Thank you for a wonderful video. These pens are wonderful writing instruments. In memoriam (if you don't mind): My little brother Stephen Brown who lived to be 18 and died of cancer in 1975. Love and miss you Steve. You gave everyone a lot of joy. Now there's another Steve who likes to spread a little Christmas joy. Hope you don't mind, Mr Brown.

Thanks! You ran through a lot of pens in good time, and your camera managed to focus on them during those key moments and... wow. I loved seeing the Paragon (which I drool over) and some of the pens I had never heard of.

Really enjoyed this. Thanks and Merry Christmas.

I've just watched this as a chill out and relax video. I thoroughly enjoyed it and have even more pen experiences to seek out in 2016. Thanks for all your work producing these videos. Have wonderful year.

If ever there will be a baby Brown . His or her middle name will probable be Visconti.

Brilliant, Thanks for sharing...have a Happy Christmas and an Exhilarating New Years...All the Beat...Cheers...

Thank for posting ! It's very useful, I watching this video many times !!

Yes! I've been waiting for this all year

What a great line-up. I'll certainly keep the Visconti Opera Elements and any available smaller versions of these on my wish list. Thank you for sharing and all that you do for the FP community, Stephen.

Stephen thank you very much for producing your GOAT broadcast! My favorite gift from 2015 for sure! I love your perspective since you see and come in contact with so many great pens during the year. My thanks also to Azizah for her great contributions to the hobby and her perspectives on the pens, papers and inks. I love and treasure my SBRE brown ink by the way. I am an ink w---- too and was pleased to see MB represented in your list of inks used for the GOAT pens although I have tasted none of them.

Merry Christmas Stephen and Azizah! Thanks so much for another year of entertaining videos, and have a healthy and happy 2016 filled with even more Viscontis for Dr. Brown (and all manner of "pretty" pens for Gourmetpens). And birds. For Lord Windermere of course. Lots of birds. Because he's 10 inches. It pains me so much to see the M800 Tortoise Brown. I found out about it too late (not knowing it was limited production), and now they are pretty much sold out everywhere.

Great video, thanks for putting it together.

Thanks to you and Azizah for a great year!! :D

I love your videos. They are very informative.

This made my day thank you!!

I like the intro about what 'your' GOAT pens means :-) A quote comes to mind, (Matt from the Pen Habit had this quote in one of his reviews): "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle Thanks for taking time to make these videos. I saw this video earlier this year and ran into it again today, enjoyed it all over again!

The quick very quick brown fox jumps over the Visconti turtle.

Love your videos!

This video is one of your very best. So interesting.

oh my lord this collection put together is like tens of thousands of dollars

Thanks for doing this - it's simply so enjoyable. Not necessarily my choices for GOAT ( I lean toward vintage pens ), but I do appreciate your selections and they are fabulous pens.

Very nice collection and video!!!

When you lifted the Visconti Turtle pen to the screen, I literally gasped. That pen is a stunner! Thank you for sharing!

Excellent video - fifteen wonderful pens!

im new to this stuff, i really like this video a wealth of riches and very interesting narratives, keep up the good work. I am discovering I only like the bigger pens, have you done a video on the longer bigger pens? a top 15 would be great ? all the best from london : )

Superb amundo Doctor, a really good presentation from the man from Visconti who says, Heyy There... Sorry hahaha ha. Well I was really hoping you or / and Matt Armstrong would end this year with something interesting to watch,. Loved the pens and the different inks... I'm going to try and get some of the toffee brown ink but I'm still playing with Lie de The and SBRE Brown / Brown, also trying to arrange regular practice time as you advised on one video for improving my penmanship. I've overdosed on your videos this year after a short break from the obsession and personally love it, the interest and passion you have for the hobby, along with the others on the hangout talk ins, hopefully there will be more of those coming along. So, my massive thank you and as always, my very best wishes. Your ACE. LeZc @@

You really like Visconti. I'm now tempted to buy one to try it out :) merry X'mas

I missed so much stuff when I was in Amsterdam in the spring. Can't wait to go back. I stayed just off Overtoom in an Air bnb on Schoolstraat. Vondelpark is beautiful and Amsterdam is a beautiful city. I was inside P.W. Akkerman and didn't buy any of their ink. Don't know what I was thinking.

Great video Stephen, thanks! If you will ever sell the Akkerman Parker Duofold just let me know. Merry Christmas to you and Azizah!

Speaking of Pelikans, one of my recent GOAT finds was my vintage, early production, all original 400 tortoise shell BB nib. I searched forever to find one in regular BB as opposed to the obliques you see all the time. And, man, the search was worth it. It is such a vintage broad that it's basically what a modern italic nib would be but more refined. It's hard to explain without giving one to you but I'm using it almost daily now.

Having a few of the same pens including the Opera Master in Blue I have to agree it has a very special place in my collection as a Grail pen. It will stay there too as a Grail Pen until one better comes along to knock it off the top of the hill. I always enjoy your videos. I hope the Christmas letter made its way to you and your lovely better half by now. I had to go out today and take a Christmas Day motorcycle ride as the weather locally is outstanding.....plus 8 or 9 C and dry pavement. Back to pens I think you need to check out a hand turned Ken Cavers pen and get one. I am sure the Bock nibs come in kits but what can I say it truly belongs on a GOAT list for tuning and of course once you pick your materials you will love the 1 of 1 nature being added to your collection. Merry Christmas!

Whoa I want to get to know this John guy..

Muchas gracias y los mejores deseos para estas navidades y el nuevo año 2016

The Conway Stewart Winston was amazing and had such a flowing motion. I hope that you are feeling better and that the new year will bring you much success and good health. By the way, what liquor would you fill inside the Visconti Speakeasy?

I really like the Visconti Opera Master Australis and the Visconti Opera Master "Tobacco" that you featured. OMG. If I should happen to run across those pens at some point, I believe I may sell an organ. They wouldn't sit on a shelf or box. They would be used daily Thank you for sharing your personal collection of GOAT pens!

The nib on that Stipula is stunning.

Great video Stephen. Now... how do 11 people dislike a review such as this ... is a mystery.

I love the tortoise brown M800 and I'm really bummed I missed out on one. Just a great looking pen, one of Pelikan's best. imo.

Superb, amazing, gorgeous collection, my friend. Do you have any other hobbies in which you own and collect so many expensive things, just curious? :-)

Hi, And than you for your preview, and forgive the errors, my Mac computer as decided to screw up at some words and paces

So many Visconti's! Hope fully next year you get a chance to retire some of them from the list next year :)

A very nice selection. I was unaware of many of these pens. Thanks for showing them. My GOAT's would have included the pen that got me interested in FP's too. A Montblanc Bach. It was that perfect proportioned G-Clef on the clip AND the color. No mention of a149? I also couldn't pass up on the Visconti Speakeasy. I got a fine due to the limited ink volume in a converter that FPH found. I wound up with SN 0003. I wonder if he had 0007? That would have been cool! I have a design for a converter that should fit inside the pen but I need to 3D print it. That would be an interesting video. The model needs more work but it's doable. I've also have a design for a 3D printed pen stand / 9 pen holder. Maybe I should post a video on how I do it. (With what resolution do you record your videos?) I too have issues with some of the Noodlers pens (your comments below) but they are easy to fix and well worth the effort. I've tuned the Neponset nib on both sides of the center tine and now it's my favorite pen. I've ordered two more and I will probably have to do the same. Since Visconti is so prevalent I'm surprised I didn't see the volcano pen in bronze. It's a great writer however it is sans ink window. Happy Holidays... Dave

Hi, thank you... Compared to earlier GoATs this seemed to be much more personalised... Fantastic material choices and am fascinated by the 2B and 3B nibs you wield so easily?... If you were to make a list of pens that delivered a better overall experience than you expected... Would the GoATs figure?

Given that the Desert Springs "brands" your own website, I was surprised it was not on your list.

Absolutely love the Visconti Titanic! Been fascinated with the ship since I was six and I'd love to get one. Might they still be available somewhere? I can't believe I haven't noticed this pen! Thanks for yet another brilliant video and a very merry Christmas to you.

The Akkerman Parker Duofold is a modern take on a 1930s Duofold that they sometimes called 'Chinese Red' . My everyday writer is a 1937 model. These originals were button fill.

You're loving the italiens :D

My own personal GOAT is the Pelikan Souverign M200 tortoiseshell. Instant love. Need I say more? But you love your Viscontis and I think there are too many in the lineup. Diversify for next year?

Yea!

My grandfather had a yard-o-led, his father, however, threw them away. Still I bought a Cross today.

The last one reminded me of dark Baltic amber rather than honey. Great pens by the way!

It is interesting in your best pen.. no idea how to correctly say that.. the goat of the goat seems to be the tobacco opera master in the PD nib instead of the gold, given our conversation prior to this .... glad again for all the insights. The turtle is nice but not my thing. I commend you for the find though, its nice to get those things that speak to us on a visceral level.. bravo

What a wonderful Christmas morning gift...Thanks. When did you switch to using Oxford paper?

Stephen, I love your reviews and your videos and keep buying the pens you love because obviously you're buying them for the writing experience, but I have to say the end result of using those wet broads looks like you were writing with a marker. Try writing on two line spaces or one and half, so the writing matches the line width. Also I was sad to see your E-motion didn't make the list this year, I feel as though beauty and aesthetics dominated the decision making process this year.

My German is fluent but I wish my pronounciation was as good good as yours. Also, those limited edition Viscontis were magnificent!

I LOVE your reviews.People like you show me that my keenship for pens is not unique. Let me ask you a rude question dude. How much money do you have...? I've seen at least 10K worth of pens in your posession. Please keep the reviews coming.

did we ever get a drawing of the goat from the professor? BTW, do you prefer the Visconti pd nib in BB over the 1.3mm stub?

Stephan..could you do a video about montblanc sketch pen ..there is nothing on this sketch pencil on you tube..thanks

I always enjoy these end of the year Goat pen assessments. Wonderful. But being a woman these pens don't hold much interest, not because of price but because they are HUGE. Any way Azizah could be persuaded to do a goat pen video for the other half of the audience? And I wouldn't mind a top 5 or 10 ink assessment either, although year to year, I doubt as many new inks come out as pens. Thanks for all you do! Highly entertaining and wishing you a Happy New Year!

I like the hat, Stephen.

So is Bespoke British Pens assembling and selling pens from Conway Stewart parts as well as selling pens which were assembled by Conway Stewart from Conway Stewart parts? If so, is there any way to tell which pens were assembled by Conway Stewart and which by B.B.P.? Would you imagine there to be any noticeable difference in quality? Their website isn't the most transparent when it comes to this matter.

surprised that there isn't the visconti opera demo between the goats

Hi Steven, very much enjoy the videos. I have a question that I wasn't able find a lot of information online concerning celluloid. Seems a lot of your better liked pens are constructed with celluloid & I wonder if you've given any thought to the possibility celluloid rot. Coming from the straight razor shaving hobby, celluloid rot seems to come up now and then, and once a razor is affected, can corrode the steel & potentially spread to other razors that are stored together. Seems to be something that affects vintage celluloid some what like a time bomb. I'm surprised I haven't found any talk of this effect in the community. Perhaps there may be some differences in the type of materials that we're talking about. However, considering the cost of some pens I was curious to see if you have any thoughts apologies in advance if this is a random place to post this question - hope you get it

I am Glad that my Pelikan is among these 15 pens.

16:42 wow, you pronounced "Glühwein" perfectly right ;)

Why don't you review Camlin Cute fountain pen ? It is a very good fountain pen and one of the smoothest I wrote with.

I would like to see Azizah's top 10 (or 5) as well.

The funny thing about fountain pens is: I received a duofold for free from my grandfather. Great writer. I also have some really cheap fountain pens that are good writers. My Twsbi's are mediocre at best and those go for around 70-90 dollars. If you get into the hobby... my advice is: Just buy some fun not too expensive pens and check out which ones you like. Maybe treat yourself to a nice pen. But my most expensive pen is not even close to my favorite writer.

Congrats on the PhD! I hope your panel didn't beat you up too badly (mine was really kind to me... No idea why).

I was expecting the Moon Pearl as the last one

I loved your Visconti pens and especially the Opera Elements for its size. You said we should look for the 14K nib. This is what I found and it says it is flex. Is this correct? " Opera Elements dark amber fountain pen. Visconti's 23kt palladium Dreamtouch large semi-flexible Fine nib (gold-plated) adorns this beauty". Is this nib added later or from manufacturer? If I buy it this would be my first expensive pen., so I have to be careful. Hope you see this NOTE. The large 3 ens were outstanding as well - as the Titanic, but not my preferred size... You collection is amazing. Thanks!

I love the Goats.....

25:29 several GOAT writing samples

Sorry,I did not realize someone else had asked my same question. I'm confused as to why you would sell a pen that previously you had gushed over. I was actually searching for a Desert Springs. Is there something about the pen you discovered that ultimately turned you off the model?

Can you also please do one for 2016? Thanks!

hey Stephen, what happened to the divina? it was the best last year and didn't make the list this year. That shocked me a bit.

No Mont Blanc 149?

What's your honest opinion of the Conid Kingsize? I leaning towards one of these. I simply love them.

So, did you intend for this video to be exactly as long as the one last year? They're both 40:52, which is incredibly ironic, haha! The only reason I noticed is because last years video was in the bar on the right.

Does anyone else make an x like Mr. Brown does at 39.46? He doesn't cross the x, he makes a "greater than" and a "less than" sign.

Id say the montblanc 149 and lamy 2000 may deserve some places up there, maybe not the best since visconti is quite a true marvel and beauty to look at.

Hi I realise that this a bit of a late reply, but can you please let me know the brand of the spiral notebook you are using in this video?

How do you remove the 18k Au nibs? Do you pull them or unscrew them? I have an Opera Black, and I want to get a Palladium nib for it.

Hi Stephen, which of Visconti's nibs do you like the best? 18k, 14k, or 23k Pd?

I'm sure there's no real danger in it doing this with the pens in this video, but shaking fountain pens just makes me tense. It's a splatter of ink waiting to happen.

to me m1005 is the ultimate dream pen!

shouldnt monblanc ought to have been represented in this list,when one(myself included) thinks GOAT pens they immediately think of montblanc ps thanks for the eye candy ,much appreciated

How much did you pay for these pens?

Request, can you at some point show different kinds of nibs that you talk about? Like the hebrew grind and the architect nib? I've never seen onen or how they write.

What do you have a phd in ?

Here is my favorite non-Visconti 40 Dollar GOAT pen: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qtxjnMWa386bYnk.html

Why were you wearing the santa hat inside out? it's bothering my ocd. Good video though, really enjoyed it.

no m1000?🤔

What, no Noodler's Ahab? :-)

that is an expensive Speakeasy.. just priced it out! lol

Is it my idea or FP reviewers are avoiding the use of Noodler's inks?

You should do a far better job Mont Blanc....

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You really like Visconti. I'm now tempted to buy one to try it out :) merry X'mas