Reflecting on My Fountain Pen Journey |
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 มิ.ย. 2024
- Happy Easter, pen friends! I was scheduled for March 31 since that spot needed to be filled, which is so funny as that falls on my scheduled Sundays. Thank you to @seemownay and @lianelikes for leading the way with this 8PenQuestions hashtag. It's a very fun train of questions to reflect upon my fountain pen journey thus far. If you're interested in joining this hashtag and doing a video of your own, please contact Seemonay or Liane Likes on IG or YT, or just post one of your own and be sure to tag them so they can put your video on the playlist. You can also request for an invite to Seemonay's discord via either of them.
I hope you guys enjoy this video and thank you so much for watching!
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00:00 Intro
02:23 Question 1
07:07 Question 2
10:12 Question 3
16:50 Question 4
22:36 Question 5
26:51 Question 6
28:17 Question 7
35:00 Question 8
37:45 Outtro
🖋️ The 8 Pen Questions:
1. When and how did your Fountain Pen Journey begin?
2. Favorite inks in the beginning? What are your go-to inks now?
3. How have your ink and pen tastes changed over time?
4. Are there inks & pens that you have yet to try but would like to?
5. What is your Holy Grail Pen?
6. How many pens do you currently own?
7. Do you have a limit on pens (or inks) in your collection? Is it a number? Is it a feeling? When do you know that you have reached your maximum?
8. Consequently, what would you do if another pen/ink came along?
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I enjoyed learning more about your fountain pen and ink journey. How quickly many of us go from thinking anything over $25 is expensive to being more than willing to pay a few hundred dollars for the right pen. I also agree about the importance of not having so many pens you forget about a lot of them and never use them.
So true. I went from never paying over $50 to never paying over $100 in less than a year😅
Hi Ursula, that is absolutely so true and funny. I still am astounded at how I look at the price of the newest exclusive Leo and it's 200 and I'm like, "that's normal, that's good". Hahaha, when before, a simple black pen with some maki-e being 170 is too much!! Thank you for sharing your thoughts on my discussion, too. I appreciate it!
Yes to a Sailor fountain pen collection, I can't wait!!! And such helpful tips on selling and shipping!
Yay!! Yes I can’t wait to share my sailor collection with you guys!
I found fountain pens through bullet journaling too. I think it rekindled my love of all stationery. I have more pens and notebooks than I care to admit and I love them all.❤
Haha!! I also have more notebooks that I don't use and don't share 🤭 way too many bullet journal type journals I've yet to use and play around with. So lovely to hear you also came to fountain pens through bullet journaling too, Keisha. Thanks for sharing and watching ❤️
I feel what you mean about cigar-shaped pens. My exception is the Benu Skulls and Roses, which fits my aesthetic so well that I love it despite the general shape
Ooo that’s a beautiful and unique looking pen! And yeah! There’s always one or two cigar pens out there that calls to us specifically! Glad you have one you love in your collection!
Great recap Lao. I started with Kawecos, Lamys and then Twsbi….. never thought I would pay more than that kind of price for a pen……needless to say, I have done …. Conklin, Sailor, Pilot VP, Tibaldi, Nawhal, one Leonardo! Haven’t bought a pen since March 18th so you are doing better than me…… I couldn’t resist the Estie Winter white. However, I have not paid more than £180 for a pen which I feel good about, but never say never….. always enjoy your videos, looking forward to many more. 🖊🖊🖊
Never say never! You can always save up for a big one! lol thank you for sharing your line up of fountain pens over the years too! It’s so amazing how fast we go from pen to pen XD but the journeys a bit slower for others and that’s totally fine, too! And yes please look forward to even more fun videos!
I am new to this channel, and I love ❤️ it! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences 🙏 ❤
Hi Karina! :) So glad to have you here, thank you so much! I hope you enjoy some of my other videos, too! ^_^ What are your favorite pens you're using at the moment?
Thank you for sharing! I also started out with more conservative pens haha... and now I like colour too! I loved seeing your pen wish list journal - I remember when that video was released by you! So fun!
:D Thanks Lily. I also enjoy looking at my Pen Wish List because the cover is just so aesthetically pretty! Haha, and seeing each pen in full color and decorated is very fun. Thanks for watching ^_^
@@KenchanKrafts Yesss I love how it has lots of pictures haha I am a visual person! My pleasure!
love you!!!! so happy to see how far you have come!
Love you, too! You're responsible for where I am now sharing lots of lovely FP information with the world ;) Thank you!
Your enthusiasm for your pens and inks made this such a fun video to watch, Lao! Couldn't stop staring at all of the inks in the background, hehe. I can relate to your bullet journal beginnings. While my pages weren't nearly as beautiful as yours, it can certainly take a lot of time. 😅Discovering Hobonichi and then fountain pens was a door to a whole new world. Your Leonardo collection is fabulous!
Also is that Wriothesley from Genshin Impact in the background?
Thank you, Ru! It’s always so great to see your comments! And I’ll get straight to the most important point you made, YES, that is Wriothsley bae! I love him so much! Thinking of getting a big statue/figure of him lol. I’m sure your bullet journal pages were super cute, too! I hope you’re enjoying your white salt furore! The green ink you chose was a beautiful pair to it!
Ooh that's awesome! I alternate between Wriothesley and Tartaglia as my main dps characters. I bet he'd look cool as a figure! And yes the white salt furore is such a joy to write with, I reach for it every day. I was also really lucky with how smooth the nib was straight out of the box.
@@ruonpaper YES!! Wriothesley and Tartaglia!!! Those two are my favorite, it's no surprise we both choose those two! XD You should watch out for my Health Planning and (Special Guest) Unboxing video >< it'll be very fun, I hope! ^_^ And yes, I've only had 1 Leonardo that wrote a bit scratchy out of the box, but it was my Mother of Pearl, and I'm actually quite ok with the small scratchy feedback of the stub nib. They all write so nice - very well tuned, at least, for me I was lucky not to get the 1% of bad nibs!
Loved this, Lao! What a thorough explanation of your collection and why you buy (or don't buy) certain items! I adore learning about my friends' tastes and this was a joy to watch!
-- Kim
YAY! Thank you, Kim! ^_^ Happy to hear it was fun to watch! ♥Hope to make more fun videos to watch or listen to in the background while you work :P
Fantastic video! I was with you until you tried to convince me that cigar-shaped pens are ok. No way. 😉🤣
I loved hearing your thoughts and your journey. Personally I am not sad that I have some strongly-held opinions about pen aesthetics, because it helps my wallet. I will try to keep my heels dug in for this for that reason alone. 😅🤣
AHAHAHA!! Oh Maria, I should have just quit before I got to the cigars! LMAO!!!!!! I still dislike cigars, so THEY MUST BE PERFECT! I have already sold my laurel green Platinum Century - it was not perfect, but the Chai Latte is. My Aurora Volterra is perfection. The Custom 823....writes like perfection, but very blah in aesthetic. I applaud you for having strongly-held opinions on aesthetics. My wallet hates me for my preferences for shiny and colors! Thanks so much for watching and listening to my journey ^_^ ♥
@@KenchanKrafts I do have a 3776 Nice Pur, so obviously there are some exceptions... but that's one I bought before I realized how much I don't gel with non-flat-tops. Hahah
Your bujo spreads look great, though I completely understand why you decided not to share videos creating them. Lol, I started off using TWSBIs and Kawecos. I rarely use them, too. I want to buy the Shape Of Heart in chai latte soo bad, it's stunning. Wow, I've never seen the Pilot Vanishing Point in bamboo forest before. I can see why you want it. 😊
Thank you, Brittany! I think after a little over a year of doing TH-cam videos, I might have a better way of recording and condensing my time with what to actually record and what I can edit out - If I ever get back to bullet journaling for some other things, I may add that to my list of videos. But fountain pens and bujo's are slightly different with whom their audiences are on the TH-cam algorithm, so it'll be tough for me to do BUJOs here now xD
I am planning on scrapbook decorating the Bamboo Forest VP Into my Vision Board/Wish List journal, so I hope to make it look as beautiful as the pen and manifest getting it someday!! XD
If I didn't do TH-cam, I'd probably sell all my Lamys and TWSBIs by now haha! But I must keep them to help everyone when they ask me questions so I can show a visual (i.e. nib writing differences).
I hope you're able to get the Chai Latte Shape of Heart. She is just stunningly gorgeous!!
I loved hearing your answers Lao, thank you for sharing 🙏🏻 I love seeing your wishlist book 😍 I save all my packaging materials too! Saves so much money. Hope you have a wonderful weekend 😊
Yay!! We’re frugal buyers! 🥰 thank you for watching! I’m so happy my pen wishlist brings you joy. It’s such a fun pop of colorful inspiration to look back at. Hope you have a great weekend as well!
I enjoyed this so much! Im excited to see how your answers would change for next year, if they change at all. Also Happy Easter 🐰
xD Happy Easter, Stareena! I wonder how it would change...for sure! I've always disliked Montblanc or didn't care for it, but we'll see how that changes once I try one out.
I don't remember hearing about how you got into fountain pens before. So happy you joined in on this tag. 😊 Happy Easter!
:D Well, now you know ^_^ I added the story about my bullet journaling to this year's version of the 8pen questions :) I still really love and enjoy decorating and creating spreads like that in bullet journals, but they are very time consuming! Happy Easter, Amy, and thanks for watching! ♥
Loved your video and hearing about your journey and pen/ink taste!
Hi Julia! Thanks for watching my video ^_^ Glad you enjoyed it ♥
I am in that stage where I’m still in shock/feel guilty that I would spend over $150 for a pen. I am definitely trying to only buy pen/nibs that I am likely to constantly use. I wish I had bought a few cheap beginner pens just to make sure fountain pen was for me. Now I want to streamline my collection. I am currently into Asian made pens, typical extra-fine love but architect, and surprisingly stub are intriguing. The long knife blade on Hondigan N9 has won me over with shifting to certain nibs rather than pens. (Still looking at Pilot 823 in waverley or posting nib).
That’s very interesting! I don’t think I’ve reached the part of my journey where I’m more interested in unique and specific nibs because I enjoy the specific nibs I like right now. I’m sure once I get exposed to different nibs that suit my style, I will probably get into that phase too! And what’s the most expensive pen you’ve bought that’s 150+? XD looking back, I’m shocked at myself for NOT being shocked at swiping my card for an expensive 200+ pen haha!! But some pens I will praise because I remind myself it’s not worth the price and I’m in a financial bind. I’m not shocked at the price and me actually buying it, but I try to think logically depending on my current situation 😂
@@KenchanKrafts Recently bought Pelikan M605 Stresman and fortunately loving it, the most expensive steel nib pen is Esterbrook Estie with Journaler nib.
@@tawallah77 Streseman's are very classy looking :) I thought Pelikan's writing experience was quite normal at first, and then after writing with mine for a while and comparing it to my jowo nibs, I can definitely feel the difference and it is quite amazing! Love Pelikan's unique writing experience. Esterbrook Estie Journaler nibs are great! But I don't have one xD My Journaler nib is on my Sailor gold nib - which I love XD
So excited!!! Love the hair cut 😊
Thank you!! I love my haircut, too! My hair stylist and I were chatting a good storm about family and therapy when I told her my job, and she really put time into making it look great for me!! ♥
So handsome with your haircut! Isn't it funny how we go from, oh no $50.00 is a lot, to, that Leonardo is priced just right. 😅 Tha VP bamboo forest is STUNNING. Your videos are always so thoughtful, thorough, and a joy to watch!
🔥 crazy a lot! 🔥 🤣🤣🤣
CRAZY A LOT!!! ♥ hahaha!! ^_^ Thank you so much, Adriana 🥰 I love my new cut, my hair stylist was so nice and did such a great job while we had a good long chat! Gave her a good tip for this handsome haircut haha. And yeah...I still can't believe I thought 50 was expensive, but also, past me might be like, "Why the F*** are you spending so much?!" 🤣 I really wish the Bamboo Forest will come down to 500 someday. Thanks so much for your lovely comments, as always! ^_^
You got me at 15:31 I need to find the right combo and the feedback will be good! I’ll be watching your Sailors 🎉 tfs!
Hi Anita! Yes, when you pair smooth inks with a Sailor nib, that grind on the page will be so much better!! :D And if ya still dislike it, then Sailor as a whole might just not be for you. That's certainly a possibility, but I love Sailors so much that I just want everyone to be able to experience how wonderful they can be xD Thank you for watching ♥
Great to learn more about your journey and appreciate your beautiful collection.
Thank you for appreciating my collection, Jamie! :) and Thank you for being here! ☺
Lovely video, friend! Your Leonardo collection is beautiful!
Thank you, Yureli! I shall need to do a Leonardo only collection video xD and make the video production as pretty as the Leos themselves xD
I really enjoyed this. I have a few pens on my list…but you will have to wait..lol
;) The Pilot VP Whisky and Forest Green, right? hehehe, can't wait to see what your grails are, Monica! Thanks for watching and enjoying your Sunday with my chatting! XD ♥
I don't have the Naruto MB pen, but I did buy the orange ink associated with it and it is my FAVORITE orange!
OMG Chris, that's so awesome! Might I trouble you for an ink swap sometime between our Montblanc inks? XD Yu-yake and Red Fox are my favorite oranges (although red fox is slightly more reddish brown, but it has orange in it, too). I've always wanted to see how the Naruto Orange ink looked. Great to hear you are loving it!
Sure! I only have a few, I have that one, the Beatles purple, irish green, and gray. I'm so sad I missed out on Corn Poppy Red, but I did manage to find that in cartridges.@@KenchanKrafts
This was a great video and so interesting to see how so many people started in this hobby. One of my first bottles of ink was also Edelstein's apatite as well. I'm a big turquoise/teal lover.
:D It really is, it's nice to see similarities and different paths from everyone! Looks like we're both Turquoise/Teal lovers! ^_^
Loved your video! We had similar feelings about trying to making bullet journal videos. Only my videos were longer than 2 hours of footage because I was trying to film my art and monthly set-ups. And then I was trying to cut them down to 15 min videos. Needless to say, I didn’t last very long. 😅 i have two Kobe inks and I must say that I’ve been so impressed with how they flow in all of my pens (I mostly have EF and F nibs, which I’m slowly learning can be challenging for some inks!). Very excited for your future Sailor collection video! ⚓️😍
Yeah, my videos would have been longer than 2 hours, too, but I realized that it takes too long to think and create (plan, draw, color, and decorate) - so I decide to just cut the video and end the thought of trying to make videos out of them! haha. Yeah, Kobe inks lubricate Fine and EF nibs so well, and helps to write smoother, yet maintaining a fine line. Thanks for coming by to watch, Alison!!
I really enjoyed your fountain pen journey. So nice that you started with Lamy. Rachelle in Seattle
Thank you, Rachelle! So happy it was enjoyable!! Lamy still has a place in my pen heart, even though the grip sections don't fit well with my specific tripod grip. I don't think I'll ever sell my Turmaline, but they are so cheap to sell, I'd probably rather just penable others with the ones I don't want anymore from my collection, or use them to test shimmer inks :) What pen did you start with?
Loved this, Lao! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, Matt!! So happy you enjoyed it ^_^ Haven't seen your comments in a while xD I hope you're doing well! Thanks for watching
@@KenchanKrafts aww thanks Lao, still watching all your videos and doing well, just a lazy commenter. 🙂
@@unhealthy_levels_of_matt Haha, that's good to hear! And that's totally fine, I'm a lazy commenter sometimes, too XD Thanks for always watching and your support! ♥
I’m a total pushover for Japanese lacquerware, so a Platinum Maki-e or Pilot Urushi Custom would be an ultimate grail for me. Your collection is truly an enviable one. My biggest purchase so far has been the Pilot Elite 95S burgundy/ivory, but I’m considering a Sailor Pro Gear or Pilot Custom 823 or 743 next. Since you like softer colors, have you tried Pilot Murasaki Shikibu or Hana Ikada?
I am using Murasaki Shikibu right now in my very thin and dry Kaweco! :) It looks beautiful since the pen has a drier nib so I can see the softer purple tones from Murasaki! Have you tried a Sailor Pro Gear before? The feedback is quite prevalent if you're not used to feedback louder than Pilot or Platinum. And the size is definitely bigger than the Pilot E95S - how are you loving that pen? :) I sold mine because it was too small for me, but it was sad because that pen is very beautiful. I also would love to have a true Maki-e Platinum pen someday! I'm hoping to add urushi, maki-e, and raden onto my Pelikan M1000 within the next 2 years xD But I'll need to think of a design that is truly meaningful for me. Thank you so much for watching, Chi! ♥
@@KenchanKrafts I have not tried the Pro Gear yet, so I’m not quite sure if the more pencil-like nibs will be for me. I do like a bit of feedback and finer to medium-fine Japanese nibs, as slippery nibs make my handwriting messier, and I find my penmanship to be better with finer nibs. I absolutely love my E95S! I originally wanted to get a fine instead of medium nib, but since Pilot discontinued the burgundy/ivory E95S, the medium was the only one in stock at a distributor. I have no regrets making this my first gold nib pen, which I keep inked up with Pilot Yama Budō. I like using the toothier Midori MD paper, and use a shitajiki when I write with my Tomoegawa notebook, so I have tricks to pair with the slightly slippery E95S nib. Do you know if the cheaper steel nib Sailor 1911s provide an enough of that characteristic Sailor “feedbacky” aesthetic that they could help me decide if I would like that nib feel?
@@chi-towncalifornia5916 I think you can also get Sailor PGS 14k MF nibs for 70-90 dollars on Amazon at the moment to test if you like it. If you don't, you can always return it (assuming you have Amazon prime with free returns) xD I have not used steel nib Sailors before, but I can tell you that with a Pilot ink in the Sailor PGS MF nibs, it'll feel smooth with the feedback and should also dampen the feedback a bit. This E95S is definitely a buttery smooth nib xD so I'm impressed you were able to work your way around it to create a less slippery experience! :) You can always also try a drier flowing ink to increase the drag of the ink/nib onto the paper, too.
If you arent against the whole Mock type pens the AMOCK m800 is exactly like the Pelikan m800 except they have schmidt / bock nibs I traded with Dough Rathbun in Canada cause he really likes the Galaxy finishes and I love this pen its somothe and the same size and the clip kinda looks like a pelikan ;P and if you want the experiance of the montblanc 149 but not the cost the Wingsung 630 comes in all kinds of colors now from opaque with the slit and window version to transparent translucent colors with flat bottom and cigar finials which I got the Red with a medium nib and flat top and I dont know but I think its bigger than a Sailor King of pen ?! but I have never felt a king of pen so I dont know and if you want flex the fountain pen revolution himalaya with a ultra flex nib is the way to go hands down but my favorite pens are the Noodlers konrad with a fountain pen revolution Ultra flexs nib
Thank you for sharing your thoughts about those pens, Miss Marilyn Darlin'! I do like my pens to be the actual brand - I know...that can sound very high and mighty xD but the only reasons I'd probably get the dupe pens would be to share my thoughts and comparisons on my channel, but there are a ton of other videos people have already done on these comparisons that I don't feel like my channel or others would benefit too much from my take on them xD I have tried Jinhao 82s and I do not like them, sadly, despite all the great reviews they get. My Mahjon VP dupe is terrible, despite many loving theirs. So...I just haven't had great luck with meshing well with the dupe pens. I feel my reviews on them would be VERY BIASED XD as much as I shouldn't or wouldn't want to be. I do like the pretty bright colors of the Admok pens xD they're quite cute, indeed! Hmmm....I should do a poll to see if my viewers would like those kind of reviews from me. I do want to be able to give my viewers access to more affordable pens, too, that do write well or decent and not break anybody's wallets. Anyways, we can probably go on forever about this discussion haha, thank you so much for stopping by, MMD!
Lao!! My first pen was the LAMY Tourmaline as well. Then my second one was the TWSBI 580 Prussian Blue…. How cool is that ❤
Loved your video, I have enjoyed getting to know you over the past month or so. You’re lovely, and I’m happy to call you a friend! I’m happy I fell upon your Visconti Unicorn Galaxy video 😊
♥♥♥ That is so amazing, Charis - how our journey has such parallels!! It's like we walked the same stars in the galaxy! XD I love it. And so happy it was my Unicorn Galaxy pen you found me through! One of my FAVORITE turquoise pens!!!!! I miss it! It is in Italy right now getting fixed. Can't wait to get it back and share another video about the whole warranty and repair process! So happy to call you my friend as well! Thank you for your support of my channel and all the small bits of pen talks we have! ^_^
@@KenchanKrafts yes! I completely agree. I haven’t even told you the news, I snagged a previously loved Visconti Unicorn Galaxy for an excellent price! I couldn’t believe my luck. It writes like a dream 💙🌈 I need to go on a pause for my budget for a little bit. Getting ahold of that Twilight VP shocked me… but then to get the Visconti Unicorn! Wowza.
I signed up to do my very 1st TH-cam video for this questionnaire. I’m scheduled for the 17th of April. I’m nervous!
@@charis_explores You will do great!!! :) I will have a reminder/alarm for your video haha :D And I remember telling you not to get the Unicorn Galaxy for 600, it is NOT worth it, look where you are now! Shopping smartly!! ^_^ So happy you got it for a great price! I think mine was 380 and I am happy with that! GO UNICORN GALAXIES! XD
@@KenchanKrafts 👏🏼🥰
I believe the Kobe inks are made by Sailor, the bottles are the same as Sailor Jentile inks used to use. (Gentle inks now discontinued, but some of the colors are now in different series, like Shikiori) Interesting video, thanks. Birmingham Pen Co has some very interesting complicated murky dusty colors.
Hey Tom! Yes, Kobe inks are made by Sailor!! ^_^ Happy you know that, too! Sailor makes a lot of inks for other retailers/brands, and Kobe is one of them. I could tell without even researching Kobe up because they have the same chemical smell xD My Kobe inks smell like my Sailor Shikiori and Manyo inks. And yeah, I remember seeing some videos of people using Sailor Jentle inks and thought it was interesting that Kobe used that same bottle shape. I wonder if those were as expensive as these Kobe inks. Thanks for watching this video, Professor!
@@KenchanKrafts Sailor Jentle inks were their standard ink line. Regular Sailor price. I still have some Sailor Jentle Black. The smell of Sairlor inks is their biocide, I believe.
thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching, Marie!
I think that my new goal with Fountain pens, will be
"Figuring out , what is special enough about a pen....that makes one , want to spent $500 or more 🤑 💲💰 on obtaining it , when you can get 25 good functional fountain pen models for $500 "
I can't understand this luxury price point purchasing path...LOL
What am I missing out on ??
The Personal Beauty of the material, to the Pen-Carrier ?
The Rarity of the Pens Material ? (Comet material / Moon rock / volcano material / rare ocean material /gold or platinum / fine woods / high-quality resins or precious gemstones / sterling silver or celluloid.) ~ limited edition
The Nib materials or its etching ? Soft 14 carat gold / 18k gold /
The one of a kind Art design on the pen barrel, cap, clip ?
Ornamental components such as clips, rings, and decorative trims. These are often made of precious metals or adorned with gemstones, contributing to lofty price tags.
Is it the Complexity of the Pens Design ? mass production Vs handcrafted ?
is the functionality of the pen, ? (smoothness, availability of different nibs, ink flow etc )
Is it a Trend thing ? A Pen Company Branding thing or a personal image thing ?
Is it a mental illness ? Compulsive buying disorder (CBD) / Impulse buyers disorder ? Poor budgeting or increasing ones credit ? feeling pressure from TH-cam influencers ??
More money , than brains, especially with the inflation era , that most of us, are all surviving in ? LOL
27:31...That is a Fantastic inventory listing you have created....I LOVE IT !!
I only wish now, that I completed my Computer skills course and learned how to do this program...😍👍🌟🌟🌟
suggestion : I would create a fresh seperate vertical row , just to make the NIB SIZEs stand on out . Besides that....this is perfecto
28:18....Wow...I better slow it down, comparing myself to you...I've accumulated :
In 4 yrs over 200 Gel pens
100 ball point pens
and in 4 months, I've got 51 fountain pens and 20 calligraphy pens.
I am just getting started....I think I need Fountain Pen intervention therapy ..LOL
😂👍 😅 😂 🤣
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OUTSTANDING Job with putting the TIMESTAMP in the Description...really appreciate that, when I rewatch it, and hear your answers.
Hello my friend! All those thoughts in your first long paragraph about fountain pen prices!!! I have my own thoughts and wanted to make a video giving my objective thoughts about that topic!!! All of those areas contributing to high price of pens and actually buying them are so completely valid and most are probably true for a lot of us! Please look forward to that video once I come up with an organized way to express and record my thoughts on that topic XD
I like that suggestion about my pen excel list. I shall add another row for the nib size! And I always do timestamps to help people search for specific things they want since I tend to make long videos for either discussion or I just ramble sometimes. Glad you find them helpful!!
@@KenchanKrafts 🤩👍🌟🌟🌟🌟
I’ve written with the Naruto pen and it wrote like a dream. I do have a few Montblanc and I recommend writing with some vintage ones. The Boheme is a magical little pen as well as the baby.
Ooo, that is very reassuring and amazing to hear. I heard that Montblanc nibs are a big on a stiffer side, which would be great for me, since I don't mind a stiffer nib. But I definitely am not used to very soft springy gold nibs, though they do give such a different kind of experience. Would you say your Montblancs have some softness to them, a lot of softness, or quite stiff? And yeah, I definitely should try at least one vintage pen at the Chicago pen show this May and report back!
I think they are a bit soft with a light springiness.
The nib on my Boheme isn’t bouncy but just has a lovely flow and evenness to the writing.
The Baby feels a little bouncy but in a controlled and comfortable way.
It’s not flex but it has just a hint of it.
I’m not a flex nib person and I love the way this writes. It’s a medium nib that flows very generously. It’s almost a broad flow.
The Boheme is a medium and is more controlled.
The 144 is a Fine and is vintage (90’) perhaps.
It’s smooth and perfect but again, generous with the ink flow without being too much.
I hope this helps.
The Naruto I wrote with was also a very wet writer and flowed beautifully. I can’t remember the nib size but I loved the coloring of it.
@@Instaraxx Thanks so much! That's a lot of great information. That checks with what I know about how most montblanc inks are a bit dry to pair with their wetter writing pens. I like that they flow well and wet! That's great for the softer drier inks I'd like to use. I do like a controlled softness/bounciness :) I know I don't need a 149 since that nib is probably as big as the M1000. I just need a lovely everyday nib size from Montblanc 🤗 Now to decide if I want Fine or Medium...😅
Thanks again for sharing your insights and experience with your Montblancs! Truly appreciated!
Looking for your Sailor collection video!
Thank you, Timmy! I'm excited to film that one and give you all closer looks at all the beautiful Sailors.
I'm just getting into kobe inks. What are your favorites? Thanks for sharing your journey, Lao!
I love Suidosuji Marche blue - such a beautiful blue teal. I also enjoy Sumiyoshi Uptown Jade green - a lovely dusty jade! I'm basically in love with all the Kobe bottles I have, which are about 6 of them. They're just fantastic!
@@KenchanKrafts nice! I have a sample of uptown jade coming
@@FountainPenNews You will LOVE it!! :) Check out my very first ink swatching video in my Ink Exploration playlist and you'll see my very first reaction to that ink ahahah!!! It's ridiculous!
Hi Lao. I enjoyed your video. You and I have similar tastes in our pens. I plan on going to Chicago, so I hope to see you there and we can meet up. I will have my 149 with me if you want to try it. I have a friend who sells MB some Vintage I would be happy to introduce you.
That would be so amazing, Clare! I would love to try out your Montblanc 149s and if you have a 146, I'd love to try that, too! I think I would prefer a 146 over the 149...unless I simply love the bigger nib lol!! Then I may also be tempted to maki-e and radenify a 149. If you come to Chicago, it would be so amazing to finally meet you in person!
Im here 🎉
Yay!! Thanks for coming! XD
I want to try a Scribo
Yes, you and me both ^_^ I'll share my experiences after the Chicago pen show to see how it meets my expectations.
March 6th!😅
Haha! Yes, it's been almost a month of not buying a pen and I am proud of myself. I usually buy one every week or every other week hahahaha!!
@@KenchanKrafts I hope I just made my last purchase last night. A Pilot Custom 74. Would be nice if I didn't get anything more until SF Pen Show. I'm going to shoot for that.
The very first time I noticed that you play ffxiv (perhaps?)
xD I do! I am a cute little Lalafell right now. I have art of my Miqo'te (in the best Ninja gear from Shadowbringers, I believe) and Lalafell gang above me as you can see in the video haha. Nice to see another FFXIV player, too (perhaps?) 🤩
@@KenchanKrafts lol ya! I’ve been an au ra mostly since HW time. It’s so darn rare to see xiv players in fountain pen community! I started mixing inks to do xiv themes and write lyrics but I don’t think anyone actually understands 🤣 I even wrote flow with Laban’s Hermes Skyblue (which I called the hydaelyn blue) with my diplomat traveler since I thought it was a funny combo.
@@Tsuk323 Haha, interesting! Do you have those inks shown on IG or something? XD Would love to check them out. FLOW is such an amazing music piece. Hydaelyn blue!!