Fountain Pen Travel!
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- Do you travel with your fountain pens? I will tell you which case to pack your fountain pens in and how to take care of them, so that nothing bad happens to them. I will also journal up in the mountains, by rivers, and on the scenic Veranda of this magnificent hotel. By the end of this video, you will know which pens I chose for my adventure and why, which case I used, the history of the Mount Washington Hotel, and what not to do with your pens when you travel to keep them and yourself safe.
Join me won't you as I explore the Mount Washington Resort in Bretton Woods New Hampshire!
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Three cheers to you! What a delightful hotel, in such a verdant setting. Your daughter is so lucky to have a father that spends so much time with her.
Thank you so much! We had a blast.
Sir, you are more than a fountain pen lover. It is always entertaining and educative to watch your videos. Please do not give up as several of my friends love to watch your videos to learn more about the beauty of places and fountain pens. I wish you and your family continued prosperity in all the bounties and beauties of a wonderful life. My best wishes with prayers. Amen!
Thank you so much 😀 This is terrifically kind and encouraging. It means the world to me. Thank you! All the best to you and yours!
Holy mackerel, Mr. Jones: I watched this video twice, back to back. Hard to imagine packing more creativity and love into 22 minutes. This is your finest work to date, and the owners of the hotel should be genuflecting at your Red Winged feet. Brilliant. Proud of you, brother.
Thanks My Friend! I am so glad you enjoyed this. I’m glad you watched! This one was fun to make. Thanks so much for the kind words.
Delightful photography, backgrounds, and insights. I really enjoy the thoughtful presentations in your videos.
Thank you so much and thanks for watching. I appreciate it. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
That’s the hotel in Somewhere in Time! How beautiful! Now I want to go there 😊
Also, great editing! I loved it
What an amazing video! ❤ I'm feeling so inspired
Thank you so much! I am so glad you liked it.
This was lovely! Seeing your sweet family enjoying such a beautiful venue is a treat! Being an Urban Sketcher and Nature Journaler myself, I use fountain pens all the time. Might you have a buddy that uses their pens for sketching that you could interview about what fountain pens work well in an Art Sketchers bag? I love your generous sharing of your experience! Thank you!
Thank you! I appreciate that. I may be able to do something like that soon. We just got back from there again this weekend.
Such a lovely place...added to my list of "roadtrip worthy" places to visit! I'm keen to get back to my art journaling habit which got me into fountain pens in the first place.
Wonderful! That sounds great! Thanks for watching this one.
That's a wonderful and interesting video! Nice to see some snippets of video with your beautiful family.
Thank you so much!
Oh, I so enjoyed this film, Hemingway! Beautifully produced! I laughed at the car-sick pen. Oh dear! I love your medic bag and would love to have one (Galen sells out so fast here!). The hotel is stunning and grand. I TOTALLY was thinking The Shining before you said it. Reminds me also of Mountain Lake Resort (which is where Dirty Dancing was partially filmed) and our own Canadian version at sea level, the Algonquin Hotel in St. Andrew’s by-the-Sea. Very similar vibes. I think I will add Mt. Washington Hotel to our list of must visits; always looking for new destinations. As for pens…I shall take the robust Kaweco Brass and maybe a few others. I tuck the rest in at home, safely protected, with a happy Christmas Day-like reunion to look forward to upon my return! I do miss them, though!
Thanks so much for watching!
This was a beautiful video. One of my favorites. I had to go back and like this video. I’m bad about watching and not clicking. These video essays and your lives are my favorites. And of course cool/not cool.
Thank you so much I appreciate it. I am so glad you enjoyed this! Thank you.
Hi Hemingingway, no pen comment today, cause I want to say that. You have an absolutely beautiful family and I think I speak for us all in saying thank you for sharing with us a few of your special moments with them.
Chelsea
Thank you so much, Chelsea! I appreciate it.
Ha, ha, just had to laugh at "like a little child it got car sick and as soon as I took it out it regurgitated some ink all over the page of my journal"! Had to share it with my wife who doesn't share my passion for fountain pens and journals but it got her laughing out loud too!
Haha! Thanks! Having experience with a lovely 6 year old, it was an easy comparison to reach for.
Hello HJ. Such a beautiful hotel. It would be wonderful to spend a long weekend there. You travel with a lot of pens, my friend. I only carry one and it is my Montblanc Boheme. Even though the pen is a cartridge style, I carry extra in my luggage. As for the pen, I carry it in my breast pocket. For years, I have always had a pen on me so I'm used to it being there. I have never lost or had an ink break down. I'm hoping that I haven't jinxed myself. Great video. I enjoyed it immensely. Keep them coming.
Thanks so much! I travel with so many pens because I film so much. Yours is an excellent choice. Thanks for the kind words.
The skipping is adorable!
😂 Thanks!
Another great video, Hemmingway. I grew up in Boston but moved away before I was old enough to appreciate everything New England had to offer. What a spectacular spot. Thanks for taking the time to share it.
FYI, my wife and I recently stayed at the Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood, a wonderful Pacific Northwest historical spot. And the outside was indeed used in the movie "The Shining."
You are a pen poet. Your pen had an upset stomach. LOL 😅 You know, someone has to be real geek to appreciate your perspective on pens. Well, I am, and I do. I'm now buying pens just because I like to put ink on paper - I don't even have a real purpose yet. Of course, I'm taking time away from my other hobby - model trains and dioramas. But fountain pens have been a lot less expensive than little locomotives - at least so far. 😁
BTW, I'm sure you know this, but your daughter is a doll, and she is so lucky to have a dad like you - and you, her.
Thanks again.
Paul
Thank you so much! I appreciate your kindness! I am so glad you found some inspiration here and especially this video! This is one of my favorites. Thank you. Comments like this keep me going.
Just excellent HJ. Seeing the Mount Washington Hotel again brought back many memories for me.
When I travel my standard set up is the Vanishing Point, TWSBI 530, and two Safaris.
Thanks Gino! I am glad you enjoyed this. Those are some great pen choices!
Although I am more a seaside person than a mountain lover, the location of the Mt. Washington Hotel is amazingly beautiful and the hotel is gorgeous. If I ever come to this area, I will for sure stay some time at this hotel. I love hotels that have a great history and make the guest feel like diving in a past era. Do you know the Headland Hotel in Newquay, Cornwall (UK)? It was the set of the 1990s movie "Hexen Hexen" (OT: "The Witches") based on the book by Roald Dahl with Anjelica Huston playing the chef witch. I spent many days there with my mother during our tours through the southwest of England. I remember many hours in the cosy winter garden, looking at the (often stormy) sea, journaling with my favourite fountain pens and enjoying a malt whisky and a pint of real ale.
Travelling with pens is a great pleasure - nowadays I always have the Kaweco Bronze, the Gravitas Quark or a TWSBI Swipe with me wherever I go. But when I am travelling with a writing "mission", I will take my most beloved pens with me together with good paper and some journaling tools (washi tapes, glue, scissors, watercolours, etc) to have a good and creative time.
Thank you so much for another great video. I really appreciate all of them.
I wish I knew that Hotel in Cornwall. We always stay near Port Isaac at a little seaside White Cottage. But that sounds amazing.
Thanks so much for watching and for being here!
Great video: When I travel, I usually carry just three pens, maybe four at most. My travels often involve flying, which presents its own unique challenges. You see, when you're up in the air, any air trapped in the converter or cartridge can expand and cause a mess. So, I've developed a simple strategy: I either fill my pens to 100% capacity or, if I need to write during the flight, I fill them and then empty them, leaving some ink in the feed.
But I don't travel in fear of losing or damaging a pen. It happens, and there's not much you can do about it. My main goal is to ensure I always have a reliable pen with me on my journeys.
But do you travels involve filming fountain pen B Roll! Then you carry more! 😂
Amen!
@@HemingwayJones Well maybe I will document my fountain pen travel experience starting next week I begin a 4 country 6 week set of travel.
That sounds like a splendid idea! @@BenJoeMarkland
I love it...I feel naked without my fountain pens
Hear, hear!
Amazing hotel! I'd heard of it when I studied the Bretton Woods Conference., but had no idea what it, or the surrounding area, looked like.
My first thought was to check if it was the location for Hotel New Hampshire, but I learned that was filmed in Québec.
There's obviously a tradition in North America that we don't have so much over here, of building enormous grand destination hotels, like landlocked ocean liners.
There aren’t many grand hotels left, sadly. Europe has some wonderful ones too. Sadly, many of them have closed as well. Always a joy when one is doing so well.
We’ve driven by this hotel before but never went in. Thanks for letting us have a look inside. This sounds like the perfec vacation. Quiet time with your loved ones and great places to journal ❤
Thanks so much Allie! You're the best!
This video was exceptional Hemming! Thank you! The hotel is beautiful. Questions: do you leave your pens, in the case, in the hotel room when you leave it? And how long did you and family stay? It would be hard to leave such a beautiful place. Blessings
Thanks so much! I am so glad that you enjoyed it. I do leave them in the case in the hotel room. No one bothers them. We stayed over a long weekend, three nights. It was glorious. This was back in August, although it looks colder! Thanks for watching.
Beautiful video. I have lived my life in Connecticut and have traveled and hiked in the White Mountains of New Hampshire often. I agree that the Washington Hotel is a wonderful place to stay and explore.
Thanks so much for watching! So glad you know the area. Wish you all the best!
For cleaning supplies, DIY pen flush is a must since it will remove many inks from fabrics and porous materials. One part 5% ammonia, 9 parts distilled/demineralised water, and few drops of surfactant (eg. dish washing liquid). I make it by the half litre and store it in smaller plastic bottles for travel.
The only inks that are partially impervious to pen wash are Noodlers inks containing Baystate blue (Baystate Blue, Baystate Concord Grape etc). Those require chlorine for complete stain removal, but it's probably a good idea to leave them at home.
Noodler’s inks are very permanent. All the best.
HJ great video, I would like to see you put out a short on how to prep your fountain pen for travel. I know there are some that lock to keep ink from flowing while flying. Maybe have different pens and how to set them up for travel. That would be cool for me for sure. I agree with Debby below that said the hotel looked like the shining. Did they film there by chance? Once again good video, and Happy skipping with your daughter!
Thanks Man! I’m sure I’ll do something special for the next time I fly. Thanks for watching.
Another lovely video. I am nostalgic for the White Mt. Area. Story Book Village, Stanta's Village, the COG railroad, the old man in the mt ( RIP). Our family never could afford the hotel but It was asspirational.
Your journal is always beautiful. I loved that you couldn't just one pen.
Thanks so much, Ceit! I appreciate you being here and watching.
Very cool in several ways. Many years ago, my brother lived in Maine and I passed through this neighborhood on the way home. I fell in love with the northern parts of both New Hampshire and Vermont. I remember listening to a radio show from Quebec on the way and picking out just enough due to my high school Spanish to realize what I was missing. And, of course, the scenery.
I learned later that you can drive up Mount Washington if your vehicle is a stick shift. I wonder if Toyota Camry's were in the consideration? Now that she's 23 years old, I wouldn't do it. But, back then, I think I should have tried it! But maybe the road needed more than a stick shift. Maybe a sedan would not have been good enough. Still, the stick shift requirement is interesting. The Camry has a front-wheel drive, and is a regular sedan, other than her stick shift.
What an interesting hotel! I love evocative places like that! I like to stay in Lead, SD at the Town Hall Inn, which is the original town hall for that city. Now the offices are all rooms. They balanced the history of the building well with modern sensibilities. If you were to check out Lead, SD, you'll understand why I like to stay there: very cool old town, and also modern particle research, all in one scenic package!
Thank you for sharing this! I really do need to get back to the East Coast. I'm considering hibernating my garden for a year and taking a few week to truly travel and explore.
Hello Jason! Thanks so much for watching. I have seen some odd vehicles make it up the Auto Road. I’m sure you could make it. The Cog Railway is an interesting way to do it. I hiked up there one February. That was interesting.
I love interesting hotels as well. Even in NYC, we chose an architecturally significant hotel. The Queen Mary was probably the strangest I have stayed in.
Great stories about you driving from Quebec; one of my favorite places.
All the best, My Friend.
Really wonderful video… Thank You!
@@marcs6928 Thank you!
That was a brilliant video! One of your best. My first thought when seeing the hotel was “The Shining”. I traveled with pens recently. On a plane too. But like you I carry them in a case. And I do not check them in my luggage.
Always a good plan! Thanks for watching!
Wonderful video, HJ. I watched it twice. It looks like you had nice weather during your get-away. Excellent B-roll, indeed. Perhaps the change in elevation had something to do with your Waterman 5 not faring well during its journey.
Thank you, My Friend!
That's such a beautiful place. It reminds me of Scotland.
I can see that! Although I have yet to make it to Scotland. I will though.
I just got back from the Amazon (Manaus and upriver). I took 4 or 5 fountain pens with me and they were fine. Amongts others some Opus 88s (eyedropper with cutoff valve), Franklin Chirstophm TWSBI (Eco and Vac 700). They were in a Rickshaw case that was in my carry on stuff. They all survived with no leakage. The Amazon was great, but it's also great to be home.
Welcome back, Tom, from the Lost City of Z! I hope that it was amazing.
Amazing quality video as usual Hemingway! This makes me more tempted to take my pens out of the house more often. If I mess one up or lose one I'm blaming you! Haha
Oh no! Thanks so much for the kind words and for watching. Wish you all the best!
Great video,ghost hunters were there,when my brother teddy was alive,he laid down in men's room wash his hands,somebody took his montblanca pen he bought another won,he had 50 pens of montblanca,frank in Oswego,ill
Thanks Frank!
You welcome
Today my Sheaffer targa 23kt electro plated 14kt med inlay nib
Hemingway hello and thank you so much for this beautiful video and reference to the hotel. It is now on my travel list, I love hotels that bear heritage, these have so much more gravitas and interest.
Now, about carrying fountain pens when travelling, this bears its own challenges but is worth while if certain considerations are met. First of all there is the question of ink leakage during flights. My solution would be carrying empty pens and bring ink cartridges along. If these are not liked for whatever reason then a reliable ink bottle is mandatory. It goes without saying none of that in one's check in luggage. Last but not least, pens need a pen pouch everywhere they go. All this considered, I would keep my high end pens at home and travel with the more accessible or sturdy ones, just in case. I would also seek from Amazon a small insulation bag, it would save a lot of heartache.
Thanks so much for watching! Great tips! I am glad you enjoyed this.
Of course you need to bring pens when you travel. But the pens I pick always depend upon what kind of trip it is. If it's a safe, comfortable trip, I'd bring 4 pens, and quite fancy but of high quality. Otherwise, I'd bring two. If it's a long trip, I'd take at least one Omar (because the ink capacity). Pens I would not take, would be Jinhao Centennial 100, TWSBIs, Wing Sung. They're too fragile. There might be other pens that break, but those are the ones that have done it to me, You can't have your travel pen give up on you. If it's a trip that will see some socializing, I'd bring pens to socialize around, famous pens, Safari to 149, maybe more than 4 in that case.
...And it seems like a wonderful hotel. I'd like it.
That is a great list! It’s funny because my list is always influenced also by what I need to film with! Thanks so much for watching.
I love it when you travel to beautiful places and share a bit with us. My husband doesn't like to travel, so I enjoy most of my jouneys through the eyes of someone else. Thank you for sharing. I am curious about the journal you used in this video, it does not look like fountain pen friendly paper but, more of a beautiful old parchment. Would you mind sharing the brand?
Thanks so much for watching and for the kind words. This journal is from Bottega Obscura and he’ll make it in different grades of paper. He is on Etsy. Thanks for watching!
i’d love to stay there for a night or two in the near future, thank you for sharing your travels. Last time I traveled with FP was my first time , I was just super attentive to it because it has ink on it , i place it in a ziplock individually positioned it upright . When we landed the Montblanc spilled just a tiny bit and the Esterbrook Estie behave well 😊
Wonderful! Flying is another skill!
Thrills down the spine. So beautiful and relaxing. Love the image of an ill pen!😊 Going to start taking my journal out with me. Thanks much, Tim. You're an inspiration.
Thank you! Thanks for being here and for watching. It means the world to me!
So much beautiful, stunning scenery, and welcoming information for traveling with our little writing beauties …
Looks like I need to plan a trip . ☺️
Thanks so much!
My favorite so far. That river is a stunning place to write. Thanks for sharing with us!
Thanks for watching! I appreciate it.
Thanks for the lovely video. I agree with every tips you gave. This hotel reminds me (in a wider way) of the Bonsol Hotel in Maiorca. I take four kilos in a week when I was there. I was wandering which diamine inks bottle you carried with you in this adventure in the galen leather luggage. Thank you I always enjoy your videos and this week we had a bonus one, so double thanks!
Thanks so muchI I believe I brought Oxblood and Sargasso Sea, which is a lovely blue.
@@HemingwayJones good choice thank you!
Quite the hotel! Looks like you all had a fine time. There is something grand about an old hotel with a past. It’s quite different from the Fairmont Le Château Frontenac in Quebec, but that was my first thought. Nice pen selection for the trip, although sorry about the leak. The Galen bag seems perfect. I can only imagine the look as the saddle leather ages. Sadly, my travels always have to start with a long flight, which adds pressure to fountain pens and means inks have to go in checked bags. Have a good weekend.
We stay at Frontenac all the time. Lovely place. Thanks so much for watching and enjoy your weekend!
@@HemingwayJones J'aime le Québec! ⚜ It must be lovely to stay there. The last time I was in Québec, I stayed at a B&B on a quiet street. Sadly, it was over two decades ago. Salut!
I haven't been since just before the big lock down. We used to go every Thanksgiving. It was very cold and very romantic. @@AndrewWertheimer
@@HemingwayJones Sometimes it's nice to be a bit chill, and wear some wool. 🐑 You could try going in Canadian Thanksgiving, which is a bit earlier. My Québec trips were mostly around May, if.I recall. I love Montreal too! Enjoy the weekend with lovely leaf color changes (something we don't get in Hawai'i). Aloha.
I like this one a lot!! BTW, I don't know how much higher the hotel is than where you live, but I suspect your Waterman 5 had altitude sickness rather than car sickness. It doesn't take much change. (I learned the hard way driving from Texas to Santa Fe a couple of months ago with a 24 pen case - all 24 inked. Yeah, I know, ridiculous. More than half of them either regurgitated or at least burped.)
That could be it, but it was only a 1,200 ft. difference. Not that much. It was certainly something though! Thanks for watching and for the great comment!
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Thank you!
I prefer to travel as unencumbered as possible. I used to go to “difficult” places and once or twice had to leave abruptly, grabbing my stuff and getting on whatever conveyance I could find. I’ve had to liberate luggage from local authorities with bribes, I once had to pry open the trunk of a taxi after the driver was taken away by the police and then walk with my things a half mile to my hotel. Which is to say, much of my travel hasn’t been to places like the Mount Washington Resort. Which isn’t to say I haven’t stayed at some lovely hotels and resorts (I’ve especially enjoyed the Hotel Imperial in New Delhi, the Treetops Rainforest Lodge in Belize, and the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs), but the habit remains: Travel with as little as possible.
So, I usually take one travel journal and three writing utensils with me: one fountain pen, one ballpoint, and one mechanical pencil. The pencil I always carry is a Waterman with red tortoiseshell resin that I’ve had for over 30 years. The ballpoint was always a Parker 75 until I lost it in a hiking mishap in the Rockies. Now it’s usually something more throw-away that can accompany me when I’m out and about. The fountain pen has to be metal with either an EF, F, or cursive italic nib. I have several, and I’m not fussy which. My current favorite is a Diplomat Aero. My previous favorite was a Waldmann Tango. Certain pens aren’t on my travel list because it would pain me too much to lose them. I love that Aero, but it’s not expensive, is easily replaced, and has no sentimental value to me. Ditto for the Waldmann.
I used to work for the Asian Development Bank, a sister institution to the World Bank, and I did some lectures for the World Bank in Ukraine, so I feel like I ought to make the pilgrimage to Bretton Woods. I haven’t been there since I was a kid on Cape Cod, and all these decades later I hardly remember it. Someday, maybe when I retire. I should retire already, but my wife just retired in May and is having a lot of fun without me under foot, so I’ll give her a year or two of peace before I join her. You say people didn’t like this video? I can’t imagine why not. I quite like that Galen Leather bag.
Good morning, first of all congratulations on your content, really classy and quality. I saw the video about traveling with fountain pens, how do you reconcile the fountain pen with technology? (I saw that you have an iPad Pro with Apple Pen) Sorry for the slightly offtopic question.
Thank you very much. I am very glad that you enjoy it. To me, handwriting and writing on an electronic device are just different activities with different purposes. I use my iPad to write articles, make graphics for my Channel, answer comments! And longer form writing. With my fountain pens, I take notes, I journal, I write correspondences. It’s very different and with very little overlap. Ask any question you like and please stop by again. All the best.
Really enjoyed that Mr Jones. Thank you. We will be flying over to Canada this Christmas and I was wondering if anybody has any tips regarding fountain pens on aeroplanes. Can I take anything providing it’s either empty or half full?…..Do I leave my vintage pens at home or do I just take my Custom 823 and leave it unvented? Any advice would be appreciated.
Hello My Friend, thanks for watching! From my experience, when flying, either fill them completely or fly empty. A closed 823 would be fine. I’ve never had a problem. Have a wonderful trip!
@@HemingwayJonesWe certainly will, our son lives in Newfoundland and we visit when we can. Your pros and descriptions are flourishing old pal you should go the full Hemingway and attempt a novel or short story.
PS. I was interested to see your comment regarding air travel with a fully charged fountain pen…… isn’t that asking for trouble? 🤔
Don't travel with a fountain pen, or anything else you can't afford to lose, financially, or emotionally..