Yay!!!! You are officially inducted! I'm so happy for you and that you love your first Leonardo! I was smiling at your reaction to the smoothness of the jowo nib experience on Leonardo, they really are in between a Sailor and pilot in terms of smoothness, so you can get good control of your writing. Your diamond cast pattern is gorgeous! The cap is strikingly different but features different aspects of trees, I really like that! Thank you for the shout outs! 🎉🎉😊 your lighting captured this pen beautifully. Also that tokikwamatsu..I might need to try it out.
Oh Liane, that pen is a stunner! I recently got my first Leonardo too, and it’s a wonderful writing experience with an elastic fine nib. I picked the Leo MZG 2.0 Baobab Spaghetti. Their build quality is fantastic. Thanks for sharing! 🤘🏼😸🧡🖋
Hi Liane, I just purchased my first Leonardo pen as well. JetPens just started carrying them last week. I picked up Blue Hawaii and it arrived yesterday. I have yet to ink it up. Just like you, I was drawn to it since I love the beach and loved seeing the different blue hues and touch of brown to represent the sandy shores. 🌊
Lovely! One of my grail pens was the Sailor Realo Bungubox Supernova which was created for the 2021 Tokyo pen show. I missed out originally (being to much of an FB baby) after 2 years of stalking ebay and the mark up being too high to consider, in July 2023 Bungubox did a limited re-release and I was able to pick one up and I love it. Don't give up on your grail pen it will come along one day!
Hullo, Liane! My name is Regan. My wife & kids & I have really been enjoying your pen & ink posts! You are so creative in your swatching process; it has been very inspiring. 😊 My very first, good quality fountain pen was a Leonardo Momento Zero, in Blue Hawaii. In my opinion, it is a near-perfect pen: well-made, pretty to look at, not crazy expensive, and it has a replaceable nib section (they simply unscrew, which is handy for in-depth cleaning). I have since purchased a MZ Prugna and a MZ Grande (in Sand finish). The latter is not quite my favourite, because its ebonite feed does not allow shimmer particles out very well -and I love shimmer! The regular MZ's, however, DO handle shimmer VERY well (as does my TWSBI Diamond 580-AL), so I encourage you: do try out the sparkly shimmer inks with this pen! A caveat is that I prefer not to use Dominant Industry pearl inks in my MZ pens (and only within my TSBI 580-AL, actually), since those D.I. inks seem far too dry and shimmer-heavy; for some reason, the TWSBI feed seems to handle these ones better for me. MIND YOU: I always use stub nibs on all but my flex pens; if I were to use F, M, or B nibs in the Moment Zeros, I might enjoy using the D.I. Pearl inks more... ANYWAY! I encourage you to try your lovely new "penna stilografica" with those shimmer inks; in my experience, it's a joyful thing and it does not mess up the feed. Happy Trails to you, and thanks for posting your videos. God bless ya!
Thanks for your thoughtful reply! Gives me the courage to try inking up my MZ with a shimmer ink! So you say that I won't have any issues, even with my F nib? I'll take your advice and avoid DI shimmer inks for the MZ!
@@lianelikes did I go directly to Goldspot… yes!but the fine nibs are all gone and I realized I just bought a pen the other day and had to be a responsible adult 😭😩 Adulting is hard sometimes. ☺️
Love trees! ❤🌳 This pen is really earthly beautiful! 😇🩷🙏🙌
It really is!
Yay!!!! You are officially inducted! I'm so happy for you and that you love your first Leonardo! I was smiling at your reaction to the smoothness of the jowo nib experience on Leonardo, they really are in between a Sailor and pilot in terms of smoothness, so you can get good control of your writing. Your diamond cast pattern is gorgeous! The cap is strikingly different but features different aspects of trees, I really like that! Thank you for the shout outs! 🎉🎉😊 your lighting captured this pen beautifully. Also that tokikwamatsu..I might need to try it out.
I absolutely love it! Gotta give you credit for the inspiration!
Oh Liane, that pen is a stunner! I recently got my first Leonardo too, and it’s a wonderful writing experience with an elastic fine nib. I picked the Leo MZG 2.0 Baobab Spaghetti. Their build quality is fantastic. Thanks for sharing! 🤘🏼😸🧡🖋
Oh congratulations on your first Leo!!! They are my absolute favorite brand. ENJOY!!!! ❤
Thank you! I'm loving it so much much!
Congrats on such a beautuful acquisition. Diamomd dust?! Pretty ink, as well. Thank you, Liane.
Hi Liane, I just purchased my first Leonardo pen as well. JetPens just started carrying them last week. I picked up Blue Hawaii and it arrived yesterday. I have yet to ink it up. Just like you, I was drawn to it since I love the beach and loved seeing the different blue hues and touch of brown to represent the sandy shores. 🌊
That is awesome! Enjoy your first Leonardo!
Lovely! One of my grail pens was the Sailor Realo Bungubox Supernova which was created for the 2021 Tokyo pen show. I missed out originally (being to much of an FB baby) after 2 years of stalking ebay and the mark up being too high to consider, in July 2023 Bungubox did a limited re-release and I was able to pick one up and I love it. Don't give up on your grail pen it will come along one day!
I am so glad you got your grail pen, gives me so much hope!!! Congrats on attaining your grail!!!
So beautiful!! Oh that is just stunning. Love the ink you paired with it too, that's a great match. Perfect for autumn!
Thank you so much! I love the ink pairing too...
Hullo, Liane! My name is Regan. My wife & kids & I have really been enjoying your pen & ink posts! You are so creative in your swatching process; it has been very inspiring. 😊 My very first, good quality fountain pen was a Leonardo Momento Zero, in Blue Hawaii. In my opinion, it is a near-perfect pen: well-made, pretty to look at, not crazy expensive, and it has a replaceable nib section (they simply unscrew, which is handy for in-depth cleaning). I have since purchased a MZ Prugna and a MZ Grande (in Sand finish). The latter is not quite my favourite, because its ebonite feed does not allow shimmer particles out very well -and I love shimmer! The regular MZ's, however, DO handle shimmer VERY well (as does my TWSBI Diamond 580-AL), so I encourage you: do try out the sparkly shimmer inks with this pen! A caveat is that I prefer not to use Dominant Industry pearl inks in my MZ pens (and only within my TSBI 580-AL, actually), since those D.I. inks seem far too dry and shimmer-heavy; for some reason, the TWSBI feed seems to handle these ones better for me. MIND YOU: I always use stub nibs on all but my flex pens; if I were to use F, M, or B nibs in the Moment Zeros, I might enjoy using the D.I. Pearl inks more... ANYWAY! I encourage you to try your lovely new "penna stilografica" with those shimmer inks; in my experience, it's a joyful thing and it does not mess up the feed. Happy Trails to you, and thanks for posting your videos. God bless ya!
Thanks for your thoughtful reply! Gives me the courage to try inking up my MZ with a shimmer ink! So you say that I won't have any issues, even with my F nib? I'll take your advice and avoid DI shimmer inks for the MZ!
Such a nice combination 👏👏 I love the colour
Thank you! 😊
Liane, now that it is 5 months later, do you still love this pen? Rachelle in Seattle
Hi Rachelle in Seattle! I really do! It was finicky the first time I had it inked. The next ink worked perfectly with the pen and I really love it!
Omgosh, where did you get that super cute dog sticker with the Pilot VP/Decimo in its mouth?
Hi! It's cute, isn't it? It was a sticker that came with the Goldspot order!
That is a beautiful pen 😍
I'm in love!
@@lianelikes did I go directly to Goldspot… yes!but the fine nibs are all gone and I realized I just bought a pen the other day and had to be a responsible adult 😭😩
Adulting is hard sometimes. ☺️