3 INSTA BUY fountain pens

[@Latinart]

If you get the Pilot custom 74, 30th Anniversary set you can have three additional barrel to change with your mood, ink and season. That would suffice for an additional 74 pen plus a total of four barrels with the existing Pilot custom 74.

[@jolienkrispijn]

I don't really have insta buys atm. Although I have a hard time resisting Sheaffer Targa's and others with that same nib. Recently bought 2 of those lol.

[@lynettedyck7327]

I am interested in the Benu Pixie as well. Got a couple months to wait! 😊

[@bryanmarsh9886]

My "insta-buy" pens are very different from yours. I like new weird and different, not more of the same. So when PenBBS comes out with a new model, especially a new filling mechanism, I am on it. I occasionally leap on new pens from other Chinese makers, if I find them interesting, like when Jinhao did the 9019 with the heartbeat nibs. I no longer jump with new giant nibs now that I have a Mag 1000, a Kanwrite Mammoth, and an Emperor. New innovations like the Ensso bolt, Kyuseido Kakari get me, though.

[@joanwerthman4116]

I got a vintage Kaweco sport that's a piston version. It works beautifully but is a bother to clean.

[@judyjacobs5827]

Can you remove the nib and feed unit, preferably with the grip section? So much easier to clean. And to change nibs. Since that model was discontinued for so long, it might have some annoying and misconceived design flaw, like super-glue holding the grip, but I don't own one and cannot advise.

[@joanwerthman4116]

I don't know if I can do that. I'm not all that handy, although I have changed a few nibs. I really don't want to risk destroying it, given my level.

[@HugeElvis2022]

I bought a lot of vintage pens and it had a very old Kaweco piston fill pen. It is smaller than my current Sport, but only took a cleaning to get it writing again. Love it.

[@AleeshaSattva]

Have you tried the waverly nib for Pilot? I recently picked one up and I love it! Similar to a medium nib.

[@blaiseutube]

The Waverly is one of the best kept secrets.

[@korax67]

WA nib is just wonderful !

[@sarahj772]

My insta buys are the lamy and twsbi eco solid colour releases, and the pilot capless annul release! I would love all the leonardo limited editions to be on that list too, but there’s far too many to keep up with/afford!

[@halfsourlizard9319]

Any Pelikan (except the tiny one -- the m300 -- which is just too small ... although I still keep mine) ... I understand that the m1000 is too big/heavy for some people (I *prefer* my m800) but their nibs make me so happy (even the steel ones on the m200).

[@halfsourlizard9319]

They're not, to be fair, the most exciting-looking pens ... but I enjoy *writing* with them more than almost anything else (the Custom 823 is pretty close, though, to be fair).

[@judyjacobs5827]

@@halfsourlizard9319 Over their history, Pelikan has made lots of models that look very little like the see-through-stripey, though no longer made, barrels you admire. Look at their Twist, all kinds of colors and easy to hold and fun. There are plastic school pens with amusing designs, and the Pelikano, and lots more. I have one that really looks like metal, but is plastic. Another one has a nib on one end and a fiber tip on the other. Cool stuff! To be, as you say, fair.

[@sajjadhusain4146]

@@judyjacobs5827There’s the Stola II/III, too.

[@blaiseutube]

The pen I would grab if the house was on fire is an old style m600 with 18k F nib

[@danravenna2974]

I no longer have any insta buy FPs. It used to be Pilot and Platinum. And maybe TWSBI as a third. Now I shop on what makes me smile. One purchase could be a Shaeffer vacumatic from the 1940s and the next could be a Pelikan M800 special edition. But it behooves one to try out a model for fit. Some folks decry the Vanishing Point, a model I love, whereas the Benu, with its great variations, does not fit me comfortably. If you don't like its fit, you won't use it. YMMV.

[@kd5byb]

That's the way I am now - I buy what makes me smile - and I rotate around across brands and even across nib sizes and styles. The last pen that made me smile was a Hongdian WA35 "Space Pen," a gift from a coworker. Makes me smile every time I write with it!

[@blaiseutube]

Same here

[@MyMagicalPlanner]

I’m in total agreement with your picks the only brand I would add is Esterbrook. I adore my esties and jr. They are great writers and just have something special. I can’t wait for the new Benus to come out I haven’t preorder yet because I can’t pick a color but excited to see which one you get.

[@Ahasveros7674]

Estie, piston or converter? What would you say is the better pick?

[@MyMagicalPlanner]

@ I don’t have a piston one so I’m not sure but the converter seems easier to clean.

[@Ahasveros7674]

@@MyMagicalPlannerThanks, thinking of getting one of the Esties back to the land or the honeycomb🤔

[@MyMagicalPlanner]

@ those are both so pretty!

[@reginamalm6263]

Twsbi eco sport and pilot metro medium nib are the two fountain pens I have . I just started my journey and my main reason is because I love the shimmer inks . I paint in watercolors and have about 25 shimmering inks some Ferris wheel and wearinguel inks ( 15) would a broad nib work better for these? So far I tried only two inks and after one week neither pen will write . Am I wasting my time w fountain pens if my purpose is to use shimmer inks or just stick w dip pen and paint brush? Also suggestions for waterproof inks w shimmers. Thank you . I love your books choices. Have you read David Eddings ? I love his books he is classic old fantasy. So excited for release of new forth wing book today . Im currently reading the black witch series . Solid series . Fast paced clean . 4 or 5 books. Thanks for information

[@archivist17]

Hope the Admissions Dept get their arses in gear! Btw, extreme annoyance in 🇨🇦 is baseline level grumpiness in 🇬🇧 😂

[@PensandTea]

😆😆😆

[@zeus52452]

Would the Pilot pen that you couldn't remember the model name happen to be the Stella 90s AKA the Stargazer?? I have 3 of them!! You want a Kaweco piston fill pen, there's the newer Piston fill Classic Sport which on Goldspot is $90 USD cheaper than the Al-Sport piston filler. I only have 2 Benu's, and that's sufficient. I don't really have an insta buy, but the one pen closest to it would be the Pilot Custom Heritage 912. I have one with a WA nib, an FA nib, and a PO nib, and thinking about another one, but much later down the road.

[@Zathauntie]

So into the Kaweco Art Sport! I love the way Kawecos write. That attached clip is a must!

[@arlenealennox3136]

I got the Mineral White for Christmas, and I love it!

[@arlenealennox3136]

My insta buy will be an iris TWSBI Vac Mini and a nice color Kaweco AL piston with integrated clip.

[@Zathauntie]

@@arlenealennox3136 yeah.. I love my vac mini. But that Kaweco Art Sport... oh my... best deal is at Jetpens, btw.

[@CHUCHOCAICEDO]

My instabuy fountain pens are: Lamy Safari, Pilot Metropolitan and Faber Castell grip.

[@barbarah-p8661]

My favorite INSTA BUY fountain pens are the annual release of Lamy Safari and Al Stars in new colors and the special edition PeliKan M200/M205 fountain pens. As for the Kaweco Sports,, I love them, especially the Sport Piston Fillers. I hope Kaweco does decide to release more Sport piston Fillers in colors other than black. Anyway, thanks for an interesting and fun video.

[@Paffler]

Pilots are a hit or miss 'enh' for me. I finally couldn't resist a Benu after not understanding what all the fuss was about...oh my. My 2nd Benu is waiting for me to go pick it up. I have a bunch of pens, but it wasn't until that 1st Benu that not only continues to make me go OOOO as I look at it, run my fingers along it, it writes phenomenally well without tinkering - which I don't know how to tinker w nibs. I have at least a couple of other pens/pen brands which I love to look at but I will need to learn more about nibs and inks to make them pleasant to write with. But the Benu...oh my.

[@JJG369]

Was that a Beavis and Butthead reference? 😂😂

[@catwhisperer911]

Love Sailor Pro Gears. Just freakn ❤ them. Damn good writers and colors galore.

[@impish22]

I can totally relate. These brands are my favorites also

[@jamieloom22]

Agreed

[@sajjadhusain4146]

Aurora, Sailor, and Stipula… Not exactly ‘insta’ buys, because gosh, they are almost always very expensive. But pens from these three brands dominate my collection. Their pens are always ones I’m most likely to be quickest to decide to buy. Which is why I have so many of them.

[@b.smithchobette]

What are you going back to school for? My husband has had a lot of issues with his university similar to that - I get it. SOO annoying!

[@judyjacobs5827]

School admissions offices are not famous for being easily negotiable. If going back for another degree were easy, everyfreakinbody would do it. But nope, no such luck. You have to stay the course, keep at it, bother them a lot. After my grad school informed me, after having taken all the classes my advisor and their catalogue recommended, and having been promised that the school would grant certification, that there was no way they'd issue me a license unless I took another full academic year of classes, I took a different path. Packed up all my transcripts, and a sleeping bag and a backpack, made and kept an appointment with the government official in charge of such certifications, and announced my name and my interest in getting a teaching certificate. And I would not leave until I had one. "Well, Miss Jacobs, with all these courses I'm sure we can certify you in something," I left shortly thereafter with certification in two areas. One of my classmates sued the college. Is any of this fair? Not in the slightest. So, Ms. SmithRemmick, and Kerry, GO GET EM.

[@kh-bd5ye]

Falcon elabo is also good

[@kh-bd5ye]

@@ScoutNovemberlight my all day writer with pelikan m200 with italic grind

[@ichirofakename]

Basically I regret every non-Sailor pen I ever bought. Insta buys for me are certain colors I want that are not easily found. I know what I like.

[@blaiseutube]

I have 30 years in the hobby and only got around to sailor last year. My heart breaks to think about the wonderful times I could have had with the 21k MF

[@judyjacobs5827]

Lots of Chinese fakes resemble some Pilots, and I have dozens of 'em. Use them to penable noobies. Then, for the FPD orgy I became the owner of a Pro Gear Slim, and OMG! In a heartbeat there are more, other models, old ones, funny ones, classic ones in my pen folder.

[@knitsistah2312]

I have every one of those pens in the same cookies and nib sizes, but I don’t think I could part with them…. I’m sure you’ll have many takers.

[@stashi3107]

😂Told you you’d have to get a pixie. Did you go for honey bronze?

[@fmbrownie2916]

I think my 3 insta buys would be twsbi, jinhao and lamy. I do also like the kaweco al sport, but the price does not say insta buy.

[@barryporter6993]

I want to know what tea she is drinking :):)

[@karenholden4740]

Pilot and Kaweo

[@karenholden4740]

I'm trying not to buy, I want a pixie.

[@karenholden4740]

I want a pixie but I'm trying not to buy.

[@christies6803]

Sorry, but what does „insta buy“ mean? 🙄

[@PensandTea]

It’s a short form for the phrase “instantly buy”. So things your buy with 0 hesitation basically

[@meepmorprobotcaptain]

First?! First! 😊

[@JoeyTrejo10]

Yes! 🎉