I’m about to turn 29, and I feel like I’m in a strange place where age is starting to become more real haha! Congrats on the purchase, I’m sure it will be lovely! My wife and father just spoiled me and got me a platinum 3776 century with a soft fine nibble, a limited edition esterbrook estie with the semi flex nib, and a Jinhao 9019 with a fine!
Hey dude! 77 is Young. You're not 'Old' until the late 80's! And, your pen(s) can facilitate you passing on your experience and wisdom to the youngsters in your clan. :) comnents from a fellow 77-year old penaddict
I’m going to be 75 in June, so considerably older than you, however, I have noticed that this year has flown by and every time I think about it, I’m put in mind of my mother who seemed to be constantly echoing the refrain, “I just don’t know where the month has gone” and I used to listen to her and not really get it. I get it now,, believe me, I get it!
After a certain age its comfortable “doing stuff, sleep, rinse, repeat.” Its what people do and it helps feel time passing by faster than it should i believe (i do the same btw, and im 44). 👍🍀🖖
I bought the Benu in Earl Grey. I had always been shy of Benu since they are so flashy, but the Earl Grey is a beauty. Writes well. With all the gold sparkle, I wish they used gold trim and nib, to compliment it better. Since I bought it, I find I reach for it a lot.
It is so nice to see someone else that feels the importance of the expressivity (is that even a word) of the pens. Also, how could someone not love the tortoise shell pattern on an amazing pen?
„The good thing about growing up is you can buy some pens!“ 😂 I loved this. That‘s exactly how I feel, 3 years into the job and living through some real grown-up life challenges.
Benu Earl Grey is my favourite at the moment. I love the looks and the writing experience. The Pilot custom 74, I bought on your recommendation after watching your videos on it. I have a fine nib and it is my go to daily workhorse. I love how it makes me writing look. As a large loopy writer, I can normally be quite messy but this fine line reins me in and it looks so much neater. I just wish they were a bit nicer to look at, they're a little plain and I would love some fresh colour varieties.
My favorite ones do far are the Jinhao 90919 and 9016. We will have to disagree about transpent pens. As someone Aldo a bit older, enjoy the moment, take time to live, to breath in the fresh air, to smell the flowers and listen to the birds. Life is good. Life is precious and to be enjoyed
34 here Kerry :D - I think we can both take over and crash a birthday party together :)) You know what ?! ill send you something nice tomorrow, something that is yet to be launched, you're going to be a first with this particular cute version of a pen :D
1989?!?! Haha same age as me! I just got into fountain pens in January after getting myself my first well researched pen and the hobby takes me back to my youth. It reminds me of one of my late grandparents who got me my first non-disposable pen (Parker Jotter) and he used to use fountain pens. So, somehow this hobby makes me feel like a kid... The 912 is one "plain pen" that I REALLY want to get. Just ordered my first grail pen this weekend, a Leonardo Momento Zero 😊 The 912 is probably my next pricier pen. Some day!
I have been using my Kilk pens (the Orient Haphazard series to be precise) along with my Benu Euphorias (I love their painted collection. Especially the birds they did last year: the swallow, the hummingbird and the Flaminco ones. And lately I have been loving the Draco Darling one as well) non stop since I got them. My Leonardo Dodici Midnight from Emy is one that is almost constently inked up since I got it last december and also my Leonardo Audace nb 8 nib from Emy as well. I got another Audace from Leonardo itself with a Nagahara nib that has been inked up almost always since I got it sometime last december or January. So what I just realised watching you and commenting here is that I need to use my other gazillion pens and give them a chance to shine again 😂 Then again I love my current line up too much to be bothered to change it at the moment 😉 I’m glad you’re back to your usual schedule… love your videos as always
I’m new to the hobby, just started in March. But so far my Benu Talisman Frankincense with M nib is my fave. Followed by TWSBI Eco with a M nib. But I just got my first Estie with a journalers nib in today so my Estie may become my bestie. Time shall tell.
I was expecting your Sailor ProGear to appear. Intrigued for the full year perspective now!!! Thanks for sharing something to keep us going half way through the year! I don’t especially like the look of the ProGear Slim but it was more affordable and the medium fine nib is 🎉apart from now wanting the full size 21k version 😅
Love the ramblings with passion and expression. Oh! and knowing exactly what you want in a pen... and ink... and paper. For a tease, if you could only have one pen?
I love my Benu pens. They are my favorites. I got the Benu Euphoria Earl Grey with a medium nib when they first came out, and it is my absolute favorite. Benu pens are the eye candy of the fountain pen world. But they are also great pens.
Kerry, that Earl Grey Benu is so you! You should do a video pairing it with some tea and writing. I also have grandkids, 7 and 5 years old, whom I've ensured they have their own Lamy Fountain Pens for their own. We play with f.p.'s, dip pens, and ink samples when they come over to create art, and learn their spelling.
I agree. I always tell my middle school students to enjoy being a kid. 18 comes very quickly and you'll end up being an adult for most of your life. :)
Hi Kerry, I’m 65 (I still find this hard to believe) and the months, weeks, days and years keep going by faster. You remind me of my own daughter, who looks much younger than her true age. You might not appreciate that now, but you will! :)
Sorry about your D&D character's demise. TPK? I've been playing since the late 70's and know how invested we are in our characters. Do you keep a journal (written with fountain pens - of course), of your characters' adventures?
About time passing by: it goes faster when getting older, look: when you are 30, 1 year is 1/30 of your life and when you are 60, 1 year is 1/60 of your life, hence the feeling that time is passing by faster and faster.
Life runs away from us, given that a quarter to a third of the time is spent asleep, routines is another quarter, while the remainder is only remembered if they are unique experiences. For most, a typical day is drowned from our memory, which accumulated, makes it appear time has flown by.
Platinum Preppy pens look like a toy that came out of a cereal box. But they write so well! Suggestion for the black teas: Pour boiling water over your tea (I put mine in one of those metal strainer things and get three or sometimes more steeps) and wait for no more than three minutes before taking the tea out. Leave it in and it will get bitter. I don't clean the teapot too often unless the glass is showing stuff. Kind of like a pen.
I am enjoying your videos more and more. I highly encourage you to buy the Pilot Custom 74 in Forest Green! I prefer a fine nib, but regardless, I think the pen is beautiful, and it writes like a dream. Pilot is my preferred brand of pen because of the vastly different writing experiences that it provides: Pilot Vanishing Point and Pilot Metropolitan are frequently inked up, and lastly, Lamy 2000. Thanks for your great videos. This 75 year old woman is still learning. Also, time waits for no one, so make use of the time available every day.
I got the Gravitas Vac pen in ultem the end of last year and am loving it as well. I have been wanting a vac for a bit, but have been waiting for one with a removable section. Such a simple feature that should be standard across all vac/piston pens. The 912 is just so good, it is a pen that falls into the don't care for the looks, kinda boring, but is still one of, if not my favorite pen. It just writes so good.
I'm pretty new to the hobby (a little less than a year) and unwilling to spend more than $50 on a pen until I know it will stick. I have a habit of diving into hobbies head first and getting board. My general rule is at least 1 year before I start spending serious money. Currently, I have tried a number of the major "entry" level pens. I hate the way the Platinum Preppy looks but I love the way it write. I have one in a fine and medium. Love them both.
I love my Benu Earl Grey, although the Med nib on mine is more like a broad, I may get it special-grind one day. Fave I’ve been writing with the most is a Franklin christoph 03 with a Med SIG nib. Yummy. 😊
I got a Benu Euphoria after your raving reviews and LOVE it! I got it in a Medium and its a bit *too* wet/think for me. Have you tried switching out the nibs in the Benu before?
I have switched out BENU nibs before with other BENU nib units but it is a number six sized nib which should work with any other BUT I haven’t tried it. I’ve just unscrewed the entire nib unit with another benu one
Ouh I like to think I am in my late teens (I’m 23 but I don’t consider myself an adult until I get married 😂). Growing up sucks. Really. Taxes. Bills. Money. Work. Rush. Race. Jungle. These are all the words I associate with being an adult. I hate all of those 😂
12:07, stop patronizing a company that doesn't give a damn about quality control. If this were 50 or 60 years ago, Visconti would be out of business in no time because people back then didn't tolerate such nonsense.
12:11 quality control in the fountain pen manufacturing industry has never been there, Kerrie!! You mentioned again before, and did very good, and I totally agree! The fountain pen Industry needs be STANDARDISED, or they just kinda fooling their customers! Such a shame! 😢
Pens and Tea is still a fitting channel name because now you're spilling the tea _about_ pens!😆
I'm very new to the channel and assumed that was the reason!
Hey Kerry I’m 77 and I am waiting for my new Pilot 823 in Amber with a fine nib,what the heck age is only a number.
I'm 78 and jot got my lates Platinum 3776 Century in Laurel Green.
I’m about to turn 29, and I feel like I’m in a strange place where age is starting to become more real haha! Congrats on the purchase, I’m sure it will be lovely! My wife and father just spoiled me and got me a platinum 3776 century with a soft fine nibble, a limited edition esterbrook estie with the semi flex nib, and a Jinhao 9019 with a fine!
@@davidbrowning5672Very beautiful, what nib?
Hey dude! 77 is Young. You're not 'Old' until the late 80's! And, your pen(s) can facilitate you passing on your experience and wisdom to the youngsters in your clan. :) comnents from a fellow 77-year old penaddict
I’m going to be 75 in June, so considerably older than you, however, I have noticed that this year has flown by and every time I think about it, I’m put in mind of my mother who seemed to be constantly echoing the refrain, “I just don’t know where the month has gone” and I used to listen to her and not really get it. I get it now,, believe me, I get it!
After a certain age its comfortable “doing stuff, sleep, rinse, repeat.” Its what people do and it helps feel time passing by faster than it should i believe (i do the same btw, and im 44). 👍🍀🖖
I bought the Benu in Earl Grey. I had always been shy of Benu since they are so flashy, but the Earl Grey is a beauty. Writes well. With all the gold sparkle, I wish they used gold trim and nib, to compliment it better. Since I bought it, I find I reach for it a lot.
It is so nice to see someone else that feels the importance of the expressivity (is that even a word) of the pens. Also, how could someone not love the tortoise shell pattern on an amazing pen?
„The good thing about growing up is you can buy some pens!“ 😂 I loved this. That‘s exactly how I feel, 3 years into the job and living through some real grown-up life challenges.
Benu Earl Grey is my favourite at the moment. I love the looks and the writing experience. The Pilot custom 74, I bought on your recommendation after watching your videos on it. I have a fine nib and it is my go to daily workhorse. I love how it makes me writing look. As a large loopy writer, I can normally be quite messy but this fine line reins me in and it looks so much neater. I just wish they were a bit nicer to look at, they're a little plain and I would love some fresh colour varieties.
I also love Benu pens and have 5 of them now. I would love to see your Benu collection.
My favorite ones do far are the Jinhao 90919 and 9016. We will have to disagree about transpent pens. As someone Aldo a bit older, enjoy the moment, take time to live, to breath in the fresh air, to smell the flowers and listen to the birds. Life is good. Life is precious and to be enjoyed
This is a nice channel, keep making videos!
Great video. I'm 38 but I'm trying to get my son into fountain pens.
34 here Kerry :D - I think we can both take over and crash a birthday party together :)) You know what ?! ill send you something nice tomorrow, something that is yet to be launched, you're going to be a first with this particular cute version of a pen :D
Love all your pens great video. Thank you
1989?!?! Haha same age as me!
I just got into fountain pens in January after getting myself my first well researched pen and the hobby takes me back to my youth. It reminds me of one of my late grandparents who got me my first non-disposable pen (Parker Jotter) and he used to use fountain pens. So, somehow this hobby makes me feel like a kid...
The 912 is one "plain pen" that I REALLY want to get. Just ordered my first grail pen this weekend, a Leonardo Momento Zero 😊 The 912 is probably my next pricier pen. Some day!
Loved the video.
I really have to try BENU. Maybe an Euphoria because of my heavy hands.
You should!
I highly recommend the Euphoria model.
I'm so sorry about your character! The good ones can be so difficult to lose. (For the record, I'm 45, have been playing RPGs for almost 30 years.)
Every time I watch one of your videos I want to get a Benu, then I look at the prices and the pile of pens I already have and I always end up waiting.
I have been using my Kilk pens (the Orient Haphazard series to be precise) along with my Benu Euphorias (I love their painted collection. Especially the birds they did last year: the swallow, the hummingbird and the Flaminco ones. And lately I have been loving the Draco Darling one as well) non stop since I got them. My Leonardo Dodici Midnight from Emy is one that is almost constently inked up since I got it last december and also my Leonardo Audace nb 8 nib from Emy as well. I got another Audace from Leonardo itself with a Nagahara nib that has been inked up almost always since I got it sometime last december or January. So what I just realised watching you and commenting here is that I need to use my other gazillion pens and give them a chance to shine again 😂 Then again I love my current line up too much to be bothered to change it at the moment 😉
I’m glad you’re back to your usual schedule… love your videos as always
I’m new to the hobby, just started in March. But so far my Benu Talisman Frankincense with M nib is my fave. Followed by TWSBI Eco with a M nib. But I just got my first Estie with a journalers nib in today so my Estie may become my bestie. Time shall tell.
I was expecting your Sailor ProGear to appear. Intrigued for the full year perspective now!!! Thanks for sharing something to keep us going half way through the year! I don’t especially like the look of the ProGear Slim but it was more affordable and the medium fine nib is 🎉apart from now wanting the full size 21k version 😅
Just a tablespoon of honey in a large cup of earl grey for me.
Love the ramblings with passion and expression. Oh! and knowing exactly what you want in a pen... and ink... and paper.
For a tease, if you could only have one pen?
I love my Benu pens. They are my favorites. I got the Benu Euphoria Earl Grey with a medium nib when they first came out, and it is my absolute favorite. Benu pens are the eye candy of the fountain pen world. But they are also great pens.
Kerry, that Earl Grey Benu is so you! You should do a video pairing it with some tea and writing.
I also have grandkids, 7 and 5 years old, whom I've ensured they have their own Lamy Fountain Pens for their own. We play with f.p.'s, dip pens, and ink samples when they come over to create art, and learn their spelling.
I agree. I always tell my middle school students to enjoy being a kid. 18 comes very quickly and you'll end up being an adult for most of your life. :)
You’re 35?!?!? I honestly thought you were 25 😂
Oh you’re so sweet LOL
Hi Kerry, I’m 65 (I still find this hard to believe) and the months, weeks, days and years keep going by faster. You remind me of my own daughter, who looks much younger than her true age. You might not appreciate that now, but you will! :)
Sorry about your D&D character's demise. TPK? I've been playing since the late 70's and know how invested we are in our characters. Do you keep a journal (written with fountain pens - of course), of your characters' adventures?
About time passing by: it goes faster when getting older, look: when you are 30, 1 year is 1/30 of your life and when you are 60, 1 year is 1/60 of your life, hence the feeling that time is passing by faster and faster.
Life runs away from us, given that a quarter to a third of the time is spent asleep, routines is another quarter, while the remainder is only remembered if they are unique experiences. For most, a typical day is drowned from our memory, which accumulated, makes it appear time has flown by.
Platinum Preppy pens look like a toy that came out of a cereal box. But they write so well! Suggestion for the black teas: Pour boiling water over your tea (I put mine in one of those metal strainer things and get three or sometimes more steeps) and wait for no more than three minutes before taking the tea out. Leave it in and it will get bitter. I don't clean the teapot too often unless the glass is showing stuff. Kind of like a pen.
Diamine Earl Grey is my favorite ink of all time.
Thanks!
I think the Laban 325 is kind of gaudy, but it feels good in my hand and writes smooth and wet with the Jowo nib.
I got a Sailor 1911L F ringless galaxy Andromeda and another Benu Talisman. Already have other 21k Sailors, just wanted another color.
I am enjoying your videos more and more. I highly encourage you to buy the Pilot Custom 74 in Forest Green! I prefer a fine nib, but regardless, I think the pen is beautiful, and it writes like a dream. Pilot is my preferred brand of pen because of the vastly different writing experiences that it provides: Pilot Vanishing Point and Pilot Metropolitan are frequently inked up, and lastly, Lamy 2000. Thanks for your great videos. This 75 year old woman is still learning. Also, time waits for no one, so make use of the time available every day.
I got the Gravitas Vac pen in ultem the end of last year and am loving it as well. I have been wanting a vac for a bit, but have been waiting for one with a removable section. Such a simple feature that should be standard across all vac/piston pens. The 912 is just so good, it is a pen that falls into the don't care for the looks, kinda boring, but is still one of, if not my favorite pen. It just writes so good.
I'm pretty new to the hobby (a little less than a year) and unwilling to spend more than $50 on a pen until I know it will stick. I have a habit of diving into hobbies head first and getting board. My general rule is at least 1 year before I start spending serious money. Currently, I have tried a number of the major "entry" level pens. I hate the way the Platinum Preppy looks but I love the way it write. I have one in a fine and medium. Love them both.
I like this video because you speak fast and ramble less than usual. Cheers.
I love my Benu Earl Grey, although the Med nib on mine is more like a broad, I may get it special-grind one day. Fave I’ve been writing with the most is a Franklin christoph 03 with a Med SIG nib. Yummy. 😊
I got a Benu Euphoria after your raving reviews and LOVE it! I got it in a Medium and its a bit *too* wet/think for me. Have you tried switching out the nibs in the Benu before?
I have switched out BENU nibs before with other BENU nib units but it is a number six sized nib which should work with any other BUT I haven’t tried it. I’ve just unscrewed the entire nib unit with another benu one
@@PensandTea
Carey!!!!!
How are you?
What is your job???
I'm so sorry about your character. As a gamer myself, I know how difficult it can be.
Ouh
I like to think I am in my late teens (I’m 23 but I don’t consider myself an adult until I get married 😂).
Growing up sucks. Really. Taxes. Bills. Money. Work. Rush. Race. Jungle. These are all the words I associate with being an adult. I hate all of those 😂
😆😆😆
And it stays that way until you die. 🤪
What is the difference between buying a Falcon nib or buying a Falcon pen from Pilot?
@Gouletpens just did a video explaining that a few days ago - it's pretty good
12:07, stop patronizing a company that doesn't give a damn about quality control. If this were 50 or 60 years ago, Visconti would be out of business in no time because people back then didn't tolerate such nonsense.
I'm 26
12:11 quality control in the fountain pen manufacturing industry has never been there, Kerrie!! You mentioned again before, and did very good, and I totally agree!
The fountain pen Industry needs be STANDARDISED, or they just kinda fooling their customers!
Such a shame! 😢