You Should Use a Fountain Pen IF ...

[@onepenshow]

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[@tejasreddy2957]

Don’t know why ur video ain’t getting likes. They’re WONDERFULL

[@muskndusk]

Absolutely hysterical! Love the presentation style. I caught the fountain pen virus some time ago and have more pens than I need, but they will never end up in the ballpoint graveyard.

[@ejohnso1967]

What?!? You have more pens than you need?!? Are you serious? A fountain pen aficionado with more pens than they need? I think we need to examine your idea of "need". ;)

[@muskndusk]

@@ejohnso1967 Hehehe!

[@N1inSK]

Last night I found a Shaeffer cartridge pen from about 1964. They no longer make the cartridges to fit it, so it's a museum piece. But my 1970s Osmiroid pens with calligraphy nibs are close to museum pieces, too. Now I use lamy Safaris, a TWSBI Swipe, some Platinum Plaisirs, and a brand-new Kaweco Sport. I would love to have my father's Shaeffer Pen For Men from the early 1960s, but he either lost it or three it away after he retired, and 30 years later, didn't remember having it. I love your sense of humour, my friend. But you cant have my soul: my red-headed wife already collected it.

[@tomcatkzn]

"Nothing important should be taken too seriously". Very nicely done😂 The effort of choosing which pen to write with is classic😊 Cap it, missing today🙄!

[@gurgumilous]

OMG! You have such a great sense of humor! Loved your video! Just became a fan!

[@onepenshow]

Well thank you for having me!

[@abettermousetrap]

Hello and thank you for the great content. I am new to the fountain pen environment but enjoying it greatly. I can also add, type A-neg blood seems to flow through these pens nicely😂

[@jleoguzman]

Really nice and entertaining video! Excellent!😁😁😁

[@manbat4582]

This is really a high quality video about penmanship. Thank you for your effort, subscribed.

[@onepenshow]

I appreciate that. Thanks and welcome!

[@penelopemaynard9016]

love you! and fountain pens👍🧡 liked and subscribed

[@jessedavidschell6492]

Very clever and entertaining; it’s no wonder I am hooked on this channel.

[@glumfish6862]

I feel the reliability of fountain pens its a mixed bag. Mid to high end pens are very reliable and do not skip or leak if used properly, although if shaken (not purposely by having it in a bag or pocket) you can get an inky situation. Ballpoints on the other hand never leak, but can spontaneously decide not to write permanently even if they are new. The same skipping issues can often be found with many gel or liquid ink rollerballs.

[@onepenshow]

I agree fully, what I like is that for $30-50 you can get a mid-end high-quality pen that is really reliable.

[@jamesaritchie1]

I've had ballpoint pens leak all over me. Same with gel pens. And if a fountain pen leaks because you carry it in a pocket, it's a cheap piece of crap. Many, many of use drop fountain pens oin our pants pockets and play sports. No leaking. Same with carrying them in bags.

[@cindymccafferty8346]

We used fountain pens in 1965 in elementary school. They were Schaefer pens. Not sure what they were called, but it had a little bar on the outside. You put the pen in the ink and raised the bar to fill the pen. Around that time, they came out with the cartridges.

[@donnaellis3314]

Me too! I went to Private School and the nuns would check to see if we were using ballpoints🖊️ to make sure we weren't cheating! I checked and couldn't believe that it was that long ago.

[@harmonyln7]

I got a parker vector xl yesterday. So far I find it a nice pen, but going between that and an older narrower nib someone also gave me. Don't know what the older pen is because apparently the writing is too small to read without a magnifying glass. Either way, I like the older pen for its weight and the nib itself is interchangeable. Maybe I should film myself writing with each and see which people think looks better. Being almost blind I can't see my own writing, but it's still fun. Probably sounds totally weird.

[@riseandinspire]

I keep going back to your videos just because they're so funny! Keep posting more please! 😅

[@tathagata_chakrabarty]

Not a single point was left out. It seemed like you spoke on my behalf 😂. I'll share this video instead of explaining fountain pens to the newbies. ❤

[@mrpilotsapien7705]

"You" dropped you Lamy Alstar body.... "I" literally went to go look for it..... on my own floor.... translation: Im sleepy great video sir KEEEP at IT !!!!

[@davidanderson3425]

I just subscribed to your channel. I like your video-making style. Thank you for making Mission Ink possible!

[@antimeme5545]

8:45 indeed I'm on my 3rd fountain pen now, 4th one is still shipping

[@Was2m]

😅

[@carlosbardales4179]

Apache Sunset...only at night! LOL. I buy pens for my inks. First I choose a new ink every 4 to 6 months and at that point I buy a new fountain pen that matches color with the ink. That way I always know what ink is inside each pen. When I get tired of a pen...I give it away to a newby to get them started in the hobby.

[@kevinu.k.7042]

Blimey... I don't do maintenance. Excepting a quick flush, but only if changing ink colour. I did maintenance on a Biro once. Used a 3LB hammer. It was prone to skipping after that. I enjoy your videos - This one had me laughing! Why don't ink bottles carry a message, "Now Wash Your Hands"? Thank you. 😁

[@bill_jennings]

You've just about convinced me to go look at buying a fountain pen. You really have!

[@onepenshow]

Well I’m sorry about opening up Pandora’s box for you

[@bill_jennings]

@@onepenshow Oh, that's ok. Boxes are filled with surprises, and I love surprises!

[@joelstatosky1817]

Most people's gripe is the ink, however my Namiki no.50 holds 5ml of ink therefore it's never been an issue. 1ml at bare minimum will get you 10 pages of use, and even on day's we're I'm doing school work for hours on end, I will rarely write over 20 pages. Don't get me wrong, it's an expensive pen. However it's not as expensive as some make it seem, most people spend 30% of their yearly income's on their hobbies and want's. Considering I desire no other pen after getting it the cost factor is essentially eliminated. Since you can regularly find them in japan for around $1500 usd (the used price in the united states) if you ever decide to sell it you essentially don't lose any money either. Especially if you buy a Maki-e model as they eventually go out of production and become increasingly valuable

[@xanthias2001]

“They are better for signatures…” Yes. BUT… They make you develop an impressive, wildly flamboyant signature which you then can’t fit on the 1cm-wide signature strip on the back of your credit card… which you have to write with a ballpoint anyway, cos credit card signature strips won’t accept fountain pen ink… So you end up with a credit card signature that looks nothing like the signature you’d write on a cheque… BUT No one writes cheques any more except Grandparents at Christmas and birthdays… So when was the last time anyone checked your credit card signature…? So why is that strip there…? So you disappear into an infinite loop of 21st century irrelevance… … which is why I bought a fountain pen anyway. [Not complaining. It’s cosy in here…]

[@onepenshow]

Your reasoning is outstanding. The fountain pen is an excellent remedy against 21st-century irrelevance.

[@N1inSK]

I had to sign a couple of hundred coupons that my cashiers give out when people can't use our swimming pool ("foul" pool). I use a Broad nib with permanent ink. It was effortless. But I use a ballpoint for bank deposit forms, and the plastic bags the cash goes into for the armoured car service to pick up. I HATE writing with ballpoint pens...

[@Buchertn]

I love my fountian pens and for me I enjoy the mantince of them. Along with that you can also pass them on to your family members like you can with watches. A fountian pen let's you live on even after you move on from this life.

[@Johnboysings]

Great video 😀 thank you

[@maggiephantom]

i loved the background music and the whole vibe

[@jcmschott1895]

I'd add one more advantage, mate: due to capillarity, they write upside down, what ballpoint pens don't.

[@abhabh6896]

No

[@operationblackout1095]

Why would you want to write upside down tho?

[@N1inSK]

@@operationblackout1095 You can add to the shopping list that's on the fridge door. You can trace drawings using a sunlit window. There are many reasons to write upside down! You won't write upside down for long, but a short note is possible.

[@ycplum7062]

Pilot Vanishing Point is good for note taking. Don't use fountain pens if you mainly write on very low quality paper. Ink will feather, especially if you have a very wet broad nib. And if you want to avoid an addiction, run if you hear someone mentioning flex nibs.

[@yuklimka7251]

After vehemently rejecting the VP as a pen that can't make up its mind whether it wants to be a ballpoint or fp ever since I first learned about its existence, I very recently did a hard 180. I'd used a Moonman A1 as a test balloon before shelling out the money for a VP. Feathering on low quality paper can be reduced or even avoided by figuring out the best trifecta. I don't buy Noodler's, but isn't No Feather specially formulated to address this problem?

[@ycplum7062]

@@yuklimka7251 A fine (or extra-fine) nib will feather less simply because it deposits less ink onto teh paper. However, all bets are off on recycled paper or newsprints.

[@yuklimka7251]

@@ycplum7062 Of course.

[@ERH1453]

It is neither the nib nor the paper. IT'S THE INK! QUALITY NOT COST!

[@jls3220]

How do you keep shimmering/sheen inks mixed in the pen?

[@kamo2729]

This is so good, really appreciate it

[@justinpurvis7449]

Loved the French ink sniff 🤣🤣

[@mostlysunny4u]

Good video, funny too 👍 amazing man..

[@archivist17]

I have had many more catastrophic leaks and feed failures from ballpoints than fountain pens.

[@onepenshow]

Really? Now that's interesting to hear. Pen quality also matters a lot. My better quality pens barely ever leak.

[@jamesaritchie1]

@@onepenshow I had a four hundred and fifty dollar Montblanc rollerball dump every bit of its ink all over a very good shirt. I don't care how much a rollerball costs, it still works the same as a two dollar pen, and is often much more likely to leak because it has a more generous ink supply.

[@dacksonflux]

I bought too many and not quite enough. I think I need another Pelikan M205 but with a gold nib because... reasons.

[@onepenshow]

One pen per notebook!

[@lindasue8719]

Yaaay, you're back! 🌝

[@onepenshow]

and you too!

[@charlessweeny1782]

There is just no more elegant way to write than with a fountain pen. It is true - they are not for everyone. If you can't spell your own name (like my little sister), or are otherwise illiterate, just get yourself a ballpoint pen. My every day writer is a gel ink pen, but oh how I love fountain pens. Ballpoint pens are also good for loaning out. I never loan out any of my fountain pens - they are guaranteed to come back mangled. Write on !!

[@enriquerodriguez499]

I did not realize until now that Jamie Dornan had decided to make 50 Shades of Ink. Look at him go!

[@onepenshow]

Thanks for the flattery I do get off on inks I must confess

[@רבקהאברמוביץ]

I bought a cheep fountain pen and it only write for half a b5 paper…is it typical??

[@gertahnstrom784]

Certainly not. Even very cheap fountain pens can write in one go until their ink runs out. However, not all fountain pens are good. Some will be very dry and have flow issues, which sounds like your problem. Or just stop flowing due to a too long thinking pause, in which other pens don't matter, but a fountain pen might need to be capped while thinking, to remain writing. Hope that helped.

[@fassihhaddaoui5046]

i love your work

[@johnvienna3422]

I may have caught the virus. I was thinking, "Bro, this could get expensive." But then I realised that I've bought five watches (mechanical, not cheap quartz) this year... so...

[@basicdose.9872]

For leakage. Wear a pocket protector.

[@ArifGhostwriter]

I'm an avid follower of this channel! I've just realised that he presents to the camera as though we were a kitten hidden low down in a shoe box - & he's talking to us.

[@michellet5978]

Haaaa! I love your videos!!!! ❤

[@onepenshow]

Thanks Michelle, that’s nice to hear

[@mc2ryan100]

How can me make talking about fountain pens so interesting.

[@vilebrequin6923]

The subject imbues him with a celestial gift...

[@fletacosta4701]

Beautiful content

[@cb7560]

Thanks for the great video. The main reason that I do not use fountain pens much, especially at work, is because they are hard to write with. If you are trying to get your thoughts onto paper you need to concentrate on getting the words down and not whether the nib of a Lamy 2000 for Parker 51 is correctly aligned to the paper, or whether you have the right paper etc. Modern ballpoints are much better than used to the case, and the refills can write hundreds of pages of A4. I have been using the same refillable ballpoint for more than 25 years. I pretty much gave up fountain pens when I left school.

[@Spiderblaze-pw7bz]

At 7:05 I was the first person to do that with a fountain pen

[@AtilioEscobar]

You should make more videos.

[@uttamzanke9006]

I just subscribed

[@sriyaneedesilva3501]

Please make more videos…. My 13 son really really likes them. Me too. Hope you’re well.

[@eswing2153]

You have 13 sons? That’s wonderful.

[@HugoHand]

@@eswing2153 many views n subs

[@stareye8]

Nice music!

[@AntW11]

Very cute!!

[@LANCSKID]

Not a ‘collector’ OR a ‘user’ … we can be both! ✒️📚🖌

[@AtilioEscobar]

You're awesome.=]

[@onepenshow]

Well thanks but I think that's a rather premature conclusion!

[@sbsidman]

#onepenshow Have you found that some inks seem to promote smoother writing? I now use Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue or Kaweco blue and writing seems smoother. Also, results seem better if I set the pen aside overnight after filling.

[@onepenshow]

Yes I did actually. Pelikan 4001 is quite thin and flows well. My favorite smoother ink at the moment is D’Atrementis Fog Grey.

[@sbsidman]

@@onepenshow Do any of these links have detergents or lubricants? It seems crazy that having the pen sit around for a day will result in smoother writing but that appears to be what’s happening. My ancient Parker 21 has never been so smooth.

[@sbsidman]

@@onepenshow Thanks. The odd thing is, one of my favorite pens is a low end Sheaffer that I bought for high school in the 60s for $1.98. Really. Writes very smoothly.

[@duaneanderson6130]

Cost efficient. A disposable pen last me 40 days. My Fountain Pen ink bottle lasts me 2 and, a half years. So, per ml this is a no brainer. $ 11.00 for two and a half years. Or disposables at $ 11.00 every six months. The math alone tells me my choice

[@onepenshow]

I always enjoy fountain-pen-prone-maths

[@Matonias]

cool man t hanks

[@augsburgbiblechannel9246]

Having just gotten home from surgery I couldn't help but laugh the last line of the video and it was so lovely and so painful at the same time. I don't think I should laugh just yet.

[@Msaheb9740]

For a moment i thought that he is Connor McGregor 😂😂

[@warblerab2955]

I am pretty sure he is wrong about the ball point pen being invented for astronauts. Ballpoints were invents long before astronauts existed. I think the ball point pen was invented in the 1800's.

[@oswjim]

I've got caught in this FP fever around a year ago .... already own almost 40 pens ... beware!!!! 😁

[@onepenshow]

Too late I'm already in, can't get out now

[@maggiephantom]

"people tend to turn back ur pens"

[@jcmschott1895]

Dunno... Conor McGregor giving tips about fountain pens?

[@ERH1453]

INKY!!!

[@javierortiz9702]

When did Conor Mcgregor got into fountain pens? LOL great work though

[@tokiomitohsaka7770]

I have owned a fountain pen briefly before figuring out that it wasn’t for me. I dislike leaky pens making a mess or staining either my hands or other things (if I didn’t notice that my hands are stained and I stained other things I touched). I dislike maintaining things and would much rather have something that needs ZERO maintenance whenever possible. Another thing is that fountain pens are fragile, you you drop it and it lands on the nib, you will need a new nib; if I drop a ballpoint pen and it lands on the tip, nothing will happen unless it is poorly designed or really heavy. I also don’t like waiting for the ink to dry. I use a fisher space pen because it never skips (I have owned it for 12 years and it never skipped once), it never runs dry (even if I forget to cap it for hours), and it can even write underwater (not that I ever needed to write underwater, but I did find myself writing down an address and phone number while in pouring rain and it was perfect). One thing though, I don’t handwrite that much, only short notes and the occasional diagram. For anything longer I prefer to type. That is why I don’t need to replace the cartridge very often (I go through a cartridge per year on average). I think that people should use fountain pens if they care how pretty their handwriting comes out, but if you are like me and you just want something to write with and don’t want to bother with anything else, than a ballpoint/gel/pencil is best.

[@avishekchakrabarty2560]

I found hooded nib fountain pens drop dead reliable!

[@russgonnering]

Caught the virus a LONG time ago!

[@ohoapu2590]

I’ve got the virus :/

[@SevenDeMagnus]

Hi. Though the most reliable writing instruments are felt tip pens (markers like Sharpie for signing like Pres. Trump or fineliners), I love fountain pens. Someday I'll buy the thickest (actually not thick enough. I love as thick as the cap of the Sharpie King Size) from Pilot- their Emperor. God bless, Rev. 21:4

[@jamesaritchie1]

No, those pieces of junk aren't as reliable as fountain pens. Nowhere near it. And Trump never signed anything with a felt tip Sharpie. He used a Sharpie rollerball. Which was stupid.

[@psanfeliu]

Who cares about leaks

[@onepenshow]

No one sincere and over 18

[@PR-NZ]

Exactly I am always surprised how easily fp ink washes off clothes