Nice review. Your handwriting is incredible.

Excellent ink! veeery good presentation!! Thank you!

Mesmeric! Thank you.

This channel is too classy to be viral but never mind. The lady’s handwriting doesn’t need the ugly masses, it is sublime and far beyond all that. 😇

@TheHardcoreDilettante

4 жыл бұрын

😳Aw, shucks. Thanks for the truly lovely compliment.

Thanks you Madam for the review- Kandan.M.P , Ranga Pen Company

@TheHardcoreDilettante

5 жыл бұрын

You're quite welcome! You deserve to have more recognition for your fine pens.

@androiduser6928

4 жыл бұрын

Where can I buy your pens from, sir ?

@satyajitranjeev233

4 жыл бұрын

@@androiduser6928 I woulds assume rangapens.com/

Your handwriting is wonderful to watch.

@TheHardcoreDilettante

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

0:14 Is that leather pouch a Wancher? I have several and love them. The ones I like the most are orange outside and black inside.

@TheHardcoreDilettante

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I have orange ones, too. They're great pouches.

Excellent penmanship. I wonder if Robert Oster makes a green with pink sheen ink, like a fire and ice but green; forrest and sunset that could complement the pen?

@TheHardcoreDilettante

5 жыл бұрын

Robert Oster Tranquility and Marine both look pretty good in that pen, but I haven't pulled the trigger on a full bottle yet. The sheen in both is more of a pinky red, not a full-on pink.

I am also very much enjoying my Ranga 8B pens, very nicely balanced, and I have one with a Kanwrite semiflex. I wonder how this would differ with your Titanium Bock nib, which I believe is also a semiflex?

@TheHardcoreDilettante

4 жыл бұрын

Titanium nibs are much softer but don't have the same snap back as a steel flex nib (and are much easier to spring). Titanium nibs are more to enjoy a "soft" writing experience, not for true flexing, IMO.

One question, did you use the ebonite feed that came with the Ranga stock nib to when you swapped nibs (default Bock nib is plastic, unless I'm mistaken)? Thanks.

@TheHardcoreDilettante

4 жыл бұрын

Bob, I did use the Ranga ebonite feed. However, the titanium nib is so much thinner than a steel or gold nib that there was a loose fit. Not enough to cause serious issues, but enough that burping was more common than I liked (too much air exchange, I suspect), so I've since replaced it with a F Nemosine steel nib that I ground into an architect.

@bobsaffron8284

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheHardcoreDilettante Thanks. I'm having a pen made with a Bock 8 titanium precisely because I want an ebonite feed. Have you tried this nib? kzread.info/dash/bejne/X52rqbeeYM-6n7A.html

@TheHardcoreDilettante

4 жыл бұрын

@@bobsaffron8284 I haven't tried that particular nib.

@bobsaffron8284

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheHardcoreDilettante I've asked them to fit one to an Indian ebonite pen and eagerly awaits its arrival. (For everyday use, not calligraphy per se).

Where is that music from... Sounds like WII waiting room or something :P Well you might have small hands but at least you have neat fingernails unlike most reviewers lol Im looking into a ranga pen like this one and upon watching this video i realized it is available in the "premium" ebonite colors as well. Now its even harder to pick a color lol. I might actually go for the green/pink premium like you did. It looks good :) (I wish they had more swirls with black that were MOSTLY black... Instead of like 50/50 black and a color.)

@TheHardcoreDilettante

4 жыл бұрын

It's from KZread's free music library, LOL.

@joshuanorris5860

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheHardcoreDilettante yeah i knew i heard it before lol I noticed that you went with the thicker version of the pen even though you said you have small hands! Even the small version is pretty big... You dont find it too thick to hold? Im thinking that the smaller version would still be plenty big for me hmmmmmm i dont have small hands but it would still be the biggest pen i own i think.

@TheHardcoreDilettante

4 жыл бұрын

@@joshuanorris5860 I find it very comfortable, but I like a larger grip because it allows me to be more relaxed about my hold on the pen, especially if the material is ebonite, which has very good traction. When it comes to pen comfort, I mostly worry about pens that have slippery sections of any size, that have sharp/uncomfortable edges or a steep step where I like to grip, or are backweighted, as I find those traits very uncomfortable, and this pen doesn't have those problems at all. I think the smaller version would also be very comfortable. Go with what you know feels good to you, as this sort of thing is a very personal preference.

@joshuanorris5860

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheHardcoreDilettante thanks very much for the reply! :) a good answer. Its deffintly a comfy looking section to me. Hmmmmmmmmmmm I think ill go on the safe side with the more narrow pen. As i know it will be comfy for sure, if it isnt too big.

I have one just like this on the way to me in the mail. (Same shape and color and finish) its been a couple months almost and the wait is killllinnnngggg meeeee lol So im looking at yours instead /cry PS: you write weird P's :)

Excellent review. Stubby hobbit hands 😂 no

Which company ink you are using

@TheHardcoreDilettante

5 жыл бұрын

The ink brand is Rohrer & Klingner, a German ink company. The color name is Smaragdgrün (German for "emerald green"). It's available from many sources online that specialize in fountain pens and fine writing instruments (Goulet Pens, Anderson Pens, Pen Chalet, Goldspot, etc. in the USA) and in the USA it can be found on Amazon as well.

@kidsart9655

5 жыл бұрын

OK I am from India. Here Ranga fountain pens are made.Ranga Pen Company was founded by M.S.Pandurangan at Thiruvallur (45Kms from Chennai ,India) in 1970 .M.S.Pandurangan (Age 65) possess God's Gift of Pen making craft .He learnt the art of pen making at the age of 13-15 through his unparalleled passion for making pens.The specialty of this making process is it is completely handmade which requires extensive skills .

@COlson-rh3dg

5 жыл бұрын

India has some great craftsmen and these Ranga pens are proof.