The Fountain Pens Famous Writers Use!

[@kurtgeisinger2012]

The inherent beauty of writing with a fountain pen, is that you are more committed to what is being memorialized on paper. It takes much more thought and effort than simply typing.

[@HemingwayJones]

Typing on a keyboard, yes! Typing on paper is also a commitment. But you are absolutely right, My Good Friend. Thanks for being here.

[@ichirofakename]

I do need to find a much drier but bright ink.

[@lovenature7823]

I love typing first drafts. I adore fountain pens for writing letters, yes I write letters, and for journaling. Love fountain pens and typewriters.

[@Melmoth-the-wanderer1]

H.P. Lovecraft used a Waterman's Ideal eyedropper until he lost it at a beach in 1919. He then bought a "raven black" self-filler, also a Waterman's Ideal, which he took back to the Waterman's store so that they could adjust the feed to increase the flow. Thanks for another fascinating video Hemingway!

[@HemingwayJones]

This is great. Is there a citation for this? I am doing a Part 2! Maybe Cthulhu ate his pen!

[@Melmoth-the-wanderer1]

@@HemingwayJones "...the raven black Waterman he finally selected was both sombre and non-ornate, with not even a small gold band encircling it"; bought after much deliberation over the course of 40 or so minutes in the "[New York] financial district of the 1920s" (pg. 57-58; Howard Phillips Lovecraft Dreamer on the Nightside by Frank Belknap Long) - I recommend this book highly as it is a nice snapshot of one man's impressions of HPL.

[@Melmoth-the-wanderer1]

@@HemingwayJones The tuning stuff is from a letter written to R.H Barlow (friend and literary executor) in c.1935/6 if I remember correctly - "O Fortunate Floridian, the letters of H.P.Lovecraft and R.H.Barlow" contains many more fascinating insights, again highly recommended.

[@chrisgreek4285]

That was really interesting! I would enjoy a part 2. 😊 There is just something about the feel of a quality fountain pen that puts all others to shame. I was blessed with handwriting that fountain pens were made for; flowing but not at all bubbly. A great pen just gives you a sense of writing something world-changing, even if you are just signing timesheets. 👸🏻

[@Mr.H-YT42]

Love the episode! Someone already mentioned Lovecraft, but I know Arthur Conan Doyle used a Parker Duofold and Agatha Christie was a fan of Conway Stewart. I believe Tolkien used a dip pen!

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks very much!

[@crouserm]

My writer is an elderly man (mid 90s) who needed so initial and sign his advance directives for health care -- power of attorney and living will. I had discussed options with him, in which conversation I got marvelous stories which touched my heart. When I brought him the papers to ink, I deemed that this was a person who would understand fountain pens, so I offered him one of mine. His response: Ah! A real pen! He's my guy..

[@HemingwayJones]

Wonderful story! Thank you!

[@6507bankston]

Samuel Clemens used a Conklin crescent filler, and even endorsed it.

[@HemingwayJones]

Excellent point! That was very low hanging fruit that I just completely forgot about! Thanks! 😂

[@karmesindryade]

That was a very interesting video (as all of yours are). It makes me curious about the pen choices of my favourite writers, like James Joyce, W.B. Yeats, Ursula K Le Guin, Jean Paul Sartre, Philip K. Dick or Italo Calvino. I would be happy to see another episode of "Writer's Choice".

[@HemingwayJones]

Italo Calvino would be brilliant! I am definitely doing a Part 2. Thank you!

[@dm1523]

Mark Twain, Anne Frank’s, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Albert Einstein, Harper Lee, and Steven King are some other favorite authors. Always love seeing more on the tools authors use when creating. Thank you.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks so much for watching! Part two is coming.

[@nope8535]

Finding out Neil Gaiman also uses a fountain pen to write his drafts like I do is kinda inspiring. The current pen I use mostly is my Jinhao X159 with an XF nib. Often writing reverse with some inks.

[@HemingwayJones]

One day soon, you will be on my list!

[@nope8535]

@@HemingwayJones I wish, I am an just an okay writer, also not marketable to general audience for most of my stuff. Think more pulp and romance. Still nice of you to say.

[@pleatedskirt18]

I believe he uses two pens, but with different colour inks, which he then alternates from day to day so he can see what work he did on previous day.

[@bethcunningham4346]

What a great video! I love Dr. Who especially the first set of doctors. Also, if you haven’t read “Midnight’s Children” by Salman Rushdie, it is fantastic. For part 2, I would like to know some women authors who used fountain pens for writing their novels. I look forward to the next video!

[@HemingwayJones]

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

[@cmaster0368]

I'm a long-time fan since your FL days! Thank you for this video. Also a super Hemingway fan (and Dylan Thomas as well). I've been using 1945 and 1951 dated Parker “51" pens for about 15 years off and on as everyday writers. When you post the cap properly to suit yourself and your hand and get in the proper groove, the 51 writes like a dream. I went back to college to finish my degree with the two Parkers in my armory and did daily battle taking notes with them with no issues. Love them!

[@HemingwayJones]

Excellent choices! Wow, the FL was a long time ago. Only Indy Gear was longer! All the best.

[@davidgiancoli2106]

Agree: With a properly posted cap the Parker 51 is a perfectly balanced pen in the hand. And once you find your "groove" it flows across the page.

[@viewer8888]

According to an interview in The Paris Review, Shelby Foote wrote his US Civil War books using a dip pen with Esterbrooke nibs.

[@HemingwayJones]

Love it! Thank you! Have you read the poetry of Stephen Crane? Amazing stuff.

[@johnnyragadoo2414]

There's an interesting story about Gaiman's 823. In an interview with Tim Ferriss, Gaiman says he wrote about 1.5 million signatures with he Pilot 823. "Then," Gaiman relates, "my three-year-old son found a place behind a cast iron fireplace in our house in Woodstock where if you just insert your father’s Pilot 823 pen, which you have found on the table, just to see if it would go in there, you can actually guarantee that without disassembling the house, we actually have to take the entire house apart to uninstall a cast iron fireplace from 1913 to get at the pen. That pen now has been given as a sacrifice to the house gods, so I need to get a new one." Great video!

[@HemingwayJones]

Kids! These things happen! Thanks for the great story!

[@BlakeAStoffel]

That was a great interview! I think Neil said he’s using a Pilot Falcon since that happened as well.

[@BenJoeMarkland]

My good friend, one of my favorite videos. Here are the reasons. 1. This wasn't just about fountain pens, it was about great writers who had amazing tools to express their art. Love it. 2. I am a MASSIVE Dr. Who fan! I have seen every episode from the old back and white to today. Love it! 3. I too have a Parker 51 from 1949 and struggling to find the edge, I thought it was my pen; but now I realize...it is just the way it is. When I find it, it is amazing.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks My Friend! I am so glad you enjoyed this. Expect more like this. It is going to be a great season at the Channel.

[@rtlove_tubeless7454]

Love this episode! Ernest Hemingway said so much with so few words. George Orwell shared similar views..... - Never use a long word where a short one will do. - If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out. - Never use the passive where you can use the active. - Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent. - Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.” Last but not least................. My biggest regret is the substandard look of the modern Parker 51. Why can't they get a better fit with the nib and section? When one buys a classic pen owned by the likes of the Queen of England one also expects a classic look to go along with it. Parker needs to clean up their act!

[@HemingwayJones]

I break all those rules with every utterance and jotting! Thanks so much! Excellent points and a great comment.

[@alanpareis734]

The modern 51 can’t get it right, because it uses a nib that is more or less like present day nibs, which really is hard to hide under the hood. The original 51s were designed originally as small tubular nibs,in concert with the collector, feed, and shell(hood) to work as one flawlessly. Rather than spend a bundle to recreate the original tooling for the 51, Newell Rubbermaid chose to use a blade type nib and cover it with an approximation of the old hood. Of course in this day perhaps they could have jobbed the nib,feed collector out to the Chinese Hero Pen co, whose 51 look a likes are built either with old 40s Parker equipment, or at least more modern copies made of the original Parker that were nationalized in the late 40s. Want a classic 51, get one of the originals there are plenty to be had, many for about the same as a gold nib recent “51.” The last 15 years I have been writing with a c 1953 aerometric, there is no pen in my 100 some pen collection that writes better or smoother.

[@fossilimprint2954]

I appreciate all the research you put into making this video. Nice selection of writers.

[@HemingwayJones]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!

[@LauraKnotek]

How about a part 2? Stephen King, Mark Twain, Arthur Conan Doyle, Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, and Neil deGrasse Tyson all use/used fountain pens.

[@HemingwayJones]

Part 2 is a given!

[@NikeaTiber]

Stephen King used a Waterman. Hemisphere, I believe. Also, copious amounts of Budweiser and cocaine, if rumors are to be believed.

[@HemingwayJones]

Seriously!

[@littleword1]

In 1903 Twain began endorsing Conklin. They issued a limited edition Crescent Filler in his honor that is currently available.

[@arcfide]

I'm so glad to see one of these videos where Hemingway is treated with the appropriate scholastic investigation. Most other "famous writers' pens" lists just associate Hemingway with Montegrappa and go no further. I appreciate the effort to do him justice in this regard and well done on the research.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you very much! I just could never find much evidence tying him to Montegrappa. Sadly not many people seem to be interested in his pen choice, but I find it fascinating.

[@amyfeigt6715]

Excellent video! i'm currently working on a novel of my own & writing it out long hand with fountain pens has gone a long way to helping me to make more progress! Including with an 823 & a Lamy 2000 (among others, i tend to use a different pen & ink combination for each chapter as i go so that none of my pens feel left out 😂)

[@HemingwayJones]

That is a wonderful process! Thanks so much!

[@fountainpentherapy]

ANOTHER MOST ENJOYABLE VIDEO. Well what can I say you will once again make my weekly recap. Great stuff my friend!

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you, My Brother! I am glad you enjoyed it!

[@grey_emi]

So glad you mentioned Dylan Thomas, he's one of my favorite poets as well. Might have to consider a Parker 51 myself now.

[@HemingwayJones]

One of my favorites. Thank you.

[@87dominater]

Love this! Please do more 'Famous Authors & Their Pens'. I'm new to the fountain pen world but one of my favorite moments has become writing while having your videos playing. Keep up the great work!

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you so much! That’s really encouraging to hear. Another episode of this is filmed and scheduled soon. Thanks for watching.

[@santiagomerinoacevedo7475]

An exquisite video once again. Maybe this topic deserves not only a second but even a third video.

[@HemingwayJones]

There may be others very soon.

[@PoliticalPars]

Edith Wharton and Mark Twain both used Conklins.

[@chrismorley3074]

Very interesting. I love your Channel Hemingway, and yes another "Writers Pens" would be great. Many thanks for your enthusiasm which is very contagious 😂😊

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks Brother! Part 2 of this is already filmed and scheduled!

[@archivist17]

Have to agree with your deduction regarding Hemingway. Occam almost certainly applies here. And you've got me thinking about my favourite authors, and what they might have used. One of the joys of the Internet is that we can search out photos easily, rather than having to spend hours in libraries (although I do enjoy that, too).

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks! You know, it’s not easy taking a definite stand in a video and making a call. Criticisms can come from many corners, but that is what we do on this Channel! The one problem with the internet is that you find the same 5 or 6 photos over and over again. Most photos are behind pay walls, so people use all the same ones over and over. I have a lot of books on Hemingway and I used those, but I would have loved to get into his papers at the JFK Library. But then, the video would have been lopsided toward Hemingway. Thanks as always for your excellent observations!

[@mrcharon6197]

I am currently writing an 8 book series and I find my work is significantly better when I write by hand first. It may be a romanticized approach, but there is a certain magic from mind to hand to pen to paper. The words flow whether tears of joy or pain upon the page. Something I struggle with pecking on a keyboard.

[@HemingwayJones]

I admire that approach very much. I work best on my iPad Pro fully aware of my irony! Thanks for watching! Here’s to your continued inspiration and creativity.

[@rickmwrites]

Wonderful video. I’ll also mention that poet and Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney used fountain pens, and he wrote several poems featuring pens, including “The Conway Stewart,” “On the Gift of a Fountain Pen,”and his wonderful poem “Digging.”

[@HemingwayJones]

That is a brilliant suggestion. Conway Stewart makes a pen in honor of him. thank you.

[@mickivarner5919]

This was interesting, but I’d encourage you to do a part two of this video with all female authors.

[@HemingwayJones]

There will be a Part 2, but not dedicated to any one thing. I do wish I had included some female authors here. I wasn't thinking strictly in those terms and I did look at several, but couldn't find anything definitive in the time I had for research. That is, except for Anne Frank, but her story makes me so sad, I have trouble speaking about it. I searched for a very long time for a Donna Tartt quote that she used an MB and didn't just write about them! No go. Also, I couldn't find which pen, if any, Sylvia Plath used, which I really wanted to include. Still, there will be additional opportunities.

[@silverghost5752]

T S Eliot used one of the Watermans from the early part of the 20th century. It was gifted to him by his mother before he left America for Britain. Now part of the T S Eliot Museum. I assume this is the pen he used to draft some of the greatest poems and essays of the 20th century. Immortal now!

[@michellet5978]

I appreciate the research you did for this and it was interesting and informative. Loved this video!

[@HemingwayJones]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!

[@Xingqiwu387]

Nothing compares to ST Dupont's top lines, beginning with the Olympio. Fabulous.

[@dasc0yne]

Yes! I have several Olympio/Orpheo pens, and they deserve more popularity and attention than they usually get. They are among my favorites!

[@vrkoven]

Quite interesting! My nomination for a further exploration of writers and their fountain pens would be John Barth, one of the pioneers of postmodern fiction, who uses a Parker 51 Demi that he acquired early in his career. He even had a picture of it (it's burgundy, Lustraloy cap) on one of his novels; one of his essays actually discussed how he got it and why he uses it.

[@HemingwayJones]

Wonderful. Thanks very much.

[@Dee.yankeeintexas]

You had me at Dr Who ... :)

[@HemingwayJones]

Nice! Hear, hear! Who is your favorite Doctor?

[@thriftingsisters1226]

Johnny Depp seen with a MB Hemingway, maybe added to his collection after portraying Hunter S Thompson, who had similar look on life and death with Hemingway..

[@suburbanleaves3821]

Enjoyed this episode. Hemingway is a favourite of mine as well. Would be curious to know about the pens of choice of folk like Samuel Beckett, Virginia Woolf, Walt Whitman, Herman Hesse ... thank you for an informative and interesting channel.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks so much! I’m glad you enjoyed this.

[@JFS65]

The somewhat controversial Civil War historian, Shelby Foote used dip pens to write all of his books. His favorite, Esterbrook Probate 313’s.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks!

[@LVA22-y1m]

For mystery lovers: Dashiell Hammett had a very stylish signature, and I asked on one of his Facebook groups, did he have a favorite pen? His granddaughter answered, that they don't know! Any pen detectives out there want a challenge? Fountain pens in Hammett novels, films, or photos of him? 📚📖🖋✒

[@HemingwayJones]

I need to track that down. Thanks very much!

[@NAVIETVET72]

Interesting points about Ernest Hemingway. I would like to see what Churchill wrote with and Also Teddy Rosevelt.

[@HemingwayJones]

I have a lot in Churchill. That can be done. Thanks!

[@alanpareis734]

Nice job! Thanks for all the work that went into this one. And yes, I would like to see more in the future. As your time permits this could become a series. I would love to find out more about Douglas Adams (Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy). As an early adopter of all things digital, it would be interesting to discover if the mighty fountain pen had any part to play in Adams’ life. Keep up the good work Hemingway!

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks so much! I read Douglas Adams back in the 80s and I remember reading at the back; it said, “written entirely on a MacIntosh Computer.” That was new then!

[@psychedianic]

I don't know about fountain pens but he liked Pentel and used a Hermes typewriter.😍

[@alanpareis734]

@@psychedianic I did not know about Pentel, nor Hermès. I did know about his Mac Advocacy back in the early days when Mac people were often scorned or laughed at.

[@psychedianic]

@@alanpareis734 he did love new technology. He had the last laugh though, given how popular Apple products have become.

[@robertnyc4489]

Great topic! Loved it. I have the 823 with a broad nib and it is everything you think it is. Totally agree with you on Sailor pens.

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you so much!

[@evilcritter]

Thank you for this great video, Hemingway! I look forward to what other suggestions you get, because I am sure this is a video series that can have a lot of chapters.

[@HemingwayJones]

You got it! Thank you very much!

[@joanhelgeson9118]

Dear Hemingway, I’m not sure of the most appropriate way to send this missive so will take my best stab at it. I’m pretty sure this fits into areas of Dark Academia. Part is for you and part is for your lovely Helen. I’ve been under the weather lately and part is that I can’t hear. Friday evening I was watching Agatha Christie’s, “A Murder is Announced”, A Miss Marple Mystery, and because I can’t hear I was looking more deeply and these are my noticings. For you: • Handsome Inspector (could be you!) in beautiful three-piece suit (probably gaberdine) with tweedy overcoat or trench coat • Required fedora • Manly, thick turtleneck • Ever present Notebook • A mysterious letter with intriguing handwriting • An interesting pencil used by Miss Marple to make notes For Helen: • The most exquisite 1940 clothes! There were several women in this one, and each had her own style from Zoe Wanamaker’s rich hostess outfits (Check out that gorgeous purple hostess dress!!), a cross dresser, to impeccable suits with amazing details and those sexy nipped in waists and peplums,( I am sure they are the real thing and not costumes!) to dresses pushing toward the ‘50’s full skirt styles, to Miss Marple’s sweet frumpiness. Check out her long sweater! I don’t know which woman you are in this cast, but, in my opinion you at least need a gorgeous gaberdine suit if you don’t already have one! • Notice the beautiful lace pillow under the sick, older woman’s head as well as the tray of bottles on the dresser. • The jewelry is fabulous, especially Zoe’s pearls! But those might be too mature for you. Still, they are amazing. And finally, just notice the sets. They are impeccable in every detail! Okay, that’s enough! Wishing all of you a lovely day!

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you so much! What a king, magical, and lyrical comment. Thank you!

[@wittwittwer1043]

Mark Twain used a crescent-fill Conklin and endorsed them. I own a Mark Twain model that I got at a DC Pen Show. I had to send it in for repair because the crescent wouldn't "reset" when I pushed it in to collapse the sac. When I graduated from high school in 1961 my folks gave me a Parker 51 like the one you displayed in this episode, but it was a hard-start, skippy pen, so I didn't use it. I kept using the $1.00 Sheaffer cartridge-fill school pen we were required to use for taking tests or turn-in papers (ball-points were not to be used). I lived in the DC area in the '50s; it was the early ball-point era, and there were a lot of cheap black plastic government-issued click-type ball-points around. I believe they were contracted to Fisher. The black-only paste ink in them wrote with swirls in the line, and it used to blob up at the tip, often suddenly coming off onto the paper and apt to smear. They were horrible writers. The reason that government-related documents at the time used only black-inked pens at the time is because the copier of that era could not "see" blue ink. Bic pens, introduced in 1950, wrote far better than the government-issued pens. They were generally skip-free, there was much less swirl in the line they made, and less blobbing at the tip. A box of them was cheap; unfortunately they were throw-away pens and landfills are probably full of them.

[@HemingwayJones]

I have heard about those Shaeffer pens. There is a lot of affection for them out there. Thanks for the great information and for watching!

[@littleword1]

Yes! I just replied to someone above (before I read this). I got one for my sweetie since he's a big fan of Twain. Knock on wood, no problems with the fill.

[@simonmichaeltanner]

Fascinating video, thank you. With Neil Gaiman on this one (and indeed I first heard about the Custom 823 in a video he was in). It's my favourite pen for long writing sessions, so smooth. I always wondered what nib Neil Gaiman's pen had, and interested to hear it's a broad, which is in fact what I have on mine. An absolutely gorgeous nib, wet and juicy and more like a western broad line width, so probably quite a step up from the medium. I have a Custom 74 with a soft medium, and that's even finer than my Montblanc 146 fine.

[@HemingwayJones]

Hello Simon! I am glad you are a fan of his. He is such an interesting and imaginative writer. Thanks for watching and for the comment!

[@pleatedskirt18]

One of my particular bugbears is that so many traditional stationers have closed, especially in university towns. I find this mildly distressing, along with gentlemen no longer wearing ties and tweeds. My preferred pen is my Platinum 3776 in black with gold trim. I would have picked one with a silvery trim, but it wan't possible at the time. I also have an old Parker which I inherited , but sadly this has a split in the grip section which leaks ink onto my fingers.

[@HemingwayJones]

I wear ties and tweed, so you are in the right place! The 3776 is a lovely pen!

[@JefferyHall-ct2tr]

Hi HJ! This journey was fascinating! All of the authors were interesting, and the pens pretty good too! My first fountain pen was a vintage Parker 51 aerometric that was picked up at a garage sale. I LOVE the 51! I now have another that is a vacumatic filler. Even have a couple of knockoff ones and I like them too! I had trouble at first finding where the nib should be positioned, but I post most of the time, and I position the clip where it is up against my hand and it is harder to turn the pen too much. I am a lefty, though, so your mileage may vary!

[@KendallW]

Huge Neil Gaiman fan, and he's the reason I peaked into and then fell down the fountain pen rabbit hole :)

[@HemingwayJones]

Kendall, what a wonderful entryway point! Awesome and welcome. Did I do him justice!? I hope so.

[@KendallW]

@@HemingwayJones Yes, great job. He has talked about using Visconti and a few others, but the 823 has been a classic for him. In his Tim Ferriss podcast he shares a sad story about the 823 that he had for a very long time and had signed so many books with. His very young son was playing with it and found an opening between the rocks of the fireplace where the 823 fit perfectly. The only way to get it out would be to rip open the entire rock wall (older type house I guess), so the 823 became "part of the house" Lol, ouch!

[@scribe_samples2309]

The only writer I have researched is Samuel Clemons, and his Conklin. Great video. I look forward to Part II.

[@kan-zee]

What about Famous Philosophers, War Generals, Scientists , Inventors , World Leaders, Movie Star Directors, & famous Celebrities, list who use Fountain Pens ??

[@gristlevonraben]

this is a very wonderful subject matter and video! it got me curious and i found this: Penspotting: Cary Grant Mid Late 1940's Need Help Iding Pen. politicians, actors, writers, so many possibilities. i'm mostly into poetry these days, but your name's sake drew me to look up Hemmingway again, to where i was quite surprised to discover that he started out his writing career as a poet! back to the subject at hand, a decent source for matching people to pens might actually be in old pen ads and endorsements. good luck!

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you and thanks for watching!

[@UnnamedRedshirt]

I'm trying to figure out what pen Stanley Kubrick used, but i don't find any info on it. Apparently he was a huge pen enthousiast and once bought an entire supply of brown ink when he heard the company was going to stop making that color.

[@HemingwayJones]

I love stories like this. Thanks!

[@David-fo6oy]

CS Lewis actually used a quill, not kidding. The pause for dipping helped him rhythmically.

[@psychedianic]

Virginia Woolf liked using dip pens also though in the movie Vita and Virginia they showed her writing with a conventional fountain pen.

[@David-fo6oy]

Can you imagine writing Mrs Dalloway or The Waves with a dip pen! Truly impressive.

[@psychedianic]

@@David-fo6oy yes! I’ve written short stories with a dip pen. Speedball B6. It was a sublime experience.

[@phi1688]

This is a really cool video. But I couldn't help but laugh at the typo at 6:26. "Salmon" Rushdie

[@HemingwayJones]

I think spell check did me in. I cut and pasted all of their names because I mistype all the time. Oh well. I do my best.

[@phi1688]

@@HemingwayJones all good! you work pretty hard on these videos. In the end I got more entertainment from this video because of your spell checker working against you :)

[@michaelcase8574]

Thomas's porm. A child's Christmas in Wales, another great work of poetry.

[@MisterBurtonshaw]

Despite living just a couple of miles from Dylan's birthplace and enjoying some of his work and drinking in some of the pubs he frequented.... and having lived a few hundred yards away from his parents house, twice, I'd never considered what pen he used. I suppose he was dead by the time ballpoint pens were commonplace here in Wales.

[@HemingwayJones]

It looks like he lived in some wonderfully beautiful country. I’ve never been to Wales, but I have spent a lot of time in Cornwall. I really need to get there. Thanks for watching!

[@MisterBurtonshaw]

@@HemingwayJonesindeed, the Gower peninsula, which adjoins Swansea is stunning and very similar to the pointy bit of England you’ve visited is pretty incredible. Some of the Kardoma gang(Dylan’s friends) lived on the edge of it, Doctor Dan in the street just below mine, I’m lucky enough to live in Mumbles ….. or buggerall as Dylan called it backwards! Jeff Towns, the renowned Dylan expert and collector lives on the end of my street, I wonder if he’s a member of the 51 club.

[@michaelhooper2915]

An interesting topic, for sure, and one you do justice to. Further examples might be Graham Greene (a Parker Duofold, I think) and Sylvia Plath (a Sheaffer of some description); F. Scott Fitzgerald must have used a flexy pen, judging by his handwriting, but I have no idea of the make and model. I'm obsessed with pen anachronisms in films and tv series: modern fountain pens that lazy researchers place in the hands of historical figures. There are plenty!

[@HemingwayJones]

Thanks very much! I am glad you enjoyed it. I tried to find something on Sylvia Plath and could only find one source that appeared dubious. Let me know if you have a link. I am fascinated by what people used. I’m not sure what it all means, but it’s interesting and you get insight.

[@OldBethelite]

You may want to check out the 2001 Brian Lamb C-span interview with Shelby Foote. Mr. Foote describes his writing methods including his desk, pen and even nib changing. Very engrossing! (approx. 3 hrs. - KZbin)

[@HemingwayJones]

That sounds very interesting. Thank you.

[@stefanomagaddino6868]

Yes, I'd like to see a piece on Somerset Maugham. I've seen pictures of him writing longhand, but never really paid attention to the instrument that he was using.

[@kulbhushan1384]

Well researched well presented in friendly manner My favourite topic pens as I practice calligraphy

[@thereisonlythecave]

Great video, thank you. What about the fountain pens used by Friedrich Nietzsche, John Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Sigmund Freud and Albert Einstein? It would be interesting to find out if they had favorite fountain pens.

[@JohnPatrickWeiss]

My Dad wrote with Parker 21 and 45, and Waterman fountain pens. I enjoy the Namiki vanishing, Pelican, and others.

[@cb7560]

Very interesting video - thanks. A large number of 20th century writers would have used fountain pens some of the time, but a lot of them (Hemingway, Capote, Steinbeck, Greene, Le Guin, Faulkner etc) would have used pencils most of the time. Pencils were just easier to carry around and use. Pens were mainly used for writing letters etc. Mark Twain used a fountain pen (can't remember which, but he was paid to endorse them), and Stephen King used a Waterman Hemisphere for one of his books. There are photos of Einstein with a Pelikan (100?), Sartre and De Beauvoir with Parkers, and there is a good photo of the German writer, Hans Fallada's desk, on the web, on which he has a couple of serious 1920s/1930s Monblanc models that he used. Churchill was an Onoto user, I think. Another episode would be great, but I appreciate it is hard to find pictures!

[@HemingwayJones]

I’ll definitely be doing more of these. Don’t worry! Thanks for watching and for the kind words.

[@arlenealennox3136]

Very interesting. I knew about Neil Gaiman and the Pilot 823, but not the Y2k. I have both, and the 823 is one of my top favorites-that fine nib! Tell us if you find the pens of other writers.

[@HemingwayJones]

I am working on it! Part 2! Thanks!

[@ravesab]

Always a fantastic vídeo Heminway 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. Greetings from Madrid

[@johnnyjet3.1412]

On Steinbeck’s stationary “Ad Astra Per Alia Porci” - to the stars on the wings of pig !

[@HemingwayJones]

Love it! But which pen did he use!?! Part 2!

[@georgegonzalez-rivas3787]

Twain and his Conklin crescent filler.

[@HemingwayJones]

Excellent suggestion.

[@writebrobp]

Always enjoy your vids

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you!

[@elizabethellis5477]

Check out Truman Capote’s pen which he used to write In Cold Blood. In the last scene of the movie the camera does a close up of his fountain pen laid across his writing pad then does a fade. At the time I saw the movie I realized that it was the same pen I had been using for years-a blue Waterman Phineas!

[@nancy-loupolk9301]

Good episode. Good information. Music a little loud; I don't think it necessary when you are speaking. Do you use a typewriter too?

[@TReizC]

I do recall recently seeing Neil Gaiman using what seems to be a Diplomat Aero in one of his posts

[@HemingwayJones]

It was mentioned among his pens, so you are right. These are his main two, so I only mentioned these. Thanks!

[@davidjackson7675]

What pen would suggest in the $50-60?

[@HemingwayJones]

I like the TWSBI Eco, Lamy Safari or AL Star. Thanks!

[@margiekraftkindt4208]

Since I am new to your channel, I hope I am not suggesting something you have already done--it would be great to know what fountain pens any of the Algonquin round table group used . . . thank you for your invitation to suggest!

[@HemingwayJones]

I appreciate suggestions and especially well stated and polite ones. Thank you very much and warmest of welcomes.

[@stationery.shenanigans]

Another interesting video! What ink are you using with the Parker 51 at 06:01 ?

[@HemingwayJones]

That is Eclat de Saphir. My favorite! Thanks for the kind words.

[@luchocairo8717]

Mario Vargas Llosa is another fountain pen lover

[@miguelnunes7901]

I'm still using my Conway Stewart n° 286 ,liver filler, 1940's. And some other one's of my collection

[@agl5132]

As female writer myself, I am always fascinated by other writers pens, desk, accessories and daily rituals.

[@MrsSurrealista]

A note a lot of those watching might appreciate: Virginia Woolf wasn’t very fond of fountain pens, however, she was an avid fan of purple ink. Specifically Waterman Tender Purple!!! 💜

[@archivist17]

My favourite writer is Samuel Beckett, but i can only find one photo of him with a pen. It looks like a Waterman 52, though that's just speculation on my part.

[@HemingwayJones]

Welcome to my world of researching this video! It’s not easy! Thanks for this!

[@NikeaTiber]

Given the script pictures you posted of Gaiman's work, I'd say it is likely a broad. Same pen I've been writing my novel with. I've got a pretty good stable of pens, but I adore my 2000 for many reasons. Gets a lot more use than my Montblanc 149. The Lamy is a no nonsense workhorse. I'm glad you were sent one, though IMHO, you've got to try one with a broad nib.

[@peterpuleo2904]

I once read that Stephen King occasionally writes a first draft or outline with a modern Waterman (maybe the Hemisphere?)

[@HemingwayJones]

I think you’re right there! Thanks for watching!

[@jaystone4816]

Here's a quote from the author, Isaac Asimov: "Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers." With regard to Hemingway, you haven't tasted his genius until you read his collected short stories...they are exercises in distilling the most meaning from the fewest possible words.

[@HemingwayJones]

Great quote, thank you! Thanks for watching. I am pretty sure I’ve read every word Hemingway wrote and agree completely.

[@willbaren]

Interesting idea. Churchill used Waterman pens and iirc Blue Waterman ink.

[@dailycharmaddict]

I wonder if Donna Tartt uses a Montblanc! Also, wasn't Hemingway dashingly handsome?!

[@HemingwayJones]

Hemingway was a handsome fellow! I researched Donna Tartt and I couldn’t find anything definitive. Every search came up with the quotes from “The Secret…” I may spend more time on it for Part 2. Thanks!

[@UmiChan358]

Do you know which one used Jhon Steinbeck? Thanks in advance, i'll wait for part two

[@HemingwayJones]

I don’t… yet! I have a bunch to research. Thanks.

[@UmiChan358]

@@HemingwayJones thanks to you, your video is so nice! I really enjoyed it

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you!

[@alexislim3920]

Hi Mr Jones, could you please check out some of the modern writers like Frederick Forsyth, Alister McLean, etc.. Thank you.

[@HemingwayJones]

Sure, I’m certain I will be revisiting this series again soon.

[@michaeldavis9693]

If I had a a non de “internet”, by your logic, I think it would need to be Vincent Durden

[@HemingwayJones]

Is that Tyler’s Brother!?

[@DBX277]

Thanks!

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you very much!!!

[@charis_explores]

Well done! 🎉

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you!

[@johnsullivan3444]

I think Arthur Conan Doyle ( i am sure he used Parker). Stephen King. Clive Barker. Joyce Carol Oates. Virginia Woolf. James Herbert. Umberto Ecco. Thats all for now.

[@HemingwayJones]

But which pens for whom? That’s the rub! Doyle and King I know.

[@johnsullivan3444]

@@HemingwayJonesOh? What does Stephen King use? I'll try and look up the rest.

[@HemingwayJones]

Waterman. Hemisphere, I think. I’ll have to check my notes.

[@h.behrens5378]

Once again a very interesting video and a whole new look at writing with fountain pens. I would be interested to know which fountain pen was used by one of my favourite authors - Daphne du Maurier. I haven't found out, but maybe you will have more success?

[@juanpablomoreno732]

Great and interesting video!

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you!

[@Mustafa-dm5co]

Very civilized pen for an interesting writer (rushdie) 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@HemingwayJones]

Truly!

[@cazkiwinz4300]

6:25 Salmon? 🍣 🐠 Rushdie 😂

[@HemingwayJones]

Spell check did me in.

[@sleepawkeen]

found in my email today....tickled my curiosity. Have you any knowledge of this pen maker.....LeBOEUF Pens. Thank you.

[@HemingwayJones]

I’m very seen posts on them but I have never tried them.

[@Vermiliontea]

I'm fairly confident you're right. In all the pictures, it sure looks like a Parker 51. Hemingway, I mean. $5 Sailor? I must look around more carefully. 😄 I remember the first time I heard that someone used a fountain pen to write novels. I don't remember who it was, a female writer (could it possibly be Patricia Highsmith? I don't really like Highsmith so I think that lowers the probability for her, but it still feels kinda familiar...) Anyway, she described this process of how she went on vacation (by train) with a Montblanc full of black ink, and progressively mailed the pages to her editor. Sounds like a good life. But at the time I was astounded by the concept of writing a novel with a pen. But if one looks at Gaiman's pages, one can see it could be productive for first and second draft (and that's how he writes). Another thought I had, concerns the use of of only one pen. I went home today to ink up another pen, because my Grip 2011 ran dry, signaling to me I should rotate in another pen. And I found it difficult to choose. This is a crux. On one hand I want to use all of my pens which are good. On the other hand I remember the decades I spent using only one type of pen, though three of them, for a couple of decades.🤔 ...I'm not going back. But maybe slightly. I'm starting to fix some pen and ink uses. The same for the same use, always.

[@kevinlandon7578]

I am surprised that you did not inbclude Neil DeGrasse Tyson and his Pelikan fountain pens. Figboot had a wonderful interview with him a few years ago. it is must see viewing.

[@psychedianic]

Anne Frank, Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, George Orwell, Anais Nin, please! I know Anne's first fountain pen was accidentally thrown in the fire stove in the Secret Annex but she was given another.

[@HemingwayJones]

More are coming. It''s tough nailing down exactly which pen they used. I almost covered Anne Frank, but I didn't think I could do her justice and it made me very sad. Her Montblanc use is famous though, so I should steel myself and do it.

[@psychedianic]

@@HemingwayJones yes please! Do it. We as a fountain pen community would be remiss if we didn't include dear Anne. Virginia used a dip pen but in the movie Virginia and Vita they showed her using a conventional pen. Perhaps she did use one but it seems likely she used a dip pen more often than not.

[@HemingwayJones]

I searched for a quote or pic of Donna Tartt with a MB, but no luck.

[@ravinwind6860]

Neal Stephenson said he uses fountain pens to slow himself down and think. He said he types too fast. I'd love to know what pens he uses.

[@jbkerns]

One Account: "Anyways, he signed my book with my danitrio densho that had FPN Galileo ink in it. He commented that he liked the ink color and that he had used Noodlers ink before, but he doesn't use it anymore because it has a tendency to grow mold in Seattle. "

[@jbkerns]

In the back of Stephenson's Baroque Cycle (for those who don't know, a series of historical novels with some fantasy elements that totaled about 2800 pages), there are a series of production notes that include: ""The manuscript of the Baroque Cycle was written by hand on 100 percent cotton paper, using three different fountain pens: a Waterman Gentleman, a Rotring, and a Jorg Hysek."

[@HemingwayJones]

Thank you!!!

[@NikeaTiber]

Good to know, Stephenson is easily my favorite living author.

[@kurts4867]

Can you do "writers who use pencils " ? Are there writers who wrote w pencil ??

[@HemingwayJones]

Hemingway wrote in pencil.

[@kurts4867]

@@HemingwayJones there's a huge cult about pencils...if u want another rabbit hole to go down

[@liselottefrejdig1112]

How about Carlos Ruiz Zafon?