Top 10 Fountain Pens 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣ 🎉

[@ms.rocketscience4924]

I always enjoy the high quality of your videos and the passion you have for writing implements. I recently bought the Visconti Divina Wave, which I love, and I am looking forward to acquiring some of the past versions. Thanks for sharing your collection and favorites.😘

[@pen.venture]

Glad you like them! We invest a lot of funds and time to improve our content quality - we think that the time spent on our videos must be rewarded with a good production quality. Greetings from Romania - enjoy that divine wave

[@astromanager]

Great pens as usual, Emy! Very inspiring!

[@pen.venture]

:D its just my list ... the list of what I enjoyed the most last year

[@fossilimprint2954]

Very good and useful video. Happy New Year! :)

[@pen.venture]

@@fossilimprint2954 thank you 🫡 Happy New Year - can’t wait to get back in the recording seat - new studio layout is about to be ready for the first video of 2025

[@coffeeandbarbells2271]

I really, really enjoyed this list! I loved the way you explained your evolving taste in what you value in a pen and how that affected this year’s top 10 list. Chapters in case they are helpful: 10. 12:17 9. 13:51 8. 15:13 7. 16:17 6. 17:18 5. 18:59 4. 20:09 3. 21:29 2. 22:59 1. 24:27 Also, the discussion from 23:17 - 24:57 on how the Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age qualifies as a great EDC pen was … brilliant. Happy New Year!

[@pen.venture]

Thank you for the feedback - I think there needs to be more content that shows up a rather evolving face of the hobby and not only about purchasing more writing instruments that pile up to being too much to use or too spread to get a sense of what you actually like. Im not the best example when it comes to "dont buy too many too soon" - thats why I always have disclaimers about this, but in time the taste in pens will evolve, as well with the taste in nib sizes and inks - some channels will have a more commercial approach and will praise something that they retail and its nothing wrong with this, I cant do that since for me its a passion first, sharing it is what got me here and I identify with the person that im sharing my content/passion with, that is why you see the evolution with my collection, with inks and nibs and all that have to do with me :D PS didnt wanted to include chapters so people wouldn't jump for the top and thats it - will include those a little later so now the late viewers can just skip the line :))

[@jeffreyclayman6922]

Absolutely brilliant! I love your content. It’s like listening to an incredibly interesting podcast combined with high production visual close ups of the pens being discussed along with great narration. Your list is great and your collection eclectic. Thanks for taking the time to do this!

[@pen.venture]

Wow, thank you! When it comes to the content I present - I want to know that I do my best to offer the highest quality with my content, a lot of time/equipment and experience goes in to create a quality format and I think this is our way of thanking any viewer that is clicking on a video from Pen Venture :D

[@TINGSTARR]

Great top 15. Nice pens.

[@pen.venture]

Glad you like them! :D

[@EugenioCardoso]

Amazing top 10 👏👏👏👏

[@pen.venture]

Thank you Eugenio - Happy Holidays :D

[@kb62147]

Very enjoyable video from a passionate pen lover.

[@pen.venture]

Thank you 😁 appreciate the support

[@danielscheerer3032]

I don't have a Sailor, but I DO have the Sapiens Bronze Age (you supplied me earlier this year) and it, too, is my favorite, so I'm glad to see where it fell on your list! I'll have to check out more of yours - cheers!

[@pen.venture]

:D then Daniel - you can relate to the pen and the experience itself, love it when me and the viewer share the same pen so we can weigh so much more realistically everything about it

[@danielscheerer3032]

@ Oh, and I’m awaiting the Gravitas pultruded Pocket from you, so I’m excited for that one as well! (Thanks to its honorable mention on your list, AND my company works in those materials as well, so interested to see how it feels/performs in a pen body!)

[@MrJohnT]

Excellent,,

[@pen.venture]

@@MrJohnT thank you 😁

[@jonandresen1483]

Your number one is amazing. As an owner myself I understand your obsession.

[@pen.venture]

:D Thank you Jon - that pen has it all, at least for me : nib / story / urushi techniques / all

[@sunnyoak]

Loved seeing your favorites for 2024! My favorite, although on a much different level, is the Leonardo Momento Zero in amazing Angel Skin with Rose Gold trim. I have this most beautiful color combination pen in a Fine nib, and I will be happy to write with this beauty for a very long time. 🌀 It is filled with Diamine Ancient Copper.

[@pen.venture]

Thanks for sharing!! At any level - this is a moment where we can all reflect back to the time when we scored those grail pens in our line up :D Do you have the Grande or the normal MZ in Angel Skin ? :D

[@sunnyoak]

I have the regular momento Zero with cartridge/converter, my second pen of this style. Prugna is the other. Love them both! 💙🌀

[@ichirofakename]

KoP! That's my #1 as well! Though in my case it is based solely on the nib. Thanks for the fun show from your collection. So many Italian beauties.

[@MitchellJBridges]

I think it's a bit overpriced. I like my sailor 1911 better.

[@pen.venture]

KoP all the way 😁 - overpriced or not, it’s a maki e work that considering that from the next days all the gold nib pens and urushi line of sailor will be increasing with 30%, ill make some people question what is the actual value and how time changed this since we will be so different after the price adjustments

[@ichirofakename]

@@pen.venture Good thing I bought a PGS YESTERDAY.

[@Rich-p3j]

beautiful choices

[@pen.venture]

Thank you 🤝😁

[@georgemitchell1980]

Fantastic video, thank you! Which nib grade did you choose for the Gravitas Carbon Fibre, and how does it compare in terms of line width to standard Western nibs as opposed to Japanese? I tend to favor Japanese fine and am trying to decide which to order in the Gravitas.

[@pen.venture]

thank you - on my pocket carbon I initially went with a F nib then went to EF because I plan to use this pen more and more on the go so I wanted to have something that I can write with on cheap copy paper without feathering or putting down a thick line

[@varadharajannadarajah]

Excellent list 👌🏻 Wish the pens were focused more (I understand there are links for full reviews)

[@pen.venture]

I wish I can have someting like this where it would not take 30 min but it’s kind of impossible to focus on every pen and then on the list and reasons as well

[@varadharajannadarajah]

@@pen.venture In videos on any products, the camera should focus on the products rather than the person presenting. May be it's a tactic to force the viewers to open the website and have a look at the pen 😂👍🏻

[@pen.venture]

:)) it may be a point but ... on the list of things showcased maybe like 3 or 4 max pens are still available to be purchased, my intention is not to sell something - and this has been my aim since I've started the channel, its a great time spent with people that follow the same passion like I do and anything after this that may include the website and store side of Pen Venture is a big bonus that I take with a great responsibility and im thankful for it

[@adamjaffeback6128]

A quirk or "quark" of being a fountain pen retailer? 😂 But seriously, any timeline on the launch of that Gravitas pen? I was about to buy a Zirconium Quark but now I think I have to wait to see what comes out.

[@pen.venture]

:)) both could be correct - quirk's are a lot of them / quarks I have like 3 :D The new Pocket launch its coming in a week or so, currently we are waiting to number the pens with the serial number

[@BASHER193]

if Kaweco makes a brass or steel piston pen it will be my top 1 in 2025

[@pen.venture]

They will have to do it at one point - I guess this is coming

[@duncanrace8626]

I'm secretly worried about corrosion on my spitfire (been very lightly used and I have silicone greased the inside of the section). Interesting you've had that experience, and on something so expensive

[@pen.venture]

Not trying to scare any Spitfire owners but it may happen, for me it started when I had it inked up with some green ink (forgot which one) and only at the section more noticeable. Then I’ve seen my barrel almost joining the section and was next to impossible to unscrew it so I started using grease - will have to contact Onoto and see maybe there is something that I’ve missed or this normal when it comes to this specific pen and its alloy

[@jeffreyclayman6922]

Love the KOP! I know usually the KOP is either the 1911 or Pro Gear but this looks like a different model? Did they do other versions of this model?

[@pen.venture]

:D when it comes to urushi they use a flat end cap with no trim and a narrower body of the Pro Gear series :D - they call it KOP but its only available for the urushi/maki-e series

[@potandpens]

✋️✋️.....I thought you said all price points....will you let me know which of these pens is less than $100?

[@pen.venture]

:D last year format was made of 3 tiers : under 300 / 300 to 1000 / 1000 and above - now all price points means anything under 300 goes toe to toe with 1000 and above - in a single video. There is nothing in my video under 100 but the closest one is the Gravitas Pocket Pultruded Carbon - 160E

[@Andrei-Rex]

It’s 2024. Where are the chapters??

[@pen.venture]

They are coming in 2025 😁