3 vintage fountain pens and modern pen & ink unboxing

I am sharing in this video two vintage fountain pen acquisitions, one newly restored pen that I showed you prior to restoration, and I unbox my latest Birmingham Pens order. Here is the previous video I mentioned on the Waterman Safety Pen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_XfmCnvr90 This is the link to Grandmia Pens' YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/user/penkino1

TWSBI GO First Impressions

Pen mail brought the newest TWSBI product to the market, the TWSBI GO. These are my first impressions of the pen as well as a demonstration of inking one up, some pen size comparisons, and a writing sample.

FOLLOW UP: Birmingham Pens Model A1

I wanted to follow up on my previous video of my review of the Birmingham Pens Model A-1 fountain pen. I had a recent experience with it and with the company. Was it good or bad? Watch and find out.
Here is my previous review video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-hD1P1iPa8

Birmingham Pens Model A Fountain Pen Review

Today I am reviewing the new Birmingham Pens in-house turned Model A fountain pen. This is the first batch of handmade pens created by Birmingham Pens of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I was fortunate to get in on the first ten ever created for retail sale. As a repeat customer of Birmingham Pens, I wanted to check out the latest incarnation of their business. Here is the Birmingham Pens Web Site

Latest acquisitions - Playboy, Wancher, Waterman, Italix, Birmingham

Since my last pen mail video, I have acquired a Wancher urushi maki-e, a couple of Watermans, an Italix Deacon's Doodle, a collection of Playboy Magazine branded pens, and the very first Birmingham Pens' offering of their Model A hand-turned pen.

Finally back to doing a video. Recent acquisitions, recent experiences, ...

After a hiatus out of necessity because of work, vacation, and family, I finally was able to sit and record a video. I cover a few recent additions, upcoming additions, and where we are going next.

IT'S GIVEAWAY TIME! Matthew and Troy present our giveaway video.

We reached our first milestone of 250 subscribers to our YouTube channel and now it is time for the giveaway that we promised. In our giveaway prize box will be:
- A Knox Galileo Cherry Red fountain pen
- A bottle of Birmingham Pens Fred Rogers Cardigan Red ink
- Two Claire Fontaine notebooks
- One leather pen slip
The entry period will last through midnight on August 25, 2017. One winner will be selected at random from all that enter. To enter, simply comment below that you are in for the giveaway and maybe even some commentary on anything we have presented, that you want us to present, etc. Any negative, hateful, or spamming comments will be deleted and left out from consideration. We will contact the winner via YouTube. If we don't get a response from the winner with the needed shipping information within three days, we will move on to the next person who will potentially be the new winner.
Thank you everyone for getting us off to a solid start and getting us here after only a couple of months of doing this. When we reach 1000 subscribers, we will have a nicer, bigger giveaway.

Pocket Pens, Kaweco, Fountain Pen Revolution, and Waterman Hemisphere

Today I cover my recent additions to my pen family, a Kaweco Sport and how it compares to other pocket pens I have from Ohto, two demonstrator pens from Fountain Pen Revolution, a Jinhao 1200, and a Waterman Hemisphere. I also compare the Waterman Hemisphere to the Waterman Executive and the Waterman Carène.

Here are the links I promised in the video.

Fountain Pen Revolution: http://www.FPRevolutionUSA.com

Podcast about Alexander Hamilton: http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/audioPop.jsp?episodeId=517201&cmd=apop

Why I take my own advice and a few more pens arrived today

I cover a few new arrivals to my collection today and I explain why I gave the newbie advice that I did in my last video. I take my own advice on some things and it pays off. I also show three different ink colors from Birmingham Pens that I have used so far.

The link I put in my video is http://www.birminghampens.com

More tips for fountain pen newbies and recent acquisitions

I had more tips for newbies to the fountain pen hobby that I never got to discuss but cover some in this video. Also, more great pens arrived in the mail recently, so I cover those.

A Special Guest Host, Pen Updates, & New Acquisitions