Pen Mail - Visconti Homo Sapiens Elegance, Sheaffer Taranis, Lamy Pur

Four new pens showed up in today's mail. I received a Visconti Homo Sapiens Elegance in midi size, as well as three pens from auctions at www.newtonpens.com. Newton Pens has monthly pen auctions to benefit the Newton Pens Scholarship Fund. I won three pens in February, two Lamy Pur fountain pens and one Sheaffer Taranis.

Does a Visconti Really Cost like a Mont Blanc and Write Like a Noodlers ...

I have heard several times the criticism of quality control with Visconti products and the saying that "Visconti costs like a Mont Blanc but writes like a Noodler's Ahab". Is that really the case? Is the value there for the more expensive Visconti line?

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.