Swapping Nibs, Converter, & Set Up! Kaweco Sport BRONZE!!!

[@terenehidia]

Thank you for showing the « basic stuff everyone knows » because newbies like me, well we don’t. It’s helpful and thoughtful, it is welcoming. Thanks so much. 🙏🏾

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks so much! I am glad it was helpful. Let me know if there is anything you have a question about.

[@silviafrassineti5214]

Never get so old that you are not overwhelmed by something you love! This goes straight into my Commonplace Book. So inspiring.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks so much, Silvia! I am so glad you enjoyed that! Thanks for watching that far into it.

[@diane_elizabeth]

"There is nothing more important than the cat.” I agree.

[@HemingwayJones]

Truly!

[@Volkmannx]

One can feel how much fun you have. You're 'glowing' like the Bronze itself 😃

[@HemingwayJones]

Aw, thanks so much!

[@BlackOWLfly]

Just a tip: the spare nib units for Kaweco ALSport, Brass Sport, Dia2, Steel Sport, Special and Student are all of type 060 and can be un-screwed from the pen section without removing the feeder from the tiny black cilinder. The same goes for the replacement nibs of Supra and Original, only those nibs are found as 250 replacement nibs. Removing only the feeder and nib is more convenient for the cheapest plastic Kaweco sports where you can buy replacement nibs only with the plastic colour section and you do not want to end up with two different colours in one pen.

[@testinguk_Admin]

Hilarious video … love the clip ceremony. Looks beautiful. I appreciate the eccentricity.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks very much!

[@davidparrishproductions5082]

I used to have a 1985 com-pac yacht sailboat… 19 foot. Inside the cabin were four opening bronze ports. Twist a wing nut and swing them open. I loved that boat so much and strangely… I miss that metal.

[@HemingwayJones]

Bronze is amazing. That sailboat sounds lovely.

[@fossilimprint2954]

Wonderful video, enjoyed the entire process with the Kaweco Bronze, fine addition.

[@HemingwayJones]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Simontemp]

Hello Mr Jones, I have been a subscriber for a while now and I love everything you do. Thank you, Simon from the UK.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you, Simon! That means so much to me and I appreciate it! Some really interesting videos are on their way. All the best!

[@johntaylor2054]

Hi. Wow, fabulous show, that Bronze Kaweco is just gorgeous. The Bronze Sport is readily available here in Australia, I definitely will be picking one up. 🤗 All the best.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks very much! Let me know your thoughts when you get it.

[@black.ring.wielder]

Great episode! The Kaweco clip section was great. I have the silver clip on my brass sport. I like that the nib, finial and clip match.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you so much! Obsessing over little details is super fun for me. I am glad that you enjoyed this.

[@-Tinker-of-Everything-]

I was between the bronze sport pen and the steel sport. But when i hold them in my hand , it was instant love with the bronze sport. If you can spent the money don't hesitate to buy the bronze. You will not regret it. Also bronze and other copper alloys are natural antimicrobial materials. Great video as always.

[@HemingwayJones]

I agree completely! It has a certain magic Thanks so much for the kind words on my video. Thanks for being here.

[@richardzak2140]

Hello HJ. Just watched the replay of this video. Although I don't own a Kaweco, I found the video to be quite entertaining. Like I said before; I only own nine fountain pens and to begin to consider purchasing a tenth, it would need to be very special. Besides, you cannot own every type of pen although some people come close. I feel that I must use them all and I do this by alternating the pens, all with different colored inks, of course in my daily journal writing. This way I can condone having all the pens that I do. But I am getting off topic. Great show. Really loved it. Have a good time in the Big Apple. Cannot wait to see the videos that come out of it.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you so much for watching! I love that you have fewer than 10 pens. That is sensible. Thanks so much for being here and all the best!

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks for the kind words.

[@KennethFolman]

Almost the same thing happened to me when I ordered my Kaweco Sport Bronze. I ordered it from a european pen store I have shopped at before. The website said it would ship in 4 - 5 business days, but the day after I had ordered it, I got a message from them saying that I was out of stock and that it would take 1 to 2 weeks before they got new stock. Then 2 weeks passed with no new news from them, so I wrote to them, because I had since then seen that some websites and youtube videoes listed it as Limited Edition, so I was afrain that I was too late. The response I got from the store was that the the pen was not a limited edition and that they would be able to fulfill my order, they jyst hadn't had any new news from Kaweco yet. I believed them since this is a store that specializes in stationary and writing instruments, so they must knowm right? Then a week later I got a message from the store saying that the message from Kaweco was that the pen had been discontinued, and the store wouldn't be able to fulfill my order after all. So I guess that pen was a Limited Edition after all. I feel like that store wasted 3 weeks where I perhaps could have gotten the pen from somewhere else. I actually ended up getting it from Amazon i Germany (it still looks like they have a couple left in stock, last I checked, incase others are interested). I would have preferred to get it from some pen store, rather that from some big online retailer like Amazon, but I feel like I was under pressure to find somewhere that still had it in stock. In regards to the pen itself, it is absolutely beautiful. I haven't inked mine up yet, I am still waiting on a converter I have ordered for it. I also have a bronze clip for it, but after having seen your video with the gold clip, I am having second thoughts, peerhaps I should order a gold clip for it 🙂

[@HemingwayJones]

We have had a very similar experience, it seems. I quite like the gold clip. I enjoy shiny things. I should try it with the bronze too. Maybe when I do the full review I can switch it up. Thanks so much for watching and congratulations on a great pen purchase!

[@david.leikam]

Great inkwell there. An inkwell revival!? 🤔

[@kimberlypickering5725]

Loving your videos! This is way after the fact but in case you happen to see this, what was the larger converter that you used?

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks for the kind words! Was that the converter for the Bronze? It’s the Kaweco Sport mini piston one. It holds a tiny amount of ink, but I don’t mind.

[@TheMatthooks]

You mentioned a video on the bronze age. Sounds fascinating. Is it coming out soon?

[@HemingwayJones]

Hello, That came out a bit ago, one of my favorites: The Kaweco Bronze Sport Fountain Pen Experience! The Bronze Age! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqXXgp-Vls55g5Y

[@TheMatthooks]

@@HemingwayJones ah brilliant. Thanks.

[@michaelduncan6287]

Being a retired AK commercial fisherman, I would let the Bronze age and keep the Brass polished.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks very much!

[@TheMatthooks]

That is very very pretty. Is it as heavy as it looks though?

[@HemingwayJones]

I believe it’s around 47 grams. Pretty heavy.

[@stevekingswell9143]

So I put a slide on clip on my Fischer Space pen, the bullet shaped pen. The clip slipped off leaving the pen in my pocket and the clip lost. Any chance this can happen with this clip set up?

[@mmzeeman]

When you are looking for all metal pens, don't overlook Karas Pen Co. They make some really nice ones. I have an INK V2 in tumbled aluminum with a 1.1 bock stub, and it is soooo nice. They test all their pens before they go out. The package includes a lovely handwritten note. It is more an industrial age pen instead of a bronze age one though.But I can't recommend them enough.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you so much! It sounds lovely.

[@marachristian8726]

Yay for the Karas Shout Out! I have over a dozen of their pens because I love copper pens! I also like their Vertex models--so many great color combinations in their resins! I live in Arizona and have actually toured their shop!

[@mmzeeman]

​@@marachristian8726 Their pens are a little bit harder to get over here in Europe, because they have to be imported. I really like the pen I have from them. It was one of their special offerings (which they seem to have on a fairly regular basis). It will certainly not be my last pen I buy from them. Their nibs also look very cool.

[@ianmedium]

Bronze is a lovely tactile material, it develops a lovely oily deep green with tints of green over the years and there is a softness one does not get with brass which for me is a colder less inviting metal which is probably why so many sculptures of old were made of the material. They also do a copper fountain pen, imagine that over the years developing verdigris! I have yet to own a Kaweco but i think thanks to this a bronze one will soon be mine. I just wish pen companies would include a converter as standard as most fountain pen users are enthusiasts who prefer bottled ink. I don´t use cartridges for the reasons of limited boring ink colours and the environment

[@HemingwayJones]

I’m agree with you completely on converters. It would be nice. Thanks for the thoughtful and interesting comment.

[@focusonthefuture582]

My bronze arrived yesterday. I find the threads to be sharper than those on the brass. Is that something that should soften with repeated threading on and off the cap? Beautiful color and feel. What is the difference between the 1.1 italic that Kaweco offers and a 1.1 stub?

[@HemingwayJones]

Hello and yes, you are right about that. A bit sharper, a bit more precise, and the material feels almost taut. The metal sings sometimes, rings a bit like a small bell. Feels enclosed and luminous. An italic should have square shoulders while a stub has rounded. They call this a calligraphy nib and it feels italic, but not like a cursive. I don’t think Kaweco makes a straight forward round sided 1.1mm stub, but I could be wrong.

[@focusonthefuture582]

@@HemingwayJones thank you so much. That is very helpful!

[@blueman9176]

Bronze or brass or steel.... If you were to pick one for life, which would it be? I have the Supra in mind, though it doesn't come in bronze yet...

[@frankmarek9921]

Great video,nice bronze pen how was yr trip to New York?, atlas stationary there store to buy pens,even there videos are great,frank in Oswego ill

[@frankmarek9921]

Great

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks so much! I will report back on the trip soon! I leave Saturday!

[@frankmarek9921]

@@HemingwayJones have a safe trip,God bless to you and yr family,my pen is still in italy.brends has out wonderful videos out,frank in Oswego.

[@frankmarek9921]

Brandon

[@ichirofakename]

1. Do copper pens eventually look like the Statue of Liberty? 2. I'm proud of you for taking your Egyptoexpensiva out into the wild world. 3. Best Tarantino thing is a movie he wrote but did not direct: True Romance. Shoulda stayed a screenwriter.

[@HemingwayJones]

1. I would think so. That would be interesting. 2.- Thank you! For me, pens are meant to be used. I’ve had it out before. Nothing this ambitious though. 3.- Love True Romance! Thanks for the great post.

[@technoraptor7778]

I'm so annoyed that I missed the live!

[@HemingwayJones]

Make it up! They are always posted and stay up forever! Thanks!!!

[@johnmanuel2980]

Me too Technoraptor

[@david.leikam]

Time Pilot.

[@gonzo1948]

I normally like your channel because you provide good info. But this video had the most boring intro I have ever watched, 15 minutes. I bailed just as you unwrapped the pen.