it feels good to see people truly appreciate the quality and the performance of Sailor nibs.

I think your reviews are great. For anyone who loves pens, you manage to stay pretty balanced, and that makes your reviews really useful.

@FigbootonPens

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, David. All the cool guys are named David!

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.

David, what a treat. Thank you for all your hard work and for sharing your time with us to show us some wonderful pens.

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.

It was wonderful seeing all of these beautiful pens. Thank you!

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!

Excellent presentation. You have presented each pen with their distinct and unique characteristics. Keep up the good work.

As usual, another terrific presentation. Thank you for all your time and work. RS. Canada

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!

Some wonderful pens a very interesting list I think.Thanks David

Very good video! I love the presentation! Visconti Homo sapiens, my favorite!!

I love my Omas Ogiva Arco Celluloide. This pen looks so stunning. And it writes like a dream.(14 K springy nib).

Thank you, David. I too love the Menlo (mine is translucent grey with flattened ends, gold nib).

@FigbootonPens

7 жыл бұрын

How do you care for the gold nib? The steel nib was so good, I didn't feel the need to upgrade.

@AnzanHoshinRoshi

7 жыл бұрын

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.

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.

Feeling lucking I have a couple of these pens. You have a great collection which I have enjoyed.

great video David and thank you. sincerely wishing you a greater pen year in 2017...

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!

@FigbootonPens

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching...appreciate it. These were fun to put together.

@PositivelyNice

7 жыл бұрын

Michele Harvey hi. Will you be able to tell me exactly how long the M800 is? Thank you. :)

@PositivelyNice

7 жыл бұрын

Michele Harvey thank you so much!

Love to see a top ten hand made pens list

Great video!

Enjoyed this, even if I may never get any of these. Love the microscope pictures!

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.

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 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!

All of those are amazing pens; you have a great collection there. Do you have any Marlen pens?

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.

@Inazarab

2 жыл бұрын

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.

Thanx Dave, I’m tired of cheap brand reviews

Takes for taking the time to put together a list of higher end pens. What do you think about Pineider pens?

outstandingly

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?

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.

Well you have just added a few pens to my dream list! Enabler!!!

I've found that using any fountain pen is a conversation starter. 'What's *that*?' is something I hear all the time.

@wutzitrone4522

3 жыл бұрын

In Germany, you are just the nostalgic weirdo longing for his school days xD

Classic Pens LB5!!!

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.

@miguelcardoso3038

4 жыл бұрын

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

@MrAndrew1953

5 ай бұрын

@@askhams size. Many people find the M1000 too large for their hand . The 805 is a more comfortable sized pen.

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.

Almost bought the Homo Sapiens, but ended up with a Graf von Faber-Castell Classic that I adore

Oooo. Purple t shirt.

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

i really wish i had the visconti divina elegance in brown. but it is too expensive for me...

Great review!

The Edison Menlo - if still available - is now on my list..,

You should remake this video since it’s been 3 years

PELIKAN IS VERY GOOD FOUNTAIN PEN VERY SOFT AND SMOOTH EVERY ANGLE BUT THE PRICE IS COSTLY,WOW.

In my city there is a shop that sells 2600 dollar pens. (We use francs here instead of dollars.)

I like the pilot G-2 in ebonite

How large are your hands?

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. :)

@sorucha8249

5 жыл бұрын

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!!!

Hi David, great vid. When will you be reviewing the gorgeous Divina? Which size do you have?

@FigbootonPens

7 жыл бұрын

It's the maxi. It's something I want to get to sooner rather than later, but I don't currently have it slotted.

@donaldgoerig6171

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I hope it's sooner than later as well. It's a stunning pen! I may get a brown one

@FigbootonPens

7 жыл бұрын

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.

What is your number 1 pen in this price range again?

#6 is my #1 😀 Love these reviews. #divinaeleganceblue

Raindrops drop tops

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.

What is behind the camer youre always looking away

would you consider getting a Visconti opera master crystal dark ages?

@FigbootonPens

7 жыл бұрын

I might just be waiting for one of those to arrive... :-)

Please make a video on inks. Thanks.

@FigbootonPens

4 жыл бұрын

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No Faber-Castell pens? :(

Sir U are my pick of best reviewers of fountain pens. Gr8 work.

wow, a lot of these pens are well over the $800 mark, impressive collection and detailed descriptions, are you expecting any customs for 2017?

@FigbootonPens

7 жыл бұрын

Yes...I have a couple on order that are due to arrive in the March/April time frame.

@bieberninja1

7 жыл бұрын

i don't want to spoil anything, but may i please ask you to kindly tell us which penmakers you ordered from? thank you

@FigbootonPens

7 жыл бұрын

I have an order in with the Carolina Pen Company...and one in with Shawn Newton.

@bieberninja1

7 жыл бұрын

thank you, your collection will become even more incredible with those additions

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?

@FigbootonPens

5 жыл бұрын

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.

Excellent video, but the audio is killing me. There's a high pitch noise that accompanies you when you talk.

Where can I buy the Danitrio? Thanks in advance

@FigbootonPens

4 жыл бұрын

Try Nibs.com or Chatterly Luxuries.

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.

@FigbootonPens

Жыл бұрын

I am fond of the 125. I feel it is an underrated pen.

@yggdrasil1987

Жыл бұрын

@@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 ?

Good review but none of those pens were too my taste. I prefer slimmer more executive type of pens

Im surprised there are no ST Duponts. Are you not a fan of them?

@FigbootonPens

3 жыл бұрын

I have reviewed a couple and enjoyed them. Uncertain if they would crack the top 10, though.

@thatxonexguy5438

3 жыл бұрын

@@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?

My most expensive fountain pen was 10€ ..

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.

@laurentecrivain6944

5 жыл бұрын

The Pelikan M1000 is actually a little slimmer than the Mount Blanc №149 and I carried both.

@alfredlutz7258

2 жыл бұрын

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.

More screen time of the pens themselves.

Me holding my platinum preppy, “ah yes a nib in the $400 price range should not be stainless steel, I would not buy that…”

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.

@FigbootonPens

7 жыл бұрын

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.

@kevinwadden9192

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your reply, and all the great reviews. Have a great 2017.

@FigbootonPens

7 жыл бұрын

You too!

@jankafka7330

7 жыл бұрын

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.

top 10 pens I can’t afford

Serious case of pen-envy.

@FigbootonPens

7 жыл бұрын

That would be "penvy"... :-)

@clarenceyee3529

7 жыл бұрын

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...

@FigbootonPens

4 жыл бұрын

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. :-)

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..

@FigbootonPens

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@michaelfernandez3182

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

Are Japanese pens radioactive or just safe in daily use?

@FigbootonPens

4 жыл бұрын

I have not heard of any instances where Japanese pens were unsafe due to radiation contamination.

@mr.x3360

4 жыл бұрын

@@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!

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?

@FigbootonPens

5 жыл бұрын

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.