Top 5! Fountain Pens for Dark Academia!
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It’s fun to see people join the trends of something you’ve loved all your life. You can take them under your wing and show them a larger world.
Yes, exactly! That's how I heard about it; a young person said to me, "Wow, you are so Dark Academia." I had to know what that was!
Wow, so I was a part of the Dark Academia subculture all those years without knowing it?
Awesome!
Dark Academia…interesting. As a retired academic librarian it seems up my alley. I would choose my amber Pilot Custom 823, which is always inked with De Atramentis Documennf Sepia Brown.
Hello! Thanks! It does sound perfect for you and your choice of pen is excellent. I’m having some regrets in not choosing the 823! All the best.
I so enjoy the way you wax lyrical.
This one is classic.
Thank you very much! I really appreciate it.
how joyful are your videos when i listen how you describe showing the link between the fountain pen and the classical era
Thank you, Doctor! I appreciate it very much!!!
Every time I think I have settled on a favorite video of yours, you go and do something even better! Very well done and I enjoyed it very much.
Alliejay! Thank you! That means so much to me! I am so glad that you enjoyed it. I love this one, mostly because of the editing. Thanks!!!
Such a well made video! Amazing visuals and locations. Love the esoteric stuff :) I feel like the Pilot Custom 823 in Amber would be a great fit into this theme.
That is a great pen! It definitely would have worked well. Great call!
This is fantastic. I don’t have any en collection but admire them. Since I was a highschool student I have always wanted a Mont Blanc. And I remember that passage in The Secret History. A definite favorite. Yes, very immersive.
Thanks very much for watching. I am glad that you are a fan of Secret History.
Hello HJ. Another fine video. Love it when you take field trips to unique places. You have to feel good that more and more people are taking interest in higher learning, especially the younger generation. Life is all around us and there are so many things to learn out in the world. Interesting things. The more we experience, the more we grow and the richer we become. Great job.
Thank you, Richard! I appreciate that very much!
This might be my favorite of your videos. I am a libraryaholic and love the way you melded academia and fountain pens. The vintage pen prose was the best. Thanks.
Thanks so much, Phil! Means the world to me.
I truly appreciate the content and community that you create on your channel. I know that it requires a great deal of work and expense. It is very much appreciated. I agree that the Secret History is an unforgettable and thoroughly enjoyable read. I heard Donna Tartt comment that Bleak House was her favorite novel. You can see the influence of Dickens in her descriptive writing style. She transports you into the world of her characters. Thanks again for the dive into dark academia.
Hello John! Thanks so much for writing! I am so glad you enjoyed it and that you are a Donna Tartt fan. All the best!
I love the way of your storytelling and the soothing tone of your voice 😻
Thank you very much!
This was truly inspiring! I love seeing the gorgeous libraries you film in. The content was excellent!
Thank you, Judy! I am so glad you enjoyed it.
I have always loved and adored writing with fountain pens! I am do glad this channel just showed up on my CZcams feed! I wholeheartedly subscribed on the spot!🌟
Thank you so much! I am delighted to have you here. Welcome!
Excellent video HJ, truly one of your best. The library interiors were fantastic !!!
Gino, My Friend, Thanks so much! I’m glad you liked it!
I've been a student of the esoteric, mythology, mysticism, philosophy, poetry, etc. for over 20 years or so (I got really into it as a teenager). It's interesting that this look is now a sort of trend haha. I've just recently started learning calligraphy and now fountain pens. This is a really cool topic to highlight.
Also, surprised to see the Eco in there, but it will DEFINITELY be my tool for poetry, research, and musings on esoteric and mystical subjects.
Thanks! I feel like it was the same for me. I just was and then this came along and everyone remarked at how much of it I was… Plus, I rather like the name and the idea of it. I did a bunch of videos on the subject since; including one on inks.
I added the Eco because I always like an affordable and interesting option. Plus, it is such a great writer and pen. I think some of the colored versions may be best: Rose Gold & Smoke for instance.
Thanks so much for watching and please do stop by again soon.
Once again another hit of the park Dr. Jones. This is a area of literature I am starting to break into. Just a suggestion you have made several refence to The Secret History. You should do a video review of the book in how it touched you and tie it to the Montblanc 149. Always a pleasure to watch you and learn my friend. You are truly a inspiration. Cheers
Thank you so much, Wendell! You are so kind. Thanks for being here with me!
This was amazing! I love these episodes where you film these beautiful libraries! Amazing content as usual! Keep up the good work!
Thank you very much! I appreciate it so much!
Dear Hemingway, I so wanted that nib of the Meisterstuck 149 but the grip was gigantic! Ahhh, I went down one size to the 147 but I still love having it, for my first Mont Blanc. Your ability to articulate exactly how I feel about Fountain Pens is so appreciated. You've created a safe place to be eccentric, oooh la la. I was trying to explain to a fellow yesterday about fountain pens, and I lost him quickly. You either are like that, or not. You either are a collector or not. I like to think of myself as a curator. I have one friend, with similar tastes in pens and journals but she also collects vintage lighters, can you believe that? I love books, and first editions. I'm so grateful there's you out there, dressing as you do, exploring and capturing moments as you do, for us all to appreciate along with you. Regards, Cheryl
Hello Cheryl! Thank you so much for your extremely kind comments. This is a very safe space for you. You are part of this tribe so let's celebrate our eccentricities together. This is what makes us interesting. Thank you so much for being here and for enjoying this Channel. It was made for people like us.
I just read "The Secret History". I agree with everything you said about it; I love it! Another wonderful video. I love Dark Academia. Thanks!
Thank you so much! I am so glad you enjoyed it.
Absolutely love your video..from one fountain pen lover to another. All the best from New Zealand
Thank you so much! I am so glad that you enjoyed it! Here’s to you, My Friend.
Another enjoyable and very well done presentations.
Thank you
Thank you Richard!!!
For "Dark Academia" I have always wondered what pens did Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Edgar A. Poe use to write their dark fiction. H.P Lovecraft used a Waterman flex, and Stephen King sometimes used a modern model Waterman. Mark Twain did not write dark fiction, but he used Conklin. What pen did Robert Louis Stevenson use to write "Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde"?
All excellent points and questions! Mary Shelley was back in quill / dip pen days, I suppose.
I would hazard a guess that Stevenson used quills.
@@myepictbr6968 I think he used steel nib dip pens, which were around when he wrote. The quill went into disuse before Lincoln was president.
oh my, this was wonderful, it must have been so enjoyable to create this video. The b-roll of books, libraries, reading rooms were drool-worthy!
Thanks so much, Amy! I am so glad that you enjoyed it!
Thank you Jones for your videos and beautiful stories. Seeing them, I feel like taking one of my pens and start writing. Waiting for your videos to enjoy. Greetings from Spain
Thank you, Salvador! That’s why I do this, to keep you inspired! Thanks so much and stop by again soon.
I quite like this one. I wasn't familiar with Dark Academia, but I've always felt I could live in a library. (First step into the Bodleian brought tears.) Also, enjoyed the shot of Mrs. HJ in front of Temeraire. Turner is my all-time favorite artist.
You and me, both, on the living in a library sentiment! I love libraries! You can tell by how much they feature on this channel. I haven’t been to the Bodleian, but one day! I love Turner as well, which is why I chose that one. That picture means a lot to both of us. Thanks so much!
Fantastic job Hemingway! I love books! I have a couple thousand books in my study. I could just about live there with my books and my fountain pens. You gave some excellent choices. I have all but the Churchill, and I substitute the 149 with my 146 or 145 Chopin. Love the classical music too! I must go visit that library sometime! Anyway, I'm rambling on, so thanks for the great video!
Ramble away, George! I certainly do. Thanks so much! The 146 is an excellent pen. I don't have the Chopin, but I have seen it! They definitely work. Thanks so much for watching.
Vintage pens are definitely appropriate. (My favourite is my Mabie-Todd "Swan")
An excellent choice! Thanks for watching.
I love your content, Hemingway. This video was beautifully produced! Your voice is very nice by the way :)
Thank you so much! This is such a kind comment. Thanks for the encouragement!
Thank you so much for this video. I really enjoyed watching! You really know how to show the beauty of fountain pens, libraries, books and writing. I would choose my lovely Pilot E95s burgundy.
Thank you so much! I love the Pilot E95S. Lovely pen!
Hi,
Once more a very well done and amazing video to this interesting topic.
It's always a pleasure to watch your videos. Thanks for all the efforts to put your content into an appropriate atmosphere.
Thank you Jay very much! I appreciate it.
I really resonate with the whole tone of your video. Academia, research, esoteric interests, intellectual life - and of course, fountain pens! And not just modern fountain pens, but vintage pens too. Great fun!
Thanks Jay! I appreciate that.
I use the Cross Townshend in Sterling Silver. It has an Art Deco aesthetic and I let it tarnish naturally.
Brilliant choice!
Hello from 🇬🇧 , thank you for a very interesting video. I have recently found your channel and I am enjoying it immensely. I have worked at a university for many years now and there is always a population of folks like us who are interested in dark academia , even before it was called that, fountain pens, books , ideas and journals , all of it the stuff of life 😊
Thank you, Anne, so much! For watching and the kind comment. Stop by again soon.
This was so much fun! And I admire so much your footage and editing skills!!!!! Also, I really like reading favorite books of people with channels I enjoy ... so I'm currently reading The Secret History by Donna Tartt ... when I looked it up and found out it was set in my home state of Vermont I just had to read it. I'm enjoying it a lot! She's a fantastic writer! Thinking of my fountain pens I think of my little Montblanc 145 Meisterstuck Classique (gifted to me by a viewer 5 years ago)- it's a small pen - classic looking with a springy little nib and fits into the dark academia atmosphere real well I think perfectly! For some reason I'm also thinking of the Jinhao Dragon fountain pens -- I don't have one - I think they are really mysterious and might fit in as well but probably way too heavy for me. I've always meant to try one! Another one from my own collection is my vintage Sheaffer Balance oversized that belonged to the man who was planning to be my grandfather ... or at least he was engaged to my grandmother when he died in an airplane crash ... and my grandfather (his younger brother) eventually married my grandmother. Nothing untoward there ... they had their first child, my Dad, 3 years later, but all that mystique and thinking about my Uncle who might have been my grandfather ... and his name was printed on the pen and pencil set. The pen isn't working -- the vac filling system needs repair but I write with it by dipping the nib sometimes.
Your footage in this video makes me miss the wood beautiful libraries in Vermont. Two in particular -- the one in St. Johnsbury, VT and the one in Derby Line on the border (sits on both USA and Canada). Those libraries are like stepping back in time. I have been meaning to learn to do wax seals too. I have a ladies Waterman 52 pocket/pen meant to be worn on a chain and it is brown very vintage (1920s) it has a soft #2 nib ... somehow I have messed up the lever fill on that pen but it's such a great writer I plan to get it fixed.
Fun stuff! It's harder to find atmospheres (like you showed) here in South Texas where it's much more modern and beachy but my husband and I love to create such spots in our home with older furnishings and things!!!!
Thank you so much for the kind words, Chris! I am so glad that you enjoyed it. I loved reading about your family history and it relates to what I was saying about vintage pens in the video. Amazing stories. I love your choices too. The Dragon pen would be interesting. I don’t have it either and for the same reason. Maybe one day. I also have a 52 1/2. Amazing pen and a stunning nib. Thanks!
My grandfather was biologically my grand uncle because he married my grandmother after her husband, who was his brother, died at age about 35. So my father's stepfather was biologically his uncle. These things were more common in past generations.
I have two Jinhao Dragon pens. One with a red background and one with a purple background. Purple is my favourite colour! Goulet pens carry the red dragon pen. Sally at Esy buy on Etsy also sells them and has different colours. They are quite solid and heavy!
Now I finally know, what the style my desk accessories and writing utensils look like is called. Thank you for the phenomenal images and impressions you share in your videos.
I would go with my Diplomat Excellence A2 in black. Heavy pen to sit at a wooden desk with. And for writing on the go, I have a vintage Parker 51 that suits the style.
Thank you for the video!
Hello Jan! Thanks for the great suggestions. The Diplomat is excellent. Plus, the Parker 51, vintage, is a classic! All the best.
Wow, you really out did yourself this time. Amazing video. This one will go viral.
I guess I am old, after undergrad I was able to attend the first Catholic Seminary in the United States. St. Mary's in Baltimore. The year was 1986. Before Dark Academia. Studying Philosophy and starting a philosophy club with our teacher who was retired from another university. We would meet at her home, living room looked like a library and each cat was named after a philosopher. Homes are very old there with wrap around porches and very large. Old wood floors, old Victorian furniture, and books floor to ceiling in beautiful bookcases.
After a year and a half I transferred to a Benedictine Monastery. Underground tunnels, the library was amazing, spiral staircases in iron. Studying philosophy and latin and many other subjects. Living the Dark Academia lifestyle. I went back to my original major and attend Oglethorpe University (Georgia) which looks very Gothic. Amazing.
For my choice of fountain pen, I have the Benu Skulls and Roses Fountain Pen in Smolder. Beautiful pen and writes wonderfully. Fits the mood.
Fountain Pens, Journals and Books. What more could one ask for? Well done.
Thank you, William! I appreciate the kind words and awesome story of your academic career. We are around the same age. Your Uni experience sounds like The Secret History. Amazing! I agree on the Benu choice. brilliant! Thanks!
Excellent video. May have to get that book and read it.
Thank you, Debby!
Dark Academia - Hemingway Jones - As usual, CZcams's algorithm (which probably knows me better than I do, made me discover you) - I appreciate your videos, the use of fountain pens, this wonderful writing instrument - which could be said to be outdated age-old or antique - like the dip pen Speedball nib tips on wooden handles now reserved for calligraphy - or for novelists who like a certain rigor and the hallucinatory or hypnotizing effect (without the use of illegal substances and dangerous for the body, health and mind and freedom of movement without a criminal record) that are the old dactylo - typewriters or writing machine with keys for printing letters on a piece of paper as they were called - small assault tank that still work after 100 years of use
I can only encourage you during the moments of melancholy or acedia or black bile or spleen (as we used to say) (Baudelairean spleen) (and many others): Edgar Allan Poe Howard Phillips Lovecraft Kafka Jim Morrison (Doors) Kurt Cobain André "Dédé" Fortin Amy Winehouse Sinéad O'Connor
Anything goes (as we used to say)
Natural remedy (without Pfizer) - Writing with a beautiful pen and a beautiful luminous ink on beautiful papers while travelling to Quebec City
Thank you so much for this wonderful and insightful comment! I love reading from people who really get what I’m trying to do here. Thanks so much for watching and for being here.
Thanks so much for the wonderful comment and for being here!
This is the first video of yours that arrived on my feed and it resonated so much with me. It earned a subscribe.
I’d heard of dark academia before but never delved into it. Now, hearing your description of it, I realize how much of my style is shared with it.
I think that a couple of fountain pens that should’ve made the list are the Pelikans (especially the Souverän line) and a unique English brand “Italix”.
While vintage pens certainly have the qualities that you described, especially concerning the historical connections and the sense of nostalgia that they evoke (whether actual or imagined), many modern pens can outshine their reliability and capacities. Perhaps someday a small independent maker will combine the best features of both eras. It’s a shame that the wide variety of vintage-style nibs aren’t produced today, but it’s understandable.
Thanks for an excellent video.
Thank you so much, mcj084 for responding with such a kind and interesting comment. I agree about vintage pens and their reliability. One definitely needs a servicing option at hand and that is relevant to the conversation. Manufacturing and improvements have made great strides in everything but those flexy nibs of the past. Someone needs to reverse engineer an Ideal #2 or some such.
Thanks for the kind words and I am looking forward to hearing from you again.
This is in my opinion your best video. Great pen selections .Bill F.
Thank you, Bill! It is one of my favorites. It was fun to make.
Wonderful video really enjoyed watching this one!
Thank you, Rhonda!
What an Amazing channel ❤ Thank you for such amazing creations
Thank you for the kind and encouraging words!
Great video! My Esterbrook Estie in Ebony is my favorite in this aesthetic. What pen are you using as 3:33?
Thank you! Is that the overhead writing the letter? That’s the Montblanc 149. Just before that was the Montblanc Egyptomania. Thanks!
It's hard for me to fully understand why this film feels so fulfilling to watch! Thank you for showing the beauty of life.
Thank you so much! That is very kind of you to say. I am so glad that you enjoyed this one. I had such a wonderful time filming it. All the best!
What a wonderful video! The libraries really enhanced the concept of dark academia. I liked your pen choices. I browsed my collection and decided that the classic, yet simple, look and feel of my Lamy 2000 with a double-broad nib would be a fitting choice. As far as inks are concerned, a nice vintage look of either grey or brown, such as Diamine Grey or Herbin Lie de The.
Hello Kurt! Thanks for watching and for the kind comments. I think I should do a follow up: Top 5 Inks for Dark Academia. That would be so fun to revisit this idea. All the best!
I loved the library shots - the lighting, high ceilings and multi-level stacks exposed to view are most appealing. What library is that? I quite enjoyed the video. Thank you.
Thanks very much! It’s the library in Concord, MA. I am so glad that you enjoyed it.
I recommend a brand called National Security Fountain Pens I believe they made pens in the 1920s. I picked up one at the London Pen Show a few years ago and it would fit right in with this theme.
Sounds Brilliant! Thank you!
The photography was beautiful, Hemingway. Was that your family in the shots?
Thank you! Yes, that’s my wife and daughter.
Nice! I like the idea for top 5 pens of various genre like this....next you're going to have to do a top 5 for outdoor journaling, like nature, wilderness, camping, parks.
Yes! Exactly!
Excellent video! Love the library footage. I liked your choices. My five for dark academia (from my collection) would be the Pilot Custom 823 in amber, Conway Stewart "Victory at all Costs" Churchill, Birmingham Pen Raven Model-C, Lamy Studio in glacier, and Pilot E95s in burgundy.
Great choices! E95S is perfect and I regret omitting the 823.
As a university lecturer working in typical "dark academia" subjects - English literature and legal history, I know just what you mean - it's nice to see fashion come round and quickly touch what for you is an aesthetic that has always been part of your daily life. My own classic pens in this context would include Pelikans, especially the brown ones, the amber pilot Custom 823 and my lobster Parker Duofold, which is in fact the pen I always take when visiting old libraries - it just seems so at home in those settings.
"lobster" meaning red?
@@peterpuleo2904 it's a sort of red-orange, but more on the orange side. I bought the pen in Italy 30 years ago, where they called the pen colour "aragosta" - spiny lobster
Hello Simon, thank you very much. I really appreciate the kind words. I think you and I agree on many things about this, and I especially love your choice of pens. It’s nice to have people recognize the things your are into albeit briefly. I should have included the 823.
@@HemingwayJones always a pleasure to watch your videos, not least because I share quite a few of your tastes - amongst other things, I see you also love Venice, which I visited a couple of weeks ago and return to whenever I can. A city that despite the hordes of tourists has so many beautiful quiet streets and squares as soon as you move away from the canal grande, and some superb handmade stationery shops
Absolutely, they have amazing stationary stores there. I have bought some excellent journals there through the year.
What a unique approach to a theme. I appreciate the creativity and passion that went into this video. I laughed when you mentioned BENU, because that was my first thought -- particularly the Skull and Roses pen, which someone else also suggested. It perfectly echoes the Gothic aesthetic. A vintage Sheaffer Balance or even a Balance II from the 1990s in a classic flake material (I have a collection of them) would be a fitting choice. An engraved sterling silver Yard-o-Led could work. And of course, a vintage Parker Duofold would also fit the dark academia theme; to me, it is along the same general lines as the Conway Stewart in terms of its historical importance. I appreciate the inclusion of pens at all price points, although the Pilot Metropolitan seemed off because of the sleek silver finish; perhaps the grey Retro model with the houndstooth accent band would have been more spot on? In any case, that was fun, and you were clearly enjoying yourself.
Hi Marilyn! Yes! I wish I had had a darker Metropolitan at the time, but I wanted to feature the appropriate pen and a slightly different one than usual. Plus, my Safaris are Mango & White! I love the idea of Shaeffer! My Legacy is shiny chrome, so… that could be problematic. Still though, embedded nib, glorious! And yes, Benu!
Thanks so much for the kind words. They really are encouraging!
Hemingway, you possess the remarkable ability to outdo yourself. You sir, have done that here. I have been struggling quite mightily to endure the last twelve hours due to some severe chronic pain caused my a medical condition I was born with. When in pain, each minute feels akin to an eternity. This video is the first distraction I have delved into during this arduous, excruciating time that truly transported my mind and spirit. The world you've created here is one I am profoundly grateful for. The Secret History is a phenomenal book 📖 and each pen you displayed mesmerized my gaze. As a voracious reader, I so relate to your sentiment about feeling haunted by a book and missing the characters within it. Your words on melancholy and the passage of time was so poignant and eloquent that it elicited tears from my eyes. I feel a bit less weary, even less melancholy after viewing this. ✒
Thank you, Avec. That is very kind of you. I am sorry that you are going through some tough times. If my work has helped to assuage some of the pain for even a moment, I am tremendously grateful. Thanks so much! I connect with this one too. it affects me deeply. This is how we all solidify our connections. I am wish you all the best always.
When you mentioned hieroglyphics I immediately thought of shorthand systems for tachygraphy.
Brilliant. This is the aesthetic for you! All the best.
Enjoyed the video, Hemingway. I didn't realize that Dark Academia was a thing, you're opening eyes with this one! Cheers.
Thanks so much, Shane! I appreciate that.
For a fleeting moment, I somehow thought of the Deep State when I saw Dark Academia.
@@sajjadhusain4146 Funny!
@@HemingwayJones ..Ha, it is. But not far-fetched either. Today’s academia, (the centers of higher learning and the faculty) in general, is quite mired in a very corrosive culture of fear, corruption, coercion and conformism.
What a wonderful video. Fountain pens and The Secret History! What's not to love! Do you mind if I ask where you filmed this? It's beautiful and very atmospheric. Thanks again.
Thanks very much! I appreciate that. So, it was filmed in Concord, MA at the South Burying Ground, at Concord Free Public Library, & at Hammond Castle in Gloucester, MA. Thanks very much!
Very entertaining video Mr. Jones. (Hello from Eastampton). That Mont Blanc is out of my budget . My fav is a Jinhao x450 with a Goulet Pens M nib. Looking forward more videos. KB
Thank you Ken! Welcome! I appreciate the kind words.
One of your best videos! They are not only well done but they also inspire! My list would be 1- 149. 2- Lamy 2000. 3- E95s. 4- Esterbrook Estie. 5- TWSBI vac.
Thank you, Jim! I appreciate it so much! Wonderful list! Maybe I could have swapped the Vac for the Eco!
Reason I chose the vac over the eco is 1 pen with available screw in nibs giving a better choice and giving the list more options without adding any pens.
A very good point and choice.
Dark Academia: interesting topic. Yes the Conway Stewart Churchill lever filler is friendly...the sac fails due to the faulty lever design. TWSBI eco that glows for Dark Academia is a must have. The Visconti Wall Street, an Opera Master Typhoon, the Aurora Optima, Sheaffer Targa, Sailor King of Pen, Delta Dolca Vita, a Black Pen Society Franklin Christoph special edition, a Dr. Ken Cavers custom made pen, the Levenger True Writer with signature nibs, a Junior Esterbrook with the journaller nib, the Waterman 52 1/2 and the CONID bulkfiller all excellent choices also. Jinhao X450 and X159 you dont even mind forgetting in the library stacks though librarians shudder knowing someone lurks in their domicile with a fountain pen. And what academic would not want a Pelikan 120, 200, 400, 600, 800 1000 or any other special bird. Omas has that titanium nib, and the OMAS 360 demonstrator belongs in every self respecting collectors case especially those in academia. The Visconti Ragtime is a fun academia every day pen with the outspoken nib and Italian history. And Parker Duofold's so rich in history from world war era to more modern productions all impressive. HOWEVER MB Starwalker is in no self respecting fountain pen collector/academic collection unless it was a gift.
Wonderful list! Thanks so much for watching!
Hello, this was a super cool video and I really enjoyed the theme of it. I have recently been getting more and more into pens and inks but I am curious about your favorite papers and journals. I initially was interested in fountain pens as a way to motivate myself to journal more but I’m having trouble finding a journal with a smooth enough paper. What would you recommend?
Hello and thank you for the kind comments! I appreciate it very much! I think the smoothest paper that I have written on was Rhodia. They do make some journals. I usually use Bottega Obscura journals for their amazing artistry. I like Clairefontaine for correspondence. There are a lot of excellent choices.
@@HemingwayJones thank you so much for the help!
Thanks, the Dark Academia atmosphere is intriguing.
Thanks so much! I have another one coming! Thank you.
A very interesting and scholarly topic. I like the increasing use of b roll in your videos. Nice use of the lovely ladies.
I am glad you enjoyed the videos.
It’s amazing how you’re an old man and yet your inner child can still be seen in your face!😊
I’m not that old. Geeze. Thanks for watching.
Goodness! 😂 My 25 years old tells me I am old too, 90 is old 50s is middle aged ❤
Old School, yet cool!
Thanks! That's a great description of it.
That was great especially right at the end, vintage fountain pens.. perfect ending …
Thank you so much! It was a wonderful
Chat. We could have covered so much more. Thanks for watching.
Having watched the whole video, I'm curious as to all the notebooks you use for all the writing you do. I'd love a video on this: all the various notebooks/papers you use for all the writing you do.
I'm thinking about what I can use for work and court, etc.
Thanks so my, Francis! I can do that. Thanks for watching.
Writing with fountain pens maybe out dated, but I prefer handwriting letters to family and friends. It more personal. And I also get great feedback on the ink I use. It means more when you receive a handwritten letter as to an email.
I agree so much! Thanks!
I dearly loved this video. I love the idea of Dark Academia. It just sits well with me. I write with two different Pelikan pens, both with an EF nib, but one is contemporary and the other vintage, post WW2 era. The nib on the vintage pen is an extreme EF. It's best for addressing envelopes and writing on poor quality paper. The modern one, even though EF, writes between a Lamy F and M. It's great for letters. I can easily see myself in the college library again. That aroma from aged books and that quick smell of ink when the pen is uncapped. It's heaven all around.
I love this comment. Thanks for the king words. Pelikan pens are excellent choices! Agree completely about the smell and feel of a library. Thanks so much.
Great video! I'm transitioning to academia later this year so I will take this as a sign to get a TWSBI Eco 🤣
Thanks for the kind words! Congratulations on entering Academia.
Oh. One more reason for selecting the Lamy Studio and the vintage Parker 51 for library use: they can both be posted so as to eliminate any concern about misplacing the cap. In addition, the Parker 51 is very quiet in use.
Very true. The VP is so loud, for instance, in comparison. Brilliant.
I think the Metro is a great choice in particular. Students aren't necessarily made of money, and that's the least expensive, most consistently available pen that looks like it might come from another time.
My personal choice that's different from your list is indeed a Benu; I have the Euphoria in October Fall. It is dark, evokes firelight, and evokes the spirit of autumn, which conjures a bit of excitement in the heart of anyone who has spent any amount of time at all attuned to the academic calendar. While it's still available, it is limited, but Benu offers a lot of choices that might go hand in hand with someone's particular research passion.
Excellent points, My Friend, and a fantastic comment. Part II is coming soon!
Fascinating!
Thank you!
Wow! I just discovered you! Thank you!
Welcome! Happy to have you! Check out some more videos! I have 4 on Dark Academia.
Hi HJ!!!! As usual, this is a wonderful video. I would expect nothing less from you.
Well, I work at a major University, and am a formerl PhD student, so this video hits home. I pretty much like all the aspects of Dark Academia as you do. Due to my medical problems, I have had to change my choice of clothing and my shoes, but, here is my choice of fountain pens : 1) Montblanc 149 fp, 2) Parker Duofold Centennial fp, 3) Kaweco Brass Sport fp, 4) Pelikan M-1000 fp, and 5) Lamy Al-Star fp, and Pilot Vanishing POint fp.
A brilliant list! Thanks for the kind words, My Friend! Hugs Always.
I’d love to see you do an interview with Micheal Jecks from Writerly Witterings. I think you two would be a great pair.
That sounds great. I would love to interview them.
I know I'm a little late to the party but I have to mention BENU's line of Talisman pens. While bright sparkling pens may not seem to be an obvious choice consider this: each pen is infused with a substance thought to have mystical powers such as Mandrake root, Venus's Hair crystals, sap from the Dragon's Blood tree, etc. I don't think any other line of pens could represent the spirit of dark academia in a better way.
That is a brilliant addition, My Friend. Thank you!
I understand the logic behind all the choices (it is solid) but it resulted in an ultimately very safe list.
I maybe should have put more dark into my Dark Academia and had some sort of violent pen. Next time.
@@HemingwayJones Like one of those hidden knife pens? Very useful for some casual academic backstabbing. But even if you wanted to choose only the pens from your collection, I am surprised that Egyptomania did not make an appearance, even as an honourable mention. Egyptomania as a trend is peak Dark Academia, and the pen delivers from the aesthetic point of view.
My friends and I are starting to work together on a letter writing roleplaying game with a bit of a horror theme. A pen to go with the themes we drawn on will be something I’m going to think about. I am currently doing a play through of Thousand Year Old Vampire, a solo journaling game, and the right pen feels very important. I feel like I should have a desk pen to play it with.
Hi Lucas! That sounds like an amazing project. Let me know how it goes. All the best!
Great video! It seems to me that one of your heros, Indiana Jones, is also Dark Academia. He would also love this video! :)
Thanks Amy! That is a very good point!
I'm late to the party...but what a lovely and compelling video.
Thank you for watching and for the kind words.
Hello Hemingway, outstanding video. I am an academic. I use fountain pens exclusively in my scholarly pursuits. I think a fountain pen with a 1930s aesthetic suits dark academia very well. I use a Kaweco Dia 2 in black with rhodium trim as my daily pen. It has a distinctly academic appearance and writes wonderfully on quality fountain pen friendly paper. Keep up the good work, sir!
Thank you, Francois! I appreciate the kind words!
I enjoyed "The Secret History" and like this video. Well done.
Thank you very much!
I believe some retro pens would fit this theme well, such as the Parker 51. Pilot Elite 95s also has that timeless look i love so much.
I support this 100%!
I'll check my vintage india black parker 51 with a rolled gold cap... Hard to date exactly, I think 1949 or 1950. Surprisingly I got it from a collector in Serbia
What a wonderful story. Brilliant.
I was keen to see you write in Latin, which I immediately thought went hand in hand with your narrative here. Notwithstanding, I appreciate your work here and no doubt you must have had fun in the filming/editing process. And that is what this is all about: sharing your passion. 😊
Cheers. ✒️
I am writing in Italian in one clip. That’s about as close as I come! Thanks so much for watching and commenting. This was super fun to do and I am very happy with how the editing came out. That is so satisfying for me. I’m still learning a lot about editing.
@@HemingwayJones My Latin is sparse, albeit my dad learnt Latin and I did grow up with occasional Latin adages etc being used. And I, not wanting to let the team down, do use Botanical Latin due to a degree in that field. Of course, I do not really believe I can speak, nor write in Latin. As for the Italian writing sample I'll have to watch again, seems I didn't pick up on that aspect here. 😎
Great to hear you had fun with the creativity here. I believe that showed throughout the video and your joy the key to an entertaining, but also insightful video.
I trust this will go a long way to solidifying your own niche within the fountain pen channel community and no doubt garner new viewers.
Looking forward to the next installment. Thanks.
Your best vid yet! I love this aesthetic, and if you wanted a newer pen for it, the Visconti Mirage Mythos - Apollo would be an excellent choice. High quality and drop dead gorgeous, with a depth of color that evokes woody visages in the most hallowed haunts of bibliophiles,. The Mythos Apollo also has richly decorative and highly functional detailing that deftly addresses the writer's practical considerations while adding real pleasure to the experience - from the authoritative snap of the cap, the soft yet strong clip action, to the incredibly comfortable and secure grip . What might seem for some to be quixotic is, in real life, a delight to the senses, and a beautiful elevation of every day experience. A suitable choice for Dark Academia and for anyone who appreciates inspiration.
Hello DR. An inspired choice! I reviewed that recently here: czcams.com/video/ImybbV3rrO4/video.html
All the best and thanks for the very well written and compelling comment.
I think the Narwhal Nautilus in Cephalopod Black is perfect for dark academia due to the Jules Verne connection.
I love this idea! Thank you!
I was expecting Visconti Homo sapiens in the list but I like your choices and rationale behind them!
Thanks so much! I could have gone Visconti. It’s a good choice! Thanks for watching.
This video made me poignant for university. I could smell the racks in all the imagery. I miss that smell. I believe a field trip is in order this weekend! I too share your deep love for all things bookish, including my beloved pens and journals. Truly wonderful video!
Wonderful! I love the library smell. I even have a candle that has that smell.
@@HemingwayJones Amazing! What is that candle???
@@vivvv2630 It’s by Modern Alchemy and is called Ex Libris
A perfect pen falls in love with a single hand. This was why eight years ago Visconti's Homo Sapiens Bronze found my hand and remained. Its broad nib is lovely, though I should have bought Visconti's Stub. Except I am more than happy with my pen that has written thousands of words, and, will doubtless write thousands more. A very lovely video sharing your thoughts and feelings. I wish you happy days ~Wendi 🌻
Hello Wendi, Thank you for the lovely comment and amazing quote. Thank you so much for watching. Stop by again soon.
I’m surprised the Egyptomania didn’t make the list. That was the first one that came to mind.
Part 2 comes out this Thursday at noon 8/3. It may well be on there.
@@HemingwayJonesI see that it was #1 on the second list! Still, I’m surprised it wasn’t on the first list-any particular reason it didn’t make it the first time around?
Thank you! I sure will! 🌸🌷🌸🌷🌸
Thank you!
My list: Montegreppa Venetia Black, Sailor Maki-E Tsuyu, Scribo La Dotta Domus, Visconti Homo Sapiens Lava Bronze, mainly medium points but Scribo makes fantastic flex nibs
You have a beautiful handwriting.
That is so nice to say. Thank you!
What nib size is your Conway Stewart Churchill please? Looks like a fine or medium?
It’s a medium.
Dark Academia reminds me of the Intellectual Goths back when I was younger, it seems a more mature version really.
I can see that! Great connection.
HJ, great video I loved it. The back-drop of the library was stunning in aesthetics. The pens that you chose were a great way of imagining Dark Academia students doing the work that will open the minds of our future leaders. I would have liked to have the Visconti Homo Sapien Bronze Age as a pen in the video. Its look shouts Dark Academia. What do you think?
Hello John, I agree completely! That is an excellent choice! Love the Visconti.
Only reason fountain pens are "outdated" is because most inexpensive (or honestly even semi-expensive) papers are not manufactured to accept any moisture. That and many people just don't care enough for the "hassle" of liquid ink, inky fingers, and actually refilling vs tossing empty pens
Certainly not in these quarters! Happy to have you with us. Thanks for watching.
@@HemingwayJones Lol, not for me either. I switched 95% of my pen usage to fountain pens & love getting ink on my fingers. Thank you for your videos.
What are the locations you have used? They are lovely, please do share