A Parker Pen Paradise (Parker 25B Pen Review)

[@abrusticrelics5808]

I'm so glad you enjoyed the pens Peter. Talk about a excellent review. I'm glad the ink fumes could bring up such nostalgic feelings. The artwork was epic. Hope you had a Merry Christmas and dont worry about that smudge. Your friend Brad.

[@acmramon]

AB RusticRelics chow main🤣

[@abrusticrelics5808]

@@acmramon Chow Mein my friend. Nice to see you here.

[@mrpilotsapien7705]

as expressive as I could! Im drawing a blank on how to give a discription of how I feel...... Excited and distraught in a good way.... my mind is going blank...... anyway Im so glad theres actually someone who is an avid PARKER fan. That (25 flighter ) actually was "THE" pen that sent me down the rabbit hole. I considder it vintage (is it?.....doesnt matter cause it is to me). I could write a book on this discovery.... forgive my impartial ism, I cant seem to think straight. Im just floored on knowing Theres an actual authentic source of PARKER.....

[@abrusticrelics5808]

@@mrpilotsapien7705 thank you for such eloquent words. Nice to meet another Parker aficionado.

[@pritamsarkar7614]

@AB RusticRelics: Hi, how can I buy these ink bottle and pen set in India? Are they deliverable?

[@meggiemoo931]

introduces *spider* plant.... reviews *parker* pen.... name is *peter* ..... I think he’s trying to tell us something

[@gizmo6001]

🤔

[@ottttoooo]

Spider Parker Peter 😳 no way

[@diesirye]

I think he may be batman

[@Shaiy007]

Spider man! 🕸🦸‍♂️💥

[@aceboi7699]

Hellboy! :D (j o k e)

[@thechronitonsystem6680]

I've had that urge to use ballpoint pens once. Just relax, it goes away.

[@recoveringsoul755]

If they are oil based wouldn't they over time, have the oil seep into the paper? depending on the paper maybe? I used ball point pens in my old planners for work, and older ones I could see a sort of clear sheen around each line as if that had happened. Almost like the paper was turning transparent, the same way it does when you wrap fried fish in newspaper.

[@reidpaslay]

I have a Parker ball point and it has the most satisfying click I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing. It's even nicknamed "The Clicker".

[@duzehalo]

Yes omg! The only ballpoint pen I randomly think of sometimes haha

[@Rapidpanda1st]

Phenol is the solvent used in Solv-X as well as in many aircraft-grade paint strippers (for stripping epoxy and polyurethane which most chemicals won't attack). It's likely the smell you remember from the aircraft hanger.

[@recoveringsoul755]

I hope no one ever sends him Glue. Solv-X sounds like a solvent and not something that I would feel safe about sniffing.

[@Julian-ie3jz]

Rapidpanda1st This is Why the internet is great

[@edzejandehaan9265]

You are slowly starting to convince me I need a fountainpen in my life...

[@SICresinwrks]

I was thinking this same thing while watching the video

[@geomagstabilizers7807]

Trust me, you do. At least a little lamy al star or something, just to have one around, everyone needs that.

[@abrusticrelics5808]

you do

[@sarahmcbride9740]

I was convinced myself and got one

[@screamingmimi90]

I’m actually considering one , also.

[@robertahubert9155]

Goodbye Peter. It was nice to see you also. Parker pens have been around a very long time 1888 and were considered to be used by people with status. At least that was always my impression because I could never have afforded one. Now i can so now i will buy one. Thanks for the demo

[@solifuctioncorruption4343]

How sweet is this ♥️

[@LivingKrill]

It’s all fun and games until Peter starts huffing ink

[@izzyk-s4929]

You are better than the headspace sleepcasts

[@Durchii]

Don't you love how, "You put me right to sleep" used to be an insult? Now it's a badge of honor. 😅

[@izzyk-s4929]

@@Durchii haha yeah lol. It was always good in my books, I love sleep but coincidentally I have trouble sleeping.

[@PGPyramid1]

These Parker 25 pens were very popular in the UK in the 80s. I got one for my 18th birthday which I am still using at the age of 54. Mine is in steel, still works well. The paper these days is more porous which absorbs much more ink, making it damper more quickly, and more prone to bleed through. I prefer a fine nib which suits my handwriting, and I find I am able to write better with a fountain pen rather than a ballpoint pen.

[@johncoursey2582]

It's interesting to see how differently some people write. Not the handwriting necessarily, but where you begin each letter and the order in which you draw the lines.

[@recoveringsoul755]

It also is interesting to see HOW people hold their writing instruments. Sometimes I am so disturbed by how they hold their pen I can't pay attention to what they are writing. Just, like, how on earth does that feel comfortable? And then i am reminded of the strange way I hold my pens. I am double jointed and what feels most comfortable to me, where I feel like I have control over the instrument, used to drive my 3rd grade teacher batty. She crumpled up balls of paper and shoved them into my hand so my hand was forced to go around them. But I kept dropping the pencil. Fun times. The way people are "supposed" to hold pens just doesn't work for me.

[@LauraLaura-pc3ix]

@@recoveringsoul755 same

[@kyleguajardo]

I knew someone who could only write when holding the paper diagonally and he held the pen damn near the very end of the pen. People are fascinating in their habits

[@rirukadokugamine1658]

Misread the title as 25B pencil. Hoped to see it crumble like ash, aha

[@screamingmimi90]

Riruka Dokugamine 🤣🤣🤣

[@_Hakiko]

For anyone wondering what Peter was talking about when he mentioned Japanese breakage (as much as I like his word, wabisabi) that word is known as kintsugi or kintsukuroi which is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas with gold, platinum, or silver. By doing this, it symbolizes how breakage and repair of an object is part of its history rather than something that should be hidden.

[@_Hakiko]

Wow excuse me, it turns out there are in fact other names for it. Wabisabi is an actual name for it as well. 😂 it literally sounded made up or like a weird way of saying “wasabi”. Funny. Welp- learned something new!

[@double2mo382]

Oh goodness, yes! I'm 62 so this takes me back to my childhood when my Mom, who was an accountant, in the era before computers, would only use her Parker pen in her great big ledgers. She had the most amazing handwriting. In those days you were only allowed to use fountain pens for school. Being lefthanded made that very difficult. Anyway I still have my mother's Parker pens from the early '50's until she retired in the 90's. They still work. We used to pump the ink bladder in the pen a couple of times to fill it up. Thanks Peter for this.

[@kyleguajardo]

It is nice to see that Peter reaches young and old in his demographics

[@totallyradknits666]

Your voice is so soothing and relaxing. I was a having a bit of a panic attack and I was trying to calm down and I thought about you and how calming and relaxing your videos always are, and right from the get go, I started to relax. The plant tour! I feel like I'm hanging out at my friends house and he's showing me his new fountain pen. Thanks for letting us into your world 💜

[@j.vincent3625]

Stay calm...now start gently sniffing the nice phenol laced ink. Feel better now? 😒

[@kyleguajardo]

Chill for a second. Think about something random, like what's your favorite sandwich? If you could make it perfectly what could you add to it to make it tastier?

[@julio3821]

this "plant intro" made me nostalgic of the peter review wild plants serie... i would love a episode 7

[@littleloner1159]

I'm so glad this channel exists. You are the only human I can stand often before I want to sleep. You never disappoint and i hope feel just as at ease making them as I feel watching them.

[@Space_Potat]

Peter draws with a Parker pen P e r f e c t And he talks about a spider plant P i n c r e d i b l e

[@recoveringsoul755]

Plants called Spider and Snake. It still kills me that he can't read cursive. Makes me wonder how many people will be unable to read plain english just because they were not taught cursive. And that is really neat writing. Me wonders if this is another plot to hide our history.

[@meyramerah]

@@recoveringsoul755 he was joking

[@BLZPHR]

nur humairah and he’s clearly an idiot lol don’t waste your time on him

[@abrusticrelics5808]

agreed

[@sarahmcbride9740]

Because of you I finally got a fountain pen. You speak to my soul. I got a cross pen, with a converter for fountain pen ink. They only had parker ink where I went, so I went with that. Will start drawing soon!

[@DarthSidian]

Ballpoint pens are fine, but once you use fountain pens, you just can't help but stay with fountain pens.

[@KitKatToeBeans]

They are two entirely separate species.

[@cosmicowllie7394]

I gave my spider plant a haircut just last night. Cut away some of the dead leaves and such. The plant was my mum's but one day she stopped watering it, and it was dying. I took it off her hands, watered it every day, and brought it back to life. Even planted some of its babies in the same pot, since there was space for them. I also have an umbrella plant. If you're worried about over watering them, or forgetting to water them, you could get one of those watering globe things. Fill it up with water, stick it in the soil, and the water slowly drips out into the earth.

[@BLZPHR]

@Aqua Globes

[@recoveringsoul755]

oh yes spider plants seem to live forever. And spawn babies so you can make more. When I was in highschool, I bought a Philodendron plant at Walgreens, of all places. It was maybe about a foot tall. I kept it alive for decades. Repotting when necessary, staking it up to the wall, and later the ceiling. It survived the move to college dorms, off campus housing, to an apartment and then my first house. But after I had a baby, I was too busy I guess, and there wasn't a room with really good light. It was mostly the baby thing that distracted me from watering enough or something. It was well over 9-10 feet tall with each leaf easily spanning 12-14 inches across when it died off. So sad. I tried to make it grow UP, and it put out "roots" from higher up nodes, They'd grow longer and longer and I'd guide them towards the soil. I think it's more of a vine supposed to creep along the ground maybe?

[@KitKatToeBeans]

That was a really nice gift! One of my favorite pens was a pink Parker. I lost it years ago but still think about and miss it.

[@Tooimpulsive]

"What are you Shakespeare, using a fountain pen? Where's your quill?" Made me laugh way harder than it probably should have

[@jj4998]

who else watches this now instead of asmr or just as a relax

[@adamwest8711]

I never really listened to asmr but I do find his voice soothing and often fall asleep listening to his videos.

[@Dismythed]

This and Micro-Cosmos are all the ASMR I need. It's like a verbal massage. I'm not high strung anymore.

[@ai-man212]

My dog is dying and your voice has helped soothe her more than anything else so far. Perhaps you should become a death guide. I can see it helping in my own case many years from now.

[@NevieSticks000]

I write in cursive and love cursive overall. Regardless of our differences, I still respect you, Peter.

[@6LAIX]

We need more cooking with Peter

[@ink_sammich]

I love that smell segment in Peter's reviews

[@duskzx]

Yay another calming video!!! I just got in an argument with one of my friends. Thanks for the upload!! 💜💜

[@daniellucas3191]

I love the fact that the company's that send him these items also send such meaningful hand writing messages instead of copy and pasted letters everyone gets. Thank you Brad

[@peter_draws]

Yeah I don't think it's really a company just someone that loves pens :)

[@constablebentonfraser5014]

Ahhhh, the cursive joke was gold. Perfect delivery.

[@justicegriffin8078]

I was hoping someone else would appreciate it haha

[@constablebentonfraser5014]

@@justicegriffin8078 pure gold sister!

[@jacobtighe3234]

Peter the type of dude to huff solvent based ink on camera

[@screamingmimi90]

My dad used to work for Parker Pen when I was in elementary school. I grew up about 20 miles from Janesville. I have cousin s that still live there. This video is very interesting to me.

[@indigomk]

Peter's intros continue to disturb me with how interesting yet irrelevant they are

[@Ethan-uq2ew]

*peter smells the ink* "is uh, you know," me: I DON'T WANNA KNOW WHAT YOU DO IN YOUR FREE TIME

[@elle-iza]

"Ink is now entering the REsErvOire..." 😍

[@jeffreybarker357]

The archaeology bit had me dying. 😂

[@abrusticrelics5808]

Same here...LOL

[@donofbran]

My first ink bottle and the one I use now is Parker Quink

[@propane1516]

Peter, we need to talk... I like your plants.

[@debbieebbiebobebbie]

Always makes me think about my dad when you have calligraphy pens & stuff.

[@ily-li6fi]

your videos relax me 🥺

[@thiccboijenkins7686]

Thats how you get your voice so smooth!! You just huff vintage ink!!

[@amadeus5521]

Hello! Thank you for your videos! They have quickly become a large part of my KZbin rotation! I can listen to you talk about pens, and watch you draw for hours! I am curious about the writing you often use in some your drawings (the kind that, to me, looks like a take on Chinese characters). Is it improvised, or a constructed writing system you or someone has created? I only ask because a hobby of mine is creating writing systems for fun...languages, codes and cyphers too. And a constant struggle of mine is finding something that looks natural. I have to say, I love the look of that writing you do, whether it be improvised or not...and you make it look so easy! I can only aspire to create something that flows so well like yours does! Anyways, thanks for sharing your art and thoughts with us!

[@Spidr-Man]

Parker has been my go-to brand for fountain pens since an ex bought one for me on my birthday. All of them (8) are in perfect condition and are amazing to use. I'm yet to find a brand that equals quality-price

[@Liberty40]

8 ex-es "in perfect condition"? 😁😉

[@Spidr-Man]

@@Liberty40 Lmao no 8 fountain pens in perfect condition for many years.

[@LaniWantSmoke]

Spidey u draw?

[@Spidr-Man]

@@LaniWantSmoke Some times. Why?

[@LaniWantSmoke]

@@Spidr-Man I was just asking lol. And say hi to MJ for me!

[@bullmooseathletics]

On light aircraft, A&P technicians will often spray the entire engine down with solvent to clean the engine before leak testing. The ink has solv-x in it, which leads me to believe that is some sort of solvent.

[@mechakitsune]

Spider plant, spider plant, grows wherever a spider plant can.

[@1987smashley]

Can he swing from a web, no he can't 'cause he is a plant

[@mechakitsune]

@@1987smashley Look out! You forgot to water spider plant.

[@charcology]

"pen review, I can do another pen review, I can do it for you"

[@artintheraw6682]

Wow, awesome review sir. Great work ...

[@quiltknit]

By: Angela Koncz The spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum) is considered one of the most adaptable of houseplants and the easiest to grow. This plant can grow in a wide range of conditions and suffers from few problems, other than brown tips. The spider plant is so named because of its spider-like plants, or spiderettes, which dangle down from the mother plant like spiders on a web. Available in green or variegated varieties, these spiderettes often start out as small white flowers. Read more at Gardening Know How: Spider Plant Care: Gardening Tips For Spider Plants www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/spider-plant/spider-plant-care-gardening-tips-for-spider-plants.htm Have had many Spider Plants. Becareful around Household Pets. Indoor plants tend to be Poisonous to Pets. Love Pens and Ink. Did you ever see the outcome of that Specially made oversized Dip Pen? Around 2010?

[@trivvytriv]

Snake plants are indeed toxic for pets. However the spider plant isn't poisonous. I have two cats, so I had to do some research before I bought some plants two months ago.

[@aliasalone5823]

Your videos help me with my anxiety, thank you pen boy!

[@gertahnstrom784]

That's a nice set! The 25B is apparently a bit more unusual than the standard 25 which is in stainless steel. I got a normal one. It's a lovely pen.

[@criscoliosis]

I got a few jotters for Christmas one year, and I used them for years. I love those pens

[@dawngeorge7921]

Two of my plants have names. Zetsu is my yucca plant, and Lucky is my Jade plant.

[@brettvanhooser6770]

Need a smelling art things for an hour pt. 2

[@dismith73]

Happy Christmas Peter

[@tencents7396]

Ur my favorite KZbinr Pete

[@kyleguajardo]

For the record, these pens are REALLY expensive, like on par with that 600 dollar pen you received. Granted there are cheaper models, but looking it up on the Parker website and...well, I am glad you got them for free.

[@therealpoost]

Peter: uploads Me: goes to the comment section to see what’s good

[@digitaIgorilla]

I seem to remember from my school days Parker was known for it's Quink being blue-black which explains what you see on the bottle.

[@RodneyScottland]

"Solv-X was a detergent used to aid ink flow (surfactant) and since it was a detergent, Parker could claim it cleaned, too." - it smells good because it's a solvent LOL - get a lil contact buzz??

[@AikiraBeats]

thanks peter for making these calming videos

[@bradburnett7576]

:o Brad was here!!! word from the wise. never loan your nice pens that's what the ball pens are for. they do the work of the days pen work and are not a tragedy when not returned.

[@billmcyrus]

It's always interesting to see how people respond to a fountain pen (or multiples) when they're not used to seeing them. Parkers are definitely nostalgic for me, as my dad used them when I was growing up. Now I have two of the ones (75's) he worked with every day and use them quite frequently myself. Something interesting is that I find they actually write best with Pelikan ink.

[@IanMayer]

My dad had a stainless steel Parker 25, the fountain, ballpoint and roller ball set in the 70’s. I recently got the ball point off him, he could not find the others but I then found a stainless steel Parker 25 fountain pen on EBay. So much a shape of their time and lovely pens to use. I have to say I love the black series.

[@deathbykindnes]

Peter: it's nice. it's black. it's metal. *Nathan Explosion has entered the chat*

[@Dismythed]

Now we know how Peter became Peter. 13:30

[@namope359]

A smudge. How crushing 😰. I can relate. It might be that the notebook is more for the Jotters and/or the ink might have something to do with it. I have a sample of Platinum Carbon Black in a Red Platinum Preppy M05 I've used on a Target Composition Book that I'm making into a 2020 planner. Maybe permanent FP inks are prone to bleed through on thinner paper that's somewhat FP friendly? 🤔

[@Liberty40]

I've still got a bottle of blue Quink Ink from my school days in the '60s. Same shape bottle and scalloped lid. Parker/Quink is popular in Australia, as is Sheaffer. Press in before you put it in the ink, release while in. And yes, smells different.

[@mariahbennett9947]

Peter ! Thank you for making my day a little less monotonous 😁👍

[@TheChameleon2008]

Peter Parker always ready for some action!

[@RealmsOfThePossible]

The hanger smell is probably the 'SOLV-X' which is some kind of fluid used in both.

[@theurzamachine]

That stuff is worth a lot nowadays that they don't produce it any more... It was the best ink I've ever used and I only stumbled upon it because my dad had tried a fountain pen back in 1994 and didn't like it so I was lucky enough to have a single bottle.

[@beinggreen24]

I love green and black ink pens💚🖤

[@HecticCentral]

You are literally asmr personified

[@Depleted-Uranium]

It’s not the pen nib size that matters, it’s how you use it

[@eianoodle]

Whoa. I live in Wisconsin & not far from Janesville. I think I have a Parker pen that was my Grandpa’s too.

[@jamespfleging7649]

Oh God, I’m still laughing!! I may just have to sit here and huff this for awhile”.

[@stardoogalaxie9314]

The Japanese practice of putting bowls back together with gold fillings is Kintsutsugi!!

[@bagheeralu]

Hey, I want to take this opportunity to introduce you to... *your significant other?* ...A couple of my plants

[@Verymuchkris]

It’s been to long scince I’ve watched a peter draws video I miss it

[@ArtistWizardry]

Oh good. Now I don't feel so bad that I mentioned sending gifts and am still putting it together. It's very nice to meet your plants. So far they seem to be doing very well, especially the snake plant. It looks very happy. Thats an interesting nib for sure. I've never seen one quite like that. You know they make scented inks but they all seem to be florals. I wonder if they have ones that are more masculine, like tractor, or dirt, motor oil, cigar, or leather. I would think so. Sometimes I feel like anything you can imagine is available somewhere..

[@alexissnead225]

Wanted to see if this pen was in my price range because it looked quite nice. Turns out this pen is selling for $152. Sadly, ive gotta take a hard pass 🙃

[@TommyLane]

I have a Parker fountain pen. I have had it a while. I don’t remember how I acquired it, but I love it. I use it to write in my Hobonichi Daily planner everyday. It was made in the UK. I use it with Parker Quink blue colored ink. I am looking to get other fountain pens, although i am very happy with this one. I enjoy your videos. You’re entertaining and talented. I bought the Rotring lead holder that you recommended in another video. Looking forward to getting it.

[@andrewnawarycz3026]

Parker 25 fountain pen, probably my favourite 👍. Wrote most of my school work with this piece!

[@creeker81]

Love the plants peter!!!

[@mattrussell9222]

I'd advise getting a pot with drainage holes for the snake plant! They suffer from root rot easily if the dirt stays too damp.

[@peter_draws]

Yes there is drainage but I put a plate underneath, maybe that defeats the purpose... but I didn't want it dripping all over my floor? Maybe these are meant to be kept on a patio or something.

[@1012-s4t]

@@peter_drawsThe plate is alright. If you water and theres a lot of drainage in the plate it may be best to pour the water out of the plate, but as long as the soil isn't soaking in excess water, it shouldn't be a problem. All of my indoor plants have plates to catch the drainage under them. Just keep an eye out for too much water collected in the plate and you should be fine. It was very cool to see your plants by the way:).

[@marsupius]

He had to get the cursive deciphered by an archeologist. That's hilarious! Sounds like half the kids in their 20's and 30's I work with.

[@evanseaman8946]

Love the pen reviews!

[@BungAngus14]

Peter... Parker...?

[@and3583]

Great nostalgia :) I went through school in England in the 70s with a Parker like that :)))

[@jvon3885]

I've seen a few pens with the arrow on the clip. I wonder if they were parker pens. I also wish my grandmother would have been more into recording her work as she was a phenomenal artist. She was commissioned by the Smithsonian to create an exhibit of the fur trade. She was mainly a sculptor. The amazing thing about her creations was she used a clay that was an old Shoshone recipe of bread clay. I'm a direct descendant of Chief Washakie and Sacagawea. Just a little fun fact. I too am an artist and your videos are helping me rekindle my passion for art. I've been following you for about 3 years now and I'm just now getting my groove back. So thanks for your work and your commentary.

[@jvon3885]

P.S. I'm a true fan of your handwriting. I dont know what its about, but when you write words I enjoy them.

[@Eatabagofahunniddicks]

Thanks peter

[@joeblankenship377]

I've been using mixed media paper for fountain pen drawings lately and it's not too bad. Doesn't bleed through and even though it's not as smooth as I'd like, it stands up to the nib pretty well.

[@eligasai638]

peter you are amazing i love you

[@MajorTom9108]

I distinctly remember when I was in fine arts in college the best painter in the program was completely against framing his work. He believed that seeing the paint go over the edge and built up on the canvas was important to show the viewer labor and time, not just an aesthetic result. I dunno, personally for drawing I tend to agree with you on the smudges personally, but I can also certainly understand the philosophical merit of seeing the reality of hands on the piece to make it somehow more real as a unique item and not something mass-produced or digitized.

[@jean-lucchessher7065]

Parker in the uk is known for being the free pen you get for enquiring about life insurance

[@wirgi4456]

Need a desk tour 😍

[@jenniferwood8944]

The best most exclusive is Parker!

[@jamieshannon9809]

I've had a Parker 25 in silver for about 40 years. Definitely the Best Pen I've ever owned. I still NEED a DUOFOLD and a 51 though.

[@kevinm.5939]

Dude, I love The Life Aquatic and Steve Zissou! This made my day haha

[@TheOldgeezah]

Parker 51 - best fountain pen ever.