February 2024 Currently Inked | The Beauty of Love
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- Опубліковано 6 лип 2024
- A bit late for Valentine's Day, but happy month of love - love for your significant other, yourself, and your pens! :D Hope you all had a wonderful Valentines weekend while you enjoy this #currentlyinked #fountainpen video with the theme being "Beauty of Love". Let me know in the comments which pens you think will reach the top 3 or 5 for this batch of pens and inks! :D
I appreciate all of you for tuning into and enjoying my videos. Thank you always for watching, commenting, and leaving a big and lovely thumbs up!!
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
01:43 Sailor Pro Gear - Kissan
04:54 Platinum Century 3776 - Kinshu
07:58 TWSBI Diamond 580 - Punch Pink
11:17 Kaweco #hellokitty AL-Sport - Pink
13:53 Lamy LX - Rose Gold
16:45 Sailor Pro Gear - #Kubozakura
19:41 Leonardo Momento Zero - Fioritura Viola
22:38 Persian Princess from PensByCasey
26:24 Kaweco Hello Kitty AL-Sport - Lilac
28:51 Leonardo Momento Zero Grande - Mother of Pearl
31:48 Outtro
I'll list the pens below and where to purchase them for the best price if you are interested! Ink Brands used: Robert Oster, Pilot Iroshizuku, Kobe Inks, Ferris Wheel Press, Taccia, and Colorverse.
All the inks (except Golden Gate Bridge and Vampire Pigeon) can be found at vanness1938.com/
Sailor Pro Gear - Kissan
Pen Boutique - You can use my friend Monica's code "MSHAUNPLANS" for 5% off or if you have a 10% discount code, this is the best price at the moment for this pen. www.penboutique.com/products/...
Platinum Century 2776 Kinshu
Ebay has it cheapest right now, but you will not get warranty as it is shipped from Japan. But this is also available for its full price on Jetpens.
EBAY link: tinyurl.com/2h3dr3v5
Kaweco Hello Kitty AL-Sports
You can get it from Pen & Tool for 10% off, use code "KITTY50"
penandtool.com/products/kawec...
Lamy LX Rose Gold
Use my code "LAO10" for 10% off from Atlas (~$50) OR you can also find this pen on Amazon.
www.atlasstationers.com/produ...
Sailor Pro Gear Kubozakura
This pen can be found pre-owned on Ebay or on Instagram sellers from Japan sometimes. Originally from Hachimonjiya in Tokyo, Japan, but they only restock once or twice a year and sells out in less than a day.
EBAY: tinyurl.com/m44ndd6n
Persian Princess
pensbycasey_ on Instagram - message him if you'd like this blank or other pens by him. He's a wonderful bespoke pen turner from Australia. Please support him by commissioning a pen!
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The two Leonardos are out of stock! You can find them in the 2nd market off Reddit Pen_Swap, IG Virtual Pen Show, or Facebook.
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I’m a little late seeing this, but I love the ink colors and pens you chose. There are so many vibrant colors in this video. Your voice is soothing to listen to as well. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you, Anna! That makes me so happy to hear that my voice is soothing ^_^ I definitely went ham on the vibrant bright colors in February. My May Currently Inked will be a bit more Springy+Rainy xD I'm excited to start and share that one after the Chicago Pen Show!
Very nice pens and inks collection. Thanks for sharing 🥰.
Thanks so much, Gordon!! I'm glad to see you enjoyed the video :)
beautiful colors! very springtime too. i don't wear pink, but i sometimes wrote with a neon hot pink when writing poetry, and colors really change the way you write. so when i got into fountain pens i looked up my dark teals, oranges, stormy blues, faded rainy blues and wines and a couple of hot pinks. i really like them sometimes! you've inspired me to ink them up again this spring!
Thank you, Gristle! That means a lot knowing it has been inspiring! I hope the pinks bring you much joy in those moments of writing! Pinks of all shades really do bring a bright and fun atmosphere to things :)
First, I must tell you that I also love the Blushing Mushroom! I hope that I can get a bottle soon. I’ve been using a sample of it!
For February I used Ferris Wheel Press Scarlet Song and Ruby Royal Flush in TWSBI pens . Also Wearengeul Dracula in TWSBI. My TWSBI nibs are stub.
For my Valentine splurge I got the Leonardo Nebulosa Laguna and paired it with Diamine Arabian Nights !
Hi Liz! Yeah, Blushing Mushroom is so beautiful! It's light, subtle, but legible! I can't believe I wrote Blushroom Mushroom hahaha, someone pointed it out to me and I didn't see it until that comment. And yeah, my TWSBI Eco Stub has worked wonders with all my shimmer inks. I thought the Goldspot Exclusive Leonardo already sold out, how did you manage to get one on Valentine's Day? That's awesome that you got one ^_^ Arabian Nights is beautiful! Great ink pairing ^_^ Thanks for sharing your inked pens ♥
Oh I love the combinations you used. I love trying things you wouldn’t normally try
♥Yeah, and it's amazing when it catches you by surprise and you end up loving a totally new range of colors! XD I love my dusty greens, and this one is more of a dusty dark olive and I'm so for it!!! I know you love your greens, you should try this Kitano Olive Green xD Thank you for stopping by as always, Monica!! ♥
these colors are amazing. Honestly, I can't pick a favorite because I love them all !!
I can’t agree more! Haha ^_^ they’re all beautifully amazing! ❤
Chefs kiss!!! Gorgeous!!!!
Hehe 😜 ❤ thanks, Elyse! I try to make my currently inked videos as long as I can for ya!
8:01..My Twisbi's put out alot of ink ..a little to much for my taste..LOL
good to know that shimmers , are not agreeable with these twisbi's
11:20 ...kaweco's are good for my outdoor field journals,
15:19...The Lamy med nib is smooth as butter on the paper....I like them very much.
Hey Kanzee! I find that the black coated lamy steel nib (usually on the Lamy LX models) are the smoothest, then the cursive nib (which isn't really cursive), and then the silver steel nibs (those can be hit or miss for being smooth). So this one specifically is my smoothest and it's so lovely! Kawecos are super fun to use and bring outdoors. The petiteness of those pens are so fun and nice. And I love putting shimmers in my twsbis, but sometimes, I just have to relinquish the ink if it's not suitable and just try a better shimmer. I just do this with the ECOs that I know have worked well with my shimmers. I find using regular inks in my TWSBIs to be very boring, since the look of the TWSBIs are very simple and normal at best, but that's not a bad thing! I just like them to show off the beautiful shimmeriness of inks!
A lot of Robert Oster Shake n Shimmy inks often clog on my pens - I have an untested theory that their shimmers might be bigger than average? 😅
I hope one day I can try Kobe inks. As always, looking at your Leonardo makes me want to have one 😂
Really loving your lineup here - the pen color and ink color match so well!
Well it's a good thing I only have Rose Gold Antiqua that I enjoyed and cared to venture in with RO inks xD I think SOME of FWP's inks also have huge shimmer particles haha!
My Leonardos are a spectacle to behold xD they're so extra and colorful, compared to my Sailors, which some would also think are extra and colorful :D Kobe inks are so wonderful. They've got the basic good qualities of Iroshizuku inks but the colors are interesting, yet tamed. They don't have super light illegible chromashaders like the Sailor Ink Studio line, so I love that!
Thank you so so much for watching and enjoying my Currently Inked for this month ^_^
I'm commenting inbetween meetings at work so this may be a little rushed and scatterbrained :P but holy crap! what an amazing pen lineup you have going on here for february! i absolutely love it! so many lovely pens here. How do you like the cypress nib? is it smooth? i've seen those around, but i haven't tried one yet. i totally agree about twsbis and shimmer. i am actually in the process of destashing my twsbis because they just aren't bringing me a ton of joy anymore. however, what i will say is, i put blushing mushroom in an eco and it took me like 5 drops of vanness white lightning but after 5 drops it finally pushed that sucker through! so if you don't feel like switching pens for the vampire pigeon you could always try that LOL. (what a pain though! why can't FWP put that special sauce from sugar and spite into their blushing mushroom? that one is so juicy...) anyway speaking of sugar and spite, i recently got that bottle and i have it inked this month as well. mine is in a broad jowo nib, OMG Lao! it is THE BEST. i can't stop reaching for it. I love that ink, it's such a winner from them. oh, and the other thing i wanted to mention. i have wanted one of those hello kitty kawecos for a while, but i always back out of buying them because usually they only make them in fine nibs. i know i could replace it but it doesn't feel the same not having hello kitty's face stamped on the nib :( sigh! oh well, perhaps someday they'll introduce more nib sizes!
Hey Daisy! So happy to read all of your lovely comments and thoughts! I agree, the Sugar and Spite ink was such a hit and a wonder because only 10-20% of FWP shimmer inks are ever good, the rest are very dry and have bad shimmer particles, but they all look very pretty haha! They just need to put that magic juice from SAS into all of their other pretty shimmers.
I dislike Vampire Pigeon now that I look at it. The blue is not very elegant next to this orangey red. I think I prefer shimmers that have a similar tone to the base, like a blue shimmer on a teal, rose gold shimmer on a dusty pink/purple/...well, literally rose gold on almost any ink is a win haha! I definitely now know I do not want to be disappointed anymore with these darn TWSBI Diamond 580s. I have no need for a medium twsbi for regular ink when other pens look way prettier with regular inks xD The only thing, for me, that TWSBIs had for them is to show off my pretty shimmers, but it's not even functional with shimmers, so there's no point.
This Cypress nib is a bit draggy against paper - but I've only tried two shimmer inks in here. So the ink is dragging the cypress nib a bit. Mine is a medium, and the tipping material feels quite thick, so it kind of feels like the nib isn't really touching the page as closely as other nibs. Casey told me that the Medium and Fine write about the same line width. I'll have to test this Cypress on a regular ink to see if it will write smoother and without any bit of drag that I currently am feeling, but the nib looks beautiful :D
The Kaweco nib on these Hello Kitty are Jowo because Kaweco decided to use a smoother nib for a luxury and special feel, different from their bock experiences. xD Someone commented that Kawecos use bock and I said, "I know that, but I have the bougie Hello Kitty AL sport and it IS a JOWO!" So I assume because they chose Jowo and its not their usual nib supplier, they made a decision to only buy a big stock of one nib to reduce costs and potential for certain nibs not being as popular? But that really limits it for us because everyone's tastes are different, but the one thing we all want is that KITTY ON THE NIB!! xD
Happy Sunday to you from my Monday morning haha ☺️ Just started watching but loving the look of the line up on the left already haha
Happy Monday to you, LIly! XD I was pretty proud of deciding to have the pens ordered in colors instead of red pink purple and repeat. This way the colors blend so beautifully throughout the lineup and made for a pretty picture! I hope you enjoy the colors of inks I chose!
@@KenchanKrafts ☺ Thank you! Yes, your efforts are definitely appreciated! Yes! Beautiful pens & lovely inks! The first red is so punchy! That red special edition Platinum pen is just swoon - the F nib is super fine though haha! I don't even think I could do a MF! The inks match the Valentines theme for the month! Love it!
P.S. The ink clogging the feed for the TWSBI 😥😭 @@KenchanKrafts
@@lilylilyaustralia Absolutely hate it! But this isn't my first time dealing with this issue. I'm not surprised and it's not that upsetting at this point. It shall be flushed and cleaned out xD
I know, I remember you talked about it in your fountain pen collection video! :( Clogging is not the user experience we are going for when it comes to fountain pens haha @@KenchanKrafts
Love your pairings this month (and every month)! I think Blushroom Mushroom is an awesome alternative name for Blushing Mushroom (did you notice it 😅)
Hahaha!!! I read Blushing Mushroom twice and was so confused!! And your last sentence of “did you notice it?” Finally hit me when I read it correctly! 😅😅😅 Blushroom Mushroom 🍄 😂😊 love that! Thank you for your kind words! I’m happy you enjoy the pairings as much as I do! ^_^
Such a bummer about the TWSBI not working well with that shimmer ink. 😥 I tend to have less than excellent luck with RO inks, in general, so it's definitely sad to hear my go-to pen brand for them still can have issues with it. Loving the color palette this month and can wait to see how you like the Chai Latte when it lands.
Yeah, it was SOOOO sad. Diamine Firefly worked fine out of this Diamond 580 M nib last year, but it does not seem to work with this Robert Oster ink. I now know what you mean by having bad luck with RO inks, but in this case, I think it may be BOTH the diamond 580 and the ink being the bad apples. The blue shimmers were very saturated and heavy on the first line of words, which I didn't really like anyways. It doesn't create a purple, it just is kind of a solid blue on top of a dark orangey red and it's kind of ugly...xD
TWSBI Ecos still rock though, I am most likely keeping all of my gold/rose gold ECOs. But selling all but my favorite Diamond 580. I can't wait for the Chai Latte to come too so I can make a fun new pen day video! :) Thanks for commenting and watching, Christy! I appreciate you! ♥
Hi Lao, such a beautiful lineup of pens you have this month :) Would you call the Iroshizuku a 'blurpurple'? Such a pretty colour. And that Leonardo is gorgeous! Take care Lao and have a great week.
Hi Jayne! Just watched your February catch up and saw you inking up some lovely new inks for the month too! I am pretty sure murasaki shikibu has some blue hues in the chromatography, but I suspect this purple would be more of a pink purple. The inks name is “beauty berry” and those are a gorgeous pinkish purple! Go look it up it’s so pretty! That’s what this iroshizuku is supposed to resemble. I think Iroshizuku’s “jurojin” may be more close to a blurple than murasaki.
@@KenchanKrafts ok that’s good info Lao, thank you for sharing that, I’ll go look it up 😊
I tried a Robert oyster shimmer in a twsbi eco fine, I thought it was user error, but maybe not. Ok back to watching 🤩🤩
Oh yeah, it is NOT your fault. TWSBI nibs and feeds cannot handle shimmers unless the ink has VERY VERY TINY shimmer particles. Even then, the shimmers can clog the feed. My TWSBI ECO Medium nibs have handled shimmer well, though, so I'm really not sure why that is the case. ALL of my Diamond 580 medium feeds have clogged the nib. None of my TWSBI ECO mediums have clogged, and I will not put shimmers in my TWSBI fines. TWSBI nibs are a bit dry and too thin compared to most jowo nibs. And I now know I don't like a blue shimmer on top of a red ink xD I will probably have to scrap this Atlas Exclusive ink if I don't like it in another cheaper steel nib pen of mine.
I’m especially enamored by your Leo pairings 😍 beautiful currently inked!
Aww, Thank you, Anita! I definitely am using two colors that are new to my tastes (magenta and olive), and I am loving them and my Leonardos really help to love the new ink colors! Thank you for watching and commenting! ♥
I love purple but I am biased purple/lavender is my favorite color 🫣
I am biased towards lavender, too! I love that color so much. You'd look great in Lavender, mister Tangy Turtle ♥
I don’t have much in this range of colour inks but I am loving the Robert Oster Dusky Pink and the Kobe Sunset of that Day. They are lovely in those pens…. the two sailors are stunning and I also like the Kaweco/ Hello Kitty pairings.
Bring on the pinks! 😀
I made sure to have the video uploaded a bit earlier so you can catch it before you head to sleep because I know it’s late for you there! I am so happy you enjoyed the Sailors and Kawecos! ❤ Sunset of that day is just so wonderful!!
Wonderful video! Thanks for the code for Atlas!! I did all purple pens and inks.
You’re so welcome, Nina! What did you end up buying at Atlas? I’m really loving the purple inks I chose this month, can’t wait to see which ones I love the most!
@@KenchanKrafts I went crazy buying Ferris Wheel Press inks!
@@ninahollins8493 that’s awesome!! XD I hope you enjoy them all 😍 and thank you so much for using my code to help support me!
Robert Oster Rose Gold Antiqua is one of my favorites! I have my Benu Vodka on the Rocks inked with that one right now ❤
Ooo, that's an amazing pen to have this ink in! I love pens that are grey, silver, white/cream because they can go with any ink and look absolutely stunning! Great pairing - and yes, Rose Gold Antiqua is definitely one of the best inks out there! Thanks for watching, Charis!
Just chiming in here... it is such a beautiful ink!! One day I hope to try!
@@lilylilyaustralia I hope you do, too! You'll love it!
Thank you! So much to love so little time haha @@KenchanKrafts
I've never wanted a Sailor pen, until today.
Which of these two changed your mind? XD and what made you end up wanting them now? I'm so happy I was able to change your mind on them regardless ;) Thanks so much for watching and sharing your thought ^_^
@@KenchanKrafts the Moroccan Mint Tea with the red cap. I have it in my cart; preparing to buy. It kind of took my breath away, to be honest.
@@teresaharris-travelbybooks5564 Oh yes, the Kissan. When I first saw it, I HAD TO HAVE IT. No regrets. I know what I like, and sometimes the pens can disappoint me, but this one was everything I expected and wanted! Where are you buying from? I hope they have a good sale on it for ya ♥but it's worth every penny!
@@KenchanKrafts Pen Boutique sent me a birthday card, with a 10% discount. I'm like you; when I see something I like, I know it bone deep.
@@KenchanKraftsI received my Kissan yesterday. It is so pretty, and the nib SPARKLES! People always complain about feedback from Sailors, but this pen is so smooth. The feedback I hear, is no big deal.
What is the name of color at 21:20?
That is Ferris Wheel Press - Sugar and Spite! You can get it from Atlas Stationers with my code for 10% off if you like it! The links are in my description box!