WHY Do People Like Fountain Pens So Much? ✒️🤔

#fountainpen #stationery

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0:00 Intro

0:22 1. Fountain pens are customizable.

1:24 2. Fountain pens are long-lasting.

2:44 3. Fountain pens are tactile.

3:36 4. Fountain pens are for everyone.

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What is JetPens?
- We are an online stationery store. We carry unique, high-quality pens, paper, and art supplies from Japan and beyond.

Where can I buy the products?

Do you ship to my country?

How much does shipping cost and how long does it take?

What currency are your prices listed in? Can I see the prices in my country’s currency?
- Our prices are listed in US dollars. Our website currently does not have the option to use other currencies.

Do you have any offers, coupons, or promotions?

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[JetPens]

Happy (early) Fountain Pen Day everyone! Let us know what your favorite fountain pen is in the comments!

[Molach]

I'm dyspraxic so I've always had difficulty writing. I've since found that fountain pens are actually a lot easier for me to write with and I don't get hand cramps which was always a problem for me.

[Emgee]

I've always wanted one since high school, a Mont Blanc specifically just because I kept seeing them advertised in Vogue. Now as an adult, I'm content with my tiny affordable collection of Pilot Kakuno fountain pens.

[CarolynG]

I really appreciate that the Jetpens site lets me filter fountain pens by grip diameter, because it feels like all fountain pens have massive grips, and I prefer delicate thin grips. Jetpens helped me find my Pilot Cavalier fountain pen, with just the right balance of weight and thickness. ❤

[floptimus]

Remember if you're new to fountain pens and had a bad experience, almost always it's because you grabbed random incompatible paper or too fine of a nib on plain paper.

[jessplansandwrites]

I'm a leftie from Germany. Where I live, you're required to use a fountain pen from Year 2 to 4 at elementary school. Because my Pelikan pen with an L nib was just the most comfortable pen for me to write with longterm, it stayed with me throughout my whole school and a good portion of my uni life. (I did go through four nibs because I dropped it occasionally, though.) However, I only really got into fountain pens as I joined the planner community and I learned alot more about them, too. Today, I'm a fan of fine and extra fine nibs whereas I was perfectly okay with my L (similar to M) nib at the time. I prefer how my handwriting looks with finer pens, and unlike Connie, I hold my hand so ink *would* smear if it didn't dry fast enough. (Pelikan's Prussian Blue ink does, which was all I ever used during my school days, but now I want ALL the inks! 🤣)

[timothydaniels]

As an older person, I remember ink wells in classroom desks. They weren’t for decoration. We started writing, printing actually, with pencils but moved on to dip pens with fairly unforgiving nibs as I recall. Sooner or later most kids had basic fountain pens. Depending on how you held the pen, most kids had ink stains on their index or middle finger when the school day was over. To this day, I love fountain pens and use them for writing and drawing. A broad nib pen is a great drawing tool and lots of artists use them.

[InkScreen]

I got into it because a friend mentioned they were on sale, and at that point I just wanted to try all kinds of fountain pens. Five years later and the only reason why my fountain pens are not in daily rotation with me this *quarter* is because the notebook I'm using for work doesn't take FP ink well. xD I absolutely love the colour and shading of my inks, and the feel of pen gliding on paper is something that really makes me happy.

[pen_journal]

I still can't get enough of Connie's handwriting! Staring at 4:42 😆

Pretty much all the reasons as stated. I'll add one more: we use FPs as an excuse to write even more! 😇

[heyspookyboogie]

If you’re into writing at all (or just want it to be more comfortable), once you realize ink can be more than just a solid boring color, there’s no going back.

[JoeyTrejo]

For me, it's about the tactile experience, but also the sheer variety of ink colors and types. I love having so many options at my fingertips!

[josericardo]

Thank so much for your video!! I've been using fountain pens since I was 7 years old. I am now seventy. My father gave me in 1973 the fountain pen that my grandmother had given him in 1949. A Parker 51. I still use it. There is no writing tool better than a vintage and fully functional fountain pen. Nothing against good quality ball points though, but fountain pens are something else!

[arillusine]

I got tired of throwing away so many used up ballpoints in grad school when the volume of notes I was taking went overboard. I’d tried to learn calligraphy (badly) as a kid with one of those cheap starter sets you can buy at art stores so I’d had a bad experience, but this time around I did a lot of research beforehand and was blown away once I wasn’t making mistakes like using the wrong nib and paper combo or pressing too hard. I write almost exclusively with FP now except for when I need to write on cheap copy paper. For that I’ve got some sarasa dry pens.

[Frstbite]

I mistakenly though fountain pens weren't as smooth as ballpoint or gel pens. I mean, how could it be? They're literal balls that roll around. But then I tried one. It's even smoother somehow!

[GuagoFruit]

A friend once challenged me to use a fountain pen, betting that I couldn't get it to write on the first try. I don't use fountain pens often, but it's obvious you just line up the bottom of the nib with the paper and that's it. Wrote on the first try and apparently it was an unbelievable feat.
Point is: some people definitely deliberately overcomplicate how a fountain pen works for no good reason.

[annes]

Fountain pens were a rite of passage growing up. We used pencils until 4th grade when we had to use a fountain, except for math. We weren’t allowed to use ballpoint pens until 5th grade. I still have the Esterbrook pen I got 57 years ago. I love fountain pens, and can’t think of not using them at all.

[AngelBolt]

I got into it after seeing some special custom inks online. I'm an artist, so i'm used to working with ink and nibs. When I started bullet journaling, I tried to use special paper or digital methods, but using my favorite pen was, by far, the thing that had me using it the most. My current EDC is a Kaweco Sport in Pearl with Dominant Industry's Sunset. The outer pen is a translucent milky blue with purple specks that turn kind of coppery in the light. The ink is one that I fell in love with right away- purple that goes to both pink and blue, with a gold shimmer.

I've got some vintage pilots as well, plus the Traveler's Company brass as a fountain pen and a rollerball. To anyone looking to get I to inks but wants something more like a firm modern rollerball, I recommend the latter.

[macsarcule]

I get a special joy out of writing with a fountain pen in cursive when there's that perfect match of ink to nib that lets you write quickly and legibly with almost no force, it's all flow. The graceful swoops of cursive are pure joy with a fountain pen ☺

[chrisworthington]

I really enjoy the color choices and the minimal presssure. I used to press sooo hard writing. Years ago i worked in shipping and recieving and was always filling out shipping forms labels that required many many copies. so I used to write alot I forgot how to write in cursive but my print is very neat and clear. I would have a million stickers for neatness if i were still in grade school damn it. 😁

[emmaythegray]

I started using fountain pens because of hand pain and never looked back. My favorite part is all The ink choices.