Gourmet Pens and I have a go at it with the new Franklin-Christoph Music nib!
GourmetPens’ review of the Franklin-Christoph music nib.
Check out Serious Nibbage Part 1: Noodler’s Neponset.
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Check out my review of the Pelikan Souverän M1005 fountain pen, with a fine 18K gold rhodium-plated nib. Thanks to Gourmet Pens for lending me her gorgeous pen!
I splattered ink in the cap and was too lazy to clean it out properly, hence the blue tint.
Hey there! Welcome to a new video series where Azizah (Gourmet Pens) and I discuss whether the pen in question is serious nibbage or not. See below for links to our full, more detailed reviews.
Check out my full Neponset Review
GourmetPens’ Neponset Review
GourmetPens’ Neponset Video
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Check out my review of an old pen of mine – the Coles Casimir Pearl Band fountain pen. I had to do some nib work on it…
Video published September 5. 2014.
Note: Prices may have changed since this video was made, and pens may have been discontinued. Updated version coming soon!
In this video, I cover a number of ‘entry level’ fountain pens that are fairly cheap (ranging from about $3.30 to about $28.00) and that I consider to be good ‘beginner’s’ pens. Clearly, some of these are a bit more high end than the others, and the fact that they’re cheap does NOT mean they are bad pens!
For your convenience, I’ve put the pens with price indications and filling mechanisms down here, in the same order I discuss them in the video.
1. Pilot Petit1, $3.30, Pilot cartrdiges;
2. Platinum Preppy, $3.95, Platinum cartridges/converter [?]/eyedropper conversion;
3. Noodler’s piston-filler, $14.00, piston-filler fills from bottled ink;
4. Ohto F-Spirit, $16.50, cartridges (I think international cartridges will fit)/converter;
5. Parker Vector, $24.00, Parker cartridges/converter;
6. Kaweco Sport Classic, $21.00, international cartridges/Monteverde mini converter/eyedropper conversion;
7. Lamy Nexx 88 M, $28.00 [price went up!], Lamy catridges/Lamy Z24 converter;
8. Noodler’s Aerometric, $24.00, aerometric converter (supplied w/pen)/eyedropper conversion.
Something went wrong with the still photos at the end of the video. If you need high-resolution pictures of the writing, send me a message and I’ll e-mail them!
Check out my review of the PaperMate Reynolds Extra Glide fountain pen with a fine/medium steel nib. Yes, it’s purple and has strange things all over it.
Check out my review of the Pelikan Tradition M200 fountain pen, with a broad gold-plated steel nib. Thanks to Pen Chalet for sending this pen for review! Use the code “sbrebrown” to get a 10% discount on your purchase(s).
Check out the Flock of Pelikans shootout for more Pelikan goodness.
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Montblanc Irish Green
Clairefontaine Wirebound Notebook – Graph
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Here is my review of the Pelikan Souverän M600 Red Stripe fountain pen, with a 14K gold double broad nib. This pen was provided by The Pen Company.
Here is my review of the Pelikan Souverän M400 White Tortoiseshell fountain pen, with a 14K gold double broad nib, stubbed by Mr. Mottishaw.
Here is my review of the Pelikan Souverän M800 Brown Tortoiseshell fountain pen, with an 18K gold triple broad nib.
