Top 10 Fountain Pens Over $250
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- čas přidán 7. 07. 2024
- Honorable Mentions:
- Kanilea Nui Nalu - 1:35
- Pelikan M1000 - 3:44
- Delta Dolcevita Oversize - 5:21
- Pilot Custom Heritage 823 - 7:05
- Aurora Optima - 8:14
Top 10:
10. Edison Menlo Pump Filler - 9:12
9. Montblanc 149 - 10:44
8. Visconti Homo Sapiens - 12:15
7. Wahl Eversharp Decoband - 14:07
6. Visconti Divina Elegance - 16:06
5. Pelikan M805 - 17:51
4. Sailor King of Pen Ebonite - 19:47
3. Omas Milord Arco Celluloid - 21:21
2. Danitrio Tami-Nuri on Shu on Genkai - 23:16
1. Classic Pens LB5 - 25:17 - Jak na to + styl
it feels good to see people truly appreciate the quality and the performance of Sailor nibs.
David, what a treat. Thank you for all your hard work and for sharing your time with us to show us some wonderful pens.
What a lovely video. You have a such a clear and measured yet really engaging presentation style. That's very hard to do. Really appreciate the effort you've gone to around the production quality too. Thanks David.
It was wonderful seeing all of these beautiful pens. Thank you!
Those are all great pens and I don't know why, but the Visconti Homo Sapiens is just something different. The unique material, the design, the capping mechanism, everything is so different, and still it's one absolute classy looking pen without being in any way over the top. And I know it's an absolute grail pen for many, me included. It somehow seems so appealing to me, it's the only pen I could think of that I would even consider spending this much on. And you can bet that it would absolutely be my daily driver for the rest of my life.
I think your reviews are great. For anyone who loves pens, you manage to stay pretty balanced, and that makes your reviews really useful.
Thanks for watching, David. All the cool guys are named David!
Thanks, David. VERY nice batch of pens! I haven't graduated to that level and, at this point, probably never will, but it sure is fun to see and hear about them! Watching your expression and hearing your appreciation of different and distinct elements of each is almost (almost) as good has owning them.
Your Kanilea!! That's on my list now. Stunning.
I love the feel of my Aurora 88's nib! The feedback is amazing!
As usual, another terrific presentation. Thank you for all your time and work. RS. Canada
Excellent presentation. You have presented each pen with their distinct and unique characteristics. Keep up the good work.
Some wonderful pens a very interesting list I think.Thanks David
I love my Omas Ogiva Arco Celluloide. This pen looks so stunning. And it writes like a dream.(14 K springy nib).
Very good video! I love the presentation! Visconti Homo sapiens, my favorite!!
I wish the prices of each of the majestic pens on this list were mentioned. I have a modest collection of excellent fountain pens myself - and I intend to buy some of the pricier (over $300) ones in the future. Really fun to watch these videos. And kudos to David for all the effort behind all this.
Wow the M1000 looks just right in your hand! I think it did be unbalanced and fall over in my hand.
What a great list! I have been waiting for the finale!
Thanks for the entertaining video. I'll take the Wahl-Eversharp with superflex.
I think of all my “high end” pens, Pelikan is my favorite brand. The nibs are buttery smooth and the design is eye catching.
Thank you, David. I too love the Menlo (mine is translucent grey with flattened ends, gold nib).
How do you care for the gold nib? The steel nib was so good, I didn't feel the need to upgrade.
Figboot on Pens I have steel nib for it as well. A stub. But the gold is so springy and the flow is so generous even with a fine that I cannot recommend it enough. Brian is a nib meister as well as a penmaker.
Great video!
Feeling lucking I have a couple of these pens. You have a great collection which I have enjoyed.
Love to see a top ten hand made pens list
great video David and thank you. sincerely wishing you a greater pen year in 2017...
Enjoyed this, even if I may never get any of these. Love the microscope pictures!
Thanx Dave, I’m tired of cheap brand reviews
I have a green Pelikan Souverän M1000 and I've seen Pelikan Souverän 800s with blue striping in catalogues. My Pelikan is finer than my Mount Blanc Meisterstück №149.
outstandingly
I believe the omas pens aren't talked about as much because of the price. They are amazing and many people have them on their grail list, but they are just unattainable with prices in the 500+ range, as well as not readily available from big retailers like goulet and Anderson pens, even when they were around. I look forward to a return of them though!
Well you have just added a few pens to my dream list! Enabler!!!
Classic Pens LB5!!!
Wow! That's one heck of a lineup David! Thanks much for all the eye candy!
BTW, the M800 may be found in Tortoiseshell Brown as well. (I just got an m400 TB and the binde is spectacular!)
This has been a wonderful end of year series! I really looked forward to each installment and tried to guess your choices beforehand (no...I wasn't even close, other than the LB5's.) In preparation I watched your previous end of year(s) top 10's.
Great fun! Thanks so much! Wishing you & yours a wonderful New Year!
Thanks for watching...appreciate it. These were fun to put together.
Michele Harvey hi. Will you be able to tell me exactly how long the M800 is? Thank you. :)
Michele Harvey thank you so much!
All of those are amazing pens; you have a great collection there. Do you have any Marlen pens?
20:00 yeah, kind of. In Japanese they don't really have plurals, so I'm that context, it would be considered the "king of pens"
I've found that using any fountain pen is a conversation starter. 'What's *that*?' is something I hear all the time.
In Germany, you are just the nostalgic weirdo longing for his school days xD
Nice video as always.
Always rooting for a Sailor in any of these lists...just makes me proud of my tiny little collection of Sailors. While I may not have the resources to pick a KOP for myself in my lifetime, the consistency of quality finish and feel of all my Sailors just doesn't make me feel obliged to. Sailors were my first gold nib pens, and they did set a standard for me regarding my future purchases.
Depending on the color you want you may be able to pick a KOP brand new for under $400. But usually that's the black with gold trim. I'm not interested in that color so I haven't gotten a KOP yet, but If you like black and gold it may not be as out of reach as you think if you do a bit of digging.
Oooo. Purple t shirt.
thanks for the nice overview. like it very much and i can agree on few
What surprises me is that on such a videos (best of, GOAT pens, etc) brands like Montegrappa, Aurora, Tibaldi or Stipula are hardly mentioned. i do realize that people talk about personal shortlists :-) but how come that such brands have little traction?
Takes for taking the time to put together a list of higher end pens. What do you think about Pineider pens?
Almost bought the Homo Sapiens, but ended up with a Graf von Faber-Castell Classic that I adore
Great review!
The Edison Menlo - if still available - is now on my list..,
I have seven of this. I like my Delta Dolcevita Oversize, Aurora Optima, Montblanc 149 and Sailor King of Pen. I don’t care much for Pelikan M1000, Pilot C. H. 823 and Visconti Homo Sapiens.
A very incredible list of pens-the presence of one I'd question is the Pelikan 805-one of my favourites but just in terms of uniqueness of the others - dare I say it perhaps a little orthodox though very well made.
Even though it's not such an exquisite pen with its classic look, there's no denying that the 805 is indeed incredible! The presence of it in this list is as it should be, the pen just performs really well
@@askhams size. Many people find the M1000 too large for their hand . The 805 is a more comfortable sized pen.
You should remake this video since it’s been 3 years
I like the pilot G-2 in ebonite
How many pens are in your collection and how long have you been collecting? Also how often do you typically purchase pens? My list is growing by the day and have no idea which one from that list to get next.
#6 is my #1 😀 Love these reviews. #divinaeleganceblue
i really wish i had the visconti divina elegance in brown. but it is too expensive for me...
PELIKAN IS VERY GOOD FOUNTAIN PEN VERY SOFT AND SMOOTH EVERY ANGLE BUT THE PRICE IS COSTLY,WOW.
The top of montblanc is not the shape of a piece snow, it is the top-down view of the mont-blanc mountain. But thanks for putting things together, I just added some to my next-purchase list. :)
I remember some self appointed fountain pen pro saying it's a star hahaha
Eversharp! I didn't know it still existed and was bought by Wahl. I'll check it out! Fond memories of my childhood.
As for the Omas... I did have one and it's a poor performer. You're not missing anything guys!!!
I got an Aurora pen recently but not sure how much it is worth.. quite sure it’s special because it was commissioned by royalty
In my city there is a shop that sells 2600 dollar pens. (We use francs here instead of dollars.)
How large are your hands?
Raindrops drop tops
would you consider getting a Visconti opera master crystal dark ages?
I might just be waiting for one of those to arrive... :-)
Sir
U are my pick of best reviewers of fountain pens. Gr8 work.
No Faber-Castell pens? :(
Hi David, great vid. When will you be reviewing the gorgeous Divina? Which size do you have?
It's the maxi. It's something I want to get to sooner rather than later, but I don't currently have it slotted.
Thank you! I hope it's sooner than later as well. It's a stunning pen! I may get a brown one
It's worth it...it's one of my favorites.
It would be nice, for me..... if there were reviews that focused entirely on the quality and function of pens in this range. I'm not attracted to visual ascetics and prefer more sedate/traditional ascetics.
Please make a video on inks. Thanks.
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wow, a lot of these pens are well over the $800 mark, impressive collection and detailed descriptions, are you expecting any customs for 2017?
Yes...I have a couple on order that are due to arrive in the March/April time frame.
i don't want to spoil anything, but may i please ask you to kindly tell us which penmakers you ordered from? thank you
I have an order in with the Carolina Pen Company...and one in with Shawn Newton.
thank you, your collection will become even more incredible with those additions
Question, why are acrylic pens so expensive? like the nui nalu I mean I'm assuming they just made some custom acrylic turned the acrylic on a lathe and bought some parts (nib, pocket clip, etc.) and put it together and boom you have a pen. If my assumption is right then it would be hard to justify spending even $150 on the pen let alone $400.
I have watched all four top ten videos and have noticed there aren't any Parker pens on them. If you own any, do you think they are overrated?
It's a brand that just hasn't quite hit home for me yet. Tried quite a few. I do like my Duofold Big Red a great deal.
Helllo, I would like to know where you would classify the cross peerless 125, because I hear that the writing experience is amazing (a little of flex and the right feedback), but the pen is not mentionnedwhen people make a classement. I am about to buy one for 250€, I wonder if I could have better. Regards.
I am fond of the 125. I feel it is an underrated pen.
@@FigbootonPensok thanks you, I have seen your review about it, it was great. i have a few townsend that Ilike a lot, and a kaweco brass sport, very very nice . I wonder to what pen you could compare the peerless 125 ?
What is behind the camer youre always looking away
Where can I buy the Danitrio? Thanks in advance
Try Nibs.com or Chatterly Luxuries.
Excellent video, but the audio is killing me. There's a high pitch noise that accompanies you when you talk.
What is your number 1 pen in this price range again?
I find the m1000 to be quite an unnecessary, ridiculously large model. I can't imagine anyone feeling comfortable carrying this mammoth of a pen around on a daily basis, and actually using it regularly, it's more kind of a desk pen. The m800 is already a full size pen, but nevertheless very comfortable and user friendly (I LOVE it). I have the feeling that Pelikan introduced the m1000 just to have something to compare to a Montblanc 149.
The Pelikan M1000 is actually a little slimmer than the Mount Blanc №149 and I carried both.
If you've never used it, it's quite difficult to appreciate the M 1000. I own an M 800, which I love, but the nib on the M1000 is simply superb. I also own a Visconti Homo Sapiens, which, in my view, is nowhere near in the same league as the Pelikan.
Good review but none of those pens were too my taste. I prefer slimmer more executive type of pens
Do you not find it unacceptable that you pay over $250 for a fountain pen, and it is sold with a 3rd party steel and/or poorly tuned nib that you have to send away (on your dime) for repair? Is it more about aesthetics and not functionality in that price range? Would love to see a "beefs" or the worst pens for the money video. On the latter point, I'm sure there are a few of those in that price range too.
My expectation is that every pen I purchase work right out of the box with no issues. Unfortunately, that is not always the case, but I have been fortunate. I've purchased just under 200 pens and have only had three which I either returned to the company for warranty service, or had worked on by a nibmeister. While I wish the number was zero, that's not a bad overall percentage of pens working just fine out of the box.
Thanks for your reply, and all the great reviews. Have a great 2017.
You too!
My wife and I own somewhat over 30 fountain pens, from cheapo to around $200. We've had a few more than 3 that were clunkers. Three of them came from YAFA, two Monteverdes and a Conklin (which would not write at all). I'd go for a Platinum Preppy any day over anything from YAFA, including your Deltas.
Among our favorites are offerings from Edison, Bexley, Pelikan, Visconti, and Platinum.
Im surprised there are no ST Duponts. Are you not a fan of them?
I have reviewed a couple and enjoyed them. Uncertain if they would crack the top 10, though.
@@FigbootonPens im surprised since the majority of people that have experience with Duponts hold them in very high regards. Imo i think it gives me a better writing experience than my Montblanc (which is rather on the scratchy side), but fountain pens are the kind of things are VERY subjective and everyone has different opinions on what they like and what they dont.
Just curious, why wouldn't they get into your top 10?
Me holding my platinum preppy, “ah yes a nib in the $400 price range should not be stainless steel, I would not buy that…”
My most expensive fountain pen was 10€ ..
Serious case of pen-envy.
That would be "penvy"... :-)
Or pens-envy lolol
First time I heard of the Danitrio, I thought, "Why the hell does Danny Trejo have his own fountain pen?" I'm new here...
That's okay...if Danny Trejo can have a donut shop, then him making fountain pens isn't that much of a stretch. If he did...then it would probably be a pretty badass pen. :-)
More screen time of the pens themselves.
top 10 pens I can’t afford
Are Japanese pens radioactive or just safe in daily use?
I have not heard of any instances where Japanese pens were unsafe due to radiation contamination.
@@FigbootonPens I haven't either,but I'm just scared,because they faced so many nuclear accidents on their territory. I mean Hiroshima,Nagasaki bombardments and Fukushima accident. God,bless them!
I think I've watched almost 85% of figboot videos. Half of the selections in this video felt bought and paid for. Am I wrong? I'm genuinely interested in hearing opinions..
If by "bought and paid for" you are asking if I was compensated to include specific pens in a review, the answer is no. Never. Now, please keep in mind, this video is five and a half years old. A new list would be significantly different.
@@FigbootonPens I appreciate the response. I'm a big fan of your page. I think I'm actually just a bit in awe of the wide breadth of pens you've interacted with or know about.
Over $250 on a pen....
I find it very Elitist to give a great review for Pens which have nibs which must be sent out for work, but not to mention who is doing that work. How would we ever find someone to work-over our $1000.00 pen nib? Why not give out the names of your Buddies who do this work? Why keep these guys your secret?
If you are referring to the Pilot 823, I discuss the out of the box issues I experienced with the pen during my full review...and mention who performed the repairs.