Chris' Favorite Pen/Ink/Paper Combos - Episode 1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ต.ค. 2024
- In this video I show you one of my favorite Pen/Ink/Paper combinations: Noodler's Lexington Gray on CVS Caliber Paper in a TWSBI Go Fine nib! This is the first of an ongoing weekly series of videos where I will be showing you my favorite combinations I've found over the past 3 years.
Gray is a favorite note taking (and process journaling) ink color of mine since it is neutral and I can add in other colors for underlining, highlighting, and contrast paragraphs and it still looks nice. Noodler's Lexington Gray is a bullet proof ink that dries fairly fast on this paper and looks gray not too dark not too light. It flows super well on this paper and feels smooth even in this Fine TWSBI nib.
In the video, I show a bath test of the CVS Caliber paper with the Noodler's Lexington Gray and also I show you other options in this same paper.
I'd love to hear about your favorite Pen/Ink/Paper combinations! I've got several more of mine I'm eager to share with you in this ongoing series!
Thank you for watching!
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This seems it would work great for addressing envelopes. Thx for vid.
Oh my gosh. CVS here I come! Thanks Chris.
Hi Tammy -- oh yes the CVS Caliber paper is quite amazing! Always check for "Made in Vietnam" on any of the paper you get and it is more fountain pen friendly.
Chris, I am new to fountain pens and you are a wealth of great info! I get a smile everytime I hear Welcome pen friends! This is great place for a newbie like me to start and not put out a lot of money on a hobby I'm so new at. Thanks again!
Hi Bethany! I'm so glad the videos are helpful! This hobby is so much fun and I believe it can be awesome at every price point. Some of my best writing pens are low cost! :)
Thanks for the tips. Will try them. Always look forward to your videos. Locked down in RI and watching lots of pen type You Tube!
Hi Mark - Lock Down is something else! Good luck and stay safe!
COOL!! Love this series and looking forward to more!!
Hi Sharon -- awesome me too - ! I like getting very specific sometimes with which combinations work best.
Excellent idea for a regular series of videos. Please continue to release and I will continue to watch then :-)
Hi Kirk - will do and thank you for watching - I'm glad the series is of interest!
Another great series! I think the TWSBI GO is the best quality pen you can find for the price - I have one in each nib size and, except for the EF, they perform beautifully. I look forward to the next installment. Thanks, Chris.
Hi Sue - I'm truly hoping they make the Go pen in more colors - purple, especially! I have 2 of them with Broad nibs and they are my best writing pens with only the nib from Australia that came on my first Serendipity even competing! :)
Chris, I’m just glad they have a clear barrel choice - the ink looks so nice in it!
Thank you for this series. I watched this video the other day.The Caliber notebooks that you mentioned are really great. I happened to be at CVS this afternoon, and bought one of the Caliber notebooks that you mentioned. What a great notebook. It is truly fountain pen friendly. I never would have thought an inexpensive notebook like that would work so well with my fountain pens. Again, thanks for the series. It is so informative.
Hi Barbara -- oh I'm so happy to hear this! This is truly why I do these videos ... to share what I've learned that has made the hobby even more fun!!!! I learned about the CVS caliber paper from a pen friend a few years back.
I'm going to love this series. I'm going to use your format to keep track of my own favorite combinations. I may not have exactly the same inks, papers or pens as you or the next person, but the way you show how the relevant information is gathered and kept for reference will be invaluable
Hi Helen - I'm so glad this resonates with you! I used to use loose paper to run writing test but now I find that smaller notebooks of the paper work really well so that I don't lose them and they don't get destroyed - I have quite a few notebooks full or filling up!!! Also, if you have a paper type you'd want to see please let me know - if I don't have any I'll get some!
I'm late commenting so I can only echo what everyone else has said - great idea for a series! And I know you've made notes over the years of pen/ink/paper (pip?) combinations that work or don't work for you. I really enjoyed this video and can't wait to see more.
Hi Donna - thank you! I like focusing in on specific combinations that seem to work really well. I get in trouble when I think in general terms about ink brands or even pens. The magic seems to be in getting the combination of all 3 elements just right! :) PIP I like that!!!!
Looking forward to this series
Hi Missy Pooh -- cool thank you!
I have a bottle of Lexington Grey and love it for notes. I also us CVS Caliber, a great paper.
Hi Rgc571 - nice! It really is a great paper and will take Lexington Grey where many papers are not too good with such a permanent ink!
I like the name. I like the kittie sticker on your notebook. Love today's combo. of pen ink and paper.
Hi Joanne -- the sticker was a gift from a pen pal - I too love it! Glad you like today's combo -- it's a daily journal - workhorse match up for me!
That's a nice idea for a series, looking forward to see more!
Hi Eowyn - awesome - thank you!
I love this series idea. I just went out and got me one of the CVS Cailber pads without the spirals so I can write letters on the paper. Now to find me some fountain pen friends ☺️
Hi Jessica! I love those CVS writing tablets. They seem great with most wet writing ink/pen combination. :)
Chris Saenz yeah I tried the paper and I really like it with pineider avatar and Birmingham pen company’s winter garden snowflake ink. That’s my favorite ink right now
I do like the TWSBI Go pen and I have all 3, each with different nibs. None disappoint 😍. Chris this is a great new series 👍☺️
Hi Annie - thank you! I think it's a great way to get super specific with some of the things I've learned ... and hopefully give a shortcut for others looking for good combinations!
Hi Chris, that's a nice combo. I really like that Lexington Grey - wow, it didn't budge in the water test and it looks good too! I've never tried any of the Noodler's inks, but I'd like to get a nice water resistant ink at some point. I like this style of video since I'm only just starting to learn how important it is to have a pen, ink, and paper that perform well together.
Hi gadgetstop321 - I love Noodler's Inks! I have more Diamine inks but then Noodler's is the next most popular with me brand on my ink shelf! I had put off getting the Lexington Gray for a long time but it turned out to be such a great match for my CVS notebooks -- I just couldn't be without it! Oh yes, it's dramatic the difference just 1 variable out of the 3 can make ... an ink I LOVE on one paper in a specific nib can turn out to be a disaster on another ... that was a big discouragement during my first few years back in the hobby!
Love this series idea. I don't go to CVS often but I've been meaning to stop by to get some of the caliber paper. There are some dollar general writing pads I like but they have to be the ones that say made in Indonesia. They are $1 each but they don't always have those. The stenos made in Indonesia are also good.
Hi Michael - I'm testing out the iScholar Writing Tablet from Dollar Tree - I tend to like the CVS Caliber Tablet better but that's because I favor very Broad and stub nibs for letter writing. Still, the paper in the Dollar Tree tablets can't be beat for price!
@@ChrisSaenz13 I have a dollar tree very close to me. I'll have to try those out and I should grab a few bc my nephew always grabs a notebook and one of my pen cup fountain pens, and wouldn't you know it he always goes after my Midori or some of my nicer A5 notebooks lol
Great idea for a series!!
Thanks Rob!!!
I love this series! And I love the TWSBI Go. I gave one of each color too. :-) I also like the writing tablet from Dollar General. It is fp friendly paper. I think it’s made in Vietnam too.
Hi Mary - The Dollar General tablet is amazing - I need to do a comparison apples to apples pen and ink wise with the CVS Caliber tablet - I've been meaning to do that for some time now.
That would be fun video too. Thanks for making budget friendly content!
Great series idea! I want to get a TWSBI Go but can’t decide on the nib size. I haven’t purchased a TWSBI yet but am interested in the Go and the Eco.
That is the one thing I wish was easier with the TWSBIs -- nib changing -- the feeds are fragile and I can't bring myself to pull them out. I love both the Eco and the Go but I find the Go more comfortable to write with and easier to clean and maintain.
This vid was fun! I don’t have many paper preferences yet, but I love my Pilot Elabo broad with Blackstone Australian Bush and Platinum 3776 broad with Diatrementis Mimosa!
Hi Laurie -- cool -- I'm thinking of adding a Platinum 3776 to my pen collection at the very end of this year if I continue to do great with my saving - I'm hoping to get a clear demonstrator one! I've heard so much good about those pens!
Chris Saenz you will love it!
I find Noodler’s Lexington Gray to spread using med nib.
Hi @jeffewing451 .... I think it does on some papers ... the CVS Caliber paper I used with it is pretty incredible with inks that misbehave on other types of paper!
Could you share what process journaling is? Or if you did in another video can you tell me which one to watch? I like this series you are starting.
Hi Selah - this is the video where I talked about it most: th-cam.com/video/QeZugKInkx0/w-d-xo.html Basically, my process notebook is one where I have permission to be messy and scrawl out notes and whatever I want. I use it closely with my bullet journal - but for me - I like to keep my bullet journal less personal and more like a planner/documenting my days. If that makes sense. :) Glad the new series is interesting to you!
Thank you Chris . I wish i could get those notebooks but I've not found any in the uk. Lexington Grey also is an ink Id like to try because of its waterproofness makes it ideal for envelopes & such.
I'm on a no spend still so , i did put it on my christmas list but my family are muggles with the exception of my Sister who is slightly less muggly , anyway i didn't get it . :-(
Hi Matthew - I will send you a sample of the paper -- some people have said I'm nuts for liking it so I know it's not for everyone - and the ink/pen choice makes all the difference. I'm experimenting with other paper that says "Made in Vietnam" and finding out it's not all created equally too! I wish I understood more about paper making!!!! :)
@@ChrisSaenz13 That's very sweet of you to send me some .
We all have different preferences & if people don't agree with your choices that's fine they can make their own .
I like wet pens , i tune them that way , that's not for everyone , if someone wanted one tuned medium wet then i'd do that for them , we are all different and there are no right or wrongs here just personnel choice . :-)
I just got a similar TWSBI Go but on Tomoe River paper it skips alot. What would you recommend to get the pen working better?
Hi Mark - what nib size and what ink are you using? if you don't mind my asking. I do know that sometimes the nibs vary in their tipping material amounts and line width ... however I have not had that issue with any of my TWSBI Go pens so far.
Do you have stand alone CVS pharmacies? All of our appear to be inside of a Target store.
Hi Gary - here in South Texas we have stand alone CVS pharmacy stores. They also have a website but not all the notebooks are listed - some are.
You & I have very similar handwriting
Hi Mike. What is your preferred nib size? I like a broad nib best but I find with this ink and the flow of Lexington Gray I do good with the fine nib!
Chris Saenz I never bought my first Fountain Pen yet. To be honest I really wanted to buy a used pen off somebody but I don’t know anyone who uses fountain pens. Not really sure what NIB size I would like... I write big and small at times... depends I guess what kind of mood I’m in. I heard starting off with a F, or M is a good place to start
Mike Rose The Diplomat Magnum are great starter pens. Chris has a video on them. The Goulet Pen company also includes the ink converter.
Fine nib. Diamine aurora borealis.
Hi Mark - I've only had one fine nib from TWSBI and I gave the pen away. No matter what ink I used I wasn't happy with that pen (nib) it was a TWSBI Eco T. But then later I learned that I could have used some brass shim material to open the nib up a bit and tune it myself to make it flow better. This is something I have not yet tried with a "nice" pen like a TWSBI but I plan to eventually. What I always do is clean a pen and fill it with an ink I've had a lot of success with in other pens to test things out - for me that ink is Rohrer & Klingner Cassia. That ink is saturated and flowy and for me I can tell if a pen acts up with that ink -- it's likely the pen/nib and not the ink. I've had great results with Diamine Aurora Borealis in a Medium TWSBI nib. I hope this helps a little. I'm by no means an expert - I just keep experimenting and seeing what works! There are so many things that affect the writing experience especially pen (nib really), ink and paper.