2024 Fountain Pen Goals and Pens Wishlist
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.ค. 2024
- Though this is very, very late (it's almost March, for goodness sake), I finally managed to successfully film my 2024 Fountain Pen Goals video after an embarrassing number of failures. It's quite chatty, and I've also included my Mainstream Pen Maker Wishlist, as well as my Indie Pen Maker Wishlist.
Penmakers mentioned in the indie wishlist:
Walltown Pens: / walltownpens
JustTurnings: / justturnings
Mayfair Pens: / mayfairpens
Hogtown Pens: / hogtownpens
Silverburl Pens: / silverburl_pens
Drewnem Pisane: / drewnem_pisane
Time Stamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:13 - Pen Goal #1 - Spend more mindfully
5:08 - Pen Goal #2 - Explore indie pen makers
7:18 - Pen Goal #3 - Go to a major pen convention
9:02 - Pen Goal #4 - Be a more active and conscientious member of the pen community
13:02 - Mainstream Pen Maker Wishlist
18:13 - Indie Pen Maker Wishlist
27:15 - Final Thoughts
#fountainpen #wishlist
This video is not sponsored and the products featured were purchased with my own money. All opinions expressed are mine.
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I'm also looking at the white Estie!
It feels like so many people are! 😆😍
Thanks for sharing your goals! I totally agree with you, not so much impulse control, more about practicing patience. :) I hope to meet you at the SF pen show!
Practicing patience is definitely one of my more challenging goals, but i think I've been doing OK with it so far this year. Again, it has only been two months, though, so we'll see if I can say the same thing in October. 😅 Or at least until the SF pen show rolls around. Hope to meet you there, as well! Thank you so much for watching.
Pre-Covid I went to the Michigan pen show specifically to shop the Edison Pens display. They brought 100s of their Signature Series pens that are not sold through dealers. Brian & Andrea Gray were so cordial. They will also custom make pretty much anything you want. If you haven't met them yet I hope you will get to meet them at a pen show this year. 🖋️🙂
Edison Pen Co is just a hop skip and a jump away from me, so I'm always super excited to see the company name come up! Such beautiful designs! I have one of their limited run pens, but I haven't had a chance to go for a full bespoke version, yet.
Very thoughtful reflections, I really enjoyed hearing your thoughts and ideas about be more mindful
Thank you so much for watching! 😍
Thank you for this video! I love your goals and your wishlist, but also all the independent pen makers you highlighted! I cannot wait to see your new pens from Walltown and Just Turnings!!
Thank you so much for watching! I'm definitely so excited for both of them to land, but the built in forced "patience" period has definitely been a good thing for me.
I went a little crazy a few years ago and wound up with about 20 pens - and every color of ink out there…then got a grip on myself and stopped. I do use most of my pens, but have found I only want to use blue inks, dark blues like blue blacks and deep muted teal blues. There are two pens that I would still like to eventually get - a Pelikan 400 or 600, and an Esterbrook Estie. And maybe another Benu. Oh yeah, and one of the metal Kaweco Sports for work. And maybe the Pilot 743?? And the Sailor 1911 Large Loch Ness Monster…and I love the Platinum 3776, I wish I had gotten the Piece of Heart model before it sold out, so kind of keeping an eye out for that one. Glad I never fell into the indie pen rabbit hole - they are all so pretty, but the nibs seem to be the same.
My brother is very talented, he makes beautiful things out of wood…I showed him photos of wood block pen stands, and he made me one out of an old mahogany fireplace mantle he got from an older home. Better than anything I could buy online!
The pen from your brother sounds amazing!! I think that's why I've kind of fallen for bespoke pens - there's something very personal about them, just due to the fact that another human being physically made it and fashioned it into something beautiful. I still love my Pilots, Sailors, Platinums, etc, - this is just a fun new avenue to explore. 😍 And it's good that you know what kind of inks you gravitate toward. I'm a bit all over the place, but I do know I lean towards more muted colors rather than super saturated ones.
Wonderful video…I am the same way. “Curbing the need for what I really want”…I really to work on this too. I impulse buy because I don’t want to be patient and save for the pens I really want. I hope make update videos on how you are doing because I would watch and would help me in the process. Thanks for sharing 😊❤.
Thank you so much for watching! FYI, things are going pretty well as far as the whole not substituting purchases goal goes. I ended up with one slightly unexpected purchase, but it was for a limited item that was 100% in my aesthetic wheelhouse, so I have no regrets. LOL
Oh so lovely to see your beautiful happy face 😊 I love your videos and find them very relaxing to watch. You did very well in front of the camera, so give yourself a pat on the back. I have only done one face to face video in a year and a half, trying to work up the courage to do another! I loved hearing your goals for this year, I have put myself on a low spend but with 3 new pens already purchased this year, I’m not sure that I am succeeding at my goal 😂 However, I am choosing any new pens with more consideration, research etc and not impulse buying. Stephen from Just Turnings is lovely to deal with. I have also met him in person and he is a great guy! Have a wonderful day/evening 😊
Thank you for the sweet comments. I always feel so awkward doing face forward videos for my channel, so it's really comforting to hear that this one turned out OK. ❤️ Wishing you success with your own intentional buying goals this year. And thank you so much for watching!
Regarding Just Turnings pens, I believe he's got two main ranges. The Enceladus range is based on third-party blanks - Brooks Blanks, Turnt Pen Co, etc. The Mimas range is based on Stephen's own blanks. And then within both ranges, he's got the deluxe model (with finials, trim rings and clip) or the standard model (just the pen and cap). (He can also do a partway version with finials and trim rings but no clip.)
I love Just Turnings pens; I have a couple and am planning a third! :) I live near him and our city has a monthly pen meet; being able to paw through his box of pre-made pens is amazing but so deadly to the wallet!
Thank you for the extra information! And thank you for watching, as well. I'm definitely excited for my JustTurnings pen to land - looking forward to how my choice of customizations turned out. 😁
I have the botanical gardens estie with the journaler nib and it is definitely my prettiest pen.
All my fellow Estie lovers who have this colorway are making it very hard for me to resist picking one up! 😆😍If I do end up getting it, I don't know if I'll get a second journaler (because I love it so much) or try the needlepoint to complete the specialty nib set. Have you tried the needlepoint by any chance? I've been waffling between that or a Pilot PO nib for a while, too. LOL😅
I haven't tried either but I definitely want to since my handwriting can be small sometimes. I'm holding off on buying new pen for the time being but the posting nib has been on my wishlist.@@snarkywordsworth
You are great at face-forward video! Nice work with the inset pictures too. I have just begun to explore the independent pen maker space myself. Also thanks to @karynalovestoplan! I got a pen from Bart at @ZodiacPenCo that I just love. I’ve had him make another for me for a gift. This time we needed to try to find a color way and blank that fit the reason for the gift. It was so much fun! I’m also keen to add a Rockster pen to my collection this year. Keep well.
Thanks so much for watching! I've been really watching Rockster, as well. Really gorgeous designs - I'm definitely intrigued. 😍
I really enjoyed your video. My two pens to buy this year....Esterbrook Raven and my first gold nib fountain pen. I too need to slow down on spending. Rachelle in Seattle
Hello, Rachelle in Seattle! The Raven is so chic and minimal. It's like the pen world's equivalent to the perfect black turtleneck. Are you thinking about the cartridge/convertor or the push button?
Ooooh no, not the first gold nib! When I bought my first pen, it was a steel nib, I spent months researching and choosing, and I was appalled at people who spent so much on gold nib pens, and swore I’d never be that crazy. Then I found a deal on a Sailor Pro Gear that was too good to pass up, a little over $100, and when I first touched paper with that nib, the heavens parted and the angels started singing and suddenly $300 for a pen seemed perfectly reasonable.
I know “revealing” your face on video is a little confronting but I love to see the faces of these people I listen to once in a while - it makes the “conversation” more real. And I just love how “normal” everyone is! ❤
Thank you so much for the lovely comment and for watching! 😍
I like the goal of putting yourself out there in the community. I have been trying to do this myself and it is hard when it doesn’t come naturally. It’s funny because I ordered the sailor realo in black and the platinum 3776 in chai latte. Great minds.
Pen twins! 😍😍😍Thank you so much for watching and commenting, and good luck pursuing your own pen goals this year.
Finally catching up and getting to watch … so nice to see your happy face! 💕🌸🖋🤩👍🏻
Awwwww. Thank you so much!
Thank you for sharing your fountain pen goals! 😊It feels amazing that I also share the same goals this year! Especially the be more active in the pen community.
While the mainstream pen maker wishlist pens are amazing, the indie pen maker ones are beyond gorgeous. Can't wait to see them in near future!
Thank you so much for watching! I'm definitely having so much fun discovering so many amazing artists this year. 😍I hope you're having as much fun as I am being more active in the community, too. It's definitely made this year a whole fresh experience.
I love that you highlighted independent pen makers. I’m also interested in trying more bespoke
Do you have any in particular you've been especially drawn to?
I also have the white Estie with techo nib on my list. So pretty! The Shape of Hearts is so beautiful too, but I prefer the white or black ones ( so I'm one less competition for you to get your hands on the Chai! Lol). For hand turned pens, there are so many great artists out there. I'm considering getting one from a local person first, around Christmas or in 2025. Greats goals. This year, I want to enjoy the pens I have, so minimal purchases for me. Happy 2024!
The black Shape of Hearts is lovely, too, so I can definitely understand wanting one of those. So classy, with just a touch of whimsy from the gems in the finial! I think enjoying the pens you have is a fantastic goal, and I'm definitely trying to be more appreciative of the items in my collection...but I also am just having such a good time discovering so many indie makers. LOL Thank you for watching! 😍
I had to give myself that goal since I gave myself too many pens as Christmas presents! 😅 A resolution or no-buy sound negative, but a goal... that's something I can do
I just got the Estie Botanical Gardens. It's soooo gorgeous. Definitely get it!!
PENabler! LOL I do think I'll end up picking one up - it such an interesting colorway, and I really do love Esties so much. Thank you for watching!
I think you will really enjoy the Stripes VP! I’ve had it for about 2 years and probably my favorite of my VPs. I’m surprised this one doesn’t get talked about more.
It's so nice to hear from someone who has and loves it! No one in my immediate friend circle (including my online one) has it, so I've just been trying to find more about it from the handful of random reviews I've managed to find. I don't know why more people don't talk about it either - it seems lovely. Thanks so much for watching!
Yay - I would love to say hi if you end up at the SF pen show! :) Love this video, you are such a natural infront of the camera 💕 I can totally relate on the product hyperfixation when you set your heart on it, I have been trolling vintage pens on ebay like a crazy person lately. I thought I really wanted to try one - but I think it was more of the idea of being able to get excited about something to put my shopping energy into rather than getting an actual pen. I have discovered that I kinda just like 'window shopping' online and most of the time I dont have to actually buy it. That being said, I do love a pen savings goal and I have a couple that I am budgeting up for now too :) Oh, also, I think I have the same glasses as you too, they really suit you 😊
A lot of times, I feel like the window shopping aspect of things is my favorite part of the process as well. It can definitely be a bit frustration, though. 😅Was the a vintage pen in particular that caught your eye? I only dabble in vintage, but I have a vintage Parker 51 demi that I adore for sentimental reasons, and last year I picked up a Pelikan 140 that writes like a dream. Thank you for watching!
@@snarkywordsworth I dont dabble in vintage at all really 😂but I was looking for a vintage gold nib that I could try out, or actually a Pelikan too! I just like process of searching and scanning, it is meditative for me 🤓
how fun, thanks for posting
Thank you for watching!
Great idea. Appreciate someone laying out goals.
Thank you for watching!! 😍
I am also trying to be a little more social this year! I would like to recommend Bonecrusher 7 Studios. Ginger Peachy Stationery has done at least one video on his pens and we both consider our pens by him some of our faves! I went so far as to have him make me a custom from that Quartz Strata blank you were talking about. I think he may still have another on his website.
I just visited his site, and these are beautiful designs. Thank you so much for the recommendation!! 😍😍😍
Loved your goals and pen list! I too am trying to be more social this year (ergo why I'm commenting on your video). Just Turnings is on my list as well. I'd like to purchase one of his BYOP models; I have a Sailor 1911L with that lovely 21k nib that I want to combine with one of his pens. An Onslow from Walltown pens is also my list. I have one of his Watts models in the Strata Quartz and just adore it!
Good luck on your efforts to be more social on here! I really am so much more happy with social media this year. It feels much more fulfilling to really get involved in people's posts. And I love the nib you plan to use! I'm very much enamored with Sailor's 21k nibs, right now, so every time someone mentions one, it makes me want to rush off and buy one of the Sailor pens I mentioned. 😅 I imagine that Watts much be absolutely gorgeous in the Strata Quartz. His pen lines are always so lovely.
Enjoyed the video. You did a great job!
Thank you so much for watching!!
I love your videos and goals, although one of them is the opposite of mine. My first pen show was DC last year, and although I loved it and had a great time, I want to go smaller this year. I missed Philly and won’t be going to Baltimore, but I was thinking Ohio this year. I think it will be less overwhelming and better for my wallet. I’m also watching and viewing fewer pen videos and instagram posts, because the temptation and FOMO is a bit too strong right now.
The Ohio Pen Show really is such a fun event! Even if I make it to SF, I'll definitely still be going to it as it's just a very chill and fun time. Thank you so much for watching. 😍
Endless pens had the new shape of heart chai for preorder this morning and 20% off and it sold out in an hour!!!
I saw - how crazy, right?!
Yes, insane!!!
Since you love white so much, I highly recommend the OPAL bespoke pen by Just Turnings. Possibly other makers in this country would have the white opal but that pen is the most chatoyant pen ever.
It's actually one of the customs I have in the works right now, so spot on recommendation!! 😁😍
YESSSSSS 21K Sailor Nibs!!!!
I'm so obsessed right now, and I totally blame you (in the best way possible)! 🤣😂
@wordsworth ;) I proudly take all the blame! heheheh ♥I don't have 12 Sailors for no reason ^_^
I loved this video! If you choose to come to SF - I hope to meet you!
I am definitely leaning towards the SF show, and would love to meet up if it ends up happening. Thank you so much for watching!!
Well done video! Didn't even know that indie pen makers existed. I asked Goldspot if they could get me a quote for the Estie tortise with a needlepoint, but they haven't gotten back to me yet.
Oooo. If you end up picking up the needlepoint, please let me know how you like it. It's another nib I've really been curious about, and I love Esterbrook's other specialty nibs so much.
I think your goals are very thoughtful and they made me reflect on my own purchasing as well. I’m definitely guilty of buying something available just so scratch an itch and when I end up hating it (predictably), I end up with wasted money and stuff I don’t use :(
Thank you so much for watching! If nothing else, posting this video has made me feel a little less alone in to whole "buying something to fill the void" habit I seem to have as a lot of people have mentioned they struggle with the same thing. I really did think I was the only one doing that as I hadn't heard anyone else mentioning it before, so I feel a little less odd/guilty (even though I definitely need to stop doing it). 😅
I also love white pens and have been wanting the white one from Esterbrook since I saw the demo one they showed awhile back. I also really really like the Chai Latte one. The Rose Quartz blank has been on my radar as well. I think it is just so beautiful. I really like your goals. I am trying to be more particular about what I buy. I won't say I am on a no spend but am taking more time to question my purchases. Goodluck with your journey. I am excited to see your new pens.
Isn't that white Estie just glorious?! I really do check the site every day, just in case. LOL Thank you so much for watching!!
@@snarkywordsworth absolutely! I hope that it's not a frenzy to get it.
Talked to esterbrook rep yesterday in Baltimore and he said the white is coming out on march 14th.
Ahhhhh! I'm so excited! Thanks so much for the heads up - you're the best! 😍😍😍