Doug Rathbun (Inkquiring Minds) and SBREBROWN Answer Viewer Questions
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
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Yay my two favorite pen reviewers together!
You guys are a hoot !!
Lovely collab! I didn't realise you both had such similar senses of humour until you were both in the same conversation because you each style your videos so differently.
Professors! Wonderful! I am a 68 yo physician who used fountain pens in jr high and high school. I was given a silver Parker 75 by my grandfather in 1974 and used it through university and medical school. I was scared that I might loose th eParker so I put it away and to I went to Maison Blanche department store on Canal Street in New Orleans and bought a Sheaffer Targa prior to beginning at Charity Hospital as a resident physician in 1983. For the next 10 years I used the Targa with an endless supply of iron gall inks from my grandfather. When Montblanc launched the Hemingway pens - I bought them and used black or burgundy MB inks for years.
Gold or steel nibs? My maternal grandfather’s brother was the county clerk in a large county in Mississippi. He always used gold nibs because the iron gall ‘registrars’ ink would corrode a steel nib in our environs in about 6 months. When he left office, he gave my grandfather two CASES of British made glass bottles of Diamine registrars ink. Which proved to be perfect for medical notes written on medium quality paper in a 90% humidity 37C unairconditioned clinic and hospital. The inks never dried out or precipitated. And were used to the final drop.
Always remember there may be special situations in special times in microenvirons where certain items predominate. At least, that’s what Charles Darwin said.
This professor enjoyed being taught by two professors.
I have subscribed to both of your channels of a long time. I love both of your channels for completely different reasons. Dr. Brown, my whole family is addicted to your videos! I am so fortunate that my daughter has inherited my love for fountain pens. Doug, I think sometime you should do a video on how some of your listeners acquired their love of fountain pens. My love for these beautiful writing instruments began when I was 5 years old and at the doctor’s office. I remember watching him write with that big, gorgeous burgundy Mont Blanc Meisterstuck 149 and the sound of that pen to paper has stayed with me my entire life. Sixty years later I can still clearly hear that sound in my head and the joy it brought me on that day is just as intense today.
I understand your sentiment. Stephen and Doug come at the discipline from slightly different perspectives but they both add value. I have a nephew who is interested in fountain pens and I have been drip feeding him some of my pens, many of which are older than him (he is over 30), so that makes you wonder as to what "vintage" really means?
My father compelled me to use a fountain pen as my handwriting with the school issued "biro" (circa 1965) was terrible. I have always used a fountain pen ever since. A fountain pen forces me to move the pen across the paper a bit more slowly and a lot of people think my handwriting is beautiful.
now invite Doodlebud to this party!
Thank you both, it was a nice and interesting meeting. I am looking forward to more, please
What a great chat!
Re: Schmidt nibs: A fairly well known pen maker told me Schmidt contracts for nibs, sometimes to Bock and sometimes to Jowo. They put the contract to manufacture their nibs out for bid every 2-3 years. So a Schmidt nib could be made by either, but more often it will be Bock. He had more to say, all of which suggested he knows what he's talking about. Before that, I'd been under the same impression as Stephen.
Thanks for that: this is very insightful!
Excellent presentation. Feels like like I got a "two-fer" or BOGO. Makes me (almost) want to make a "quick" trip to Calgary (from the New England coast) to visit your pen club. It would be nice (imo) to have more occasional sessions like this one. THANK YOU BOTH
The beauty of exchanging is that both sides may feel better after!
I think you both won!
Madison+PAGE!!! Small but great, especially for ink.
Thanks, great to see the collaboration of you both. SBRE Brown got the better part of the trade I think.
What a great video! The two of you are among my very favorite fountain pen UA-camrs. Stephen's Disassembly Line videos, in particular, have truly elevated my enjoyment of fountain pens more than I can express by giving me the confidence to try new nibs, tune mediocre nibs, etc. And just in the last couple of weeks Doug's video on swapping nibs on Majohn A1, A2, A3 taught me how to replace the EF on my A2 to one of the new F nibs which took that pen from meh to a place among my favorites. Having both of you together sharing thoughts and quips has just done it again! Thank you for sharing with us.
Delightful, informative, fun-do it again!
Great!
Stylus on Whyte Avenue in Edmonton is a wonderful pen store with very friendly staff
Enjoyed the hell out of that. Thanks.
I enjoyed the hell out of this collaboration of you guys. On the akkerman inspired inks I like the kon- peki silver tinge for Doug and for Dr. Brown from your videos that I have noticed you lean towards vibrant intense reds in both the pens themselves and inks. I would definitely buy a bottle that matches the intensity of your lb5 or something in that acrylic, you could name it SRLB5 Red, just a suggestion. I have 2 Ackerman inks and they are ( of course ) SBRE Brown and gourmet pens hot pink or as I refer to it as Aziza pink which my daughter took from me on the latter.
Your comments on gold nibs interested me. I like a really fine nib and love the short (and cheap) nibs on the Platinum Preppy and their carbon ink pen. I like their stiffness and find it feels reassuringly robust. Now thinking of a 3776 with a UEF nib but unsure about the different shape and the 14k nib. Any experiences to share?
Great video guys. Stephen, I'm sorry but you got "schmidted" in that trade!
Fun to see you both chatting as you are two of the more unique voices of the online FP world. Had to laugh after your comments on people enjoying resurrection Sunday failures and imagined Bob & Doug from SCTV of my youth. Very scary. Have a good weekend.
Giving away Murray's secrets?! I thought the first rule of pen club was that you don't talk about pen club.
Eerie feeling of deja-vu with this video 😅 But lovely to see both of you collaborate on this. 40 minutes of interesting discussion that flew by in a jiffy.
Last I heard (which is some time ago): Bock was the biggest nib producer world wide. But who knows if that is really the case.
That was fun!
❤both of you ❤
Kwz made an ink called smells like coffee and I've been very tempted to have s sip to see if it tastes like coffee too:)
Where are you guy’s located ?
I here are you guy’s located ?
Why is this man wearing a hat whilst seated indoors?
The 1950s is calling and they want their outdated opinions back!
Prairie’s men wear the hats inside except maybe if eating formally at the table. The ball caps are the modern day cowboy hats. Cheers.
Good afternoon gentlemen, thanks for the invite in to listen to you both chat.
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Why do not point out that there are many other nibs, Delta, Signum, the Japanese etc?
The question was related to nib maker/suppliers, not in-house nibs that brands might make such as Pilot, Visconti, etc.