My favourite ink at the moment is Schneider Pastel Rose. Super cheap, a gorgeous shade of purpleish red, flows well and makes a nice understated choice for my daily writing.
Thanks for this video, it’s perfect timing for me as I’ve just two days ago taken possession of the Pilot Custom 845 in Vermillion with a Medium nib and I’m loving it. And I’m now awaiting delivery of a Pilot Custom 843 in Verdigris, also with a medium nib. The 845 has dethroned a Sailor Hiroshima Commemorative pen with a Medium 21k nib as my smoothest writing pen and now my favorite pen. As you might guess I’m not into black pens and I’m so glad there were these two color choices, Vermillion and Verdigris. Red is not actually one of my favorite colors but of course I do love my new pen with its beautiful Urushi lacquer finish anyway and I’m much looking forward to the arrival of the 843!
A bag that cannot be locked is useless. Seriously, would you personally feel comfortable travelling with your wallet in an unlockable front pocket? And as you've pointed out, the clip isn't secure either. Who would risk carrying their iPad, wallet and personal belongings in such a bag? I'm questioning the purpose of highlighting such an ill-conceived product. To be honest, it seems like this review might not be the best use of your viewers' time. Please consider reviewing PacSafe or another serious bag next time?
The point of my reviews is not to sell a product, or just feature the best products… it’s about providing information that the viewer can use to decide if an item ticks the boxes for them. This is the same with all the bag/gear/stationery reviews I have done. And comments like yours help in part too. My hope is always that if someone was looking to buy this bag on Amazon etc, that they would stumble upon my video or the multitude of others here on RU-vid and be able to see if it is right for them.
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I use their 60 sheet A5 notebooks in a travellers notebook kind of cover I made from leather. About 2€ per notebook here in Germany, readily available, since it is aimed at students, but the same great Optik Paper! I really don't know why so many people are sleeping on Oxford. Sure, it doesn't have the marketing allure of other notebooks, but I am glad it hasn't, because that would multiply the cost. :D
What is the notebook with midori paper you use? This paper looks different comparing to my midori paper in classic midori notebook. Yours look more like TR style of paper. My midori paper is much thicker
I’ve got the Cobalt and the Evergreen from this line. Very attractive colors, though disappointingly they are visibly less well-behaved on even quality paper. And the pricing is kind of out of whack, which mirrors the prices of Esterbrook pens, all along.
I have the very same dark blue pen, with the architect nib. It’s pretty, reliable and nice writer. Calling a captive converter a ‘torque filler’ is a blatantly gimmicky marketing phrase. As is calling the resin those superlatives. Anyway, I really like the pen. Happy to own it and use it as often as I can. Lamy Safari fans could use a much nicer pen. This is one. Neat, helpful review, as always.
This is a great review! I've been eyeing this one for a bit, and it sits in my Amazon shopping list. I like the Amazon Basics Asvine Forest pen (which got me into the hobby) so I'm interested in this one. I do wonder how it would work with shimmer- do you have any experience with that? Writing wet and keeping up well seems promising. Thanks for the review.
Personally I avoid using shimmer inks in Vac filling pens. Vac fillers are notoriously difficult to fulling clean with regular inks and you really don’t want to leave shimmer inks in any pen for too long. I also wonder (and I have no basis for this other than my own wondering) if the minor abrasive qualities of the shimmer particles would interfere with the stopper over time. I keep shimmer inks for standard cartridge converter pens that are easy to clean, or pens like the Twsbi ECO which are really easy to fuller disassemble for cleaning.
This is a good book. While he talks about digital noise, it's part of the larger themes of his writing: the need to do focused work without distraction so that we can get the important things done.
I've enjoyed books from Cal Newport, I may need to read this one. I think it's so important to say "no" to things, like staying "on top" of all that is going on. If you try to say "yes" to too much, you are saying "no" to everything due to overwhelm.
Does the black nib from the LX (which I think is pronounced Elox, from exloiseren (German anodized), like the top and bottom caps) fit the Lamy-abc? Also, I think the Al from AlStar just stands for Aluminum.
Thanks for this interesting comparison. I have recently bought a couple of the latest Leonardo Officina Italiana pens (Momento Zero and Momento Magico): they have decided to use Jowo nibs and I can certainly agree that the result is excellent. In particular I have two with EF elastico nibs which write wonderfully- somehow combining great precision of line with impressive wetness of flow. I have not tried to tune them myself, as they write excellently straight out of the box.
Oh this is a book I need to read. I have kept myself to a minimum of online activities, including social media. I do read LinkedIn as well as RU-vid but that is kept to a minimum. I do not stream music as I have about 1500 CDs and an equal number on flash drives of albums that I sold but do not need the physical album or CD. I do think I am on the minimal side but perhaps this book will provide some suggestions.
¿ Is it possible to swap the caps and the barrels between this two fountain pens ?, one to each other. I mean, the montblanc 149 has # 8 nib, and the X159 #6, but I wonder if it woud be possible to swap parts between this two pens, and this way get a pen more similar to the montblanc 149 but bigger converter. The X159 barrel + the 9019 section + the x159 cap. thank you
Excellent comparison, Mick. I have enjoyed Jowo nibs a lot. I also have many of my pens with Jowo nibs. Saying this, I do not know if they are the best nibs on the market? That could be a matter of debate. It is funny that a number of Chinese pen manufacturers are offering Bock and even Schmidt nibs. Schmidt is used with Benu pens. Is it just price or is it actuality issue? I would love a comparison between these three nibs. Hongdian and Jinhao have recently been making excellent nibs. Should we include them in any discussion?
Are they the best on the market? Probably not. Are they the most consistent of the readily available ‘generic’ sized commercial nibs? Probably yes. I would rank it Jowo, Schmidt, and then Bock way down the line. Direct from the manufacturer they are inconsistent and problematic. Many pen makers have spoken about the issues with Bock. Schmidt are excellent. Hongdian and Jinhao (and a host of other Chinese brands) are using excellent nibs, but a lot of them are out sourced to a small number of actual manufacturers. Which isn’t an issue, but there isn’t a whole lot of public info about that. I like the nibs I have on a number of Hongdian, Jinhao and Asvine pens I have, and they should definitely be part of the conversation. The best nibs in my opinion (to my taste) are still those produced by Pilot (with Sailor and Platinum up there too). But as they are a proprietary size, it’s useless comparing them to these others in many ways.
@@theoffstageme Agreed, Pilot and Sailor are excellent nibs. Platinum are a fairly distant third. I only know Wancher uses Sailor nibs. I had heard Asvine was a parts supplier to other Chinese manufacturers. Who makes the nibs is another matter. Hongdian nibs seem to be different from the others, especially their #6 nibs.
I have an essentio that I recently purchased and I cannot for the life of me get anything other than a tiny (standar) cartridge to go in. Not even a spare one. There seems to be a spring loaded metal spacer wedged into the lengthy barrel that prevents anything longer than the tiny cartridge from fitting. I tried with two different FC converters, but it's hopeless . LIke yours, it is in a broad nib that is absolutely beautiful to write with, but I haven't got any syringes to load up with any of my bottled inks, so I'm curious if anyone else had this problem with theirs. It is an Essentio carbon and NOT a basic, according to the box. The instructions in hindsight seem comical in that they do not mention a cartridge at all, but rather the converter, which will not fit due to the length (not width) . It's my only frustration with the pen so far.
@@theoffstageme I noticed the carbon version of mine lists in the specs only after that it's cartridge only. The aluminum ones on the retailers site lists cartridge and converter . What can I say, I'm a sucker for carbon fiber things, hehe
I found it on eBay in both black and green as well as in red so I just ordered the green one. BTW they refer to it on eBay as a ukulele clip which does have four strings plus the chunkier body
The black and green look good. I probably would have gotten the black if it had been available when I bought this. The clip definitely has more ukulele-esque features. I play the uke, so i did wonder… but it’s still a badly rendered ukulele.. it’s hard to do things like that and still make it a functional clip. So I forgive it.
Now THAT's a review! No wasted time, just straight to the point without any nonsense! Thank you! Feedback: I don't care for writing demonstrations, but a lot of people seem to like those. Please consider making videos with a little bit of writing in the future. I bet you a lot of people will thank you for it.
Nice review Mick, I've had mine for several weeks now, and it is nice writing with that larger #8 size nib. As for the color, shortly after mine arrived I started seeing a green and black version of the pen, and even a blue one. Had I seen the Black or Green on first, that would be the one sitting on my desk instead of the Red one.
Interesting. Red was the only colour when I got this too. That was about 4-5 weeks ago I suppose. I’ll keep an eye out for any version of this ‘general’ model that appeals more to my taste.
I think there is a growing issue about these Chinese pens so closely replicating leading European or Japanese designs. The Asvine P20 is, as you say, very close to the Leonardo Momento Zero/Momento Magico lines, just as the Asvine V 126 is very close to the Pilot 823. It seems wrong for Chinese manufacturers not to have enough imagination to create their own designs. That said, for the price, the P20 looks acceptable. But, as the owner of several Leonardos (both Momento Zero and Momento Magico) I don’t see a compelling need to buy an Asvine P20.
The name “TianDao”: “Tian” (天) stands for “heaven” “Dao” (刀) stands for “saber/sword/knife” This gives rise to the “heavenly sword” or “sword of heaven”. Here I have to vehemently disagree with your interpretation, as well as with that of Douglas Rathbun (Inkquiring Minds), who both translate "TianDao" as "Way to Heaven". "Dao" in his interpretation would be "道" for "way" or "road" in Chinese. In complete contrast to this Dao "刀", which (as described above) stands for "saber/sword/knife". Let's put it this way: Both interpretations would be quite plausible, but given the nib with the 2 crossed sabers (Shuāng dāo / 双刀 = double sword/butterfly sword), only the "sword of heaven" actually makes sense. If you had wanted to say "Way to Heaven" with it, you would definitely have used the form "Tian Tao", as in "Tao te Ching" (Teaching of Taoism = The Teaching of the Way) or as in "Tao of Jeet Kun Do" (Bruce Lee's book about the way of Jeet Kun Do) The Chinese "Dao" (道) for "way" is hardly used in everyday language these days, at most in some dialects such as Cantonese. This is how I presented it in my video (only in German) - and documented it. Best regards
one of the first 3 FP i ordered bcos of its link to China history and also the lovely star... when it arrived, then i know what is meant by #8 size nib... it writes so well.. but the strange thing is it (it is F nib) appear to write wider than the F nib of my Jinhao 9019 F nib...
i managed to rectify the "issue" mentioned above for the Jinhao 9019 Fine nib being writing too fine.. it write like the Jinhao 1935 after i turn the nib unit abit. There is a sweet spot.
Excellent review, Mick. I have had this pen for a few weeks but have not had the chance to ink the pen. One of the attributes of this pen that I did not see or feel in the Dadao series is a springy /bouncy nib. I will have to see if I experience any hard starts or railroading. I am happy to see other manufacturers are modifying their nibs. Hongdian has excellent springy #6 nibs. They have to do the same with their #8 nibs. There is nothing wrong with the symbolism. Some of the same comments we laid on the Hongdian Centennial pen. I treat it as art.
The fact that the kakunos have smiley faces was one of the reasons that made me buy my first kakuno. Asides from the fact that lamy fountain pens are more expensive. I always liked cute things to make me smile.❤🎉
