We Rate Your Favorite Fountain Pens - Cool or Not Cool 2!
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
- Helen is Back as CoHost to review more fountain pens! And to decide if they are Cool or NOT Cool!
Join us, Won't you? As we take a look at another group of pens including, Montblanc, Jinhao, Lamy 2000, Waterman...
This is not to be missed! I even left some of the outtakes in because they were entertaining. I hope that you enjoy them and this exciting 2nd episode of “Cool or Not Cool!”
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I think your best videos are when you two are together! The back and forth is great to watch! Many thanks to you both for taking the time to do this!
Thanks very much. I am glad you enjoyed it. I’ll do more, if this one does well. Thanks!
Hello HJ. I just seen on Instagram that the views for this video were not favorable and that it might be the last of it's kind. It is a shame since it gave a little bit of spice to the channel. I understand numbers rule in the eyes of the U-tube gods, but I think that your loyal followers would agree that this is a fun, light hearted video that gets enjoyed. Do your true fans a favor and have a "Cool, or not cool" part 3. This gives you an opportunity to showcase and display your collection. Great video. The banter between you and Helen is priceless. Keep them coming my friend.
Thanks so much! I am glad that you enjoyed it. It means the world to me.
The host and hostess are super cool. I love my Honey Noire!
Thanks Man! I am so glad you enjoyed it.
Hi, again! I have just had the best time watching these 2 cool/not cool videos. Laughed out loud a lot which is rare for me.
So much fun! You made my day which didn't start so great. Thank you!!!!
I’m so happy to hear! Thanks so much.
Catching up on your past videos. Helen is such a delight.
Thank you very much! I love when she is on the Channel.
What a great video! Thanks to you and Helen. Your channel is absolutely fantastic.
I'm happy the Lamy 2k made the cool list.
Thank you very much! I am so glad you are enjoying these posts.
This video was definitely cool! It was fun to watch you and Helen determine the coolness (or lack thereof) regarding each pen. I was happy to see the Lamy 2000 receive the cool-factor it deserves. However, I must say I was saddened to see the lever-action Conway Stewart relegated to the "not cool" side of the table; but that's all part of the fun. Great video, Hemingway and Helen.
Thanks for watching, My Friend. I am glad you enjoyed it.
Great video! Helen is very cool! You have an amazing collection of pens.
Thank you very much and thanks for watching.
So fun I had to watch twice, please make part 3!
I have a new project for us, but I think we will do this again in the Summer.
I think Helen should do a counterpoint for all of your pen reviews; I adore her!
I keep trying to get her to start a YT Channel. I think she’d be great. Thanks so much!
A great episode HJ and Helen. I also have a Toms Studio with an extra-fine semi flex nib and a Pro-Flex nib. The pen writes great. I also have the Jinhao 9019 in Fine and Extra-fine. Both are great too. Really enjoyed the show. Keep putting the videos out, they are great.
Thanks very much, My Friend! I am glad you enjoyed it.
Yep, Helen is cool and has great taste in pens. Would love to see more cool not cool collaborations.
Truly! Thank you!
Helen, you are very cool! I enjoyed this video very much and would love to see more episodes of this. 😊
Fun to watch, once again!
Thank you both!
Thank you so much!
Helen has good taste. She did choose you after all. And she is absolutely right about her cool pen choses.
There is that! Thank you so much.
Super cool video. I agree with some, disagree with others, but I love how fun these videos actually are whether I agree or not. I am already anticipating part 3!
Thanks so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
I’m so glad the Pelican M600 Red Tortoise at least made tepid cool! I don’t know I could keep watching if it wasn’t counted cool at all. It is gorgeous!
It is an amazing pen! I need more Pelikans.
Thanks, I love these videos.
It may just be me, but every time I see that Aurora with the orange body and black trim I think Delta Dolcevita.
Thanks so much for watching! They are twins, those pens. All the best!
What's coolest of all, is how well you've married sir! Incredibly fond of you both, and really enjoy your videos with Helen in them...especially, the ones that feature her (Cool or Not Cool 1, & 2). Here in the south, they would quickly point out that "You sir, have married UP!" 🙂 Could there be a greater blessing, than a wonderful lifelong partner by your side? I don't see how it's possible. Such a wonderful channel! I'm now a subscriber and am interested in membership. Hope you'll do more of these, I think you'd gladly be sent pens expressly for "coolness" qualifying. Thank you for your videos, cheers!
You are terrifically kind. Thank you for the kind words. Helen is the best. She is a joy and so fun and interesting. I am sure we will do more of these. Well mix it up with something else. Maybe inks next.
Loved this show.. you are both Great! And.. I love my ef Honey Noir Churchill.. you should have said the name and you would have Helen's vote!
Frank in Colorado
That’s a good point! Thanks so much for watching.
Love the format, I'm team Helen for the cool v uncool choices but would have had to have had a 'fun' subcategory for the shark and 'mermaid'.... the pink shark is Helen's cool kids get caught giggling on the swings after hours moment! Love your joint videos, looking forward to part 3😊
Thank you very much! I am so glad you enjoyed this.
That was much fun again!!!
Thank you!
Great fun!
Thank you!
HJ, great video. Ms. HJ has great taste. I completely agree with her NOT COOL picks :) I was surprised that the nib saved the 146 from un-coolness. :)
Thanks so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
I mostly agree with Helen except I love the “not cool” bright yellow one. She also has a great sense of style.
I love that pen also! Helen was wonderful style. She is her own person through and through. Thanks for watching.
Hemingway you have a killer collection for sure!! I like these videos and love your wife's input and the juxtaposition of you and her on your views on what makes a fountain pen cool or not cool haha
Thank you so much! I appreciate it. You are very kind.
Wonderful and funny video! Keep 'em coming!
Thank you!
This was a fun episode. I can’t wait to get my first fountain pen and start my collection.
Thanks so much! I appreciate your watching. Wow, you have so many to choose from for your first purchase.
@@HemingwayJones already have an idea, TWSBI Echo. Just not sure about a F or M nib. Any advice for a fountain pen newbie?
@@actuallyrichie Medium for starter.
@@peterpuleo2904 thanks! That’s what I was thinking since I usually use medium pens.
I concor with all. Expect the Eco, even though i sold mine because of the broad nib being too broad for me, it is TOTALLY COOL.
I do love that pen. Thanks!
I also think you need to have the hideously cool.and fun Rotring Core on the next one! Probably the weirdest pen I own. People are pretty passionate about them!
That sounds fun! I’m in. Thanks for watching.
how fun, been waiting for this one
I am so glad you enjoyed it.
Lamy 2000 forever!!!!
Love it!
Love it! I knew that the Shark would get a cool. I think I have one in every color that they made. I love the pink though. They are also decent writers, for 2 bucks you can't go wrong. Another Awesome video Mr and Mrs HJ
Thank you so much and thank you for the pens.
I have never tried the shark pen, but I have been positively surprised by Jinhao's "bang for the buck" factor many times. The only "bad" pen I got from them is the original brass body 159.
All the other either were good writers as is, or became after very minimal tinkering 🙂
Also, the daughter stealing the pen right away is proof enough that it goes in the "cool" side of the table!
@HemingwayJones You are welcome I am glad they are Cool!
Helen has excellent taste and got pretty much everything right in my opinion except for the Conway Stewart, which is definitely cool and definitely captured the vintage vibe. I don't think the Lamy 2000 is cool, but I won't insist on that one.
Thanks for watching. It’s all in good fun.
I think that the Aurora's cool. Thanks, HJ and Helen!
Our pleasure!
I find myself agreeing with Helen most of the time. Though, that TWSBI Eco is very cool in that specific colorway IMHO. (But, it is not crazy rainbow, and if that is your expectation from TWSBI, they I get it!)
She loves the Iris! Nothing I can do to convince here otherwise.
Thanks to Helen and HJ -that was fun to watch.
Thank you so much!
👍 great video!
Lots of Italian pens there!
The Lamy 2000. After your videos I really want to get one!
Hey, little secret, between you and me? But, please, Don’t tell Anyone !
I’m not the greatest fan of the song “O Sole Mio”!
In fact I tried to make a somewhat personalized version of it n my channel.
So far no one noticed what to me sounded like easy-to-grasp musical quotations I put in my version.
maybe a sophisticated Bostonian musical guy like you will get them?
Thanks for this video!
Thanks so much! We share so much in common. I’ll have to check your out. You are very creative. Thank you.
I love Art Deco but not the Waterman Charleston. I have to consider the reason because it was a visceral reaction.
You know, I really like it. Except the nib is too small for the rest of the pen. Maybe it’s the yellow! It writes so nicely though. Thanks!
Love my Lamy 2000. Isn't it displayed at MoMa. It's also reasonably priced! Yea, COOL.
Is it! I need to include that in a future video.
Reminds me of when I ask my wife advice on things. She has a good sense of stuff and if you’re trying to hard to be cool 😅😂
Sincerely! Thanks for watching.
Tom's Studio, Waterman 52, Platinum Kanazawa, Parker Vacumatic... Ice cold indeed!
Nice!
I was scared to hear what she thought of the Lamy 2000....but it turns out she really does have good taste! I was also interested in her opinion of the Aurora Optima. I didn't like the appearance of that model with the black cap. So I agree with her! And, sorry, I agree with her on the Waterman Charleston!
Seeing the vintage pen was fun. I really would be curious about her reaction to a lot of vintage pens!
I also have to ask if the zooming while you were talking happened during the edit or if it was a bit of fun special effects during the filming...
What are her preferred fountain pens?
Hello Jason! Thanks for watching this! So, the zooms were done in edits just to give some variety to the side by side one camera shoot. I think they worked out well.
She loves the Pilot VP and this Chinese pen she has that is probably a Hero. It looks like porcelain.
If I ever do this again, maybe I’ll pick a bunch of vintage pens. Classics.
Thanks so much!
Great video.
Thank you!
Great video! But you knew it would spark controversy among your viewers. I agree with you on the Montblanc 146 and the Lamy. I struggled a bit with the Omas Ogiva, but then . . . Really? Really? The Conway Stewart Churchill is not cool and the Jinhao Giganta is cool? Really? 🤣
All in good fun! Thanks for watching.
Am I hearing correctly or is that Belle Note from Lady and the Tramp playing in the end credits?!😯😅
As appropriate as that would be, this is from the YT free music library. It has become a bit of Helen’s theme on the Channel. Thanks for watching until the end.
I enjoyed this video, however I thought the blue Omas WAS cool. I preferred it to almost anything on the table. If I were asked to pick one pen, it would be between that Omas and the Opus 88.
It is a very pretty pen. I’m so glad you enjoyed it.
Oh no… the CS Honey Noire is so soo cool but I love art deco.
I love that pen. Thanks for watching.
aha! yes lamy 2000 is cool in a plain no frills way I agree... still a bit dull... I know it's Bauhaus and all but it still makes me wonder.... I will never buy it though! have twsbi eco in baby pink, mint green and cream... if I get the baby blue I'm done! no they aren't cool but they are sweet and look cute especially as a little herd... agree with your wife the blue bronze ain't cool... but I still love twsbi I enjoyed this 😂❤
Thanks so much for watching!
TWSBI Eco's aren't cool? Shocking, but I guess all is well as long as my plaid shirts, skinny ties, and plastic gas station pocket protectors remain in style.
Nice presentation, by the way!
Thanks very much! I’m glad you enjoyed it. It’s all in good fun.
All in the very best of fun. Besides, pocket protectors are soooo 2019. Not like slide rule belt pouches - they, of course, are timeless fashion! @@HemingwayJones
I'm very standoffish about the Full Metal Jacket because it requires a separate tool (key) to operate the piston filling system. What if the key becomes misplaced?
I agree with you that the key is a bit much. I think a pen should be self contained. However, you really don’t need the key to fill it. It just makes it easier and more enjoyable. It turns fine without it. Thanks for watching!
Lamy 2k makes it to 'cool' ... Helen can stay.
She is the best! Thanks for watching.
Helen wins again (mostly)! But "cool" has more to do with a combination of esthetic design and uniqueness. But if you use pens to write daily, the quality of the nib and its shape and markings counts a lot, even if the pen body itself is not cool. Also how smoothly the overall function of the pen as well as the nib. Example: A Montblanc 146 is not "cool" but it is very well made and it writes beautifully. Contrast that with a Montblanc Boheme, which has an exceptional attention to detail, with a retractable excellent nib. When retracted most Boheme models appear smaller than average pen size, but the cap attaches to the back of the barrel with metal threads (not plastic), giving it extra length and "in hand" feeling. Once you've attached the cap to the back of the barrel, you extend the nib by turning the cap clockwise, and retract it by turning it counter-clockwise. The action is smooth. When you remove the cap from the barrel to re-attach and close the pen, there is a small pin mechanism inside the cap that prevents accidentally damaging the nib if you forgot to retract the nib first.
Because the size of the pen is smaller when the nib is retracted and closed, it is a cartridge only pen, using standard size Montblanc ink cartridges. So how do you remove and install an ink cartridge when you know the retracted nib mechanism takes up space inside the barrel? And of course you don't want to remove the nib or damage the internal retractable nib mechanism. Answer: The end cap of the barrel is really a hinge with a tiny metal knob that you flick to open the cartridge chamber. You don't have to force it open or find it's too loose and opens by itself, it's just right. That exposes the inserted ink cartridge, and at first glance you ask yourself how the hell am I going to remove a firmly inserted cartridge packed tight inside? Answer: When the hinge cap is open, you gently twist the barrel counter-clockwise and it forces the cartridge out of the chamber. To insert a new cartridge you gently insert it partially, then gently twist the barrel clockwise which fully inserts the cartridge and pricks a small hole in the business end of the cartridge so the ink flows to the nib. Note: The barrel twist mechanism only works when the hinged end cap is open, and only a light touch is required to smoothly twist the barrel in either direction. Once you flick the end hinge cap closed, the barrel will not rotate.
Now if all that detail and smooth precision isn't cool, I don't know what is. It's compact when closed and larger with the nib extended and the cap screwed on the metal threads at the end of the barrel. Montblanc made the Boheme in variety of different colors, materials and textures, but sadly discontinued it about 20 years ago. They can still be readily found for sale on the secondary market in exceptional, mint or even NOS condition. Most Boheme models were the smaller size, with a medium size available, and only a few full-sized models produced. Be prepared, because they're not inexpensive used (like it or hate it, Montblanc pens are expensive), and the price depends on condition and model. The gold nibs came in fine, medium and broad.
And what's also very cool about your "Cool Or Not Cool" segments is the wonderful way you both love and respect each other!
Ah, the Boheme! I have had my eye on that one for a long time. You make it sound elegantly refined! I saw one on Peyton St and it got by me. Very disappointed.
Thank you so much for the kind comment on us, and I am so glad you enjoyed this video.
This video...cool.
Thanks so much!
Another great video,you and yr wife make great couple,both love fountain pens frank in Oswego,ill
Thanks so much!
I’m going to argue for the TWSBI Eco and say, it’s the Any Warhol of pens. It’s a pop insta-classic. They’re a beautiful modern design and people can’t stop looking at them and you want them all. It’s not a classic master like Rembrandt but it holds its own against those old vintage timeless designs by dead people. When the topi can of pens comes up, TWSBI Eco is at every party. Whenever you pull one out, people’s eyes get wide and ask what it is. It’s the young street artist who’s breaking the mold and king of the current scene. It’s cool as a cucumber. It’s not one of those reverent classic oil paintings.. it’s new. It’s fresh. It’s pop art.
Your wife is charming, the banter was engaging, I felt some anxious anticipation to hear the verdict on each pen. I liked the video. I don't understand your criteria for "cool", though. "Cool", "beautiful", "interesting", "original" - there may be some overlap between these words, sometimes not. I know what _I_ think is cool, but I have a hard time explaining it. Attitude, style and originality all come into play, along with a je ne sais quoi that I can only know when I see it. I hate the Lamy 2000 and I hate Bauhaus, but there's a cool factor there that I can't deny. The TWSBI is like cargo pants - splendid for what it does, but with all the style of a pair of Crocs (which are also splendid for what they do, but they're cool like a well-designed and properly functioning septic system is cool). I love some things that I think are decidedly not cool. I'm flummoxed about why Helen thinks the Conway Stewart is not cool, though. It checks all the right boxes for me; I'd like to know which boxes it failed to check for her.
Thanks so much for watching. These videos are all done in good fun. We made some attempt at defining “cool” in the first one and mostly adhered to it. More than anything, it is an opportunity for us to chat about pens. As for the Conway Stewart though, she thinks that anything that is in that traditional tortoise pattern is uncool. She sees it as stodgy and old fashioned. Me, and perhaps you, disagree with that, and that’s what makes it a lot of fun. She is also very compelling each time. She has excellent reasons. Thanks again for watching.
@@HemingwayJones I've been editing too many theses this week and briefly forgot the difference between a research paper and something done in fun. At this time of the semester, I'm definitely no fun!
I think that there's a big difference between old fashioned and classic. Tortoise shell patterns are classic, not old fashioned or stodgy! They're like herringbone tweed. If I lived in the Northeast, I'd be wearing a lot of (IMO) cool tweed jackets. Alas, when I moved from Moscow and DC to Louisiana, I gave all my tweed coats and jackets away. Here they'd just be moth food.
@@jamespicht1128 My love for Tweed and woo in general is well documented here. I have 2 three piece Tweed suits and many sport coats, all of which are sealed in garment bags. Another thing with me is if I am in “Work Mode” and I shift to CZcams, my responses are far too serious. I need to decompress. Have a nice Weekend My Friend.
My wife rated Sailor Progear Slim Mini “Not cool”, but Jinhao 82 Mini “Cool” !
Former has 14K nib and costs $100+ and the latter is the clone (of the former) and costs $6 !
It’s a disrupter. That makes it cool! 😂
Ah ah, that Aurora Optima, It's not cool, it's not "not cool", it's kind of hot 🤣
That was a fun one.
I disagree about the Aurora, not because of its color, but because, as a writer, i love how the Aurora feel and write. (I do understand that you originally had issues with the nib, but that's never happened to me.)
It is writing well now. Sometimes, it’s a process with a pen. I love that one.
Your wife is a lovely lady, and I really enjoy seeing you two on screen together! But she is NOT right about everything! Cool is in the eye of the beholder, and you two don't share an aesthetic. For the next one can I suggest that you each have a cool and not cool pile, and shared/agreed upon cool and not cool sections. So we get to see what you both agree on, and where you differ. You defer to her almost always, which is sweet, but I'd like to see both of your opinions given equal weight. And then we also get to see the MOST uncool and the MOST cool pens at the end.
Thanks for watching. We may tweak the format the next time we do it, probably next summer.
A pink shark.... NOT COOL.
Why on Earth would you show me the Opus 88 Medusa, why would you do that to me? I own a Lamy 2000 and not cool in my opinion. Own a Mont Blanc 146 and it is kind of cool except for the baby bottom. I do not like the way my Pelikan m-605 writes. Ok TWSBI Eco own a few and very cool for the price it writes very nice. Thank you for the fun video.
Thanks for watching. We have a blast with these. All the best.
That Medusa pen is SUPER cool. Cool color, literally, since it looks like ice, and I especially like the crystal clear finials, the snkes are cool, (and nothing sensless was addeded to ruin it which IMO happens too often), and of course, the ancient Greek theme is what seals the deal because I think ancient Greece is cool. I searched online because I'd actually shelll out the cash for that one but that pen is so "cool" it's no longer available for sale.
Wonderful! Love your defense of it. Well done. Thanks for watching.
Is Helen Australian?
No, she is English. Thanks.
This was so much fun! I loved hearing Helen’s take on your collection. The Lamy 2k is definitely cool. I’d be curious to hear her opinion on the Lamy Studio (hopefully a special color elevates the pen), the Dialog CC (great wet writer because of the gold nib) and the Imporium.
p.s. Anything from Tom's Studio has to be cool!
They are awesome.
I think you should be careful to not conflate 'cool' with 'I like it'. For example, Lamy 2000, I don't like it, but it's certainly very cool, IMO. This time, I found myself agreeing half the way again, but then something happened.
Things I'd disagree with, this time, is Tom's Studio Pocket Pen. Sorry, I don't think it's particularly cool. The TWSBI Eco, I'm not yet a fan, but it is cool. Conway Stewart Churchill, extremely cool. Chinese pens are never cool. You're allowed to like them and they may be good, but not cool.
Thanks so much for watching!
I throw up a little in my mouth everytime I hear "Bauhaus design." It just SO overused, IMO, in the fountain pen world.
And the 2000, just a pregnant piston filled Parker 45, isn't it? Much of LAMY from the 1960s is very derivative of the 45. Even the converter for the cartridge converter pens is ultimately the same as the Eversharp/Parker design, sometimes even interchangeable.
Good thing there's enough out there that everyone can have their own opinion. 😁
The clip on your Vacumatic is easy to straighten, even without removing it. Bamboo skewer, pressure... 👍 Done it with very stiff through even a basically sheet metal Esterbrook "Dollar" pen clip. Like any vintage repairs, be patient. It's really an easy thing to do. Or, they do unscrew for even more intricate work.
And what's not to like for the Jinhao pens you showed? Best bang for your buck out there.
Fun going through pens regularly. Makes you remember those you may have forgotten recently, helps decision making.
What a vulgar phrase you have there. Not at all overused in regards to the Lamy 2000. It was literally the point of it. Other pens, yes. Absolutely. Not this one. Thanks for the tip n the Vacumatic. I probably should fix it. We’ve been through so much together. Thanks so much for watching.