Top 3 ½ Fountain Pens for Hygge!
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- Take a break with me and romanticize the moments at home with Hygge! What is Hygge?!??Which fountain pens best fit this aesthetic?! Is this method of living good for your sense of safety and warmth? Discover what a Mac N' Cheese Pen is! All of this coming up in today’s episode!
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00:18 - What is Hygge?
00:23 - The Definition
01:00 - How Do Fountain Pens Relate to This?
01:45 - Incorporating Fountain Pens Into Hygge
01:57 - Make a Cozy Space!
03:22 - Plan A Get Together
03:56 - Luxuriate In A New Pen
04:39 - Time to Pick Some Pens
04:54 - First Pen Choice Touch & Warmth
06:36 - Second Pen Choice Meet Me At Starbucks
07:55 - Mac N’ Cheese Pen!
08:09 - Third Pen Choice Don’t Step on it with Bare Feet
09:43 - 3 1/2 Choice! Old World Comfort
11:13 - What do you think?
11:35 - Outro
12:02 - End Credits / Moment of Zen
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Thanks for the reminder we all need Hygge in our lives...and for pen people, that means creating an environment of comfort and enjoyment of the simple pleasures of owning and writing with pens you have a relationship with, not just something you grab to write something with, and the quiet joy you experience writing with it. In those Hygge moments you journal and take time for yourself, to reflect on your emotional life, what you're really feeling, your current situation and your past. It is truly a luxury no matter which pen or pens you delight in.
Thanks so much for the kind words. You write so well. Thanks for being here.
I did not realize that I was practicing Hygge, but it was reassuring to learn that I am--and we share a Hygge pen in the Esterbrook JUNIOR Pumpkin Latte. 😉 Even though my husband has no idea why anyone would need as many pens as I have, he will often suggest when he can see that I am out of sorts, "Why don't you go into your knitting room and write with your pretty pens?" He's right, it's often just what I need.
Oh, how great! Esterbrook for the win! Great choice. Yes, we all need to touch home spaces sometime. Wonderful. Thanks for being here.
Great thoughts! Another good reminder to slow down and take time for yourself.
Thanks Simon!
What delightful ways to enjoy Hygge! Also, that Esterbrook is divine!
Thank you so much, Grima!
Wonderful video Hemingway. It captures not only the essence of enjoying a fountain pen or new ink, but the inherent hygge of writing. On a side note, your comment, "Lamy Safari looks like a block of Lego," was great. I will never look at my Lamy pens the same again. LOL.
Nice! thanks Kurt! It is a Lego Pen! I still love it. Letter on its way. best!
Love the video! It's gloomy and rainy here today so I am planning a hygge afternoon myself.
Thanks so much! That sounds like a perfect afternoon!
I set a goal of more hygge this year … and didn’t even know that’s what it is! Nice Squishmallows. That JR keeps tempting me. I should get a M205 in today’s DHL. It’ll be my first beak.
M205 is top shelf! Bravo! Thanks so much! The JR is lovely. I cannot put it down.
I think a good honorable mention could be the Pilot 823
The pen makes every list! Thanks My Friend!
Great video, I’ve been practicing Hygge for a couple of years now. It’s calming effects are astounding. My choices are 1) sport brass or bronze 2) Pilot E95S 3) TWSBI Eco with a 1.1 stub 4) Pelikan 200 which I purchased this week along with a Parker 51 new gen, Penlux Masterpiece Delgado and a Pineider Avatar. Took a fantastic road-trip to Pen Boutique.
Fantastic list, My Friend! Well done. I love the Avatar. Pen Boutique are wonderful people.
I love the warm and fuzzy skull and cross bones. Great juxtaposition for hygge.
Haha! I love that Rugby! It’s my comfort shirt! All the best.
Oh it’s so easy to Hygge during the Holidays. Beautiful music and dancing holiday lights, a hot cup of coffee and the peace of mind of having time off and loved-ones near. Sometimes over the course of a day I will use a different pen every time I sit down. And… as you say… luxuriate. It’s wonderful!
Nice!
Hello Hemingway "Shall we?" Jones 😉
your calming narrative way always pulls me into a Hygge place
when watching your videos 😘 Thank you!
Thank you, Norman! I am very happy to hear this and very appreciative of you being here.
Hygge night unexpectedly and joyfully just came together with family and friends. Nothing better.
Truly! I hope all is well.
Continue to love your vision for creating a uniquely inspiring channel. Great work Hemingway!
Thank you so much!
Not at all what I was expecting, but great choices! I have them all except the JR. One thing though Hemingway, the Kaweco and Lamy are also from Germany😂. Thanks for the video.
Thanks Queen, I am glad you enjoyed it. Saying one pen is German doesn’t mean the others aren’t. Each section stands on its own and I try to pick something notable and interesting about each. Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
Ahhh, this was wonderful!!!!! I definitely have Hygge pens! My first Pilot Vanishing point is always the one i grab when snuggled in our reading chair or if I am having a long writing session. My other is a Franklin-Christoph model 65 - it has a #5 steel nib with a SIG grind by Audrey Matteson. I can write for ages and no matter how fast I am writing, the SIG nib gives my cursive a little extra something.
Nice choices! Pilot VP will be returning to my lists.
Great pen choices HJ ! I do think that finding that special, quiet place is most important.
Truly! Thanks so much!
Great video! Coffee and fountain pens, a perfect combination. Love my Esterbrook J Pumpkin Spice pen.
Great choice, Debby! Wonderful pen.
Absolutely fantastic Hemmingway! So glad I have discovered your channel. Keep up the great work.
Thank you so much! Thanks for being here!
Hello HJ. Another fine video. I have a similar technique and it's all about being mindful within each moment. I stop and enjoy each passing moment. What really convinced me about this practice was to do it while you are eating. Don't get caught up in the conversation alone. Savour each bite and discover the nuances of the different flavors and spices. Just a simple mindset when you do anything and everything. Good job. Great subject.
Thank you so much, Richard! I am glad that you enjoyed it. All the best!
I find I just naturally practice Hygge more in the cooler times of year ... and in the summer I miss being able to enjoy it as much. Except that my room I converted into a library has elements that draw us in and invite letter writing, reading and journaling so .... I'm always looking for ways to enjoy the vibe of hygge even in hot weather. My friends who prefer summer must also want to infuse winter with certain colors and elements that evoke summer. ❤😂 Lamy Safaris are great too because of all the colors they come in and easy nib swap! Such an enjoyable video and topic thank you Hemingway!
Thanks for watching, Chris! I think that I want to focus more on experiences, thoughts on journaling, writing, and less on things. I think you will see more videos like this. Thanks so much for watching!
I love sitting our garden, which is actually more of a nature reserve as we let it do its thing. There is a bench under the cabin overhang in a cool corner with a rose bush: that is where I sit and write. Sometimes I just spend time sitting and listening to the bees and watching the butterflies flit around. When we had cats they would often come and join me and we'd all chill together. Bliss!
@@debbybrown5687 That sounds idyllic! Wonderful.
It is so funny i see this today, life has been changing for me due to health issues to the point where i am now entering early retirement. I am figuring within my limitations how to still make life full and rich and my life long love of fountain pens and journal and poetry writing is I am realising a gentle way to allow my life to still feel full. I have a new old pen on the way, should be here today, a 1980´s Waterman le Man 100 Opera with extra fine nib. Apparently the nibs on these homages to Watermans first fountain pens are very soft and have a feel of the vintage flexi nibs, I can´t wait to try it.
I have been deciding which of my inks I will use in it and have decided on the Pelikan Edelstein Topaz which is a beautiful light but rich shade of blue with wonderful shading properties and good saturation.
I have been giving a spring clean to my writing desk so that I am ready to enjoy my first writing with it.
in doing all of this my mind wanders away from the pain (I have osteoarthritis in my spine) and on to more gentle loving things, it also helps keep as Winston Churchill used to call it, the black dog which has been a lifelong companion for me).
Thank you for this thoughtful video.
Hello and thanks for your kind words. So sorry about your health issues. I’ll be wishing you all the best through it. I hope you find as much joy in writing and pens as I have.
Also, please write to me and let me know your thoughts. It sounds amazing.
As someone of Danish origins, whose lived there, and still has family there it is nice to see a hyggespreder (one who spreads hygge) video. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! I hope I did it justice. Thanks!
@@HemingwayJones The video was lovely. I must thank you for challenging my perception of hygge. I would never have thought that buying myself a pen as being hyggeligt, because in my life hygge is a we not a me. It’s about equality, harmony, and shelter as well as comfort, gratitude, togetherness, intimacy, and cozy lighting. Pleasure is also important in hygge, but I’ve never viewed it as my personal pleasure. Mmmm chocolate. The purchases benefit everyone. An example would be the ingredients to make æbleskiver for advent, and the making them as a group project is hygge. I don’t want to deny that writing with my fountain pen is a moment of hygge (hyygestund), because they are, just that I am challenged by the idea of buying a pen as being hyggeligt. But why not, if it is to become a soothing item that nourishes your soul and brings you pleasure? How different is it than stocking up on candles and cozy socks so everyone has warm feet this Autumn? May your weekend be hyggehjørnet (to be in the mood for hygge). Cheers!
Ps. My best friend who is Dutch and lives in the Netherlands tells me when the weather becomes warm than things are gezelligheid not hygge, because we are experiencing life outside our home. Hygge for the cold months and gezelligheid for the outgoing dimension of the warmer months. Gezelligheid is a lot like hygge for the Dutch. I think hygge is year around, but thought I share her opinion. :)
I may check in with you and ask for help when I revisit this topic this fall. Thanks so much for the generous response.
@@HemingwayJones Happy to help should you need it.
It is a fun video. Never heard of Hygge but will incorporating the concept into my lifestyle. I also love those large journals you are writing in. 😊
Thank you, Scott! I appreciate you watching! The journals are from Bottega Obscura on Etsy. All the best!
Hey Hemingway,
thank you for the video.
I was very pleased to see the M200 in the end. I also own that grey swirl model because it is an old pen my father gave to me. He aquired it about 30 years ago, the gold plating on the nib has come off mostly but it still writes like a dream. Excellent choice!
Best wishes
Jan
Thank you, Jan! What a treasure from your father. Wonderful! I love that pen.
Hemmingway, what a wonderful video. I think we could all use some slowing down and comfort now. I've had issues with highlighters smearing fountain pen inks, but found a solution. I have a Kaweco sketch up with a highlighter crayan refill and am keeping it in a One Star leather small pen sleeve that is aging well. It fills out my analog kit when taking notes or diving into a book that I need to annotate. Great show as always.
Thanks so much and thanks for watching! I have another solution. I have a highlighter pencil. I’ve shown it on some Lives. Remind me and I’ll share it.
Fascinating how you come up with such creative videos. You added a word to my understanding. Hygge.
Thank you!
This video is great for at least two reasons. Firstly, it has made me realise, after years of the comfort of smart working, that I need to reclaim my domestic space and stop associating it with work and how to do it. Secondly, as I delve deeper into the subject, I now know that there is a specific term for the way I deal with my nieces and nephews: Hyggeonkel. Once again you have made a video that impacts my life in a positive way, so let me symbolically show you my appreciation, I offer you a cup of cappuccino 😊.
Thanks so much for the coffee, Fra! And for being here. I appreciate it and you so much!
Great video ☕
Here are two more pens that feel cosy to me, the Lamy Safari Savannah, it's matte darker green finish with a black clip looks beautiful (you can even add a black nib🙂) and the Lamy LX Maroon, gorgeous.
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Fantastic choices! Thanks for watching.
Thanks for a fun and thought-provoking video. Having thought about it, my choices surprised me. For a "comfort" pen that feels good and is a joy to write with, I'd go with my late 1940s Parker NS Duofold in chocolate brown with a free-flowing double broad nib. For an elegant indulgence of a pen, I really do like my Sheaffer Imperial Sovereign diamond cut, a pen I thought was too glitzy for me, but it has a warmth and a free flowing inlaid nib that's captivating. For a worry free pen that's light, comfortable, and writes well, it's hard to beat a Parker 45. I have a few, but my early 1960s "Arrow" with a slightly flexy broad gold nib is elegant, with an unfussy practicality. Thanks for providing a fun lens for me to spend a few minutes looking at my collection through.
Thanks Adrian! You have some wonderful pens there. I love Inlaid nibs. Shaeffer are classic.
@Hemingway Jones Thanks. I remember admiring them as a child in the 1970s so they are a bit sentimental for me. I have the Imperial Sovereign and a Pen For Men. Both spectacular writers.
Awww man that Esterbrook is dreamy. So tempted.
It is. I agree. Thanks so much.
Great stuff, T-man. Inspirational script and presentation. I ordered the pumpkin latte (D'oh!) which will be my first Etsy. Proud of you.
Laddie! Thanks so much! Always a joy to hear from you. Thanks for the encouragement! Let me know your thoughts on the Estie!
The best pen is the one in your hands right now😀
Words to live by!
Honestly, after your introduction to ‘Hygge’, I thought the pens of your choice would be some of those crazy expensive ones, but I was pleasantly surprised that those you chose were reasonably affordable ones (which I also have) !
Nice! Wonderful! I prefer good solid and affordable one. All the best.
Another great video! Thank you!
Thank you!
how fun, thanks for posting
Thank you!
I think ALL my pens are for hygge!!!! :)
Wonderful!
This is a really good idea! Thank you
Thanks!
Love the sweater! I have been enjoying the two Jinhao 82 pens that I recently ordered! One is a medium, and the other, I replaced the medium nib for a Goulet 1.1 stub. I have signed every document that has crossed my desk with that, and it’s pretty cool! I would like to find a more brilliant black than carbon black that works well with our cheap copy paper, so that’s next!
Thanks so much! Good black inks are hard to find. I have been using J Herbin Perle Noire. I’d love a high gloss black, if it existed.
@@HemingwayJones Perle Noir looks interesting, it is on the list!
Let me know what you think.
There is a movie, “The Professor and the Madman” which includes a story about the beginnings of the “Oxford English Dictionary.” In a sub plot a man teaches a woman to read and write. There is a scene where a piece of paper contains writing by each of them. The difference in the blackness of the inks is stunning. Would like to have some ink like the blacker. I would suspect, though, that for the film it was written in India ink. *sigh* The film on the whole or in parts might qualify for a Dark Academia rating!
I'm with you on your "half-pen" -- the Pelikan M200. I like the way Pelikans write and have a fair sized flock of 'em but they do have such a propensity to self-unscrew (except the steel nib 140 modern) -- a persistent puzzle and flaw in their line up.
Yes! That gets me every time! Thanks for watching.
Very Nice HJ. My pens would be my Kaweco Brass Sport, Visconti Homo sapiens Bronze Age, and my Pineider Twin Tank Touchdown. A hot cup of coffee starts the relaxation. See you Tuesday night!!
Thanks so much! Great list! See you tomorrow!
Great video! I always have my Kaweco brass sport on me, a Lamy Safari is my work pen and the Esterbrook JR is my favorite pen. Wonderful choices!
Thanks so much! Thanks for watching.
Hi. Very nice video. My choices are --- Kaweco Brass Sport with a 1.1 stub, Twisbi 580 mini with another 1.1 stub and the Magnificent Montblanc 149 with its Ef Architect nib. This was fun 🤗 Cheers.
Love the Brass Sport Stubby! Great choices. Thank you!
We use "hygge" in Norwegian as well. A friendly comment: The Y is pronounced like the y in "mysterious". A very nice/hyggelig video.
Thank you so much! I hope I did it justice. All the best.
I always do that especially when annotating books. I do not have "pens for home" as I use all of the them with a loose orientation by subject.
Wonderful! You may want to keep the Pelikan 200 at home. It gets anxious and destroys shirts! 😂
Nice!
Thank you!
I'm still working on finding my One True Hygge pen 😊 so far I seem to reach for my TWSBI Eco, a fat resin Kaigelu fine pt I got on eBay, FPRs Darjeeling and Himalaya H2 Chrome now that I've tweaked them ❤
Very nice indeed! Great choices!
Great video,wen I'd writes I put the name of the pen and ink,frank in Oswego,ill
Wonderful system, My Friend!
Hi Hemingway. I am a new follower. I am really enjoying your videos. Love your discussion on being pretentious. I am new at this hobby. I am frustrated though. My first pens were metropolitans. I love them. But I wanted to try shimmering and shading inks. I purchased a conklin with Omni flex stub. The shading inks didn’t shade. Even when filled with Iroshizuku ink, the writing experience is so much inferior to the smooth writing metropolitan. I then tried a Lamy with a medium nib. After a while, it became a smooth writer, but I still didn’t see shading in ink. I tried Sailor 123, and 224. They look sort of grey. I am enjoying swatching and watching videos. Any ideas on my journey with fountains pens? I would love to hear from your members as well. Thanks again to all of you for being so interesting and enjoyable. Celinda Levy
Hello Celinda! Welcome! So happy to have you with us. I am so glad that you are seeking out answers to these questions. Curiosity drives this hobby for me. Shummering, shading, sheen are some of the most fun aspects of ink. I find that they emerge in Medium and wider nibs better. The Stub should be brilliant. I am now wondering what it is that you are writing on? On some Tomoe River, Clairefontaine, or Rhodia paper it should emerge brilliantly. Lesser quality, not so much. This may help. All the best and welcome.
@@HemingwayJones have to agree with the paper especially 😊 I noticed a HUGE difference when I switched to Rhodia pads and the like, even with my mediums ❤ I was using high gsm journals prior and those just sucked up the ink far too fast to see any real shading.
For me when I think of Hygge I think of winter and earthtones and darker jewel tones. So that would mean my Pelikan M400 brown Tortoiseshell, and my M600 red striated with a stub nib by Richard Binder. My Waterman Carène in Marine Amber. And my new Leonardo MZG in Rubino celluloid, and my Pelikan M1000 with a rebinde in Conway Stewart Red Stardust. I would probably also try my Leonardo MZ x Pen Chalet in Brooks Golden Rule which hasn’t gotten much love yet. And my Pilot e95s in burgundy. How can I not have a Pilot in the mix?! And any of my Aurora Optimas.
All excellent choices! I need to revisit this in Autumn. Thanks!
Hey HJ, bit of a random question here but I've always wondered; what are some good starting Hemingway works to start on? Anything in particular to look for? I've been wanting to start reading again and looking for inspiration of where to start. Thanks!
Hi Joe! I take any question. So, if you like a longer story with some good action “For Whom The Bell Tolls” is great. The Nick Adams stories are good for shorter pieces. “A Moveable Feast” is a great book about Paris in the 1920s. “The Old Man and the Sea” is lyrical and a quick read. It depends what you are into at the moment.
H, I am considering the moniker " Henweigh Zappa "
Might have been an idea to have googled Oisin O'Malley before agreeing to appear on video with him.
Watching dark wet ink being laid down... black. Dark chocolate brown. The more saturated the better.
That sounds wonderful.
Danish hygge, German gemutlichkeit (missing the umlaut). Can’t think of anything in English. What is the French? Satie, of course, at least the Gymnopedies.
I love Satie! Thanks so much for watching this! I really liked this one. I should have released it in Autumn.
@@HemingwayJones Well, I found it in very late autumn which ended up being perfect for me. Thanks for the video!
@@HemingwayJones As a young musician with the Utah symphony back in the 60s we recorded a two disc set of all the orchestral works of Eric Satie. It was my first introduction. I remember it as being unusual and magic to my young aesthetic.
Wow! I adored Satie. I love how seemingly simple it is, yet -to my ears- slightly off time, slight wistful as the resolution trails the beat. I love Gnossiene (so?) as well. All 3 Gymnopedie. Wonderful that you can play it.
@@HemingwayJones Do you know the ballet “Parade?” Music by Satie and originally I think both the costumes and the sets by Picasso.
The E. Pumpkin Latte is gorgeous. A pity I already have so many gorgeous pens. 🫢 ...Still, doesn't hurt to look around to see if there is any available... Just look, mind you... 😏
I also see your points with the Pelikan M200 and Safari. It's very enjoyable to use a M200, even if it's a bit small for me, it's still lovely.
For most of it I'm unsure what I would choose. But I'll shock you with one: A Noodler Ahab with a self modified Noodler nib. It's light and super comfortable. In many ways I really love that pen, but it's also finicky. In particular it's not sealed well enough to be useful as a 'lying around working pen', so that's a pity. It's also so wet that the paper is a careful choice. It's more a project pen for me. I set it up and use it for one particular thing, event. Then I'd probably also want my L.E. Medici. Again, I really like that pen. After that, I don't know.
Believe it or not, I have never used a Noodler’s Arab! They are from Mass too. I need to. Thanks for the tips on it.
@@HemingwayJones Lol. It's not really a tip. 😝 I love Noodler's pens. Some of them, like the acrylic Konrad and acrylic Neponset, are even almost practical. But I would never "recommend" it. And if you ask around, that's pretty much the picture: Some people who love them and other people who are utterly dumbfounded.
The thing is you have to set up the pen yourself. It's definitely a "tinkerer's pen". The feed and nib are friction set, and there is a good deal of adjustment available. And you can file or cut open closed channels on the feed to make it wetter if you so desire or have a nib for that. But hey, take it real careful with that. Blue fingers guaranteed and choose working surface carefully. The Ahab is definitely my favorite Noodler. I think I have 5 of them, or is it 6? But they are not the same, because they all have different nibs. Two of them have Goulet nibs, one has a non-flex Noodler fine, there is a standard Noodler very hard flex, and then a couple of my own custom nibs, including an extremely soft flex nib.
The material they're made of (the non-acrylics) is very comfortable and pleasant. But the starting procedure is to completely disassemble the pen and put the parts in strong washing up water for a few hours, then lay out the parts in the sun (UV) for an hour. That's to get rid of the smell. Then you have to set up the nib and feed so that the pen writes. 😉 Don't bother with "heat-setting" it. It's almost never necessary, and the risk for damage to the feed is quite high.
As having to be my own pen mechanic doesn't bother me, my main gripe with the Ahab is that it's not as well sealed as I want my working pens. It has a tendency to dry out. A problem compounded by the colossal volume of ink it holds. If I could fix that in some way...
The pens I would tip you, I have both previously mentioned, and they are cheap: Faber Castell 'Grip' and Wing Sung 699 (the vac model). Faber Castell's pens are not pretty. There is a stark, minimalistic, Teutonic production efficiency about their look. But their function is sensational. Very well sealed. They are very 'perfect' pens, with nibs that have to be experienced. Actually the best I have is the 'Loom', but it's a more expensive pen and I haven't seen it available lately. The 'Grip' has a smaller nib but it's still impressive.