Thanks for such an interesting and enjoyable video. The amount of detail and care they take at each stage is amazing and I never realised how much of it was done by hand not just machine alone
Can someone explain to me why the material of the nib matters (like steel vs gold), when the part that touches the pen anyway is that ball point material that’s made of something else entirely?
That ball is made of very hard material, that it will not wear too fast. But anyway I don't recommend these pens at all. Scratchy a lot, very slim , like for tiny small hands. I bought Pilot 78G, a total disaster, I had to replace nib for another brand. It shouldn't be like that.
Theresa A, the fountain pen was not invented by Waterman, as most people believe. It was invented by a Romanian guy, whose name was Petrache Poenaru - check wikipedia for this fact. He received a patent for his invention from the French government on 25th of May 1827, while Waterman's patent is dated 1884. Although now Poenaru is virtually unknown and Waterman became an international brand.
And I find Waterman the best ones. I use Waterman Expert, an excellent pen!! Brilliant quality. I used Pilot, totally cheap, scratchy pen and for small hands. It was Pilot 78G, don't recommend it for anyone. i had to replace the nib for some other brand. LOL
@@Soulrider2012 Sometimes Wikipedia provides reference links from which is presenting the information. In the above case, there is a link to the scanned patent received by Petrache Poenaru in May 1827: www.fountainpen.it/images/a/ae/Patent-FR-Poenaru.pdf
Interesting opinion. I find them a total crap. Maybe the most expensive are any use, but it's pointless, expensive pens are only for snobs. Cheap ones are a total disaster. Why is that , that if I buy one nib is a total crap? Scratchy AF and I had to replace it with some other brand to use it at all.
This is an older video so a lot of the processes shown are completely automated now. There's definitely not a person individually putting metal bands on the caps anymore, or an inspector polishing each and every nib by hand.
Nibs might not be polished by hand any more, but many companies still inspect and test them by hand. This is especially true for higher end pens that get a lot more manual treatment as they have a reputation to maintain. These are fine writing instruments after all, they are not cheap, and they have to justify that price tag which can be hundreds of dollars or pounds for one pen. There also exist professionals that service both modern and vintage pens by hand called nibmeisters which is an entire skill in and of itself.
There was no single inventor of fountain pen. Many people contributed gradual improvements. Feed was probably the most difficult part to perfect. Discussion on who invented the fountain pen is as meaningless as discussion on who invented the wheel.
Oh wow...How the heck did I miss that?? Thanks for answering my (silly) question, Stephen...and many thanks to "kpschoedel" for adding the English captions to this great video :)
@GirlGeek etc. The captions are found as a list sync'd to the film, by clicking the square symbol with a dark bar through it, an inch under the number of hits, and slightly to the left of said hits total. See it?
@@IR-xy3ij I actually purchased mine from Japan because I'm the opposite. I don't like the colorful translucent ones available in North America. Makes them look cheap and too playful for me.
Wow, I didn't know that fountain pens are an American invention, although it looks like the English caption mistakenly said this pen was invented in 1880, not 1884. :/ Either way, though--pretty interesting to watch this :)
@Dovebar27: Fountain pens are NOT a American invention, just as much as the aeroplane, loghtbulb and computer aren't American inventions, they are all European, with the pen being from the ancient world.
I find Pilot fountain pens a total shit. Scratchy a lot. I'll never buy it ever again. They are poor quality. I had to buy some other brand nibs to make any use of it. Waterman is my pen of choice.
This was way better and more informative than the "How it´s made" episode on fountain pens. Love the close ups.
That’s one of the best making-of videos I have ever seen. The iridium ball manufacture was fascinating.
That is still a lot of hand work. I love my Pilot fountain pens, this makes me appreciate them more.
Thanks for such an interesting and enjoyable video. The amount of detail and care they take at each stage is amazing and I never realised how much of it was done by hand not just machine alone
It"s so satisfying to see fountain pens getting manufactured ! It's pleasing for eyes..!
I will not complain about the cost of a fountain pen ever again. Some of that work seems dangerous!
I can't believe pen production could be this fun
12:37 That hand grinding skill is at another level. 😮😮
Can someone explain to me why the material of the nib matters (like steel vs gold), when the part that touches the pen anyway is that ball point material that’s made of something else entirely?
That ball is made of very hard material, that it will not wear too fast. But anyway I don't recommend these pens at all. Scratchy a lot, very slim , like for tiny small hands. I bought Pilot 78G, a total disaster, I had to replace nib for another brand. It shouldn't be like that.
Now I understand why this pen cost so much. The Custom 74 might be on my list again.
Interesting process. Pilot fountain pens are my favorite.
My daughter enjoyed to see old model 🖊 . Thank you
How cool was it when the tipping material was welded to the nib ? :)
Nice video . I used to think it was a easier process.
Theresa A, the fountain pen was not invented by Waterman, as most people believe. It was invented by a Romanian guy, whose name was Petrache Poenaru - check wikipedia for this fact. He received a patent for his invention from the French government on 25th of May 1827, while Waterman's patent is dated 1884. Although now Poenaru is virtually unknown and Waterman became an international brand.
I'm not saying you're wrong but if one wants to quote "facts" one probably shouldn't cite Wikipedia as their source.
Soulrider2012 it's true. A romanian invented the fountain pen. Petrache Poenaru. Wikipedia got it's facts right.
And I find Waterman the best ones. I use Waterman Expert, an excellent pen!! Brilliant quality. I used Pilot, totally cheap, scratchy pen and for small hands. It was Pilot 78G, don't recommend it for anyone. i had to replace the nib for some other brand. LOL
@@Soulrider2012 Sometimes Wikipedia provides reference links from which is presenting the information. In the above case, there is a link to the scanned patent received by Petrache Poenaru in May 1827: www.fountainpen.it/images/a/ae/Patent-FR-Poenaru.pdf
日本人の贔屓目でいうつもりはないけど，
パイロットは世界最高の技術を持っている。
そして，世界最高の万年筆を提供している。
ひっかかりのない，スベスベした書き味はクセになる。
Interesting opinion. I find them a total crap. Maybe the most expensive are any use, but it's pointless, expensive pens are only for snobs. Cheap ones are a total disaster. Why is that , that if I buy one nib is a total crap? Scratchy AF and I had to replace it with some other brand to use it at all.
This is an older video so a lot of the processes shown are completely automated now. There's definitely not a person individually putting metal bands on the caps anymore, or an inspector polishing each and every nib by hand.
Nibs might not be polished by hand any more, but many companies still inspect and test them by hand. This is especially true for higher end pens that get a lot more manual treatment as they have a reputation to maintain. These are fine writing instruments after all, they are not cheap, and they have to justify that price tag which can be hundreds of dollars or pounds for one pen. There also exist professionals that service both modern and vintage pens by hand called nibmeisters which is an entire skill in and of itself.
Wonder if the $2 cheapie fountain pens go through any of this, or is it entirely machine made, as I would have expected.
+Pinglei He (Pinglei He) these are Namiki Custom 74
Sam Louis I'm pretty sure they're just regular pilot pens.
@@evipingleihe9552 No, they're the Custom Series.
@@jubilee285 But not Namiki
Such cool, fitting music!
There was no single inventor of fountain pen. Many people contributed gradual improvements. Feed was probably the most difficult part to perfect. Discussion on who invented the fountain pen is as meaningless as discussion on who invented the wheel.
alex mood Ah yes but Waterman probably filed for the first patent.
Yes, for the capillary feed. He perfected it.
alex mood Getting an understanding of where and who both those things were created by isn't meaningless.
Oh wow...How the heck did I miss that?? Thanks for answering my (silly) question, Stephen...and many thanks to "kpschoedel" for adding the English captions to this great video :)
Pilot最高！~
@GirlGeek etc. The captions are found as a list sync'd to the film, by clicking the square symbol with a dark bar through it, an inch under the number of hits, and slightly to the left of said hits total. See it?
If you want to change a colored pen into a metallic-colored pen, where do you send it?
Custom 74
The North American version of the 74 looks so much better with the semi-transparent body.
@@IR-xy3ij I actually purchased mine from Japan because I'm the opposite. I don't like the colorful translucent ones available in North America. Makes them look cheap and too playful for me.
Pen is Pilot Custom 74 I THINK, nib belongs to the Vanishing Point/Capless (looking at my Capless nib right now, the nib looks the same.)
I'm thinking of buying the VP. Would you recommend it? How is it when you have to write for extended periods?
I think unless the English captions are obvious the title should be changed. I tried everything but no English captions.
Very cool....but I don't see any English captions. Am I missing something here??
What model where they following in this video?
Wow, I didn't know that fountain pens are an American invention, although it looks like the English caption mistakenly said this pen was invented in 1880, not 1884. :/ Either way, though--pretty interesting to watch this :)
All are engaged just like Special Forces in test area of manufacturing
That's funny. I really like their ball roll pens. Never knew about nibs pen.
i want this in english language
which pen model was shown. i wanna buy it!
Most of the video shows the Pilot Custom 74. The nibs they were stamping around 7:40 are for the Vanishing Point.
After watching this I trust Lamy more, as the most of the work there is made by robots with high consistency
Where are the English captions then?
I need to take English over again. My OED didn't have any of those caption words in it.
We need a vaporwave remix of this beat
Joe Lambrecht Exactly what i was thinking.
very good.
Does anybody know which Pilot pen they're manufacturing in this video? I think it's either the Custom 74 or the Custom 742 but I'm not sure...
It is the custom 74.
"1884" 'translated' as "1880". nice 👍
Hahaha!
Very cool.
Impressive !!!!!!!!!!
I wish they can make pilot with piston filler
custom 823
2023/7/26 .. 1:16am
Supreb info...Thank
Where is the damn caption? Good video though.
what english caption
+ru1111111 Got it thanks
and now i know how my vanishing point was made.
Ha same boat, im 'researching' the pilot custom 823 instead of my research paper
I want one
Then we buy it for 250 USD
@Shorne Pubique
Yeah, so much for human progress....🙄
It seems i am too easily distracted as well!
yep, those are totally english captions
Sad Walrus you have to turn on Captions in TH-cam. Closed Captions. They are there.
12:36
not one English subtitle !!
1000 deg C!!!!...
That's the only part I understood/
한국시장에도 다양한 만년필들이 나왔으면하는 바램임. 일본PILOT와 한국PILOT가 자매히사인걸로아는데. 왜 한국PILOT에는 종류가 제한되어 있는지..
I hope that that company will go bankrupt, poor quality, I was using Pilot 78G
@Dovebar27:
Fountain pens are NOT a American invention, just as much as the aeroplane, loghtbulb and computer aren't American inventions, they are all European, with the pen being from the ancient world.
I find Pilot fountain pens a total shit. Scratchy a lot. I'll never buy it ever again. They are poor quality. I had to buy some other brand nibs to make any use of it. Waterman is my pen of choice.
They were not invented in "America", but in the United States. Please, learn some more Geography.
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