Greatest of All Time (GOAT) Fountain Pens 2023
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- That is, MY GOAT fountain pens for 2023.
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02:24 - Edison Collier Grande
04:23 - Yard-O-Led Viceroy Grand
06:54 - Delta Roma Imperiale
09:42 - Waterman Carene
11:23 - Conway Stewart Great Exhibition
12:41 - Scriveiner EDC pen
14:05 - Classic Pens LB7
15:35 - Conid Bulkfiller Kingsize
17:57 - Parker 75 Godron
20:13 - SBRE Brown Leonardo Momento Zero Grande 2.0
Very helpful, thank you!
I like this new look on you and also a nice background. I appreciated your story about your Grandfather. My husband always used a Cross ballpoint, that I had purchased for him as a Christmas gift. After he passed, I gave the pen to my daughter who has loved pens all her life. I hope it means as much to her, as your Grandfather's pen means to you.
Thank you for being part of another year of our beloved hobby. It was also the year I finally ‘met’ you, which was a pleasure, despite you defeated me in a convincing way. Thank you for the convincing part, that makes it easier to bear 😂. Coincidence is that I purchased 2 Carènes this year (second hand market), after selling my Carène a couple of years ago. Nice to see 2 of my -slightly different- favorite pens are part of your GOAT. Conid Kingsize (flat top in my case) and YOL Viceroy Grand (striped). The Roma Imperiale is the one I always covete the most, stunner! Have a good next year, dear Stephen, with interesting fp-stuff as well. Love from The Netherlands!
You have achieved the usual Dr. Brown. Educational and entertaining! With a bit of lovely end of year sentimentality for good measure. Thanks for another tremendously enjoyable year of videos, and may there be many more to follow, accompanied by good health and happiness. Happy New Year to you!
Only two pens from Appelboom… we need to improve that for 2024…
2:40 Edison Collier Grande
4:25 YOL Viceroy Grande
6:48 Delta Roma Imperiale
8:38 Waterman Carene (from APPELBOOM)
11:20 Conway Stewart Great Exhibition
12:33 Scriveiner EDC
14:10 Classic Pens LB7
15:24 Conid Kingsize Bulkfiller
17:58 Parker 75
20:07 Leonardo SBRE Brown (from APPELBOOM)
YOU TELL HIM APPELBOOM 😂😂😂😂
Thank you for your always nice and interesting videos.
All the best for the New Year, Stephen!!!
Amazing pens. I started to have this fascination for fountains pens and started to use them daily like in high school but better quality and I plan to make a small collection.
Happy New Year!!! I always look forward to this video every year!!! 🎉
That jacket was smoking indeed! Loved the pens as well. Happy New Year.
I have a Waterman Torsade bought in 1982 and used for every written exam from A' levels right through to degree and my professional qualification. It wasn't expensive, isn't fancy but writes so very well and harbours so many fond (and some bad) memories and is my GOAT 🙂
Stephen - Thank you so much fort the video. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was been a bit of a treat watching these over the years, just to see which pens drop out, which survive and which new ones appear. I love the smoking jacket. We really must get you a proper dress shirt to go with it - and even a bow tie that you can tie yourself, so that, like the Yard O'Led, you really look the part of a Victorian gent.
Thank you for your yearly GOAT. I have not been well physically Stephen, nor emotionally, as I am grieving the loss of my abilities, waiting for over $35,000 in funding for an electric wheelchair and ramp for my house. I have been isolated for 3 years unable to go out due to chronic pain and waiting for ramp and said the chair which grieves me to need.
As for your grandad's pen, these are pens that are extra special because someone gave them to you, and my Pelikan tortoise M400 with the Italic broad is such a pen, as well as a Jinhao Dadao I received as a Christmas gift. These will never leave. Please thank Lenny for me, as I am really not doing well physically. He and you deserve a great hug from me if I were able to give one. Thank you BOTH! I will always be grateful for such kindness and generosity.
Thank you so much, Dr. Brown! 🙏❤ All the best to you this 2024!
I dropped out of fountain pen CZcams a few years back, but after watching a couple of other videos it gave me joy when CZcams put the latest GOAT video in front of me. It’s like we are picking up where we left off.
Thank you for the video. I have passively eyed the Waterman Carene for some time but the moment you started writing with it you sold me on getting one. Merry Christmas.
I purchased the SBRE Brown Leonardo with a gold stub nib. I was never a fan of brown color in my pens 'til this pen arrived. It is a stunningly beautiful 3d depth of brown and gold swirls that writes wonderfully. For me if a pen costs over $$$ USD it has to speak to me at some level and this pen does just that. Can't wait to see what other collab is in the works.
Ha, ha, “classic design like me” killed me! 😂
Congratulations on another fine year, and I must say that the Waterman matched your jacket perfectly! Funnily enough, this was the year I *almost* gave up the fountain pen hobby. Frustrated with everything from Jinhao to Visconti. Gave it one final roll of the dice and got a second-hand Pelikan M800 and a Montblanc 149 90th. And both just blew me away - absolutely perfect for me, and I hope to have them for the rest of my life (and pass them down). And more important, reinvigorated my writing and pen buying habits!
Hi Stephen,
I really loved this video, as I always love your videos. Your GOAT list is a lovely one.
I also loved your outfit, even if you did not so much!
I would like to wish yourself and your family a very Happy New Year and I wish you all the best for 2024.
Keep up the good work as myself and others really appreciate what you do.
Cheers,
Mark
There's nothing like a self-tie bow tie to add some distinguished chaos to one's life.
As for the pens, that's a wonderfully curated collection.
Distinguished chaos is my theme for 2024
17:40 ... *Object Attachment =* when someone is emotionally attached to an inanimate object (Pen Attachment).
Most children display some form of attachment to a certain blanket, doll, or clothing item as they grow and develop. Adults have a similar attachment to certain objects . eg: fountain pen, favorite ink brand, gold or steel nib etc.
18:03 ... *Sentimental attachment* = Objects can hold sentimental value due to the memories, emotions, or experiences associated with them. Losing such an object can indeed evoke feelings of grief or loss, similar to losing a friend.
*emotional attachment* to objects (Pen) is associated with positive emotions such as pride, comfort and pleasure for valued possessions, that were once owned by a family member, close friend etc.
Thank you for the video. To my eye your penmanship looks particularly nice with the stub and B nibs.
What hoot🎉. You my friend nailed it. That Conid is a beast! Beautiful. Keep the content coming. Love it
Great review! It's good to see a personal and emotional review like this.
Always fascinating. Thank you
Wonderful stuff, thank you squeezing in another video before year end. This one was a really fun one to watch!
Bravo, Stephen. Thank you for another excellent review. I own only 3 of the pens you've covered here, but I completely agree with your assessments of them -- the Yard-O-Led, Waterman Carene, and Leonardo (but unfortunately, not the SBREBrown edition). Wishing you a Happy New Year and many more to come!
OK, I am convinced now. Will order a Scriveiner for myself 🤗
Glad you made a GOAT video, dr. Stephen! It's interesting that many nibs you've mentioned are Bock (albeit gold nibs with ebonite feeds). That Parker is special because it evokes someone very dear, and yes, it doesn't have to be an expensive pen to remind us of someone or of something. May you have a great year! 🎉
Great review and a JOYFUL Christmas season to all.pen friends.
Charming review, Professor, and thank you. Do I have any of these pens in my own folder? No. Do I have a red velvet jacket? No longer. Your comments on the materials, design, and function of the pens is informative, unlike some other pen reviews online ("I love it, it's wonderful, it writes great..." sans content). No need to adjust the bow tie, as most viewers cannot even assemble one and don't care much at all. May your new year be a source of joy and accomplishment. And pens.
Good one! Dr. Brown’s on his channel, and all is right with the world. All best in the new year and always.
Lovely review! Thanks!
Conid! I have three, they are the absolute best. My EDC is the normal bulkfiller with either a 14k Jowo nib or the bock titanium. My number 1 is the CAISO.
I loved it when you would draw animals and other whimsical things when you wrote your writing samples.🥰
Merry Christmas Happy New Year :)
Beautiful selection, good taste sir.
That Yard-O-Led Viceroy Grande is a jewel! I have a YOL Viceroy myself. I also have two Yard-O-Led rollerball pens, also in sterling silver! Very happy with them. I do have many pens from Pelikan, Montblanc, Pilot, Sailor, Lamy, Waterman, Platinum, etc and they are all great! But Yard-O-Leds are on a totally different level!
I have the Carene with a stub nib also. Love It!
Thank you. ❤
Eine wirklich schön zusammengefasste Darstellung deiner Lieblingsfüllhalter. Vielen Dank dafür!
Another great video Dr. Brown, I look forward to seeing your yearly G.O.A.T. I also enjoyed your top 10 favorite inks which I have saved.
I have some burning questions...
Being a Doctor in your profession, what are the fountain pens that you most use, inks as well and how many fountain pens do you have inked at any one time. I searched on your "ask the doctor" section on your website and could not find this information.
If not, then ( as would others ) would enjoy watching a video on this topic.
Stephen, you do have some magnificent pens - thanks for sharing them with us! I've always liked your Yard-o-led and I very much like your elegant Waterman because of its nib - and, as a bonus, it pretty well matches your velvet jacket! Superficially (on screen), it's a bit reminiscent of my much smaller Pilot E95s which I very much enjoy. That Conway Stewart could double as a trucker's tire-thumper though I'd never abuse it in that manner.
Yay, I actually own one of the pens on your GOAT list. Well, sort of. Mine is the smaller version of the Leonardo MZ SBRE Brown Pen (#78/100!!). It's currently resting, but is almost always inked up. It's my only Leonardo and I LOVE that pen! (Yes, it also has special meaning to me but it writes _extremely_ well and fits my hand perfectly. ---> _Thank you, Stephen,_ for all your posts, reviews, rants 'n raves, humor, disassemblies ... and for this particular pen and ink!)
God bless and I sincerely hope you have a magnificent New Year, filled with health, happiness and prosperity ... and continued videos!
Transluscent Tortoise. What a great name for a 60's revival psychedelia band
Thanks for the show.
You choked me up when you spoke about your grandfather's Parker. A fountain pen to cherish.
I one million percent agree with everything you said about both the Edison Collier Grande as well as the folks behind the brand. I have two of those specific models. They are ridiculously comfortable. I requested a less-tapered section, which kind of resembles that of the Delta Roma Imperiale actually. Mine are converter based but I did splurge on an 18k #8 Jowo nib for one of them.
Oh and that Delta Roma Imperiale has haunted me since I first saw it on your channel...🖋👀
I'm going to have to check out Edison. I know nothing about the brand but your sentiments are intriguing....comfort is king. Thanks for sharing.
Did you realize, that some of these pens, like the Carene, are already several decades old. And that as you age, the pens you use don't get younger either. So eventually, as long as no accidents happen, by default you're bound to become a vintage pen guy, because all of your original pens have become vintage themselves. So doesn't it mean the black pen society are just a bunch of folks who got into cool modern pens way before you?
Anyway, I got a bottle of Leonardo blue with my 2023 special edition, and it's essentially a slightly desaturated clone of kon-peki, so I'm not sure you'll be able to get what you're looking for, apart from secondary market.
Well done Stephen.. I enjoyed your presentation.. I’m thinking of an Edison Collier Grande.. been loving my own Carene.. and my Conway Stewart Churchill in honey noir..here’s to a wonderful 2024! Frank in Colorado
Love the review and smoking jacket :)
I like your quality reviews!!!! ALSO If I look at quality from a more severe prospective. Can you make a review comparison Pelikan 800 vs Aurora Internazionale fountsin pens??? Thanks!🎉
The nib sound on the LB7 is lovely
HaHa!! I love the intro! You made me laugh. :) Thank you.
For cheap paper, it handled fountain pen ink very well
I have massive hands but tend to prefer smaller fp’s: my favourite (which has remained a favourite despite being bought near enough at the start of my journey) is my lovely Platinum 3776 EF in Chartres bleu w rhodium trim - fp perfection imho!:)
What a great GOAT episode! Thank U V M !!!
I like how that Yard-O-Led nib sings.🇦🇺
Nice review, YOL use Jowo nibs, rhodium plated to match the silver trim. I had one for years and liked it.
Wonderful collection as always -- though the most special are the Parker 75's from your grandfather.
Thoroughly enjoyable. Happy new year and I really hope I get on the CONID list ……. In 2024.
I am stopping at my small collection of Parker Sonnets (5). The last thing I need is another collection (watches, pre-WWI long rifles, motorcycles, 1st edition adventure travel books, etc.)...
Parker Duofold Ballpoint - a Bday gift to myself the year after I got back from Iraq!
And a 25 year old Safari Ballpoint.
Wait, you've been living in Red Deer since 2018?? All this time I thought you were in Europe. I got into fountain pens around 2016 while I was a student at UofA in Edmonton.
Thanks Dr. Brown for the video on your GOAT pens taped in God’s beautiful Alberta, I have enjoyed it every year and find it good stuff with a giggle here and there.
My favorite is the velvet jacket.
Do you mind sharing with us a quick explanation on why no Japanese pens made the list?
Right? Love pilots
I really laughed out loud when you zoomed out to show the Conway Stewart posted....✍️😜
Hi Stephen, the nib in Your Yard-O-Led is german ( Bock, JoWo, I don't remember) but I read this some day somewhere. Nice pen, nice nib.
Thank you!
SBRE not sure if you’re aware or you did it on purpose but your bow tie is upside down in this video. The longer part should be pointing downward, in addition to being “correct” it’s more visually appealing and won’t be so close to your chin. Just wanted to let you know!
Wow, to say you don't have many pens, means you must have sold them. I remember you having a 149 and an M1000. I also remember the leaking Carene. Nice to see you've given the Carene another chance because they are just wonderful.
I am curious as to how you track your usage to know which pens you've used the most for the year? As always delightful to watch the yearly GOAT.
Question Professor - just thinking about your Yard O Led pen... if you tried it now and was looking to buy it, would you still consider it for the current £1,250? So not a "what you can afford" type question but more of a "is it good enough that you'd still buy it" question. Cus I've returned a few pens that I just didn't think warranted the price and left me feeling 'meh'. Although I feel I have bad experiences with online purchases as the pens sent to me just don't have good enough quality. Good video and some superb reasons for owning those pens 😄👍🏻 I find the emotional reasons really do make them keepers for life.
It is a very high price, but I would pay it, given the quality of the pen
We might ask whether _any_ pen with a scrap value of less than, say, USD 1,000 is worth the price. It’s not just a “what you can afford” question, but that’s an important of the demand side of the equation. The supply side certainly includes materials, but neither silver nor urushi nor celluloid add even a tenth to the final price of a pen that expensive by their direct cost. Throw in the gold nib and you’re still nowhere close. That leaves us with labor, much of it highly skilled, and other costs. And, of course, profit. Is a thousand-dollar pair of shoes, or suit, or wood chair worth it? If the product is beautifully made, if it involved skilled labor and craftsmanship, if the output is restricted, then a lot of people will say yes.
My wife has the YOL Victorian standard, I have the Grand Victorian. They’re both outstanding pens. To make them required the skilled labor of silversmiths, and YOL employs only 6-8 people, who are also making other styles of pen. So the output of these pens is indeed restricted. I think they’re worth the price. To someone else, they’re just heavily decorated silver tubes. Montblanc and Leonardo and Delta are just plastic tubes with a bit of gold-plated trim. A Namiki is just a lacquered rubber or brass tube (lacquered with the noxious ingredient in poison ivy sap at that). Are any of them “worth it”? Hmm, yes, the way a Rolex or an expensive pair of shoes or a velvet smoking jacket are worth it. Are they?
Stephen, where is your Visconti Opera? Do you still have and like it?
Might I say, good sir, just what a lovely smoking jacket that is. And the satin shirt as well.
Do you still own the Visconti Opera Elements Fire? I assumed it would make an appearance in this video.
Outstanding collection. Only request is for subtitles with the name of the pen. I am an even more humbler,simpler man who hasn’t heard of some of these brand names.
The Delta Roma Imperiale has clearly inspired the Jinhao 9019 clear demonstrator…
Sterling silver is a fairly soft metal isn't it? One would have to be careful with that one to prevent scratches. Doesn't silver tarnish too? It does look beautiful though!
It does tarnish, but it comes with a silver polishing cloth for those who wish to keep their pen shiny!
No, you obviously are a highlight in some people's life. Mine included, mr. Brown.
Thanks, Dr. Brown, for your dapper presentation. Who is the last authority of the pronunciation of Scriveiner? I still think you say the "vein."
My, you look so handsome.
hAVE YOU LEARNED THAT AFTER A FEW MINUTES, CAPS ON VACUM PENS MUST BE LOOSENED BIT? OTHERWISE THE INK DOESN'T FLOW. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR GREAT WORK!
Have you learned that if you find out after a few words that your caps are locked, you could change that by typing a new text?
Happy new year! Are you still in Canada?
Gefeliciteerd met je phd! (Sorry ik heb een tijdje niet gekeken). Wat ik me afvroeg - ik heb ook een Collier - stinkt die edison van jou ook zo erg? Elke keer als ik er een tijdje mee schrijf valt het me op,dat er een chemische plastic lucht van af komt. Heb jij dat ook?
Hoe lang heb je niet gekeken?! 😂. Maar over de Edson: de nagellakgeur is de belangrijkste reden dat ik de mijne (een persimmon swirl) destijds vrij snel weer heb verkocht. Verder was het wel een geweldige en zeer comfortabele pen.
The most interesting pen reviewer in the World!
Delta Roma Imperiale #8 nib = Jinnhao Dadao 9019 #8 nib 😆😆😆
No KOP?
Eco.
👍👍
ahhh - so I was a mile off with my James Bond lookalike suggestion?
Ok, MB / Peliikan excluded, I'm good elsewhere. Cheers.
_"Yard o' Lead"---_ A pen company with the most pressing need for a renaming of any pen company in history.
Call me shallow; call me an idiot, but there is just no way I could ever own an expensive, high quality item I'd paid a lot of money for that was made by a company with such a low-brow name.
They sound like a place that only ever had crude, 'utilitarian' products. And I realize they did invent(?) mechanical pencils back in the early 1800s. Yet their pens are gorgeous! What an irony.
Even if they made up a word combining the syllables of their current name, and added or subtracted letters to make up one, cohesive 'non-word' that at least _sounded_ like a name (or even a non-thing), but didn't sound like an illiterate person with a thick accent trying to pronounce something no one can understand.
Addendum: Oh gad...it's worse than I thought. I just checked and realized they don't even spell 'lead' correctly (or put an apostrophe after the "o").
*"led"* ---I just can't.
The original mechanical pencils held enough refills to contain a yard of lead, so the name is completely appropriate for the product.
The pens are beautiful, but frankly the model name Viceroy is just reaks of colonialism. And for me that is just a deal breaker.
I am glad the Kawaco piston pen is so over priced. I can buy 3 skullkill sicklids for the same price. Thanks for your review I saw in another vid. You have a dry sense of humor I can relate to and enjoy. I watch many of your vids. Thanks. If you have a chance as an aside in a video to explain what happened to the loom, I would greatly appreciate it. Lots of authorities love that pen. Maybe they were losing shekels too many on each sale.
Kudos for the dinner jacket, but the non covered buttons shirt and the way you wear your pocket square are a no go. If you pretend to do black tie, do it right, the people that care will notice, and the people that don’t care … well, they don’t care. And regarding Montblanc and Pelikan: Both are luxury brands that have actually earned their reputation and did not build it by fancy ad campaigns and prosperous pricing and both are original fountain pen brands. Together with Pilot/Namiki they are the holy trinity of fountain pen brands.
I guess the world was desperately waiting for your opinion on this, the clothing and MB / Pelikan. We should all be very thankful you took the effort to express it. What would the world have to do without it?! These kind of opinions make the world a better place, isn’t it?
Yes, one would think that in the comment section of a video on fountain pens, opinions on fountain pens are welcomed.
They may be the holy trinity to you, but that doesn't mean everybody has to share your opinion; it is, after all, an opinion, and in absolutely no way a fact.
Isn‘t that true for all opinions? Don‘t get it.
You're presenting your opinion as an established fact: that's the issue.
AAA!!
This list is incorrect and it makes me ANGRY! Why is my favorite pen also not your favorite pen?
De gustibus non disputandum.
de gustibus aut bene, aut nihil
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Greatest of all time...for 2023. I guess that's kinda like 'This week's pen of the century.' Why not just say "My favorite pens this year." That would be far more honest, and might entice me to watch more than the three minutes I gave this video. Overstating your case ('click bait') is rarely a good decision. I've banned CZcams creators from my feed for that. Be honest. That's how you'll earn my repeat viewings and possible subscription.
Maybe I don't want your repeat viewing?
@@sbrebrown I wish you every success and happiness.