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great pen, ink, paper combo

I also love my frosted coconut sport! I haven't used it in a while.

I also have a Kaweco Sport (Frosted Lime), and what I love about it is the sound it makes when you cap/uncap and post/unpost it 😂

Woohoo! Love that you’re using my PIPs acronym 🥰 I’m a person who likes to shorten all manner of words and find it especially useful when taking notes. And that blue is so gorgeous! Also, thank you for your kind words. I love doing this so much! Btw, I agree with you on doing CZcams, everyone’s perspective is so diff it makes each one unique and a pleasure to watch. Love being part of this pen hobby, especially here on the Tube.

I caught the fountain pen bug and now have four. I have yet to ink three pens because I don’t know how long I can leave ink in the pen without using it?

Wow that Pelikan m805 is beautiful 💙

I very much vibe with the thought of having the same color ink in my planners and journals, even if I‘m using more than one at a time, which I always do. So a few years ago I started choosing one color per week and setting up my books in that respective colorway. I have to add that most of my pens are inked all the time, so I actually have an abundance of combinations to choose from… that‘s why I change weekly, not monthly. And this way I also make sure that all of my pens get used throughout the year. I love flipping back through my daily planner (currently an A5 Hobonichi notebook - 2 pages per day) and seeing the different setups of the weeks, it just brings me so much joy. 😊 Thank you for sharing, your Pelikans are gorgeous ! ❤

I think the theme might be blue?

I find it so interesting that everyone has their own method to inked pens. Mine is currently to ink pens for a season. So however many pens for 3 months and at the half way point if I feel a combination isn't my favorite I swap them for a different ink and maybe a different pen.

I, too, exist in my happiest place when surrounded by pens full of blue ink. 😂💙🩵🥰

I have that same finger bump/callus. If I use a pen like that I use a silicone finger cot.

I'd love to see your entire fountain pen collection at some point 👀

Lovely pen and review. I think Tsukikusa means Moon Grass in Japanese. If os that’s such a beautiful name for a beautiful pen.

Great video discussing your everyday use of your Lamy 2000. Pilot does make a matte black Vanishing Point, so that may be something you would enjoy. Just to let you know, I own multiple Pilots (Custom Heritage models, Prera, Elite 95S, Capless Steel nib), they do not play well with European inks that have average to slightly drier flow (Pelikan, Waterman, Lamy, etc), so if you get them, you may find them less tolerant of different ink viscosities than your Lamy 2000. If you own a big variety of inks with various viscosities, then a fine or extra fine nib Lamy 2000 is a better choice than a Pilot. I own mostly Japanese inks, which are much more lubricated, so Pilots, Sailors, and a fine nib Lamy Safari comprise my fleet of pens.

Love that Platinum!

I used to have that ink in my Prefounte with a preppy blue feed and homeground stub; but changed to 1864 b/b (bit of a Diamine fanboy) then they cost cut us to this bog paper... may as well use Parker Blk. smh🙄

hello! what is the name of the pen that you use in swatching?

It's crazy how much the paper can change the way the ink looks

Has anyone at your work recognized your Lamy 2000? Even though it's understated, it's a very distinct design. And with Lamy being a German brand of course, it wouldn't suprise me if someone recognized it.

I Really enjoy your PIP Review videos and I Have started to copy your method of doing these. Keep them coming Rosemarie. Thanks from England.

The silver trim is rhodium plated finish, more resistant to than golden plating. Nice pen! BTW, the click sound of this resin is to me the best of this pen!

I also love that blue!

Lovely ink colour! Kinda looked like cranberry on my phone. Yay for stickers!

I stumbled on your videos after watching your Dutch Pen haul and I just have to say I love how chill your videos/you are 😁

That pen is gorgeous! I love it ❤

Curious how a Platinum F nib would look like!

Love the color, it keeps you guessing!

I saw a post on Instagram that said "Tsuki Kusa" means "Asiatic dayflower."

Childish pleasures are so important! Sometimes I get myself a little lego set and always it's so much fun to build them and put them on my bookshelf 😊

Id been wondering what those tiny stickers from sailor were for! 😂

I'm always saying that my city is desperate for a great stationery/pen store. But I'm actually lucky we don't have one because my impulse control can't handle having a store at my fingertips! Fun haul , thanks for sharing!

Could you please send me the Stationary Station link for this pen? I would like to purchase it as well 😉

😅 I also do weird stuff when ink sampling. I have towels that I made from terry cloth insisted of kitchen towels it absorbs a bit more ( in my mind) also ihave 2 glasses with water and one is for the initial clean and the other is to not risk any ink contamination. I've been wanting to try Montblanc toffee brown!! It's so gorgeous.

My impression is that the Japanese pen users equate quality with lightness. So Japanese pen makers make light usually non-metallic pens. I like how the 3776 pens writes and enjoy using it.😊

Montblanc Toffee Brown 😍

Great collection for June! I have a few „everyday“ or always inked, too. How on earth are your nibs from Sailor PG in MF and Leonardo M so similar? My MF writes like a EF-F and the Leonardo like a M-B 😄 (I don’t complain- I like both a loooot)

Great video! I normally have 3 pens inked up and always rotate them. Takes me about 2 months to go through one of them, except my TWSBI 580 if fully inked. The reservoir is huge.

I also just ink up as I go. Until last night.. I randomly decided to ink up 19 pens 😅

Oh wow! That is beautiful! I just have the burgundy one. I would love love live to own the celluloid tortoise, but it is way out of my price range!

Thank you for aligning the squares of your mat with the camera view. 😅

Congratulations, that is a clean and beautiful pen. Enjoy it! 😄 I've never used a 3776 before, but I'd like to try one sometime. I love the look of those angular and pointy platinum nibs. I get what you mean by a pen not fitting the rest of the collection, like one pen feels out of place. I get this nagging feeling too, particularly with the color of a pen. However, now I just get the individual pens I like and all those pens together make up my collection, regardless of how they look together because I like them individually.

Hola, Laura, buenas tardes 😊 Qué presentación más maravillosa, la he disfrutado mucho. Yo también tengo dos Platinum, una 3776 y una President. Mi relación con las 3776 ha sido algo tortuosa: en un primer momento compré una 3776 con punto SF (Soft Fine), pero me salió mala, tenía problemas de interrupción de trazo y el vendedor, gentilmente, aceptó la devolución. Lo cierto es que, al margen de ese problema, la sensación de escritura que me transmitía tampoco me agradó del todo, sentí que raspaba demasiado el papel (el famoso "feedback" japonés), pero como la pluma era defectuosa nunca llegué a saber si esa sensación era o no la real que debería de transmitir la pluma. Como sabía que no podía dar por perdida una casa tan insigne, posteriormente me atreví con una President, pero subí al punto M, porque había leído que donde se nota el feedback japonés era fundamentalmente cuanto más fino fuese el punto. Aquí ya sí cumplió con todas mis espectativas: una fantástica escritora, rígida (como tú muy bien dices), más bien seca que húmeda, y con esa famosa sensación de estar utilizando un lápiz por momentos. Después me animé, porque salió en Amazon una oferta fantástica, con una 3776 con plumín UEF (Ultra Extra Fine); la verdad es que fue una compra impulsiva, pero tenía ganas de explorar los límites que podía ofrecer una estilográfica y había leído que comercialmente no hay nada más fino que esto (compite por el título con un plumín especial de Sailor, el Saibi Togi). Esa es mi experiencia con Platinum. También comparto contigo lo que comentas de la calidad del plástico de Platinum: es mala y así se deja sentir. Se nota que no es algo en lo que pongan mucha atención, es una pena. Los plásticos de Sailor o de Pilot sí se sienten mucho más "caros" y cuidados. Esto es algo que también cuidan mejor las casas occidentales. Al menos, en general. En cuanto a la armonía en la colección... lamentablemente yo debo decirte que soy (mucho) más caótico que tú en eso 😅 La verdad es que no sé si mi colección de plumas responde a alguna homogeneidad estética. Si lo hace debo reconocer que ha sido pura casualidad. Hasta ahora, cuando he buscado alguna pluma siempre ha sido pensando más bien en la cuestión de la escritura, tratando de conocer los principales modelos de las principales marcas. Buscaba descubrir. Quizá sea de un tiempo a esta parte, que ya siento que conozco un poco mejor el mundo de la estilográfica, que ya me planteo otras cosas y busco satisfacer otras inquietudes. También estoy descubriendo que hay ya alguna pluma que quizá no tenga sentido mantenerla en la colección. Cumplió su papel, me permitió descubrir algo, pero no me veo con ella en el futuro. Nunca he vendido nada y es algo en lo que me está costando dar el paso. Disculpe la extensión del mensaje. Es muy agradable encontrar a alguien con quien compartir la afición. Además así te mantengo vivo el castellano y te hago recordar tus días madrileños. A mí me encantaría tener una amiga alemana, con quien poder hablar de plumas y no sé... de la época en que Hegel y Hölderlin compartieron piso ❤ Que tengas un feliz finde. Cuídate.

Gorgeous pen. I’m in the middle of a no-buy (after an extravagant May) but it’s a tempting one.

I'll be swatching the inks you gave me today! At least the ones I was able to bring home in my carry-on. Cyan is holding my others for me.