Hi there 👋, Great video as usual. Love the artwork. Looks like "Portuguese Man Of War". A dangerous jellyfish. And the blue ocean 🌊, it just works. Congratulations on your New Pen Day. It's mine too today 10th July. I bought an Esterbrook Raven with a button piston filler. Great pen, a joy to write. Can't stop writing. I wish I can use the pen writing this comment!!😂 The only Estie Raven in the country!! For now. The ink i used Diamine's music set.. Wagner. Kinda like olive green and yellow similar to Iroshizuku Ina-Ho. No sheen but great shading which i like. The Raven was able to display the shades eventhough it is a F nib. Pretty amazing. Great pen. Every pen collector should pick one up. The color blue is amazing but not available here. So my choice is J Herbin Eclat de Saphir. If you got the chance kindly review Penlux from Taiwan comparable in price with Opus 88 Koloro Demo.Their resin is like the Italians. They even made a special limited edition of 10 using Omas celluloid!! Their standard model Delgado Masterpiece. I love your pen review coz there's a lot of writing sample compared to others - 20 minutes video with couple of lines of writing for 2 minutes top. But it's 20 minutes video!! Anyway great video as always. Take care. (I got a Monteverde Canyon Rust reserve for fall writing season. For Halloween will be all black for the Raven!)
@@MarcellHobbs In the beginning, I thought it was silly to match, but for the first fill, I love to find the best match! This one is a converter! Not the twin tank (my husband has one and he loves it)! You’ve got to try one! It’s that magnetic clasp on the cap that’s a joy!🤩
Not me! I am all over the place with pens and ink. I am heavy into the shimmer inks right now. Kwz Sheen machine, FWP Emerald Gardens and others that are hard to get. Marcy I see you doing the inkvent again, I disliked about 6 colors of that.
@@tbayless8324 Yes, since I broke my hand two days before Inkvent 2023 started I wasn’t able to share. In March I got the idea of Christmas in July to share and experience. I’ve already ordered Inkvent 2024. I absolutely love shimmer inks! 🤩
@@MarcellHobbs Oh no! I could have swore you did it. There were so many showing it, probably got you confused with others. So sorry.! Shimmers are alot of fun. Who and what color is yours?
@@tbayless8324 I love me some shimmer!!! Yes! I’ve been checking out Marcy’s work on the inks. I want that Mysterious one! So pretty! Diamine has some lovely inks!!! I have several shimmers. I can try to remember to bring you some at Dallas
That's a really pretty ink. BTW, I bought a Pineider Avatar UR Matte Black Cherry after our last meet up and I LOVE it! Thanks, penabler! ;) And yes, I usually try to match my pen and ink colors.
@@cherylgebhart2546 ohhh that black cherry is so different!!! It’s the texture of the matte finish that makes me want to just hold it! It’s a major distraction for my meetings, as I find myself touching the pen, that magnetic cap… but I love it so! What do you think of it???
Not a fan of Pineider pens, for a number of different reasons. So, I never bought one. Blue inks may be commonplace and numerous, and hence hard to always stand out as especially lovely and desirable. But I have a few special favorite blues. Your Leonardo blue is very pretty, no kidding. Certainly more aqua-turquoise than a true blue. I never bought ink samples. But this one is well worth trying before buying a bottle. Visconti Blue is one of my own enduring favorites. Readily recommended! Good to hear you again, Mona. Happy to drop by and comment, as always.
@@sajjadhusain4146 Thank you, friend! I hope you might check out the Pineider. My husband loves his Twin Tank! The avatar is amazing because I can throw it in my bag & no scratches on the finish! That and the magnetic clip… so yummy!
@@KitchenCounterCrafts The Twin Tank is an attractive and fun filling feature for sure. A clear and obvious nod to Sheaffer’s classic Touchdown system. It appeals to me, too. I’m not that impressed by magnetic caps and such. Visconti does them, too. I also wonder if they hold up well in the long term. Only time will tell.
@@sajjadhusain4146 I’ve had my Avatar for a year and a half now and it’s been great. It’s been in my regular rotation until I got the Matte Avatars- so incredible to the touch. Did not expect that to be a thing! I’ll borrow his Twin Tank for a video. I’ve written with it and it has that same smooth feel! Stay tuned!
@@sushanart oops! I meant Inspired Blue! I’m sorry for the confusion! Serenity is such a gorgeous dark blue! I love Waterman for their reliability and use in vintage pens💙 thank you for watching!
@@KitchenCounterCrafts Have you seen Waterman’s Mysterious Blue? I like it just as much as Serenity. And yea, the Waterman inks remain the very safest, almost ideal, most recommended ink to use in vintage pens and pens made with special materials, specially celluloid.
@@sajjadhusain4146 yes! All of the Waterman blue and black are great! I’m okay with using them for my vintage collection. They perform well and I don’t have to worry! That’s a win-win!
Edit, Edit!!!! CUT, Cut!!! LOL! Geez.... that is what my FPR pen does, which has a flex nib on it that is great to write with just not with the pen housing.
Hi, Tracie! FPR pens have very often seemed to get such a bad rap from users on pen forum comment sections. So, I was wary of ever buying one myself. But nib options and affordable prices remain quite appealing to me.
@@sajjadhusain4146 Hi Sajjad!!! How are things in your pen world? Any new purchases??? I made the mistake of buying FPR a few years ago. The ultra flex was a sad thing. The feed, the writing, all was unpredictable and unreliable. So I borrowed another one, thinking it was a one-off but the other one was the same. The only one that was any good was the “muft” which literally means “free.” It was free with purchase and I’m at least able to eye dropper and use it. So sad! In my opinion, go with the Pilot FA or the Noodler’s music nib and save the headache! I don’t recommend FPRs for that reason.
@@sajjadhusain4146 Hi Sajjad.. would you think maybe the housing could be warped? The pen writes great. Kevin sent me a different nib and feed, but that did not fix it. It needs some kind of seal through there.
