Thanks for the sneak preview DB. I do have the pocket Piuma in Titanium that I enjoy very much. I've come to the conclusion that for pocket pens, I much prefer the metal versions for the weight. Even with the Kaweco Sports, I tend to use the AL, Brass a lot more than the plastic versions. Still, I'm sure Ensso will have a big hit with the ebonite versions here.
I like heavier metal pocket pens as well as they can holding up against keys, getting dropped, etc. These are super light which is usually not my thing, but they feel really nice in the hand. Will never have to worry about getting a tired hand with these ones
DB, thanks for showing us the great video, awesome pens, I love my Ensso Pens, and now I must add this new Ebonite ones as well. Keep up the great work, Stay Safe.
I imagine the titanium threads would wear on the ebonite threads over time. This ebonite is very unique! Completely different feeling from my other ebonite pens.
Really appreciate the heads-up about the Kickstarter campaign...and for another great video, of course. Thanks for doing that vacuum chamber torture test with the little Piuma pocket pen--you always cover all of the bases in your vids 👍
I'm always so terrified of using an eyedropper pen I just had to see how it would do worst-case scenario. Was very impressed with how well the full size did!
@@Doodlebud It's funny, but I worry more about the leak coming from the section threads! That wasn't an issue with these two at all. Oh and I got a notification about the Kickstarter campaign and pledged $89 for a pen. 😊
@@majajamie oh cool hope you enjoy it. Feels so different than any other pen I have, even my other ebonite ones. Have only had one pen leak outside the cap before
such a disappointment to have the entire pen be made of ebonite but still have a cheap plastic feed. really wish they would have put in the extra effort to do their own feed on this one.
Keep an eye out on his site for different production runs. They make their pens in a few different metals. Batch quantities are a bit small so sometimes they sell out quick!
Cool stuff! I’m very fond of ebonite as a body material in pens. I have several ebonite pens and really enjoy looking at and using them all the time. DB, I quite owe it to you for making me even aware of Ensso pens via your very illuminating videos on the pens. I have since bought the copper one. And I can’t deny that I find this new black ebonite one quite tempting, too.
These ones feel different from my other ebonite pens, but in a good way. They have a very unique feel. It was actually a viewer who mentioned ensso to me :) Can't say enough good things about their pens. Been very happy with all of them.
A sack-rifice, I see what you did there! I had the same experience trying to use the Kaweco bulb converter, but luckily mine was already horribly stained with neon pink ink. There are little screw converters as well, but at what point do you just accept that it's more practical to refill a cartridge? I wish there were some standard international short cartridges made from some sturdier material though, like Platinum's cartridges.
I was going to say "ahhhhhh, I tore my SAC!" That little converter is pretty flimsy so will just stick to cartridges or fill it up via eyedropper which holds a bunch for such a small pen.
I’m going to assume that if you use a Kaweco squeeze bulb mini for this pen that you could also use their hard plastic mini converter as well? This gets much more ink in it compared to the one in this video and you don’t have to worry about pulling and ripping the plastic out. Cheers
At 9:12 you have a great little silicone bottle. Would you share where you bought this? I can only find the jars and of course, they needs a toothpick or dirty your fingers. This is a nice little helpful tool for silicone. @Doodlebud
Ahhhhh yes!! That bottle is mega handy. I'll give you a hint, comes from a pen that also includes a wrench.................... This is from my Twsbi ECO
Have you reached out to them? First thing I would check is to ensure the nib & feed and are fitted and seated properly. I've had pens leak when those are sitting just so. If that doesn't do it I would just reach out to them. Might just need a new nib/housing unit. I've had a Bock housing cause an issue on a different pen before that leaked.
I still have to wonder why the modern emphasis on using silicone grease for so many pens, with it never needed for vintage pens. Was vintage hand cut threads that much better? Even the frankly mass-produced vintage Esterbrook pens didn't need to it to prevent leakage. Why so many today?🤔 Looks like a couple decent pens you showed. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on these, including the fail with the squeeze converter.
Hi Paul! It’s just another fad that caught on and stuck. It has now become a perfunctory precautionary piffle. Like I did with the Covid vaccine, I steered clear of rubbing silicone grease on any of my pens supposedly needing the treatment.
I think its just to be careful. The oring, material, and threads shouldn't have any issues holding the ink inside. But a dab of grease will "seal the deal" just in case. Also doesn't hurt to keep the threads from getting stuck. Ebonite can swell a bit and the grease will help things out as well if parts get a bit tight.
Ebonite pens are a speciality of Indian pen makers for more than a century. I am sure you can get the pen to your specifications from ASA Pens / Gama / Ranga / Fosfor / Krishna / Woodex / Deccan / Ratnamson pens at a fraction of this price :)
@@thinker1680 As evident from my comment, I’d like to add ‘pocket pens’ to my growing ‘pocket pen collection’ and I’ll be more than happy if you’d refer me to pocket pen models from these Indian pen manufacturers !
@@sathishrao7926 Well, and as evident from my comment, you can get any pen *to your specifications* from the aforementioned Indian pen makers because they are (usually) happy to customize pens that fit you best. And the video is about pocket pens, and you mentioned pocket pens twice in your original comment. So I am not sure why pocket pens are in quotes in your response to my comment. I can only *assume* that it was a sarcastic remark made with the assumption that Indian pen makers only make oversized eyedropper pens. I hope I am wrong about the previous sentence through. :) In any case, if you need pre-designed pocket pens made of Ebonite, here are the ebonite pocket pens that you can start out with: Deccan Bullet Junior, Deccan Lilliput, Guider mini, Ratnamson SS(video available on UA-cam from SBREBrown,), Gama Ebonite Mini (video available on UA-cam), Guider Short and Guider Super short, Woodex Model 25 and Woodex model 32. Again these are ebonite, if you expand your search to other materials (plastic, brass, copper, acrylic, there would be many more similar). Please google each of them, and most of them also have videos on UA-cam and/or reviews on FPN. If you can visit their respective shops, you will see an even greater variety. Again all of these available in India for a tiny fraction of what you would pay for the Ensso that you seem ready to buy.
@@thinker1680 Thank you for your references. I’ll be more than happy and excited to check them out and add the available ones to my pocket pen collection which has touched 20.. Let me admit that there was a tint of sarcasm in my earlier comment since my whole focus was on Pocket pens which don’t seem to stand out in the offerings from Indian FP manufacturers.
@@sathishrao7926 You are very welcome! I hope that you will love them. Apologies for my remark too. I went through your channel and your collection - nice pens. Agree with you that barring one or two exceptions like Ranga, Indian FP manufacturers - especially the handmade ones - do not have this reach or marketing - which is quite unfortunate. Definitely great marketing by Ensso, have to concede that - with so many reviewers putting out reviews at the same time for the same pen. Asking $79 dollars + 60% of cost for a tiny pen with plastic feed and no converter, albeit with the Japanese ebonite and more costly labour who have been making pens for just 7 years!! IMO, the Opus at least had the novelty of a shutoff value to demand a similar price point. For some perspective, the costliest Woodex ebonite model with some amazing quality is just about $20 in India and the pocket woodex model #32 is a paltry $6 and people are not even aware of it even in India. Makes me wonder if users are paying for the pen or for the marketing. :) In the meantime, I am happy I have my beloved all ebonite Gama Eyas, all this makes me appreciate its impeccable build and durability even more.
So cool! I just got the Piuma Minimalist in black aluminum and it is fantastic, a nice addition to my two titanium pocket Piuma. Do you know if they released a full size Piuma in titanium?
Thank you, yet another company that is new to me.
Thanks for a great video. It's good to have an engineering review on these pens.
Thanks for the video. I went and donated to the Kickstarter--that's a great design.
Hope you enjoy the pen 👍
Thanks for the sneak preview DB. I do have the pocket Piuma in Titanium that I enjoy very much. I've come to the conclusion that for pocket pens, I much prefer the metal versions for the weight. Even with the Kaweco Sports, I tend to use the AL, Brass a lot more than the plastic versions. Still, I'm sure Ensso will have a big hit with the ebonite versions here.
I like heavier metal pocket pens as well as they can holding up against keys, getting dropped, etc. These are super light which is usually not my thing, but they feel really nice in the hand. Will never have to worry about getting a tired hand with these ones
Good stuff, can’t wait till the Kickstarter goes live!
Ensso is making some great pens! Thanks again DB
Outstanding video Nathan!
Love your work!
👍🏻
Thanks for watching 😁
DB, thanks for showing us the great video, awesome pens, I love my Ensso Pens, and now I must add this new Ebonite ones as well. Keep up the great work, Stay Safe.
Keep an eye on it as their launches sell out quickly!
Dang DB! Just when I thought I was out, you're pulling me back in!
I will look for these on the morrow... TY DB
The ebonite makes the already lovely pen even more appealing. MOST appealing is the titanium/ebonite frankenpen, I wish they would sell one that way.
I imagine the titanium threads would wear on the ebonite threads over time. This ebonite is very unique! Completely different feeling from my other ebonite pens.
@@Doodlebud Dang.
Really appreciate the heads-up about the Kickstarter campaign...and for another great video, of course. Thanks for doing that vacuum chamber torture test with the little Piuma pocket pen--you always cover all of the bases in your vids 👍
I'm always so terrified of using an eyedropper pen I just had to see how it would do worst-case scenario. Was very impressed with how well the full size did!
@@Doodlebud It's funny, but I worry more about the leak coming from the section threads! That wasn't an issue with these two at all. Oh and I got a notification about the Kickstarter campaign and pledged $89 for a pen. 😊
@@majajamie oh cool hope you enjoy it. Feels so different than any other pen I have, even my other ebonite ones. Have only had one pen leak outside the cap before
@@Doodlebud Thanks! Which pen leaked?
That was my Namisu. Seemed like it was bad Bock housing. But ink did come outside of the section and on to the body of the pen
such a disappointment to have the entire pen be made of ebonite but still have a cheap plastic feed. really wish they would have put in the extra effort to do their own feed on this one.
Would be cool if it was. No flex nib options that really require extra flow but I get where you're coming from for an all ebonite pen
I like heavier pens and i would prefer the metal ones over this but these are nice as well.
Keep an eye out on his site for different production runs. They make their pens in a few different metals. Batch quantities are a bit small so sometimes they sell out quick!
Thanks for the video. I’m in for one!
Hope you enjoy it!
Cool stuff! I’m very fond of ebonite as a body material in pens. I have several ebonite pens and really enjoy looking at and using them all the time.
DB, I quite owe it to you for making me even aware of Ensso pens via your very illuminating videos on the pens. I have since bought the copper one. And I can’t deny that I find this new black ebonite one quite tempting, too.
These ones feel different from my other ebonite pens, but in a good way. They have a very unique feel. It was actually a viewer who mentioned ensso to me :) Can't say enough good things about their pens. Been very happy with all of them.
What are some great affordable ebonite fountain pens? Always wanted one
A sack-rifice, I see what you did there! I had the same experience trying to use the Kaweco bulb converter, but luckily mine was already horribly stained with neon pink ink. There are little screw converters as well, but at what point do you just accept that it's more practical to refill a cartridge? I wish there were some standard international short cartridges made from some sturdier material though, like Platinum's cartridges.
I wonder if you could unscrew the nib unit and pull it out, bulb converter and all? You should be able to safely part them at that point.
I was going to say "ahhhhhh, I tore my SAC!" That little converter is pretty flimsy so will just stick to cartridges or fill it up via eyedropper which holds a bunch for such a small pen.
The TatinumBonite is very niceutibul. Beautynice!!
It's extrubitanly uniquable
These look great. I find myself liking everything ensso has been doing. Now ebonite? Sold.
Been super happy with all their stuff 👍
I’m going to assume that if you use a Kaweco squeeze bulb mini for this pen that you could also use their hard plastic mini converter as well? This gets much more ink in it compared to the one in this video and you don’t have to worry about pulling and ripping the plastic out. Cheers
I tried their mini converter that I have on my Kaweco Sport, but its too long with the plunger sticking out once you fill it with ink.
Great sneak peek. I have to ask, though, is there a performance advantage to Ebonite over, let's say, Delrin material?
They are pretty different materials so all depends on the performance metrics you'd want to compare.
Ebonite has a very different feeling in hand to anything else.
I don't think I would mind having a plastic feed as I've heared that sometimes an ebonite feed needs to be heat set.
I ordered the first day. I want one of each.
Hope you enjoy them 👍.
@@Doodlebud Me too. I did early bird and I guess I just wait for my choices.
Interesting development 🤔
Interesting indeed!
Question:
Wouldn't a big piston filler have the same problem with burping as an eyedropper?
I might actually do some testing on that to explain how it works
That would be awesome (o:
At 9:12 you have a great little silicone bottle. Would you share where you bought this? I can only find the jars and of course, they needs a toothpick or dirty your fingers. This is a nice little helpful tool for silicone. @Doodlebud
Ahhhhh yes!! That bottle is mega handy. I'll give you a hint, comes from a pen that also includes a wrench....................
This is from my Twsbi ECO
@@Doodlebud awesome. Thanks!
Any projection on the price? Can you give a range? God bless DB, always fun to watch your videos!
I have no idea on the price. I'll be interested to find out on the 31st as well
My titanium pocket leaks so much
Have you reached out to them? First thing I would check is to ensure the nib & feed and are fitted and seated properly. I've had pens leak when those are sitting just so. If that doesn't do it I would just reach out to them. Might just need a new nib/housing unit. I've had a Bock housing cause an issue on a different pen before that leaked.
I still have to wonder why the modern emphasis on using silicone grease for so many pens, with it never needed for vintage pens. Was vintage hand cut threads that much better? Even the frankly mass-produced vintage Esterbrook pens didn't need to it to prevent leakage. Why so many today?🤔
Looks like a couple decent pens you showed. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on these, including the fail with the squeeze converter.
Might just be excess of caution?
Hi Paul! It’s just another fad that caught on and stuck. It has now become a perfunctory precautionary piffle. Like I did with the Covid vaccine, I steered clear of rubbing silicone grease on any of my pens supposedly needing the treatment.
I think its just to be careful. The oring, material, and threads shouldn't have any issues holding the ink inside. But a dab of grease will "seal the deal" just in case. Also doesn't hurt to keep the threads from getting stuck. Ebonite can swell a bit and the grease will help things out as well if parts get a bit tight.
@@Doodlebud I have a 100+ year old ebonite pen with no evidence of swelling. What's your source for the information?
That Pocket pen is a cutie.. I’d like to add it to my ever growing pocket pen collection - if I can somehow get it in India !
Ebonite pens are a speciality of Indian pen makers for more than a century. I am sure you can get the pen to your specifications from ASA Pens / Gama / Ranga / Fosfor / Krishna / Woodex / Deccan / Ratnamson pens at a fraction of this price :)
@@thinker1680 As evident from my comment, I’d like to add ‘pocket pens’ to my growing ‘pocket pen collection’ and I’ll be more than happy if you’d refer me to pocket pen models from these Indian pen manufacturers !
@@sathishrao7926 Well, and as evident from my comment, you can get any pen *to your specifications* from the aforementioned Indian pen makers because they are (usually) happy to customize pens that fit you best. And the video is about pocket pens, and you mentioned pocket pens twice in your original comment. So I am not sure why pocket pens are in quotes in your response to my comment. I can only *assume* that it was a sarcastic remark made with the assumption that Indian pen makers only make oversized eyedropper pens. I hope I am wrong about the previous sentence through. :) In any case, if you need pre-designed pocket pens made of Ebonite, here are the ebonite pocket pens that you can start out with: Deccan Bullet Junior, Deccan Lilliput, Guider mini, Ratnamson SS(video available on UA-cam from SBREBrown,), Gama Ebonite Mini (video available on UA-cam), Guider Short and Guider Super short, Woodex Model 25 and Woodex model 32. Again these are ebonite, if you expand your search to other materials (plastic, brass, copper, acrylic, there would be many more similar). Please google each of them, and most of them also have videos on UA-cam and/or reviews on FPN. If you can visit their respective shops, you will see an even greater variety. Again all of these available in India for a tiny fraction of what you would pay for the Ensso that you seem ready to buy.
@@thinker1680 Thank you for your references. I’ll be more than happy and excited to check them out and add the available ones to my pocket pen collection which has touched 20..
Let me admit that there was a tint of sarcasm in my earlier comment since my whole focus was on Pocket pens which don’t seem to stand out in the offerings from Indian FP manufacturers.
@@sathishrao7926 You are very welcome! I hope that you will love them. Apologies for my remark too. I went through your channel and your collection - nice pens. Agree with you that barring one or two exceptions like Ranga, Indian FP manufacturers - especially the handmade ones - do not have this reach or marketing - which is quite unfortunate. Definitely great marketing by Ensso, have to concede that - with so many reviewers putting out reviews at the same time for the same pen. Asking $79 dollars + 60% of cost for a tiny pen with plastic feed and no converter, albeit with the Japanese ebonite and more costly labour who have been making pens for just 7 years!! IMO, the Opus at least had the novelty of a shutoff value to demand a similar price point. For some perspective, the costliest Woodex ebonite model with some amazing quality is just about $20 in India and the pocket woodex model #32 is a paltry $6 and people are not even aware of it even in India. Makes me wonder if users are paying for the pen or for the marketing. :) In the meantime, I am happy I have my beloved all ebonite Gama Eyas, all this makes me appreciate its impeccable build and durability even more.
So cool! I just got the Piuma Minimalist in black aluminum and it is fantastic, a nice addition to my two titanium pocket Piuma. Do you know if they released a full size Piuma in titanium?
I believe they have in the past so keep an eye out if it another run comes again.
@@Doodlebud I keep my eyes peeled. I really like the Piuma models. Very comfortable to use, and they just look fantastic.
I've never had an ebonite pen. Will the threads hold up well over time?
I have a few different ebonite pens & haven't had any issues with threads
They look pretty cool! One more day to the kickstart. Dumb question but did they make their feeds in ebonite too or kept the stock Bock?
These just have the stock feed on them
Take away from this is.
DON'T pull on your SACK !!! ,OwO
Gotta be careful to not pull too hard on your sac