Do You Really Need Another Jowo Nib Fountain Pen? - Retro51 Tornado William Morris!
Вставка
- Опубліковано 15 лис 2023
- How many fountain pens with Jowo Nibs do you really need? Let's discuss that, including some solid reasons why Jowo Nibs are better than inhouse nibs. Or are they???
Let's chat about William Morris, hear his quotes, and see this beautiful fountain pen up close.
So, join me, won't you?
Join this channel to get access to Blooper Reels, Zoom Meetings, Letter Exchange and so much more:
/ @hemingwayjones
Time Stamps
00:01 - Intro
01:10 - Interlude, Air on a G String & The William Morris Fountain Pen
01:49- Steel Nibs are Great, but at Some Price Point, I expect Gold
03:30 - Intro to William Morris
06:00 - JoWo Nib Delivery Devices!
06:46 - 5 Solid Reasons to Buy A JoWo Nib!
08:25 - How Much Should You Spend & For What?
14:15 - Value Proposition & Discernment
17:00 - How Much Value to Story & Heritage?
17:54 - What Justifies Any Purchase! Inspiration!
19:24 - Conclusion
20:01 - Wrap Up
21:14 - Thank you to Members!
Satie - Gnossienne
Composer: Erik Satie
Performer: La Pianista
Under the Classics Protection and Access Act (17 U.S.C. § 1401), this sound recording is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1923.
creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Folk Round by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-...
Artist: incompetech.com/
Title: Air on the G String (from Orchestral Suite no. 3, BWV 1068)
Artist: United States Air Force Band
Length: 03:03
Source/Artist website: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
License: Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Long Road Ahead by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-...
Artist: incompetech.com/ - Навчання та стиль
Thank you for the enjoyment video. We live in a world of cynics who do nothing but spread negativity. I've pivoted my buying habits to pens that are unique or resonate with me. The chase to get everything takes away from the joy of selection and connection.
Well said and thanks so much, My Friend! Much appreciated
When we named our elder son William, it was (sort of) for Shakespeare; but it could have been for this William. I appreciate how you link aesthetics and narrative to our pens. As to the Retro 1951 Tornado, I'd been looking at the Lincoln Copper for a few years, and at the Ohio Pen Show the other week got one for free from the table of the Central Ohio Pen Club! Imagine! Schmidt . Used, but thoroughly cleaned. What you say about Jowo is true. I have a Hardy Penwrights pen with a Jowo nib that is worthy of a gold nib, but the Jowo steel writes so well, I just can't bring myself to swap it out for the more expensive nib. I plan, by the way, to give my Lincoln Copper to William this Christmas. With a vial of Diamine Ancient Copper.
That sounds like a wonderful gift and a very nice William you have there, carrying an excellent name. Thanks for watching and for the kind words.
I absolutely love the William Morris pattern on that pen. I own a copper Retro 51 Lincoln. The pen seems well made, and the packaging is unique, to say the least. It's one of those containers that I will never discard. Thank you for the wonderful video.
Thanks so much, My Friend!
It's amazing how influential the Pre-Raphaelite movement was considering the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood only lasted a few years.
It was a talented bunch. Some of those paintings are so amazing. I just caught Flaming June in NYC at the Met. It’s there for a limited time.
“Is it worth it?” Nibs and pen materials, craftsmanship and value. We seem to have been on the same wavelength this weekend. I don’t have any rules that I could express clearly regarding value and what makes a pen “worth it” to me, but all those things you mention - story, beauty, order - and then some come into play. I fell in love with a pen with a steel nib, a modern Onoto, with a price of over $800. Onoto tunes their steel nibs to perfection, but at that price point, I couldn’t go with steel. So I didn’t buy the pen? Of course I did. I just spent an extra couple hundred to upgrade to a gold nib. In for a penny, in for a pound. Was that a smart, rational decision on my part? Where do smart and rational come into play when you’re spending over a thousand dollars on a writing instrument that doesn’t really outperform others at a tenth the price? The answer to that is that I wasn’t buying a writing instrument. Or rather, just a writing instrument. I was buying something I found beautiful, beautifully put together, harkening back to a classic style of British pen making that I’ve always admired, and at a price I was willing to pay. We too narrowly define what we’re buying when we buy fountain pens when we say it’s about the nib or the writing experience or the materials.
Value isn’t a calculation that can be performed with the right algorithm. Humans aren’t machines. We want something more than simple functionality in the things around us. We want emotional connections. I don’t often buy thousand-dollar pens. That would feel like an irresponsible use of money in a world where money can often solve pressing problems. But I want at least a few objects within reach that let me lose myself in their elegance, the precision of their construction, the stories of their genesis. It isn’t rational, but it’s human.
Truly. Very well said, indeed. I have often said that my value proposition is whatever it needs to be to justify my next pen purchase. Perhaps half in jest. Thank you for the thoughtful and interesting comment.
I will admit, did not know William Morris until now. You bring new knowledge to me, thank you.
Thank you!
It depends entirely upon the tuning - and that can depend upon the company making them - or the seller. I've had tuned steel and gold nibs that write like a dream, whilst the "standard" untuned nib didn't write out of the box. Also it's the experience - if a pen inspires you to pick it up and write with it - then that's enough. Writing is a hard slog - it takes thousands of words to get the right ones - it's a discipline - and if a decent tool keeps your seat on the chair for longer, then it's worthwhile.
Thanks! This is a good summary of the video. Thanks for watching.
I learned a lot about Jowo nibs and nibs in general. Also, I learned about William Morris who I didnt know of him.
Oh Wow! So happy to share new things. You are the best!
Hello HJ. I have to tell you that this pen did not resonate with me. It isn't my style but I'm sure that it would be appreciated by many people. What I totally loved was the content of the video. The editing was amazing and the content was grand. You have sincerely mastered the storybook style video. Great job. Keep them coming!
Thank you Richard! You know, this is exactly what I am going for; watch the video for its own sake and for its entertainment value. This is what I strive to do: to make entertaining content that is informative. Thanks!
More like…Do I want another Jowo Nib Fountain Pen? 😂 Absolutely love your content…beautiful expression of history, inquiry, information and aesthetics. ❣️✨
Thank you! Comments like this keep me going.
Nope, I definitely don't need another JoWo. But... I'm going to keep getting them anyway! One has to find joy where one can. Great video!
Thanks for watching the video. I hope that you enjoyed it.
Your videos are fine pieces who build my day & desk, thank youUu.
Thank you so much! This is so kind.
Great cinematography and scoring. :)
Thanks My Friend! I appreciate it.
Interesting question and lovely brief overview of Wm. Morris. I also love stub nibs, although I prefer a .6 stub. Enjoy the pen. Yes it is good to think about authentic narrative that inspires rather than crass namedropping manufacturing demand.
Thank you so much for watching! You know, It just occurred to me that I have never tried a good stub nib. I need to do something about that. Wish you all the best.
@@HemingwayJonesBirmingham has a lovely ,6 and ,8 nib. I had 1.1 nib also ground to smaller since I have a smaller writing script that pleases me. Enjoy.
That is a very beautiful pen. Another well made video. I own more than one Esterbrook pen, they are just lovely to write with so yes, I will buy more pens with Jowo nibs.
Couldn't agree more! Thanks so much for watching.
All your videos are great but this one is my absolute favorite! Well done.
Thank you! That’s huge. I appreciate it!
Have you checked the pen for arsenic? Fun fact. The greens in those victorian wallpapers were usually made with arsenic. Because of that they were highly toxic. Dangerously beautiful indeed.
Thank you for this beautiful review. I just bought a Retro 51 “House of York”: War of Roses, Limited Edition today in 1.1 mm stub. I’m a lover of British Royals history so the pen has a meaning to me.
Thank you very much! That is so kind of you! Thanks for being here and congratulations on an excellent pen!
@@HemingwayJones Thank you. 😊
Glorious! Deserves a longer and more detailed response. Perhaps another time and place. For now, a sizeable and resonant “Thanks!”
Thanks so much! I am glad you enjoyed it.
Excellent video HJ, simply excellent. Thank you very much !!
Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed it!
This whole episode was a joy to watch and resonates strongly with me. Thank you Hemingway for your carefully considered and well crafted videos. I haven't followed you for long, but your thoughts will continue to be a part of my fledgling fountain pen journey indefinitely. Much appreciated.
Thank you so much! I am happy to provide some inspiration for your journey. Thanks for watching.
Good video! Enjoyed the historical material. To be honest, in my opinion, Jowo has certainly seemed to position itself as an industry standard, with steel nibs that write as well as and often better than gold nibs. Cheaper and therefore less of a risk to have interesting grinds done. And there are plenty of pens that will take them so swapping is easy.
Thanks very much for watching. I agree with you completely.
Hi, Hemingway. Been a while, but when I saw this, I just had to write. I'm sure you have heard the old saying: "Lawyers are masters in the art of self deception." Or, more prosaically, "lawyers can rationalize anything." Therefore, no one should be surprised that you make a strong case for buying another pen with a Jowo nib. I'd be tempted to buy that pen myself-it is attractive & it's story is a good one. However, I already have a Lincoln Tornado. Really a great little pen & an excellent value. So, I just can't rationalize/deceive myself into thinking I should spring for another Retro 51 with another Jowo nib. 😉
Thank you so much for watching and for checking in. I am happy to hear from you. Well, you know about rationalizations. My opinion is whatever it needs to be to justify my next pen purchase! Thanks, My Friend!
@@HemingwayJones I sure do! I've crafted some doozies to explain some of my purchases to myself & to my much better half!
So true!@@wlbrockman
I like having interchangeable nibs, but I recognise that there is more to a pen than that. In the field of film cameras, a lot of my rangefinders have Seiko shutters, and the cameras themselves have greatly differing characters. And I also live the unique nibs of the Eastern European pens, Sheaffers, mid-century Parkers etc. So much variety! So much scope!
Yes rangefinders are fun too. Aus DDR etc. I also love those lenses on my a7 camera. What E. European pens do you suggest? I know Waski Sq. Enjoys them too, but I’ve never searched.
You simply cannot beat vintage nibs! I have a weird fixation with the original Canon 5D. I think it takes better pictures than modern digital cameras. It has a romance. And I don’t feel bad putting a Helios lens on it. It’s brilliant. My theory is that they were trying to replicate film then and not a perfect image. That came later. My other favorite digital camera is a Leica X2. Looks like a range finder. Is way too slow, but wow, those images. Like stills from cinema. Sorry for the digression.
@@HemingwayJonestotally agree. I love 5d old model and even ancient 10d that indeed had film tones. On 5d or a7 you can use great old RF lenses. Enjoy. I shouldn’t be surprised that you have fine taste in camera gear with your great b-roll and close ups in your videos. I should post again on Flickr. Aloha
@AndrewWertheimer Waski knows much much more than me, but it's hard to go wrong with a Centropen. I also have Soyuz and Flaro pens, and my pocket Soyuz is one of the smoothest nibs I have ever experienced. But I've never seen another. Sacco & Vanzetti, Kharkiv, and Leningrad are good names to look out for in Russian pens. And Jason heartily recommends the Yugoslavian Penkala, though I've never seen one for sale.
@@archivist17thanks for the suggestions. I’d never heard of the Sacco & Vanzetti pen. That is quite the radical homage. By the way I always wondered if you are an archivist by trade too. I teach librarians and archivists so I wondered.
William Morris was a prolific writer of (amongst other things) fantasy novels. As such he was a tremendous influence on later writers such as C. S. Lewis and Tonkin. In the 00s (or maybe 10s), there was a series of moves by the Swiss that limited the broad use of ETA movements, as a long term-ish move to strengthen health of the Swiss watch manufacturers, by broadening watch movement manufacturing in Switzerland. And it more of less worked. There are many more Swiss watch brands that manufacture their own movements. (But some of these are movements bought from ETA, and slightly modified) . The down side is that some of the brands that previously used ETA movements are now gone, and some others have dramatically increased retail prices. There are many types of beauty. Sparkly like Benu's, to pure engineering quality like Schon DSGN, to Bauhaus principles like the unmentionable pen. Another advantage of Jowo nibs is that I can easily trade them around pens. I can put a F-C SIG nib into my (say) Esterbrook, or put my Esterbrook ground Scribe nip into another pen. Or just get a bunch of Jowo #6 nibs ground in interesting ways (I love architects!) and put them in various pens. And Jowo nibs (like ETA movements in the 00s) end up making some small pen manufacturing possible. Without an easy supple of nibs, the whole hand turned pen movement would collapse. And that would be sad.
This is a great comment and I wish I had said that you can swap them with other pens. I said that they were interchangeable, but not that specifically. Thanks so much!
@@HemingwayJones I have a couple of extra Franklin-Christoph round SIG nibs, that I will eventually put into pens, when I decide to do so.
Thanks for the in-depth of William Morris. You can teach an old dog new tricks. Enjoyed very much.
Thank you so much! I am so glad that you enjoyed it.
Wow, what a feast this video is. Lovely pen. If the nib was gold in colour it would have been in my basket already. Thanks for sharing and for the art history refresh.
Thanks so much for the kind words! I am so glad you enjoyed this one. It was a blast to make.
Beautifully made video! Thanks!!
Thank you!
Beauty is personal and subjective. For me when it comes to pens it is about the writing experience. For steel nibs there are so many great choices under $100 that write great so this is now my limit for steel.
That is reasonable, plus you can get an E95S for a little over and that is a fun and a little weird gold nib. Thanks for watching.
@@HemingwayJones Thanks for responding Hemingway. I do have a 95s. Writes great but a little too slim for long writing for me at least. However, if you buy directly from Japan you can get a Pilot Custom 74 or Platinum 3776 for around $100 as well. I really like the Platinum broad. Like you I have more pens than I could comfortably use in my life. Keep up the interesting content.
Another delightful video. I have a soft spot for William Morris and the Arts & Crafts movement. I'd not come across the Retro 51 before, and it's certainly an interesting pen. I smiled when Colour Theory got a mention as it was one of my favourite aspects of my Physics degree and something I still dip into. Only on this channel would all these elements appear together. Life has been tough recently, and this made me smile.
Thanks so much for the kind comment. I am so glad I could lighten your day a bit. And yes, you can always count on me to dry in a bunch of seemingly unrelated ideas and tie them together in a neat bow. Thanks so much for being here.
Thank you for saying something out loud that I have thought for a long while.
Thanks and thanks for watching.
I made the responsible decision. No more pens.
A friend gifted me a Monteverde MVP and I wanted to see how much I was saving by not getting a larger Monteverde to go with it.
Big mistake. Your buddies at Atlas Stationers have Monteverde Innova's on sale for $35. Those cads!
They are the worst! I am trying to slow my roll right now. I just want time to enjoy the ones I have. I have pens I haven’t even opened yet, pens I haven’t reviewed yet. I want to luxuriate in the experience of each, but sadly have a single writing hand.
As a socialist, I am of course a massive fan of William Morris. I have many of his works of fiction and am amused by the elements stolen by Tolkein (eg, Morris has magical characters called Grandalf, and, in another book, Gandorf). My favourite works are News From Nowhere, and A Dream of John Ball. I have a very nice edition of The Earthly Paradise, but I am ashamed to say I never got beyond the first volume (of four) 😞
I didn’t know about that Tolkien connection. it makes me happy to read this. Thanks!
Fantastic video like always, thank you 🤙🙋
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks so much! I appreciate your being here.
Hello HJ. As you probably have already recognized, I am a big admirer of William Morris, the PRB, Arts&Crafts etc. I was considering the "William Morris" Retro51 but finally went for the "Tudor Armor" because I imagined myself sitting in a beautiful British library (e.g. the Bodleian in Oxford) writing with this pen 😎. But maybe a lovely "Blackthorn" will join the "Tudor" soon... 🙄. Yes, Jowo nibs might be considered as "boring" by some people. But, as you mentioned - they have a consistent quality, are interchangeable and most important: they are excellent writers - what can be more important in a fountain pen? Thanks for another lovely video. Greetings from Germany.
Thanks so much for watching! I am so glad that you like this pen. I enjoy this one very much.
Thanks for putting on your finance hat, and applying it to fountain pen purchases & value. Given your background, these views are appreciated from you, Tim. I for one, am on the hunt for Chinese pens with artistic design, and are underrated. I don't agree that other design motifs justify the exorbitant pricing.
It is the creations of the writer and illustrative artists that count, not any particular tool used. We admire Da Vinci & Caravaggio for their ideas, sketches & paintings, not their quills, brushes, or paints.
Thanks so much for watching and writing such a great comment. True, but with tools many drive a vehicle for the name. I don’t think that in a purely practical sense anything justifies paying more. I would hardly call a Retro51 exorbitant, by the way. I think the value is in the desire. I’m not sure I quite follow your second paragraph. I certainly agree with it, but am not sure how it relates. Thanks so much!
That pen is on my list of pens to get. It's just so pretty.
Wonderful! That’s how I felt.
HJ, this may be your best video. The story, the content detail, and the wonderful editing combined to be truly Morris-like.
Thank you very much! That means a lot to me. I appreciate it and am glad you liked it.
I wish I could convince my wife that we need some Wm. Morris wallpaper...
We’re about to do it! That’s where the samples you see in the video came from! Helen loves WM. We are just having trouble picking the right one. What would you go for?
@@HemingwayJones the least busy.
JoWo and Schmidt nibs might be like ETA and Seiko movements, but (if talking mechs) I really prefer Orient F6 series movements... and Pilot nibs. Because the main thing they have in common, besides the Japanese origins, is their accuracy.
Well reasoned and well supported. Thanks for watching.
The first Retro51 pin I purchased was the Corsair Fountain Pen. It's a lovely pen. But it was not a great writer. The nib was relatively scratchy, the feed not reliable. Since then I have repurchased the Retro51 Corsair as a rollerball pen and gone on to buy a dozen or so more Retro51 Rollerball pens (most recently the PanAm Clipper pen). So you can't say I'm not a Retro51 fan. But, I'm still not necessarily going to buy another Retro51 fountain pen.
I believe that fountain pens only comprise around 7% of their sales. Thanks for watching.
I tend to be more concerned about if I can fit a Jowo nib to the pen, if the original doesn't work out.
I'm also prepared to guess that most of my Jowo nibs are modified in some way by the pen maker, particularly the gold nibs. I have 6 steel Goulet nibs that are sure to be original, stock Jowo, and they're all very good.
I'm not getting the William Morris pen. I don't 'need' it. But now you have pushed me to find out more about William Morris.
I am so glad that you enjoyed this. Thanks for watching. Check out William Morris. He was an interesting person with some stunning art and ideas. Thanks for always watching My Stuff. I appreciate it.
The art is just stunning!
Thanks, My Friend! I had fun with this one. I am so glad you enjoyed it.
@@HemingwayJones I now want to learn more about William Morris (Victorian era art in general), as I am not much familiar with his art and work and life. But I have seen some of that stuff!
Like that stained glass with Arthur And Lancelot... It's actually on the cover of my pocket edition of the "Lancelot ou le Chevalier à la Charette" (Chrétien de Troyes). I just never looked it up.
I don't know enough about english/british art in general. What I saw in school was very French-centred... And the rest of my secondary/third studies were just science and engineering.
Pointers about cool stuff I should checkout are appreciated by the way 🙂
Nice! I really enjoy him. There is a great In Our Time episode on him. We are buying some of his wallpaper patterns and that is why I have all those samples for my B Roll.
@@HemingwayJones Oooooh! I see! Well, those are lovely. I think the old school patterns are going to complete the overall vibe of your place very nicely!
Thank you!
What is that lovely yellow pen at 17:30? That has a nice aura or something that I can't put my finger on.
I have to admit, I'm not a Jowo fan. But they can be swapped for a few other things if I like the pen enough otherwise. And I could never criticize anyone's pen collection for having many of them, given that of the 14 pens I regularly use, 3 of them are Benus with broad Shmidt nibs, and each feels very different to use, to me. I feel like each fountain pen collection will skew towards what its keeper enjoys, and they will feel the difference in each that might elude somebody else.
That Yellow, or Banana as I like to cal it!- is the Jinhao 82, a rather lovely elegant pen.
Thanks so much for watching.
@@HemingwayJones Ah, thank you! It's very friendly seeming.
Thanks Hemingway. I honestly never knew that much about William Morris until now. Beautifully done, as always. The timing of this video was spot on for me too. I just pulled the trigger on a new pen from LeBoeuf, a resurrected fountain pen company from New Jersey that sells some neat limited edition acrylic pens with gold-plated steel Jowo nibs. Mine is a Limited Edition Bram Stoker’s Dracula and I absolutely love it. I paid less than $200 for it and I feel it’s a reasonable price for the pens they make. The nib writes well and all of the other features of the pen make it unique and beautiful to me. I really don’t own a lot of “Jowo nib delivery devices”, but I’m happy with the few that I have. Your pen is lovely, by the way. I hope it sparks some joy for you.
Thanks so much for the kind words. I am so glad you enjoyed this. Wow, how could anyone say no to a Bram Stoker fountain pen and from a resurrected brand!? Awesome. I wish you a lot of joy with it.
My thoughts exactly. They do have an Edgar Allen Poe model too. It was my second favorite. Beautiful acrylic with his signature embossed on it in gold. I just think they’re really neat pens.
I am so glad you did this video! I have always loved William Morris designs and have a collection of wrapping papers that I use as wallpaper inside dollhouses and on decoupage crafts, including journal covers! I also have a huge haul of cotton fabrics that will be made into a quilt someday! I have always been able to recognize a William Morris design, but knew nothing about the man. I have been debating about getting that Retro 51! I have several Retro 51 rollerballs and fountain pens, but find the JoWo Stub nib to be a little stiff (my least favorite stub,) or maybe I just had the wrong ink?
You know, I’ve never tried a gold stub. I need to do that and soon.
Jowo fine and medium nibs are nice, but I really don’t like their broad. I usually swap them out for a Bock. The Bock titanium is particularly nice, I prefer that to a gold nib.
If you want consistency, by all means buy another Jowo nibbed pen in the latest flashy new material. If you want a variety of writing experiences, I'd recommend brands that make their own nibs. Jowo, in that case is just repetitive, no matter what the claim that the maker adjusted each one. Really, same nibs, it's still a very similar writing experience.
Sometimes there's the draw of a heritage brand, but almost all "revival" brands bear not much similarity to the original, in my experience. Either well beyond the price equivalent of the original, or frankly lower quality (for example, Conklin never used a steel nib, and were built to higher tolerances than modern has shown.) Many seem to rest on brand recognition, and that it's a niche market now. How a $500+ USD Italian pen can not write, yet it's acceptable "because it's Italian." (I've heard that excuse.)
I like a variety. I'll still have some Jowo, but for my money, vintage provides a great variety, for budget prices usually. (I'm retired and disabled, so I can hunt and watch and wait for bargains.😁)
Like you pointed out about cartridge converter systems, there's a familiarity and consistency with the use of only a few brands of nibs.
Great overview! Thoroughly enjoyable!
Thanks so much for watching. I’m glad you enjoyed it. You know, it’s tough to argue with vintage. You can get amazing nibs, Ideal #2 with flex for $200. They are delicate though, but the value. Thanks!
@@HemingwayJones There's comparable to Waterman's in flex. Might take a hunt, but many frankly generic Warranted 14K are flexible, because they were thin enough, being kind of the vintage Jowo equivalent. Used in many budget pens or as a "cheap fix." And also many pre 1930 have decent flex. Before carbon copies.😉
Stub nibs, I highly recommend English vintage. Many of them are stubs. American tends to be fine or extra fine.
Sure, different filling systems than today, but I have even almost 90 year old pens still on the original ink sac. They last longer than people claim.😁 And no harder than a piston filler to clean.
Another video,retro 51 I used there roller ball stainless steel,yr cat is beautiful,did you like the pen collector from the Philippines,frank in Oswego,ill
Thanks My Friend.
@@HemingwayJones you to
I own one Retro 51 I purchased in the 90s. Too bad the cap threads striped easily. I've considered another 51 and I found this pen for $145 on Ebay. But no converter? For that price? Here's a company taking advantage of its customers. Also, I wonder if posting this pen will wear on the finish of the barrel?
I worry about posting. I did it for this video and never again. I often show that a pen can post, but most, I prefer not to, personally.
One of my first fountain pens was a Retro 51. That was about fifteen years ago, and the writing experience was poor. It had constant hard starts, when it wrote it was dry, and it was scratchy. I thought it was a fluke, so I bought another one a year later with the same results. I swore off of Retro 51 at that point. Maybe they have improved from a decade ago. I hope so.
They do have new ownership since then. Sorry to hear about that. I am very disappointed when it happens to me.
I actualy put little importance if a nib was made by Jowo or somebody else. But I tend to like when the pen makers have their in-house nibs, as they do have more specificity and character to their pens. I do not think I own many "Jowo Nib Delivery devices". I do not remember who makes the small nibs on the Kaweco Sport and Liliput series. Is that Jowo?
I thought Kaweco used Jowo, but made to their specs, which also makes things more complex. I like when a company is self-contained or vertically aligned, but I get why there are suppliers. It has to be pricey. This is another reasons why Magna Carta is so special. I have a letter from you, By the Way. Cannot wait to read it.
@@HemingwayJones So... On top of my head I do not think I have pens that actually have "the standard Jowo nib and feed" then...
Nice! About the letter; Did the wax seal at the back of the enveloppe made its way intact too? It's the stuff from J.Herbin that supposedly you can put in the modern postage system without worries...
It is on there but it’s a bit busted up! It’s still awesome though. Thanks!
When you look at a pen how do you know if it is a Jowo nib or a Schmidt nib?
Super easy. You look on the spec sheet for the pen! Seriously though, I believe they are now the same company. Most companies will tell you, although that generic Jowo nib is just so obvious too. Thanks Man!
Why almost all jowo nibs are somehow stiff with much feedback and need too much work to be smoothiest?
I’m not sure I completely agree. TWSBI & Esterbrook seem to have a consistent and pleasant smoothness. I do think that they are better when wider.
@@HemingwayJones I agree about twsbi but do twsbi use jowo?
They do, but here is where my knowledge stops: are they off the shelf or made to some spec for TWSBI? I just don’t know. @@stathkon
@@HemingwayJones I don't know either but indeed my twsbi writes like a dream. But two nibs i have on gioia Parthenope had so much feedback that i needed to do much tuning. It was not a nappy procedure on a 200 euros pen
I wouldn’t like that either.
0)
Skip ahead to 10:22 if you already know who William Morris is and you'd rather skip the long-winded, condescending preamble.
What a way to scream that you missed the entire point of the video. So sad.