work want that pen so bad and im like nope you cant has my pen i keep it on a landyard so people wont steal it lol
Hi Marilyn -- ooo good idea! I did have some luck taking off the sack housing -- but I still was not getting enough ink into it. It writes so beautifully it's a shame it doesn't take a cartridge.
@@ChrisSaenz13 yeah its really too bad that it doesnt take a cartridge that would be something
Chris, I think that mystery Sheaffer is a Targa. If you go here you can figure out the model number based on the finishwww.sheaffertarga.com/finishes/finishes.html
Hi Vic - thank you! This is awesome!