Pure gold, HJ. You don't present pen reviews, you present thoughtful feature stories and history. Very nicely done, sir!
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you! I really appreciate that!
@davidparrishproductions50825 ай бұрын
You do such an incredible job mister jones. I can’t imagine all the work that goes into videos like these. You are on a completely different level than everybody else in the pen world and frankly the KZbin world. You could be a pen correspondent for 60 minutes. I hope you get the emotional rewards you deserve for your efforts. You truly are amazing.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much. I am so glad you enjoyed it. I wish more people got to see it. That’s the sad part.
@ZiaLinkZen4 ай бұрын
Fantastic, BRAVO! When you mentioned your latest authors/FP video I watched the one with Neil Gaiman, a fave and loved it, but THIS ONE is truly NEXT LEVEL! Kerouac footage! Plath and now I also know about Donna Tart... a mini documentary for sure. Was trying to add a Super Thanks and think I sent, but lost my text, so rewriting this. Apologies if it posts twice. Your efforts are noticed and greatly appreciated. Thanks again.
@HemingwayJones4 ай бұрын
Thank you very very much! It means the world to me! I had my full heart in this one. Thank you!
@ZiaLinkZen4 ай бұрын
@@HemingwayJones 💖 It comes through! Hope to see and chat tonight! Again, thank YOU for ALL you do!
@scribe_samples23095 ай бұрын
History lesson, book review, author profile, always fountain pen info and so much more. Bravo, bravo, outstanding content and presentation! Thank you.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@Lightwriter14 ай бұрын
I hope this one gets a follow-up. Just brilliant!
@HemingwayJones4 ай бұрын
I am almost certain it will. Fountain Pens in Films comes out next week!
@marialuisagarabelli92355 ай бұрын
I love vintage Sheaffer fountain pens.
@irishaven46325 ай бұрын
I like that you added a scientist. It would be interesting if you did an episode focused on scientists. Although, I'm not sure how difficult that would be.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
I love Scientists. I’d probably have to include NDT again! I do know that Einstein was a Pelikan man! I am sure he will pop up sooner or later. I’ll probably a wait a year or so before doing another one of these.
@AndrewWertheimer-xp8rb5 ай бұрын
@@HemingwayJones it might be fun to do a series around different professions. How about banking and economists? There are some pretty interesting economists out there. I can imagine some interesting fountain pen choices without going into the Noodler rabbit hole. :)
@Kushal.Poddar5 ай бұрын
One of the greatest compliments ever showered on me by my wife is that 'Oh, you do talk and behave like this guy, Hemingway.' Thank you, for enriching our lives.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
That is so nice! Thank you. I wish you well.
@normanhaase94005 ай бұрын
A really wonderful video creation Hemingway. You are rightly proud, as mentioned in your live broadcast. Congratulations! 🎉
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Many many thanks! That means a lot.
@dailycharmaddict5 ай бұрын
Great job, Hemingway. Excellent content, engaging presentation, and stellar editing make up this wonderfully produced film! I’m envious of the cup of MBs but yay, Donna T! Love it! You were right, this was one of your best. The transitions and supplementary footage were very well done!
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!
@sruckel5 ай бұрын
Wow, just WOW! HJ, your literary style, storytelling, and editing of this piece was spectacular. The timing of the music to the rocket launch was impeccable. Bravo
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!
@charis_explores5 ай бұрын
Beautifully done 🎉
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching this one!
@davidparrishproductions50825 ай бұрын
Lovely job my friend
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!
@fyfesandy34915 ай бұрын
In addition - new members to the Royal Society of Literature are inducted by signing their name onto the membership scroll. They use famous author's writing implements. They can choose from George Eliot’s, Lord Byron’s or Jean Rhys’ pens; Andrea Levy’s, Arnold Wesker’s or T.S. Eliot’s fountain pens; or Charles Dickens’ quill.
@remyvegamedia5 ай бұрын
Another instance of a fountain pen as part of a great story is in Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson. Honestly, getting into using fountain pens has reignited my desire to write books. In middle school and high school I was into writing, inspired largely by Kerouac, Ferlinghetti, Kafka, Kahlil Gibran, Rumi, and also by hip-hop music. I pretty much only focused on jazz piano for the last 9 years and have since made a career of it, but the hobby of fountain pens has reoriented me to writing again. It's sort of come full circle. I love seeing who else has been affected by the fountain pen. GREAT WORK ON THIS VIDEO! Very inspiring and meaningful.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! I am so glad you enjoyed it.
@daintiestquarters34115 ай бұрын
your channel, new to me, is pure magic. Thank you. ❤
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you and thanks for watching!
@jackfilze41955 ай бұрын
Love the episode, thank you!
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching!
@Alliejay-C5 ай бұрын
I have lost count how many times I have rewatched this. I really love this one! Thank you HJ!
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! You are the best!
@Alliejay-C5 ай бұрын
What a wonderful film! I love that you included more women this time and Dr. Tyson.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thanks very much! I would have earlier, but the research on Donna Tartt took a while! Thanks!
@vcrouch60415 ай бұрын
Excellent video HJ! Lots of hard work and research I think. Thank you for sharing this!
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! I appreciate that.
@davidparrishproductions50825 ай бұрын
Being that I love literally everything you do (including your guitar and watch and coffee videos ) I’d totally be game to watching you cook something cultured that you enjoy…. Proper scones with clotted cream and lemon curd or jam? Ah! high tea with Hemingway jones!!! That could be really awesome!
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you very much and that’s very kind of you. My cooking skills are basic at best.
@williamcatalano17625 ай бұрын
This was another great one can't wait for more of these! No one in peticular, just glad to learn what other writers and famous people use as their favorite pens.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed it.
@XidefiX5 ай бұрын
Really great stuff!
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@karenholden47405 ай бұрын
What a beautiful video sir the music is so fitting. Great history thanks
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks very much!
@ZiaLinkZen4 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@HemingwayJones4 ай бұрын
Thank you so so much! I appreciate it!
@scottwoodward1235 ай бұрын
Geat video, churchill one is still my favourite though 😊
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
I’d love to re-edit that one to make it a bit smoother. It is a solid choice and I am very proud of that one. Thanks!
@jbkerns5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the intro to Plath
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
My Pleasure! It will open up a new world for you!
@oldladywithacamera5 ай бұрын
Thanks much for this. Appreciate all the work that went into it.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
I am glad you enjoyed it! That’s the important thing. Thank you!
@oldladywcamera5 ай бұрын
I'm not watching many pen videos nowadays since I'm in a no-buy period, but this was an exception. Will probably watch tonight, too..
@1973sonvis5 ай бұрын
This was great! 😊👍🏻
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@alanpareis7345 ай бұрын
Holy Cow! You understated [!] this on the Tuesday live show. This video Knocked my Sox off. Not only the best production you have ever done but the best I have seen by any FP reviewer/presenter that I have seen and I have been watching FP Vids since around 2010ish! Thank you for such and inspiring piece and for your willingness to spend so much effort, energy, and time to produce it. Looking forward to the next installment. Best use of Strauss Zarathustra and images since Kubrick invented the genre. Thanks for the Neil deGrasse T surprise. I have never met him I still hope to before I croak. Neil and I have some things in common, not only fountain pens, but I, like Neil was interested in astronomy and stoked my interest by frequent pilgrimages to the Hayden Planetarium, New York when I was a teen and early 20 something. Unfortunately we never crossed paths due to our age difference. Late in life I had a 2nd career in Astronomy, first as a part-time Astronomy lecturer and telescope operator at the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum in Chicago, Some years later I was fortunate to become the Director and show producer of a small university Planetarium here in Fort Wayne, after retiring from my “real job” I continued for a number of years directing that planetarium. The man at the Adler Planetarium responsible for giving me a chance and hiring me at the Adler and for a number of years was my boss, continued his career as a Planetarium consultant. One of the positions he held was the Interim Director (perhaps not the exact title) who was responsible for the rebuilding of the new Hayden Planetarium in NYC, where Neil deGrasse then became the Director. Thanks again HJ for this fantastic video, before this weekend is out I expect to view it again at least twice. Now I guess its time for me to try and figure out how I can join the channel beyond subscribing.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for the kind words on my video. It means the world to me. Thank you! You have had such an esteemed career and so many accomplishments. Very well done. Thank you so much!
@JRDiaz-tn5kb5 ай бұрын
This video was wonderful, as was the previous one - I enjoyed the interview video by Figboot of Neil - thanks for including him. Along that line I would be curious about another favorite Sci-fi author, Isaac Asimov (though I believe he employed typewriters more often) if he used or had a favorite fountain pen.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
@johnmanuel29805 ай бұрын
I loved the video. I cant wait to see more Authors and their pens 3. It was a well produced video.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thanks Buddy! I am glad you enjoyed it. Keep your chin up!
@UmiChan3585 ай бұрын
OMG yes! The best series EVER! ❤
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@LauraKnotek5 ай бұрын
This is such a wonderful video. I've enjoyed this one more than your previous one about authors. I'm happy that you included Dr Tyson, as he is my favourite scientist. I love his Star Talk podcasts.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
He is a Legend! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
@psychophipps5 ай бұрын
Another excellent addition to the writers series! Truly, well done! I am also thankful for your comments on your favorite, Eclat de Saphir. I just picked up some cartridges at a local(ish) art store and what I see as a purple-tinged blue in a well-behaved ink is looking fantastic on my Rhodia paper. Thank you!
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you very much and thanks for watching! It means the world to me.
@prativamajhi57855 ай бұрын
Amazing video ❤❤❤🎉
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@DBX2775 ай бұрын
Very well constructed and presented! Enjoyed the variety and depth of perspective for each writer. I also appreciate the number of female writers you profiled. Can’t imagine the effort and time invested to create this enjoyable presentation - a sincere thank you for your creating and sharing.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you.
@darrinyhearm42405 ай бұрын
Fantastic video HJ. So much information and great storytelling. 5 stars all the way.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@Clive-MBfan5 ай бұрын
As I said at a recent live, you are the king of production. Sooo interesting and enlightening, thanks HJ
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!
@BordeauxCliff5 ай бұрын
Thank you for making this video, Hemingway! I throughly enjoyed it!
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
@judithbishop295 ай бұрын
Excellent video. I appreciate all of your hard work, and I look forward to your future videos.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Awesome! Thank you!
@JefferyHall-ct2tr5 ай бұрын
Howdy HJ! Really enjoyable video! Very good presentation! This may be the best one you have ever done! Learned a little about some authors I was not really informed about. Thanks!
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Wow, thanks!
@stevedodson11305 ай бұрын
My wife and I enjoy your videos. We love the way you describe your pens and the inks you love. I do have a question. Do you know of any books that contain handwriting samples of famous people? I would like to improve my handwriting and also use a unique script.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for the kind words! Thank you! "The Magic of Handwriting" springs to mind. It's easier to get in French or German. The exhibits have all the important stuff. Thanks!
@AndrewWertheimer-xp8rb5 ай бұрын
Fun episode! Great to start out with Kerouac. I loved the beats, especially the poets (Synder, Ginsberg, Waldman....) . Still haven't read Donna Tartt, but you make it seem tempting. Plath was another great addition. Her "Bell Jar" was a great way of helping understand depression when I was in college. Neil deGrasse Tyson was a perfect capstone. Cheers for the scientists and nonfiction writing too. I understand why you were so proud of this episode. I agree that it was your best and could imagine how you put in was it 20 hours into editing and research. Well done! I'd love to see more poets' fountain pens. I think I already suggested some Japanese writers earlier. Some like Soseki are strongly associated with fountain pens. Some Japanese writers have museums around their work and often have fountain pens on display too. :) By the way you comment on how some people watching are not subscribers. Some of us (or at least I have) a work and personal account. Seems like I'm watching and commenting now on my work account, but I subscribe on the personal account. I imagine others are in the same boat. Subscribing on both accounts would make it harder to keep track with so many new episodes. Who knows I sometimes get to like from both accounts :).
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
I appreciate that greatly! And you! Thanks for being here and for watching.
@jessicayeo975 ай бұрын
Nice video. I believe Martin Heidegger also uses a fountain pen.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the info!
@faniro47925 ай бұрын
Interesting and passionate. Trying to guess what writers were doing with their fountain pens when that was still a thing is definitely not an easy job. Thanks Hemingway for trying your best in order to guess and for making it live with pictures and sound.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! I am glad you enjoyed it! I am on the cusp of a major discovery! Tying someone very famous to an actual pen. Stay tuned…
@faniro47925 ай бұрын
@@HemingwayJones Fantastic prospect!!!
@Scouzeboy5 ай бұрын
Greetings from Australia. A great video. I really enjoyed it. Well done. Great production.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!
@karmesindryade5 ай бұрын
Great Video HJ 👍. I love this series. I am not sure if I knew that Jack Kerouac was writing on "endless" paper but I am sure that I need this now for writing with my typewriters. Donna Tartt was introduced to me by your Dark Academia video, and I am very happy about that. Mr Tyson is new to me (and that being a university graduated physicist myself) - thanks for that - he is on my reading list now. Of course I (and most probably all of us) want to see more videos like this. Here are some suggestions for future videos (although I am not sure if all of them used fountain pens): Agatha Christie, Albert Einstein, JFK, Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, James Joyce, W.B. Yeats, Ursula K Le Guin, Jean Paul Sartre, Philip K. Dick or Italo Calvino (or whatever you choose yourself). Thank you very much and see you soon F.U.T.R.. ❤
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for the kind words and suggestions! I am so glad you enjoyed this!
@danielbozgavisualartistwri41785 ай бұрын
Great one, Hemingway. Great video. Love the topic❤❤❤
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thanks so much!
@matthewross17565 ай бұрын
When you first mentioned Donna Tartt and the Secret History in a previous video I picked up the book and could not put it down. I am not an avid reader, but it was a gripping story. Thank you for the recommendation. I highly recommend it…..
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thanks very much! I am so glad you enjoyed it!
@debbypodgorski41445 ай бұрын
That was an amazing video! Thank you! I think I want to read The Bell Jar again. A few years ago in DC I stumbled upon an exhibit of her work in one of the smaller museums. Then I found a copy of her book in a used bookstore. Loved Donna Tartt’s books too. The Goldfinch was amazing.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! I love Sylvia Plato’s poetry. So immediate!
@kurtgeisinger20125 ай бұрын
Great video, HJ. It's always interesting to see the pens authors use to transform their thoughts and ideas into the written word.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Well said! And thank you! I appreciate your support, Kurt.
@taiko72255 ай бұрын
Outstanding, well done Friend - loved your tributes to Jack Kerouac and Sylvia Plath most, as I have a bit of those just beneath the surface.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thanks very much! I am so glad you enjoyed it!
@RedShadow33335 ай бұрын
Awesome video! I enjoy hearing about authors that have inspired and influenced you, and of course what pens they used. Am I the only one who was thinking of Arthur C. Clarke after the Space Oddessey-esqe intro? Neil Degrasse Tyson is cool too. I would imagine Clarke to have been a typewriter user, but you never know! Perhaps an idea for later.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching.
@paulyarrow3335 ай бұрын
Beautiful film. Really enjoy your lyrical take on fountain pens and journalling and this is the best to date!
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!
@crouserm5 ай бұрын
What wonderful connections between writers and pens!!! Thank you again! My wife and I are discovering, rather late, the pleasures of the BBC and the PBS "All Creatures" series based on the Herriot books. I annoy her a bit, I'm afraid, when I keep pausing the video to try to see what people are writing with! Conway Stewart need to bring out a Herriot pen.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
I could talk to them about that! That is a nice suggestion. I imagine there are all sorts of licenses to purchase. Anyway, thanks so much for watching and for the lovely comment.
@georgiaturner82105 ай бұрын
Great video, you did a fantastic job
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@mpjs5 ай бұрын
Great video! I liked in special the part about Sylvia Plath.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! that means a lot!
@2010ymg5 ай бұрын
Thank you for another fantastic video. Regarding your question, I've read that Neil Gaiman has an exciting collection of fountain pens. He plays with different-colored inks, one ink, on a different pen per day to track his daily progress at a glance in his notebook.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Neil Gaiman is covered here. The Fountain Pens Famous Writers Use! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYe0i6ypo9migtU Thanks for watching!
@2010ymg5 ай бұрын
@@HemingwayJones Thank you! I'll watch the video.
@hsuk90405 ай бұрын
Hello from London. Great video, flows like poetry. Look forward to seeing more productions in the coming days and weeks. In one of your other videos you mentioned if fountain pens are becoming a status symbol? I believe fountain pens inspire the person to think and bring out the creativity. It’s like being in the moment and indulging in writing something and not rushing. You are a great example as you are living this everyday. Keep writing !! Best Wishes, Harmeet.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Hello Harmeet! Thank you so much for the kind words about this video. I am glad you enjoyed it.
@hsuk90405 ай бұрын
@@HemingwayJones let me know if you are in London anytime in the near future.
@robinpennell15945 ай бұрын
Love Sylvia Plath! Fell in love with her in high school when she write about me...except for the suicude attempts... Kerouac rocks too!
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@mellow-jello5 ай бұрын
Dr. Tyson had an in-depth interview with Figboot, where he shows his collection, mainly Pelikan Souverans, and oblique B & BB nibs. He even uses quills with exotic feathers attachments.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
I try not to! Thanks for the kind support!
@blaiseutube4 ай бұрын
Pelikan souverans are legit. I sold most of mine and I am down to five.
@DavidBerlin075 ай бұрын
Nice work. Nice images, and interesting indepth information. I'm pretty sure I'll be rewatching it, after I've gone back to refresh my memory of the authors you featured in your first writers and fountain pens video. I'll be eagerly pouncing on the next author themed exploration.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! I am so glad you enjoyed it.
@lizpilgrim15 ай бұрын
Bravo, Tim, bravo! Your best video, indeed!
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Glad you think so! Thank you very much!
@SiennaArtsandCrafts5 ай бұрын
E.H.Gombrich and Carlos Ruiz-Zaffon , i loved his Shadow of the Wind Series. And one of my modern favorites but another Ancient soul Patrick Rothfuss. I would love to imagine him writing the King killer Chronicles with a fountain pen. I think he uses an old analogue typewriter but I could be imagining this due to the nature of his writing and imagination. Id love to see how they write !❤
@karenholden47405 ай бұрын
A beautiful video, the music and history just so great. Thank you
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you!
@rhondacarlock67355 ай бұрын
Very entertaining, I learned a lot. Thanks for sharing.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!
@YorkieMama2225 ай бұрын
HJ, you were right, this was a fantastically produced video, and you should be very proud. Although I haven’t yet seen ALL of your videos (I’m working on it) I would venture to guess this was your best work to date.. It tickled all the senses and I almost forgot it was about fountains pens I was so engaged. The visuals, the readings, the pictures, the history… Also sprach Zarathustra visuals were especially exciting and so well timed. I never heard of a typewriter that used one long page before, so that was a new factoid for me. And the video reminded me that I should reread some Sylvia Plath, which I haven’t done since my youth when I fell in love with her. Well done!!!!
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much, My Friend! I appreciate it and am glad you are here.
@luismanuel68725 ай бұрын
That is a beautiful typewriter. I still have my grandfather's typewriter, it's no longer functional, but I remember playing with it as a kid. Maybe that is the reason it doesn't work anymore 🤔. Great video as always!
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! I am so glad you enjoy this!
@archivist175 ай бұрын
Well produced! And I very much liked your choice of authors this time. Out of interest, I had a look at photos of Ted Hughes, and I found none with any sort of writing instrument other than a typewriter, which surprised me.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Ted Hughes did a brilliant translation of the Metamorphosis.
@craft-o-matic3995 ай бұрын
@Hemingway Jones I identify most with Sylvia Plath and Jack Kerouac. The freedom of driving down the highway as the scenery changes in amazingly beautiful ways, and the love that has yet to come when we two are free to be together. Lisa
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Hear, hear! Well said.
@arcfide5 ай бұрын
I don't know if you've covered this one, but Einstein is an interesting case. I think he gave the Waterman he used to write one of his main works to a friend, and that pen is now preserved in an archive somewhere, but you can also see that he used Sheaffer's Blue Black Skrip for his writing late in life because of the photo of his desk after he died. There's also been some speculation about the type of pen he's photographed with on a number of occasions, with the consensus seeming to be that it was a now defunct German maker of pens at the time, or possibly a Pelikan.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
He is associated with the Pelikan m100 for whatever reason. I haven’t jumped into that rabbit hole yet. Thanks!
@fyfesandy34915 ай бұрын
Thanks for this. To add to the pot - Tom Stoppard uses a Caran d'ache fountain pen - probably a Madison, Anthony Horowitz also uses Caran d'ache, but he has a collection - and he uses the pens in his first draft. If he's writing a historical character, he'll use a pen from the era to help him form his characters, Allen Ginsberg used a Parker 51. Ernest Hemingway used Montegrappa, but also featured in Parker adverts in Life Magazine - so he may have changed brands after being away from Italy. E M Forster also used a Parker 51 - he wrote to his boyfriend from the USA and mentions it in his letter. Seamus Heaney a Conway Stewart.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for watching.
@pmichael735 ай бұрын
P G Wodehouse also used a roll of paper to feed his typewriter, too. He'd trim the roll into standard sized sheets at the end of the day.
@WaskiSquirrel5 ай бұрын
@Joe van Cleave did an interesting video on Jack Kerouac's use of continuous paper with the typewriter, and showed how to do it with a wooden dinner tray. In 1949, Kerouac was in North Dakota. In February of that year, he wrote in his journal about a stuck bus in Dickinson, ND (my nearest city) and briefly expressed a wish that he had been born there. I'll tell you more about it in the letter I owe you.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you My Friend.
@CaribouDataScience3 ай бұрын
Plot device or product placement?
@Roberto__Skar5 ай бұрын
I chanced upon an exhibition on Kerouac at the New York Public Library a few years back. I was at the beginning of my interest in (particularly vintage) fountain pens then, but what struck me about the hundreds of scribbled notes and drawings, ideas and drafts, was the variety of writing instruments used, suggesting he didn’t carry a particular pen, or care very much about his handwriting, but just grabbed anything at hand for the necessity of getting the ideas down before they vanished. And of course, the whole way down the centre of the gallery, in a specially made Perspex display case, was the famous scroll on which was typed On The Road.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Very nice! I saw some photos from that exhibit when I was researching this. Thanks!
@wolf_ceit_witch5 ай бұрын
Awesome video - BTW - Tyson is a part of the fountain pen community. Figboot on pens did an interview with him on his page kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpC1epuilLp5ibMsi=XyFZkqmli9ueFoJp a while back - It's very interesting. He showed David many of his pens. YES, please continue with this series.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
@yureliplans5 ай бұрын
Love your creativity
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you! I really appreciate this!
@MikeyGrimTV4 ай бұрын
Hey Heminway, would you mind telling me what is that ink you're using around 3:40? It looks amazing!
@HemingwayJones4 ай бұрын
That is the mighty Diamine Oxblood. An absolute classic.
@MikeyGrimTV4 ай бұрын
@@HemingwayJones No no, I meant the golden-brown ink, the one that can be seen at 3:40.
@HemingwayJones4 ай бұрын
That may be Autumn Oak.
@MikeyGrimTV4 ай бұрын
@@HemingwayJones Thank you! 🙇♂
@robertnyc44895 ай бұрын
Great video! I am enjoying this series quite a bit. NDG shops at the same pen store I do, but I've yet to run into him there, although they say he is in all the time.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
It would be wonderful to meet him.
@LFeign5 ай бұрын
I'm surprised you didn't mention Neil Gaiman, who writes all his first drafts with fountain pens. Among his favourites is the Pilot Custom 823, but I've seen interviews with him where he reaches into his coat pocket, revealing at least three pens clipped there at any given time.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
The Fountain Pens Famous Writers Use! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYe0i6ypo9migtU covered him here. Thanks!
@phazer_64695 ай бұрын
To lean in, if you take 300 USD and adjust it for inflation to the time the book was written, 300 dollars is about 670-700 in modern buying power (giving a gap for when she started to write the book) which makes it more likely to have been the 146 rather than 149, The Secret History really is an interesting book tho, I listened to the audio book narrated by Donna Tart herself that's available in full on youtube and I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed each minute of those 10 hours I spent listening to it.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
She may have just grabbed one of Julian’s! Thanks for watching.
@SiennaArtsandCrafts5 ай бұрын
I love and I mean LOVE your copy of the Secret History! The English hardback was no where near as stunning! I love all of these Authors too. I do think people should not read Kerouac until maybe over 30, he was way to influential on my late teens and early 20s ❤
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
That’s a very good point! Don’t read the Kerouac, until you can handle the Kerouac!
@Wolverine36605 ай бұрын
Great video, HJ!!! BTW, have you seen the interview Figboot did with Dr Tyson? He did a show where they discussed fountain pens.
@Wolverine36605 ай бұрын
Dr Tyson showed his pen case abd he and David aka Figboot discussed their pens, etc.
@PiersStudio5 ай бұрын
The green off-brand is a cheap piston-fill pen. Probably costing a dollar when made. I’ll give you one when you visit! In the archives of Boston University you can find a letter by George Bernard Shaw that he wrote to a correspondent who asked him what pens he uses. Shaw made a list of five or so, with commentary. Using each one for their descriptive sentence. “This is a Swan I use for swanky writing.” “This is a Parker I use with red ink.” Etc. I’m sure they still have it though I only saw it once 40 years ago. (It isn’t on display, you need to ask to see it).
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
That sounds so charming. Thanks!
@ProofByConundrum5 ай бұрын
George Bernard Shaw was the most charming author on my high school reading list. Given that he lived 100 years through the end of WWII, he beautifully bridged the late industrial period to the modern period, so he's a very interesting example of someone who used a fountain pen. He also came off as a bit of a rascal in some archival footage of him in the BBC collection of his plays. I'd enjoy hearing more about this.
@tgmittler4 ай бұрын
Neil Gaiman has spoken about using Fountain pens. When I encountered him he was signing books using a Pilot 823 custom
@HemingwayJones4 ай бұрын
Catch him here: The Fountain Pens Famous Writers Use! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYe0i6ypo9migtU
@carolannefisher15165 ай бұрын
How about a one-on-one interview w/ Dr. Tyson re his love for and use of fountain pens? If I were a betting person, I’d bet he’d agree…
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Sadly, I don’t know him, but that would be fun.
@AndrewWertheimer-xp8rb5 ай бұрын
@@HemingwayJones He did a nice interview with Figboot kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpC1epuilLp5ibM
@Vermiliontea5 ай бұрын
Lot's of effort there HJ. Regards. The least I can do is leave some comment. What, I'm not so sure about? (Its not you, it's me.) So I'll go directly to NDGT. I've seen a pen focused interview with him. He was very messy. Almost all his pens had burped inside the cap and all over the section. 😄 He clearly likes fancy pens, but he doesn't gorge himself in any kind of shopping spree. He has a one new book, one new pen rule. I think (but don't know) that his FP habit started the same way as for me? That he tired of cramping writing hand and grooved papers during his student days? If so, he must have used finer nibs in those days. Anyway, I'd like to feel we have a common link that way, even if I don't know it's true.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! I appreciate your watching the entire thing!
@diane_elizabeth5 ай бұрын
🕰✒️🖋🗝🧅🚀🌝📚📜 magnificent
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@EELinneman5 ай бұрын
I'd like to see James Thurber included. Always one of my favorites and I know he used a fountain pen, just not which one.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
That’s the problem with so many writers!
@EELinneman5 ай бұрын
@@HemingwayJones I've ordered his biography, so perhaps....
@LaddGardner45 ай бұрын
Completely unfamiliar with Sylvia Plath, but picture myself, Lancelot-style, rescuing her from the crotch of that fig tree and somehow consoling her. Weird how so much beauty flows from tortured souls. Excellent work, T-man.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thanks Brother! I love that about you.
@gihanzohdy32845 ай бұрын
Oh yes Hemingway, please incluse Neil de Grass Tyson, Washington Irving, Edith Wharton and Henry Adams.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
NDT was in this one!
@cmw98765 ай бұрын
Solid Gold - thank you. I have been given much to think about with people like Sylvia Plath. Neil deGrasse Tyson's interview with "Figboot" came as a surprise. Tyson showed pen writing of people like Isaac Newton from Newton's original works. We have things a lot easier. I've lost track of how many times I've watched this.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@andrewbrendan15795 ай бұрын
I don't know if her name has come up before as a writer who used fountain pens, but I'd like to know what kind or kinds Virginia Woolf used. I've things by and about her since the 1970's and my understanding is that Virginia Woolf used "dunk" pens for most of her life but switched to fountain pens in the later part of the 1930's because of trouble with her wrist. I'm wondering if the author had what we now call carpal tunnel or if she was getting arthritis.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
It sure sounds like it. Great suggestion.
@Calcprof5 ай бұрын
Neal Stephenson, Author of Crytonomicon, Snow Crash, the Baroque Cycle and others.
@RobRutherford5 ай бұрын
So Neal Stephenson, Neil Gaiman, and Neil deGrasse Tyson, I'm seeing a trend with writers named Neal/Neil using fountain pens.
@frankv70685 ай бұрын
Can you cover fountain pen sizes please? I’m 6’3 with big hands, I find myself not able to enjoy smaller pens sometimes, does it look odd a big guy with a small pen? lol silly question but I’m serious! I just ordered a Visconti Van Gogh Starry Night, I’m worried if it’s too small, btw I cap all my writing instruments.
@williamcatalano17625 ай бұрын
I have hands on the bigger side as well. A Visconti Opera Gold with a steel nib if found on sale... I really think you'd enjoy that pen a lot as I do mine. Holds a HUGE amount of ink as it's the double reservoir power filler ( a vacuum filler). That pen is HUGE as well. I still post mine though. I don't own a Van Gogh, but I'm sure you will be pleased with it.
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
That’s a good topic suggestion! You’d be good with a Visconti Homo Sapiens or a Pelikan M1000. Jinhao 9019 on the less expensive side. I’ll do something on this.
@taiko72255 ай бұрын
It's so expensive, but the Pilot Custom Urushi is a big pen and dream to write with.
@dotc38605 ай бұрын
Nice entry. Sadly you missed the author who got me into fountain pens and who seems to always write with one- Neil Gaiman
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
He is in this one: The Fountain Pens Famous Writers Use! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYe0i6ypo9migtU
@dotc38605 ай бұрын
Oops. Sorry forgot that. My bad🙈
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
No problem!
@JRDiaz-tn5kb5 ай бұрын
@@HemingwayJones Maybe you could include a “vol 2” in your title or something more so others can see it’s a continuation?
@jeanneprice67365 ай бұрын
Neil Gaiman
@HemingwayJones5 ай бұрын
He is in the one: The Fountain Pens Famous Writers Use! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYe0i6ypo9migtU