I don't know if Dakota gets snow but I would love to see a video of you writing out in the snow one day.

Thanks for a great video, as always. If you still have that beautiful Parker 51 I can fix those problems. I have been collecting and repairing for over 30 years. PM me at your convenience.

I only have a Duofold. I've admired the 823 for many years but it just seems like it would be a pain to clean and I like to change ink a lot. Maybe if I get to go to Japan one day, I'll buy one there, otherwise converters are just easier to deal with and to clean. And I do love my Duofold. It was my first 'nice" pen and I've had it for 33 years. Thanks for the great comparison!

Flax in the wind, can you get more Americana than that! Interested in that farmhouse, is it on a road? Kudos on the stability software.

After really hurting my thump trying to take off a damaged nib and feed from a used pen that i got, i found the solution for a better gripping by tightly wrapping a sewing elastic around the nib and feed and then pull out. Now i have a badly damaged nib turned upwards that i don't know how to repair it and it needs a proper nib meister to be fixed. It was that way right when i got it though, it didn't bent by me.

Using s tripod works for still photos as well

I love Da Vinci. I am really stil learning to use it but its an awesome programme. And where I am based in SA, we have WIND, so i get the struggle. Same isues here. Seeya in your next video.

Flax is beautiful, don’t believe I have ever seen it -or more than likely saw it and didn’t know what I was looking at. Don‘t think we grow it in Indiana. Nice to see you last night in Hemingway Jones chat. I missed 90% of it live and had to watch it after it posted. Frontier showed up at 7:15 to bury our new fiber line and had us off and on line several times over 90 min. Certainly won’t make a diff in phone service, once in the house it gets converted to the 30 year old copper the house is wired for phone. True the router is hooked to the fiber, but I don’t see any diff from our old DSL -we don’t require much headroom or band width. Supposed to be no additional charge, so we decided to humor Frontier and take them up on the offer. Have a good Bowman 4th of July.

That fake converter may be genuine. They are not expensive compared to the actual pen.

Reminded me of a sketch from Peter Cook et al: "Will this wind be so mighty as to lay low the mountains of the urgh?" 😂 kzbin.info/www/bejne/npWbgXaAaNWHfqcsi=niHK5XHMyNucyA8P

Impressive difference in picture quality between before and after using DaVinci. If you have the type of microphone that clips to the top of the video camera you might improve audio with a fluffy windshield.

I wonder if one of those Gorilla Pods would fair any better? How heavy duty is your tripod? Would shortening the legs help any? That’s a great demo of the software.

Spectacular FIX!!

You crack me up so much! 🤣 That’s a huge difference before & after Davinci. I like seeing flax and/or tall grass being blown in the wind. Beautiful prairie you have there!

You could also try blocking the wind with a piece of cardboard or something else large and flat.

Wow! What a wind! Davinci did a great job!

Flax, yay! Canola, not so much. Do they process the flax stems into linen or just harvest the seeds? Interesting process on the stems. Used to be very smelly and would poison rivers downstream. I don’t know how they do it these days. Do you?

Such a sweet thrill to see something like this.

I had "help" with decluttering. When I couldn't manage the stairs in my apartment (looking for a handicapped accessible place, right now), when moving out, my beloved family threw out all of my inks... I had over 40 mostly full bottles, from 30 mL to 4 ounce vintage bottles of Parker Quink and Sheaffer's Skrip... So, I've had to start over. Currently, I have a package of Platinum Carbon Black cartridges for an early 1970s Platinum pocket pen (Use it for envelopes, mostly), and for day to day, bottle each of Waterman Serenity Blue and Mysterious Blue (blues... And me an avowed despiser of many blue inks. But they were cheap, on Amazon, easily half anywhere else, and good for original copies of doctor's forms and applications for different places. They're well behaved on cheap copy paper. And not gaudy or black.) Used currently in a couple of my vintage Esterbrook Js. Mysterious Blue in a black J with a 2550 extra fine "posting" nib (best extra fine I've ever used, even though it's not tipped) and the Serenity Blue in the type of Esterbrook that got me hooked, a gray J, with their almost default nib, a (in this case, well worn. Folded tipping is almost nonexistent) 2668 firm medium. Then I have 2 more inks, again for something different. Both KWZ, Spruce Green and Cappuccino, for when I want something else. (Recently filled out the paperwork for another specialist for my health with the green. Because I didn't want to use blue.😁) Currently playing with a recent acquisition, getting it back in writing condition, a 1940s Wahl-Eversharp Skyline I'd gotten a steal on, with minimally a semi flex nib. Flex really doesn't matter to me, but it's still cool. 😄 As it's navy blue, one of the Waterman inks should be a perfect match. And the Eversharp gold nibs are easily my favorite gold nibs. Good luck with the decluttering, and hope you have a great summer!

Very nice fixture. I like those Edison bulbs.

You’re rich!!! 💰🤑

I tried to ink up 7 purple inks at one time and I mixed the inks in the sample when I put them back so yeah no I dont do that anymore 1 pen has its family color Red ish ink goes in a red pen Blue ish ink goes in a blue pen so on and if I have used all my roygbiv pens then it goes to clear or black or silver or rainbow cause you can put any ink in those :)

Congrats on the de cluttering progress. Have you heard the subset term of de-cluttering? Credit to Lisa Anderson of Anderson Pens, “de-stashing.” 4 K I don’t think will help me, my eyes and central processor are no longer 4 K. that Stipula you have been wrestling with for years: it seems you have tried every thing nib brand wise and ink wise, l’m wondering if there is some tiny surface or other anomaly in the feed? Wonder if reaching out to Stipula, or US distributor, could get you a new replacement feed? As always love the views of Teddy Roosevelt National Park.

..now I know why there was a big orange splat on the flax field when looking at the photo on instagram.....

I wonder if the color of your Sailor 1911S is called the Fresca (Blue)?. It is very appealing. I remember wanting something eerily similar, but the 1911L instead. Couldn’t find it, all sold out, so I gave up. I didn’t look on the Bay, because I don’t buy anything there. Also, despite your bad luck and troubles with the pen, I’d take that Stipula Etruria Rainbow Magma every day of the week over most of your other pens in recent PiU episodes. The Etruria pens are just such beauties and perfect for me. I ❤ Stipula. I own twelve different Stipulas with various nibs (mainly gold, a few steel, one titanium) . None of my pens has given me any kind of problems, so far, so good. I own the Prisma and Emerald pens in this Rainbow series where your Magma pen belongs. Your Magma pen was generously discounted on price at a lot of places, presumably because of some buyers’ complaints about the nib, mainly. As you may remember, I mostly never liked Noodler’s inks. So, I gave away mine. And stopped buying them a few years ago. Not because of Nathan’s recurrent controversies with the pen/ink fan community , but because most of the Noodler’s inks I’ve tried, while affordably priced, are just too unpredictable, inconsistent and often even unusable. There are far superior inks available. I have defended Nathan’s constitutionally protected right to freedom of speech and expression. And frankly, just to show my solidarity with Nathan’s right to freedom of expression, if it were possible I’d have bought the entire stock of Noodler’s inks from the cowardly, unprincipled weasels at Goulet pen company who had suddenly voided Nathan’s products on their website. Btw, I’ve downsized my bottled ink collection mainly by giving them away to others who would care to have them. But I’ve also emptied several down the bathroom sink. No way out. This year, I’ve bought many Sailor inks (20ml bottles). Sailor inks are my mainstay and favorites. Good for you on the ongoing de-cluttering mission at home. Hopefully, you’d get it done to your satisfaction, soon. I only once had to de-clutter my large home. Luckily, two of my sisters happily helped me at the time. Made the job easier and better, in the end. I hope to be able to catch a livestream should you do one, soon. Edit: Forgot to mention that I like older, original Delta pens with the Bock gold nibs. I even have a purple-lilac colored Delta Fusion 82 (my favorite) with that special ‘fusion’ nib. Even if it’s considered a gimmick, I must say the nib is a swell writer anyway. Not interested in the ‘new’ Delta pens. For the mostly meh designs. And they come fitted with Jowo nibs. That just kills the deal for me.

Another good one. Enjoyed the flex of the Duofold especially because it looked like it made thick and thin lines without any special effort on your part, Or do you just write that way naturally? A gift! I wish your decluttering were inspiring me to action instead of merely clean(ing) thoughts. Oh, wait. This afternoon I did declutter my secretary style writing desk, then went on to write a 12 page (so far) letter. It may need a P.S. or an addendum. Was easier with the clutter gone. Thanks! Next, the office which one female friend calls “That awful room!” The writing desk isn’t in there. I wrote you a response to your response about Yellowstone talking about the amazing Old Faithful Inn and it’s mezzanine balcony writing desks. I’m starting to wonder if KZbin sends notifications for such secondary responses. Thoughts?

8 pens and one ink sounds cool - I wonder if the ink will write differently because to the pens you use.

My original Delta with a stub fusion nib is fantastic. Have no idea if the gold overlay contributes, but is is smooth wet writing stub. Enjoyed the video.

Love the canola field ❤

Honestly I don’t see the benefits of 4K since I watch all your videos on mobile. I starters my declutterring exercise on Saturday, got all the Watch boxes together, didn’t feel like discarding them, moved them to a big container and kept it on the roof of my house - It’s a semi-declutterring ! Who knows when I’ll need them even though I haven’t sold even a single watch or a pen yet 😄 Monsoon is about to hit South India. It’s time to hit western ghats and enjoy “ghat green” ! We’re transitioning from Summer to monsoon, it’s getting cooler, but it’s not a North Dakota cold not even California cold !

Love the church bells in the background!

Kudos on your de-cluttering, taking the one/crock pot out to the shed is brilliant, unfortunately we live in a 200 unit apartment building, we opt for an air-fryer instead. Your projects are an inspiration, unfortunately I usually also plug in the names of all your exotic pens I never heard of into Ebay and we're off to the races. Pens, like books, can only be used one at a time. take care

Being cold and having to wear jeans + a warm shirt sounds wonderful... we've been in an extreme heat wave with humidity causing feel like temps to be 109 - 112F ... so we have the A/C set no lower than 78 degrees! I really admire your using up inks!!! I think future ink purchases will be very well thought out too due to the habit of sticking with an ink til it's gone! Your 8 inks 8 pens project sounds fun! You'll likely discover some great combinations you hadn't thought of!

OMG, You carved an aardvark!!! -Waskisquirrel You need that on a tee shirt! Great selection of inks in this vid. I really love the Cleo and Geha pens! And that De Atramentis ink smelled so lovely! I’m gonna get me some of that. Also, I like Noodler’s inks, and make no excuses. Nathan’s expression of political views is part of the American experience. If one disagrees with him then they’re free to express that as well. Anyway, thanks for the vid!

I surely sympathize about the Stipula. People love to bellyache about Visconti. I have had good luck with them. But Stipula is polar opposite. I have purchased 3 and have multiple issues with each. No more Stipulas for me.

Too bad you don't have a thrift shop anywhere nearby. That's what I do with all my unwanted items that are still in good condition. I hate sending good stuff to the landfill. I envy your decluttering project and hope to do that my house someday soon.