Welcome in my rabbit hole! I'm Laura and on this channel I'm sharing my favorite hobby with you. FOUNTAIN PENS, INK and PAPER!
For many years now this hobby has brought me so much joy. On this channel I want to spread the love and show you my personal experience. I'm sharing what works for me and what doesn't, which favorites I have and which failures. I am offering you a seat at my desk and telling you my thought process.
If you are interested to hop in, you are always welcome. But I must warn you! This rabbit hole is deep and wide. So there is danger of getting lost!
You can also find me on Instagram for more hobby shanannigans: For all the inside, warm and cozy stuff (fountain pens & bookbinding): instagram.com/lau_ra_blue/ For all the outside, loud and crazy me (dancing salsa): instagram.com/laura_la_loca/
It's good to see your face again! And because you mentioned 'PET' in the title, I thought you were excited about getting a pet, like a cat or dog. I didn't know it was a kind of tape 😅
Woohoo! Love that you’re using my PIPs acronym 🥰 I’m a person who likes to shorten all manner of words and find it especially useful when taking notes. And that blue is so gorgeous! Also, thank you for your kind words. I love doing this so much! Btw, I agree with you on doing RU-vid, everyone’s perspective is so diff it makes each one unique and a pleasure to watch. Love being part of this pen hobby, especially here on the Tube.
I caught the fountain pen bug and now have four. I have yet to ink three pens because I don’t know how long I can leave ink in the pen without using it?
@@Alianderfarm so cool! Which ones did you get? I wouldn‘t worry about that as long as you are not leaving them for a year without writing or with permanent ink for a few months. It definetly depends on how good the cap is ceiling. But in my experience you can get any pen clean again with enough flushing and soaking. Even of it is crusty (though I certainly do not recommend that 😉). When I was in school I didn‘t flush my pen (washable blue ink) for years. I didn‘t know you should. I just popped in a new cartridge when the other one was emty or dried up.
I very much vibe with the thought of having the same color ink in my planners and journals, even if I‘m using more than one at a time, which I always do. So a few years ago I started choosing one color per week and setting up my books in that respective colorway. I have to add that most of my pens are inked all the time, so I actually have an abundance of combinations to choose from… that‘s why I change weekly, not monthly. And this way I also make sure that all of my pens get used throughout the year. I love flipping back through my daily planner (currently an A5 Hobonichi notebook - 2 pages per day) and seeing the different setups of the weeks, it just brings me so much joy. 😊 Thank you for sharing, your Pelikans are gorgeous ! ❤
I find it so interesting that everyone has their own method to inked pens. Mine is currently to ink pens for a season. So however many pens for 3 months and at the half way point if I feel a combination isn't my favorite I swap them for a different ink and maybe a different pen.
Great video discussing your everyday use of your Lamy 2000. Pilot does make a matte black Vanishing Point, so that may be something you would enjoy. Just to let you know, I own multiple Pilots (Custom Heritage models, Prera, Elite 95S, Capless Steel nib), they do not play well with European inks that have average to slightly drier flow (Pelikan, Waterman, Lamy, etc), so if you get them, you may find them less tolerant of different ink viscosities than your Lamy 2000. If you own a big variety of inks with various viscosities, then a fine or extra fine nib Lamy 2000 is a better choice than a Pilot. I own mostly Japanese inks, which are much more lubricated, so Pilots, Sailors, and a fine nib Lamy Safari comprise my fleet of pens.
I used to have that ink in my Prefounte with a preppy blue feed and homeground stub; but changed to 1864 b/b (bit of a Diamine fanboy) then they cost cut us to this bog paper... may as well use Parker Blk. smh🙄
Has anyone at your work recognized your Lamy 2000? Even though it's understated, it's a very distinct design. And with Lamy being a German brand of course, it wouldn't suprise me if someone recognized it.
@@chrismorley3074 thank you! I like to make them very much. In my mind I can not review the pen without the ink or paper. It is always the combination that makes the experience unique.
The silver trim is rhodium plated finish, more resistant to than golden plating. Nice pen! BTW, the click sound of this resin is to me the best of this pen!
There are more stickers coming… 😅I also fixed my printer settings and now am able to print sticks on my own again. That feels so good. The ink is really interesting. I‘m still wondering what pen to put it in.
@@peterjanssen506 i got the bonsai tree. I still need to finish the leaves. Before I got the flower bouquet that is in the hallway now. Which ones do you get?
@@Blue_Rosemarie The bonsai looks so good! I have the succulents set and the lady liberty brickheadz 😄 I want to get another set sometime soon, but I don't know yet which one...
they are so funny... actually they were quite handy. Because the name of the ink wasn't written on the bottle itself, I put it on there. I normally directly get rid of all the box, because I store my ink in a drawer anyways.
I'm always saying that my city is desperate for a great stationery/pen store. But I'm actually lucky we don't have one because my impulse control can't handle having a store at my fingertips! Fun haul , thanks for sharing!
well... it is dangerous. My taste has evolved so much though, that for most things on my wishlist I'm not able to buy them in a local store. But still, I'm in a very fortunate situation here and YES it is dangerous...
😅 I also do weird stuff when ink sampling. I have towels that I made from terry cloth insisted of kitchen towels it absorbs a bit more ( in my mind) also ihave 2 glasses with water and one is for the initial clean and the other is to not risk any ink contamination. I've been wanting to try Montblanc toffee brown!! It's so gorgeous.
My impression is that the Japanese pen users equate quality with lightness. So Japanese pen makers make light usually non-metallic pens. I like how the 3776 pens writes and enjoy using it.😊
Very interesting. In the western world it much seems like the other way around. I often see that people equate heaviness with quality. But it makes absolute sense also the other way around. Thank you for that comment.
Great collection for June! I have a few „everyday“ or always inked, too. How on earth are your nibs from Sailor PG in MF and Leonardo M so similar? My MF writes like a EF-F and the Leonardo like a M-B 😄 (I don’t complain- I like both a loooot)
Thank you. I think there is quite a difference in line width. But because of the light KWZ ink in the M Leonardo and the dark blue in my Sailor H-MF they seem quite similar. I‘m always so surprised seeing nibsizes next to each other. There is just no consistency at all. Even my two Fine TWSBI F nibs are so different. The Diamond 580 one is much much finer than the Eco.
@@Blue_Rosemarie totally!! No consistency! My Twsbi Diamond M is like a broad, the F on another diamond like a EF on Eco. To be honest my few Lamy steel nibs are more consistent 😅
Great video! I normally have 3 pens inked up and always rotate them. Takes me about 2 months to go through one of them, except my TWSBI 580 if fully inked. The reservoir is huge.
Thank you! I always wondered how other people could go through so much ink all the time. I think it has a lot to do with nib size and if people just rinse the pen out without writing it dry.
