Famous Writers & Fountain Pens!

[@johnnyragadoo2414]

Pure gold, HJ. You don't present pen reviews, you present thoughtful feature stories and history. Very nicely done, sir!

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you! I really appreciate that!

[@scribe_samples2309]

History lesson, book review, author profile, always fountain pen info and so much more. Bravo, bravo, outstanding content and presentation! Thank you.

[@HemingwayJones]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@davidparrishproductions5082]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you so much. I am so glad you enjoyed it. I wish more people got to see it. That’s the sad part.

[@ZiaLinkZen]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you very very much! It means the world to me! I had my full heart in this one. Thank you!

[@ZiaLinkZen]

@@HemingwayJones 💖 It comes through! Hope to see and chat tonight! Again, thank YOU for ALL you do!

[@sruckel]

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

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you very much!

[@dailycharmaddict]

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!

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you very much!

[@normanhaase9400]

A really wonderful video creation Hemingway. You are rightly proud, as mentioned in your live broadcast. Congratulations! 🎉

[@HemingwayJones]

Many many thanks! That means a lot.

[@Lightwriter1]

I hope this one gets a follow-up. Just brilliant!

[@HemingwayJones]

I am almost certain it will. Fountain Pens in Films comes out next week!

[@marialuisagarabelli9235]

I love vintage Sheaffer fountain pens.

[@daintiestquarters3411]

your channel, new to me, is pure magic. Thank you. ❤

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you and thanks for watching!

[@ZiaLinkZen]

Thanks!

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you so so much! I appreciate it!

[@charis_explores]

Beautifully done 🎉

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks for watching this one!

[@jackfilze4195]

Love the episode, thank you!

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you for watching!

[@vcrouch6041]

Excellent video HJ! Lots of hard work and research I think. Thank you for sharing this!

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you so much! I appreciate that.

[@Kushal.Poddar]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

That is so nice! Thank you. I wish you well.

[@fyfesandy3491]

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.

[@remyvegamedia]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you so much! I am so glad you enjoyed it.

[@williamcatalano1762]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed it.

[@irishaven4632]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

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-xp8rb]

@@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. :)

[@davidparrishproductions5082]

Lovely job my friend

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you very much!

[@XidefiX]

Really great stuff!

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you!

[@Alliejay-C]

What a wonderful film! I love that you included more women this time and Dr. Tyson.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks very much! I would have earlier, but the research on Donna Tartt took a while! Thanks!

[@Alliejay-C]

I have lost count how many times I have rewatched this. I really love this one! Thank you HJ!

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you so much! You are the best!

[@davidparrishproductions5082]

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!

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you very much and that’s very kind of you. My cooking skills are basic at best.

[@karenholden4740]

What a beautiful video sir the music is so fitting. Great history thanks

[@HemingwayJones]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks very much!

[@DBX277]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you.

[@LauraKnotek]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

He is a Legend! I’m glad you enjoyed it.

[@1973sonvis]

This was great! 😊👍🏻

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you!

[@oldladywithacamera]

Thanks much for this. Appreciate all the work that went into it.

[@HemingwayJones]

I am glad you enjoyed it! That’s the important thing. Thank you!

[@oldladywcamera]

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..

[@johnmanuel2980]

I loved the video. I cant wait to see more Authors and their pens 3. It was a well produced video.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks Buddy! I am glad you enjoyed it. Keep your chin up!

[@psychophipps]

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!

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you very much and thanks for watching! It means the world to me.

[@darrinyhearm4240]

Fantastic video HJ. So much information and great storytelling. 5 stars all the way.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you!

[@judithbishop29]

Excellent video. I appreciate all of your hard work, and I look forward to your future videos.

[@HemingwayJones]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@mellow-jello]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

I try not to! Thanks for the kind support!

[@blaiseutube]

Pelikan souverans are legit. I sold most of mine and I am down to five.

[@BordeauxCliff]

Thank you for making this video, Hemingway! I throughly enjoyed it!

[@HemingwayJones]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!

[@JefferyHall-ct2tr]

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!

[@HemingwayJones]

Wow, thanks!

[@jbkerns]

Thanks for the intro to Plath

[@HemingwayJones]

My Pleasure! It will open up a new world for you!

[@SiennaArtsandCrafts]

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 !❤

[@paulyarrow333]

Beautiful film. Really enjoy your lyrical take on fountain pens and journalling and this is the best to date!

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you very much!

[@Clive-MBfan]

As I said at a recent live, you are the king of production. Sooo interesting and enlightening, thanks HJ

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you very much!

[@AndrewWertheimer-xp8rb]

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 :).

[@HemingwayJones]

I appreciate that greatly! And you! Thanks for being here and for watching.

[@alanpareis734]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

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!

[@kurtgeisinger2012]

Great video, HJ. It's always interesting to see the pens authors use to transform their thoughts and ideas into the written word.

[@HemingwayJones]

Well said! And thank you! I appreciate your support, Kurt.

[@DavidBerlin07]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you very much! I am so glad you enjoyed it.

[@craft-o-matic399]

@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

[@HemingwayJones]

Hear, hear! Well said.

[@UmiChan358]

OMG yes! The best series EVER! ❤

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you!

[@matthewross1756]

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…..

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks very much! I am so glad you enjoyed it!

[@pmichael73]

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.

[@WaskiSquirrel]

@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.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you My Friend.

[@robinpennell1594]

Love Sylvia Plath! Fell in love with her in high school when she write about me...except for the suicude attempts... Kerouac rocks too!

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you so much!

[@2010ymg]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

Neil Gaiman is covered here. The Fountain Pens Famous Writers Use! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYe0i6ypo9migtU Thanks for watching!

[@2010ymg]

@@HemingwayJones Thank you! I'll watch the video.

[@debbypodgorski4144]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks so much! I love Sylvia Plato’s poetry. So immediate!

[@karenholden4740]

A beautiful video, the music and history just so great. Thank you

[@HemingwayJones]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you!

[@georgiaturner8210]

Great video, you did a fantastic job

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you!

[@rhondacarlock6735]

Very entertaining, I learned a lot. Thanks for sharing.

[@HemingwayJones]

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!

[@JRDiaz-tn5kb]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!

[@faniro4792]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

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…

[@faniro4792]

@@HemingwayJones Fantastic prospect!!!

[@taiko7225]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks very much! I am so glad you enjoyed it!

[@prativamajhi5785]

Amazing video ❤❤❤🎉

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you!

[@stevedodson1130]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

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!

[@danielbozgavisualartistwri4178]

Great one, Hemingway. Great video. Love the topic❤❤❤

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks so much!

[@Scouzeboy]

Greetings from Australia. A great video. I really enjoyed it. Well done. Great production.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you very much!

[@crouserm]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

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.

[@lizpilgrim1]

Bravo, Tim, bravo! Your best video, indeed!

[@HemingwayJones]

Glad you think so! Thank you very much!

[@scottwoodward123]

Geat video, churchill one is still my favourite though 😊

[@HemingwayJones]

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!

[@hsuk9040]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

Hello Harmeet! Thank you so much for the kind words about this video. I am glad you enjoyed it.

[@hsuk9040]

@@HemingwayJones let me know if you are in London anytime in the near future.

[@arcfide]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

He is associated with the Pelikan m100 for whatever reason. I haven’t jumped into that rabbit hole yet. Thanks!

[@YorkieMama222]

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!!!!

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you so much, My Friend! I appreciate it and am glad you are here.

[@Roberto__Skar]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

Very nice! I saw some photos from that exhibit when I was researching this. Thanks!

[@fyfesandy3491]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks so much for watching.

[@jessicayeo97]

Nice video. I believe Martin Heidegger also uses a fountain pen.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks for the info!

[@CaribouDataScience]

Plot device or product placement?

[@karmesindryade]

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.. ❤

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you so much for the kind words and suggestions! I am so glad you enjoyed this!

[@MikeyGrimTV]

Hey Heminway, would you mind telling me what is that ink you're using around 3:40? It looks amazing!

[@HemingwayJones]

That is the mighty Diamine Oxblood. An absolute classic.

[@MikeyGrimTV]

@@HemingwayJones No no, I meant the golden-brown ink, the one that can be seen at 3:40.

[@HemingwayJones]

That may be Autumn Oak.

[@MikeyGrimTV]

@@HemingwayJones Thank you! 🙇‍♂

[@phazer_6469]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

She may have just grabbed one of Julian’s! Thanks for watching.

[@LFeign]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

The Fountain Pens Famous Writers Use! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYe0i6ypo9migtU covered him here. Thanks!

[@RedShadow3333]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks for watching.

[@mpjs]

Great video! I liked in special the part about Sylvia Plath.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you very much! that means a lot!

[@archivist17]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

Ted Hughes did a brilliant translation of the Metamorphosis.

[@RmDIrSudoSu]

One writer that I know used fountain pens and we can see a glimpse of one of his fountain pen in one interview of him is Patrick O'Brian, the writer of the Aubrey/Maturin Series. There are also many composer, I'm talking about modern one obviously as Bach, Handle, Hadyn etc used quill, but Shostakovitch is one of many that did use fountain pen extensively we sadly don't know which one. If you like music, take a look at the manuscript of different composer, Bach's handwriting is magnificent, Mozart as well, Beethoven is a complete mess, I love that we can see their own personality in their music as well as their writing.

[@HemingwayJones]

I have samples of some of them in my “Art of Handwriting” book and you’re right! I love Shostakovich. I’d love to track that one down. Plus, Patrick O’Brien. Thanks!

[@RmDIrSudoSu]

@@HemingwayJones Yes Shostakovich is a really good composer. One thing that might interest you, if you don't already know it, is that Beethoven uses two different ink colors, the black ones were made during the composition, then there can be red corrections made on the score during rehearsal. I use the same technique to keep track of when I decided to change something as sometime, something sound incredibly well on the piano while you're writing but then with the quartet or the orchestra one chord might be a bit off and you might want to switch some notes from one voice to an other or change said chord, and I also use red marking for that. edit : for the different Ink used by Beethoven, I remember having read it and talked about it with one of my composition teacher, but I don't find the reference back, so I might be completely off. But I remember having read this, and found it pretty smart. But I don't remember the source. Edit 2 : I just checked the autograph of the 6th symphony where you can find a couple of red mark and addition to the score so I would guess that it is a niche fact that might be correct after all.

[@yureliplans]

Love your creativity

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you! I really appreciate this!

[@luismanuel6872]

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!

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you very much! I am so glad you enjoy this!

[@robertnyc4489]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

It would be wonderful to meet him.

[@carolannefisher1516]

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…

[@HemingwayJones]

Sadly, I don’t know him, but that would be fun.

[@AndrewWertheimer-xp8rb]

@@HemingwayJones He did a nice interview with Figboot kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpC1epuilLp5ibM

[@PiersStudio]

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).

[@HemingwayJones]

That sounds so charming. Thanks!

[@ProofByConundrum]

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.

[@tgmittler]

Neil Gaiman has spoken about using Fountain pens. When I encountered him he was signing books using a Pilot 823 custom

[@HemingwayJones]

Catch him here: The Fountain Pens Famous Writers Use! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYe0i6ypo9migtU

[@frankv7068]

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.

[@williamcatalano1762]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

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.

[@taiko7225]

It's so expensive, but the Pilot Custom Urushi is a big pen and dream to write with.

[@SiennaArtsandCrafts]

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 ❤

[@HemingwayJones]

That’s a very good point! Don’t read the Kerouac, until you can handle the Kerouac!

[@andrewbrendan1579]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

It sure sounds like it. Great suggestion.

[@wolf_ceit_witch]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

I’m glad you enjoyed the video!

[@Wolverine3660]

Great video, HJ!!! BTW, have you seen the interview Figboot did with Dr Tyson? He did a show where they discussed fountain pens.

[@Wolverine3660]

Dr Tyson showed his pen case abd he and David aka Figboot discussed their pens, etc.

[@Calcprof]

Neal Stephenson, Author of Crytonomicon, Snow Crash, the Baroque Cycle and others.

[@RobRutherford]

So Neal Stephenson, Neil Gaiman, and Neil deGrasse Tyson, I'm seeing a trend with writers named Neal/Neil using fountain pens.

[@dotc3860]

Nice entry. Sadly you missed the author who got me into fountain pens and who seems to always write with one- Neil Gaiman

[@HemingwayJones]

He is in this one: The Fountain Pens Famous Writers Use! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYe0i6ypo9migtU

[@dotc3860]

Oops. Sorry forgot that. My bad🙈

[@HemingwayJones]

No problem!

[@JRDiaz-tn5kb]

@@HemingwayJones Maybe you could include a “vol 2” in your title or something more so others can see it’s a continuation?

[@LaddGardner4]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks Brother! I love that about you.

[@EELinneman]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

That’s the problem with so many writers!

[@EELinneman]

@@HemingwayJones I've ordered his biography, so perhaps....

[@diane_elizabeth]

🕰✒️🖋🗝🧅🚀🌝📚📜 magnificent

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you!

[@cmw9876]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you so much!

[@gihanzohdy3284]

Oh yes Hemingway, please incluse Neil de Grass Tyson, Washington Irving, Edith Wharton and Henry Adams.

[@HemingwayJones]

NDT was in this one!

[@jeanneprice6736]

Neil Gaiman

[@HemingwayJones]

He is in the one: The Fountain Pens Famous Writers Use! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYe0i6ypo9migtU

[@Vermiliontea]

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.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks so much! I appreciate your watching the entire thing!