The Best-Looking Fountain Pen Nibs!

Просмотров 18 тыс.

% 820

A showcase and overview of some of the most lovely fountain pen nibs - both past and present!
SHOP at our store! www.gouletpens.com/
LEARN more on our blog! www.gouletpens.com/blogs/fountain-pen-blog
LISTEN to The Goulet Pencast here: gouletpencast.fireside.fm/
SUBSCRIBE to our RU-vid channel: bit.ly/GP-YTsubscribe
LINKS TO PRODUCTS FEATURED:
LAMY 14k Gold nib: www.gouletpens.com/collections/lamy-studio-fountain-pens/products/lamy-studio-fountain-pen-piano-black?ZLdkjMvZk
Namiki’s Mt. Fuji nib: www.gouletpens.com/collections/namiki?ZLdkjMvZk
Pelikan M1000: www.gouletpens.com/collections/pelikan-m1000-fountain-pens?ZLdkjMvZk
Pineider Quill nib: www.gouletpens.com/collections/pineider?ZLdkjMvZk
Platinum’s President nib: www.gouletpens.com/products/platinum-izumo-fountain-pen-raden-galaxy?ZLdkjMvZk
1911 King of Pens Naginata Togi: www.gouletpens.com/products/sailor-1911-king-of-pens-naginata-togi-fountain-pen-black-ebonite?ZLdkjMvZk
S.T. Dupont Line D: www.gouletpens.com/collections/st-dupont-line-d-fountain-pens?ZLdkjMvZk
Tibaldi Bononia LE: www.gouletpens.com/collections/tibaldi-bononia-fountain-pens/products/tibaldi-bononia-fountain-pen-pomegranate-limited-edition?ZLdkjMvZk
Pilot Custom Urushi: www.gouletpens.com/collections/pilot-custom-urushi-fountain-pens?ZLdkjMvZk
TWSBI Vac700R Iris: www.gouletpens.com/collections/twsbi-vac700r-fountain-pens/products/twsbi-vac700r-fountain-pen-iris?ZLdkjMvZk
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
0:45 LAMY 14k Gold nib
1:26 Namiki’s Mt. Fuji nib
2:17 Pelikan M1000
2:57 Pineider Quill nib
3:46 Platinum’s President nib
4:36 1911 King of Pens Naginata Togi Nib
5:39 S.T. Dupont Line D
6:18 Tibaldi Bononia LE
7:16 Pilot Custom Urushi
8:09 TWSBI Vac700R Iris
9:00 Honorable Mentions
ABOUT GOULET PENS:
Brian & Rachel Goulet started The Goulet Pen Company in 2009 and you can see the evolution of our mom and pop into a full-blown company through this channel. We run a dedicated online store with fountain pens, ink, paper, and other fine writing accessories. Our goal with this channel is to provide fountain pen fans at all levels of experience with comprehensive product reviews, round ups, and how-to videos to answer all the fountain pen questions you may have. Shop at www.gouletpens.com.
FOLLOW US:
Instagram: gouletpens
Facebook: TheGouletPenCompany
Twitter: gouletpens
Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/gouletpens/
Sign up for Emails: shop.gouletpens.com/newsletter
Blog: www.gouletpens.com/blogs/fountain-pen-blog

Опубликовано:

6 сен 2023

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист

Посмотреть позже

Комментарии : 95

@spiderwrangler4457 Год назад

By my count, Drew uttered the word nib (either singular, plural or nib pun) a total of 66 times in an 11 minute, 24 second video. That averages out to a 'nib' every 10.36 seconds. Magnibicent!

@vnay4915 Год назад

Good nibservation.

@DISK2000 Год назад

You can't forget about the Pilot Kakunos with their smiling/winking faces on the nib!

@TymberJ Год назад

It's completely understandable why most of the video content has to focus on pens you sell. But I really appreciate the nod to the other ones as well, especially the Elvis nib. Wish you could sell, er, show them all to us more often!

@gowanfenley Год назад

My thoughts exactly. The willingness to acknowledge the wider pen world goes a long way to giving GPC extra credibility as a specialty retailer. Miracle on 34th Street!

@RobRutherford Год назад

And ohh, those Danitrio nibs. I'm iffy on the idea of grail pens, but the Danitrio Tame-nuri on Shu (Red) on Genkai is probably on the list.

@KendallW Год назад

Great choices. Always love a good Drew video, especially the arbitrary and subjective rules in play. Thanks Drew!

@jolienkrispijn Год назад

Again, a great video, Drew! Enjoyed watching it! Thank you.

@Miastrong930 Год назад

These nibs are fanibulous without a doubt. I was hoping that the funibulous smiley face Kaküno would make a cameo appearance. Perhaps not so fanibulous, but when it smiles at you, you have to smile back. 😊

@tebemargono6840 Год назад

Very agree!

@gregcooper8466 Год назад

I think the Schon DSGN Monoc nib should have a spot in this list. It is a new style of nib to the market, but it is incomparable in its design, with a fully machined titanium tubular nib and feed inserted INTO the nib. Plus, he also does amazing work in color anodizing the titanium nibs to make a wide variety of color options.

@Gouletpens Год назад

You're absolutely right. I definitely should've popped it in at the end. - Drew

@JefferyHall-ct2tr Год назад

Hi Drew!: Really enjoyed the nib highlights! Really Nibilicious! There are really some SUPER looking nibs out there! Part of the appeal of Fountain Pens is the appearance, and the nib is an important part of that! You are looking at the nib while you write so an attractive nib enhances the experience!

@beedee4466 Год назад

That Pineider . . . 😍😍😍 Love that pen and exquisite nib!!!

@Tom-R805 Год назад

That was a fun video! Nice to see the Nibs highlighted 😊🖋️✨

@keplers_dog Год назад

It's great you included other pens that you don't sell as well. Really enjoyed your video, Drew!

@scottbaker2451 Год назад

Great review. Parker Duofold Centennial Big Red Vintage also a nice two tone nib.

@philnaunton7181 Год назад

Freudian Nib was pure Gold.....

@pen_journal Год назад

7:05 We are all there at some place, some point of our FP journey!!!

@janepilecki8083 Год назад

Excellent choices, Drew. But you did not mention one of my very favorite nibs, the Taccia 18k two-tone nib. I love the simplicity of it. And, honestly, I bought a Tibaldi because of the nib design! (I love the pen, as well.) I love that pen companies extend the artistry to the nib design. And then when I put that nib on a fantastic pen to paper...! What a wonderful experience. Thanks for a fun video.

@jamespicht1128 Год назад

I think the Namiki two-tone nib is gorgeous, but I love it most for the way it writes. Montblanc, Pelikan and Sailor all make fine nibs, but the Namiki nib feels as beautiful as the art on the pen looks. My favorite nibs in my collection for looks, though, are the Sheaffer Targa and the Omas Russian Empire. Omas made a number of spectacular nibs, and Montblanc makes some stunners for its special edition pens. That Targa nib is just elegant simplicity. It's a true classic.

@williamcatalano1762 Год назад

I own the Tibaldi in Honeycomb with a medium Oblique nib and it is one of the most beautiful nibs I own along with the Pelikan M800 Brown-Black.

@comprehendeth92 Год назад

When talking about just looks, the M1000 is my favorite. My Homo Sapiens nibs are beautiful too but I love multi-color nibs like the Mont Blanc tri-color.

@kb62147 Год назад

Great performance!

@rozenuel Год назад

I like the nib on the MB Alexandre Dumas and that fleur de lis really catch my eye, though that Pelikan is equally beautiful

@forget3817 Год назад

How about a short segment on storing your fountain pens? Standing with nib up or horizontally? If you don't intend to use the pen for a while, would you clean it out before storing?

@Sukeytoo Год назад

Congrats Jove! That was a really fun video !

@run-a-milekyle3835 Год назад

Pelikan M1000’s nib design is my favorite of the bunch. I do have a red Platinum President that I enjoy looking at.

@michaelmedlinger6399 Год назад

You got me pulling out all my pens to look at the nibs! I feel deprived; the only two-tone nibs I have are my Montblanc 146, the TWSBI Iris, and the Lamy Studio All Black, for which I purchased their gold black-and-gold nib. Funny you didn't mention the dark blue nib on the Aurora - oh, wait, it's blue because it's inked with Baystate Blue! 😆 Thanks for another informative and entertaining video!

@petrisz Год назад

I agree with your choices. Great to see several under appreciated nibs on your list. Makes the video all the more interesting and engaging. Not that your presentation in itself isn’t entertaining 😂 +1 pens that you don't sell but has a nice nib: Parker Duofold. (And they do come in two tone 😉)

@JustinBakerDeDav Год назад

I'mma need info on where that shirt is from!

@thejumpingnomad2485 Год назад

Pineider definitely is my favorite nib.

@julierak343 Год назад

Schon DSGN Monoc titanium nib, done in rainbow. IT IS EPIC!

@preranachatterjee2195 Год назад

Was expecting to see the nib of Pilot Falcon.. it’s unique!

@DrinkWater713 Год назад

The 3776 is the most beautiful IMO. Both in shape and that tasteful Mount Fuji decoration

@ghjbnbvnnbv9169 Год назад

Pilot Kakuno EF with the winking smileyface

@CM-zh4pk Год назад

Delighted that Drew is clearly a fellow sufferer and a card carrying member of the global nibnoscenti and niberati!! 😅🎉

@RobertStoddard Год назад

I'd add the Schon DSGN Monoc nib to this list -- a beautiful, functional design.

@JP-ik3hr Год назад

The M1000 nib is, BY FAR, the greatest nib out there, regardless of tip size.

@DrinkWater713 Год назад

I had a chance of trying Pelikan nibs for the first time last week. I was VERY underwhelmed. So boring. No personality. It's like a deluxe version of a smooth Chinese nib.

@eleanorjlh Год назад

I have a Lamy Z57 nib (the black-coated 14K nib styled for the Imporium) on one of my Safaris and it was a game-changing upgrade. I wish I could afford gold nibs for all my Safaris! Highly recommended. :)

@PalashBackup Год назад

Also, I was stunned by the naked (no markings) Jowo nib lately.

@a22lotti Год назад

The tibaldi nib does look spectacular. Like something that should belong to a Roman emperor, if they’d had fountain pens. I’m curious, does it write as good as it looks?

@bluejchou4404 Год назад

Fun video as always. I managed to pick up a President and will vouch for the awesomeness of the nib. Why Platinum? Why?

@ironmic9244 Год назад

The Tibaldi is my favorite looking nib too. What was the Visconti that was shown.?

@agachwosta3101 Год назад

Ferris Wheel Press have a really nice design on their nibs 😊

@ndbyers23 Год назад

Can you do a follow up video on how all these pens nibs (pens) write? That would be super helpful! Thanks Drew! ❤

@paulherman5822 Год назад

How they write is definitely more important than the way they look. 😉

@mf-- 11 месяцев назад

@@paulherman5822 the Nib Nook has a comparison of how Brian writes with the same ink using different pens

@fluffybubble2093 Год назад

Love the video but I have a video suggestion I think you guys could do well. Should get a bunch of pen "normal's" which are people who don't use fountain pens and throw pens at different price brackets at them to see what they think in a blind test where they guess the price. Would be fun!

@osirisgolad Год назад

I'm pleasantly surprised you mentioned the Platinum President nib. I still don't understand why it's shorter than the less expensive #3776 nib and why they mainly seem to use it on pens that aren't called the President, but I also love the Art Deco styling. The only nib I'd add that you didn't mention is the old style dual tone OMAS arrow nib stamping. It's also quite unusual that they made them both with a gold-out and gold-in plating design over the years, and it looks good either way around. There was also the 90th anniversary version they did a tiny production run of shortly before going out of business, where the gold tip of the arrow extends and flows down along the entire side of the nib; that one is probably my favourite out of all of them(and they also made that one in BBB... drool).

@RandomSadBoomer 5 месяцев назад

Pilot Number 15 nibs are the best!

@archivist17 Год назад

Waterman Carène, Pilot Myu 701, Sheaffer Targa, Parker 65, Parker 51, Pelikan Souverän...

@archivist17 Год назад

Admittedly, only a couple are current 😄

@paulherman5822 Год назад

Nice that these are not generic Jowo or Bock. 😁 A different pattern really doesn't mean it's a different nib. Where the focus should be, IMO. If it writes like everyone else, it's really not any different.

@jolienkrispijn Год назад

YES to Shaeffer Targa!!!! (don't know the others). But that Targa nib 😍🤤 it also writes like a dream ❤️

@paulherman5822 Год назад

@@jolienkrispijn The original 51 could be a little dry writing, but it's still a very iconic pen, absolutely nothing like the modern 51 (get the restored Vacumatic version. Better filling mechanism and higher ink capacity. Frankly, @archivist17 could have added the Parker 45. Still available easily (there are steel and gold nib options for them), and though technically vintage (came out in 1960) they were made until 2008 with the same filling system as Parker uses today (and definitely the inspiration for the LAMY Safari. Similar style nib and virtually identical converter, and the Safari is the newer pen.) The Myu 701 is a similar nib to the Parker 50 (Falcon). It's integrated into the section. Really just an extension with tipping. And both are great and highly collectible today. The Pelikan is their top level models. And then the 65. Though I'm more of a vintage Esterbrook or Sheaffer's (and my beloved Wahl-Eversharp Skyline of the 1940s) fanboy, really not many older Parker pens were not that good. I even have an early 1950s Parkette that writes very nicely. And that was their cheapest pen, then. Kind of equivalent to the package of Dollar Tree ballpoint pens you would get for school today. (But close to $40 USD in today's money.) Frankly, haven't come across any vintage Parker I didn't like. And if you watch Doug Rathbun, his "Richard Binder line width chart," which really doesn't match a lot of pens in use today, is spot on for vintage Parker. They were more broad as a difference between them and their closest competition, Sheaffer. 😉

@oscarmedina1597 Год назад

Yes! That Carène nib is gorgeous.

@_thndr_lol6125 Год назад

I think for Lamy you missed the black and gold version. Basically the same technically but the color sheeme is so unique and looks really good.

@heathergleiser Год назад

I’d have to add the Hinze Pens steel nibs that are plated to match the pen body. Mercurial Mermaid has a beautiful bright green nib and Falling In Love has a purple nib!

@tommccafferty5591 Год назад

The nib on the Waterman Edson is pretty unusual as it is "attached" to an extension that encircles the pen just below the feed and then has an extension that goes down the fromt of the section.

@livebyreason Год назад

Video idea: Favorite or Best Looking or Most Popular Bare Metal Pens. Thanks for all the info that is posted by this channel!

@JadedJackalope Год назад

Two tone nibs are so elegant. I'm kind of disappointed I wasn't able to get a Homo Sapiens until after Visconti switched to single tone gold.

@lilit3307 Год назад

My bf heard this video playing and said "wow. How nibulonious. Very nib-o-centric of him."

@littletweeter1327 Год назад

i’m simple. i’m a sucker for the long long tined nibs from the turn of the century

@goldenking2046 Год назад

The 743 and 845 have the same size nib but the 845 is 18k in addition to being 2 toned

@fossilimprint2954 Год назад

Nib-tastic!

@sajjadhusain4146 Год назад

Best looking nibs : Aurora 88/Optima Sailor KoP Pilot Custom Urushi Montegrappa Fortuna (and others) Montegrappa Queen Night at the Opera Platinum 3776 10th Anniversary Edition Sheaffer Legacy/PFM Waterman Carene Stipule Florentia (Stiflex nib)

@Calcprof Год назад

2 nibs you don't (currently) sell. The Sheaffer legacy inlaid nib, and the Schon DSGN monoc nib. Honorable mention to the Waternman Carène inlaid nib.

@Gouletpens Год назад

I definitely should've added the Monoc! Arrrggh! - Drew

@johnnyragadoo2414 Год назад

Now I'm curiou about the selective plating. I wonder if it's done by lithography, creating a mask to block the parts that aren't supposed to be plated.

@randomstuff625 9 месяцев назад

11:07 i wish i have all of them to sell it to you😂

@mrcat3493 Год назад

Mont Blanc has great looking nibs.

@huangyboy Год назад

If you know about the Geha Goldschwinge, the 'wing' inlaid nib makes Sheaffer's inlaid nibs look boring!

@russellbickford7890 Год назад

To me any pen where the nib has not been engraved or stamped makes the pen look incomplete. Also any nib brands like Jowo and Bock and others should be stamped and include what they are XF, M, B etc.

@puruttyaaa Год назад

Montblanc Dumas in my honest opinion has the best looking nib ever.

@spiritusmundi5398 4 месяца назад

No Mont-blanc nibs on the list? Just an honorable mention?

@beckyisj Год назад

came for the nibs, stayed for the puns

@kevinraleigh608 Год назад

Drew, why don't you just take over Brian's desk permanently?

@oscarmedina1597 Год назад

Your usification of verbology pertaining to nibtasticness is singularly gratifying.

@mikedulrich Год назад

It’s probably good for my wallet that I don’t like the look of the body of the Tibaldi because the nib is spectacular.

@SassyScentsTM Год назад

“The Scoopy Gouges” sounds like it could a rival gang to the “Peaky Blinders”.

@varadharajannadarajah Год назад

Montblanc 149

@paulherman5822 Год назад

Retailers only focus on what they carry.

@varadharajannadarajah Год назад

@@paulherman5822Yes……

@DrinkWater713 Год назад

Meh. It's big, but other than that, not really a standout. Namiki, Pelikan and the KOP look way nicer on that price bracket.

@paulherman5822 Год назад

@@DrinkWater713 Vintage, nice. But today they're like Harley Davidson. Really just paying for the name.

@varadharajannadarajah Год назад

By far, the best nibs must be Sailor’s 21K nibs - They not only look nice, they perform well consistently.

@ed3432 Год назад

Let’s talk about da bomb not in the video. Montblanc 149. Nuff said. 😂

@user-gl5ld9vm7i Год назад

You want to sell me, er, uh, "recommend" a nice gold nibbed fountain pen, Drew?

@Gouletpens Год назад

E95s all day long! - Drew

@lynlynlyn9921 Год назад

Because of this video I bought a bunch of gold nibs for my Safaris that don't even use anymore. Truly, I can't think of a better use for my funds as an unemployed uni student I look at my instant noodles and all I see are pedestals for my unreasonably pricey pens.. Food is merely fuel. The pen is an extension of the self 😢