I really enjoy your videos. And your cute kitty! This is my first time commenting ever! I have been re-visiting a love of fountain pens after about a 40 year break. Just ordered the 12th one and some ink samples. So far my collection theme would be "cheap" and since I don't have that many, I try to write or at least scribble with each one each day. I've found it interesting that the pens have led to journaling and handwriting improvement. Thanks for taking time post videos - I've found them very helpful.

Always fun to watch these videos. I actually even correctly predicted two of the five pens on your list here. I have my few EDC pens; and what I understand of your ‘go-to’ pens there’s a distinction between the two categories. I have six favourite go-to pens for the last two years. They are: Aurora 88, Aurora Optima, Sailor Pro Gear II, Waterman Carene, Edison Collier and Visconti Divina Elegance.

Interesting set of go to pens! My top 5 go to pens are the Pilot Custom Heritage 823, Pilot Stella 9s, Pilot Maki-e Tsuru, Nakaya Piccolo and the Montblanc Rouge et Noir Coral.

Really glad to see more videos from you.

Please consider adding a summary of the pens you cover in the write up. I'm sure there are many followers who would find it useful. That way it can become a reference which people will come back to even when they dont have time to watch the whole video again. It would make def your contributions more helpful.

Hi, another enjoyable video. My go-to set contains Cross Century II, 2 x Waterman Hemisphere, my Dad’s old Parker 51 - all fine or extra-fine nibs. Also inked at the moment are a second Parker 51 and a Lamy LX for moments when I lose my mind and decide to use a slightly broader nib!

Great picks! I carry my go-to pens with me. At the moment I got Lamy 2000 (m), Sailor Pro Gear (customized soft f/m), Pelikan 400 (b), Edison Collier (f) and Platinum 3776 Nice (m).

My go-tos at the moment seem to be my Lamy Al-Star (gold EF), either of my Opus 88 Fantasias F, or TWSBI Vac Mini F. My go-tos for drawing are the Platinum 3776 UEF, Lamy Joy (gold EF), and the Pilot Falcon SEF. I enjoy your videos-keep up the good work!

I won't comment on your kitty, cute or otherwise as that seems inappropriate. Your enthusiasm is an excellent antidote to the woes of the world. It's like a therapy session. Also, you make me feel a bit better about my pen problem. From watching your videos I've decided I need to start selling the pens I don't use or enjoy so much anymore.

I have the Platinum 3776 in the Chartres Blue with Rhodium trim. This is my go to pen for taking my French notes, I love the feel of this pen in my hand, but I have to advance the ink from the converter frequently because the nib goes dry on me a lot. I have a Conklin Orange Nights that I love the look of. It looks like it should cost much much more than it actually does. This pen also feels good in my hand. I have a Pilot Custom Heritage 912 with the FA nib, I like to use this pen when writing letters and working on my penmanship. I didn’t get the chance to purchase a Visconti but I recently added a Pineider Le Grande Belleza to my collection, and I also have a Pelikan M805.

I’ve been loving my Pelikan M300 and Waterman Carène lately.

My favorites, vintage Parker 45, arguably the best fountain pen ever made and a vintage Sheaffer Glideriter which I used in high school and that writes smooth as silk. Not the most expensive pens but in my opinion best pens for the money.

My Top 5 go-to pens are: Sailor 1911 Standard, Sailor King Pro Gear, Montblanc 149, Aurora 88 Unica Nera and Aurora Optima.

Great video. My go to pens are a couple of bespoke Lotus Pen Wizards with custom JoWo nibs ground to a Fine Architect nub by the good folks at Peyton Street Pens. Then a Homo Sapiens Bronze Age in EF. And then a Montegrappa Nerouno Grand with a Fine nib. They also tend to be cycled into my EDC pens.

My top 5 go-to fountain pens currently would be my Diplomat Magnum , Sailor Lecoule , Pilot Decimo , Edison Nouveau Premiere , and Jinhao x450 with a Goulet stub nib. Your Top 5 videos are really fun!

Mickey Mouse speaks at 5:52! Thanks for the video. I always like hearing people talk about their favorite pens.

I love my Visconti Divina Maxi, and my OMAS Paragon as top tier. I also enjoy my Visconti Van Gogh Crystal, and Wheat fields under Thunderclouds. Those are what I've been using mostly since those were all acquired this year and it's difficult to put them down. When I leave for work, it's so difficult to leave them behind. And your cat looks very comfy there on the floor. Does yours ever sleep on your desk and knock things on the floor? Mine does. Well, one of mine does. He recently broke my Esterbrook Estie with the vintage nib. Now, I don't leave any pens out on the desk. Live and learn.

Thanks for more fuel for my wish lists... I think I've always liked the look of the Wancher Dream Pens, and that style. But where to 'invest' my money...

The Lamy 2000 in medium and Kaweko AL-Sport in EF.

My go to FPs right now are my Lamy Safari Dark Lilac (1.1), Penbbs 308 Hawaii Blue (F), Conklin Duragraph Turquoise (Omniflex), TWSBI Eco (B), Jinhao X750 Purple with a Goulet Pens #6 B nib. This will probably change in a month when I clean out my pens. Except for the Lamy Dark Lilac; just love that pen inked up with Lamy Azurite ink. Your kitty is so cute! We also have 2 kitties that are very demanding. TFS, Ginger

My favorites : The Conklin All American Brownstone stub, Kaweco dia CT broad nib, Kaweco liliput black medium nib, Jinhao 159 medium nib and last but not least the Aurora duo-cart black (Medium nib ofcourse)

My top 5 happen to be my EDC too: Lamy 2000 fine, Visconti Breeze blueberry medium, TWSBI Vac 700R medium, Peneider Avatar abalone green and my very first pen, a Parker 45 in fine.

My top 5 (in order of use) - Pilot Custom 823, Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze, Lamy 2000, Pelican 805 Stresseman, and Aurora Optima. All of them are GREAT pens. Glad I don't have to limit to only one...

I understand not taking your Visconti out and about. I took my Opera Master Luna (B) to work and dropped it... one Italian vacation later, it's fixed and writing, but I'm hesitant to take it out, except in a protective case to pen meetups. My other go-to/always inked are Turquoise White M600 (B), Vanishing Point Raden (F) which I travel with sometimes, Visconti Ocean Breeze Rose Gold (M), Stipula Tocco Ferro (1.1mm stub), and Nagasawa Skeleton Proske w/ Sailor Zoom nib.

Pelikan M600, Estebrook Esti, Twsbi Eco & Platinum 3776. Diplomat Esteem & Pilot Prera (fine nib) are honourable mentions.

I'm just getting into this, and I'm trying to go mid-priced. I was surprised that so many of your go-to pens are so expensive. I think my limit someday would be $200. I used to carry a MontBlanc ballpoint as an EDC. I never left it anywhere, thank goodness, but I don't use it much. It was nerve-wracking to carry around..

I don't really have a rotation; I keep too many pens loaded. I have some on my kitchen table, but most are on or by my computer desk. Those by my desk are: three Benu pens, one a Scepter, another an Opal Dust; I don't know the model of the last one. A Waterman Carene, a burgundy Laban Greek Key, a silver Parker Sonnet Mistral, two Lamy Safari's: Petrol Green, and Mango Yellow, a Lamy desk pen, a Lamy Kaweco an AL stone-washed blue, Lamy Aion in green, a Pilot burgundy Decimo, a Sailor black KOP, a Sailor-Wancher green & white Pro Gear, a gold chevron Sheaffer Legacy, a Cross Year of the Rat in blue, a Bluedew red, a Franklin-Christoph black & cinnamon Model 02, a small black Sailor Pro Gear. a retro Pelikan Green/Black M 200, a Visconti Medici, a urushi black/red Nakaya Neo Standard, a black Sailor 1911, an Aurora red Talentum, and, finally, a burgundy Pilot Ishime.

That's a drool-inducing top five. I have the 3776, which I love. It's my first and only good nib. I have a SF on it which I enjoy but I do notice that it tends to catch the paper on the upstroke sometimes. My go-to list is: 1. 3776 2. TWSBI Eco blue 3. Lamy Al-Star Pacific blue 4. Faber Castell Look 5. Diplomat Magnum (purchased after your review)

I started putting my list of go-to pens together and I kept thinking "if I include this pen I also have to include this pen..." and the list got quite long. So, this is my top go-to pen as of today: Sailor 1911 Standard

My go-to pens (also my EDCs) are two Decimos with sharp italic grinds (by Linda Kennedy) and one extra fine Vanishing Point (in gunmetal).

Mine are a Pelikan M800 (f) "Brown/Black", Sailor 1911L Realo (m), Sailor Pro Gear Slim (m) "Black Velvet", Pelikan M805 "Blue Dune" (ef).

My go-to pens are Lamy 2000, Visconti Homo Sapiens, TWSBI 580, TWSBI Eco, Namiki (Pilot) Vanishing Point

I’m so new that it isn’t really different from my top 5, EDC 5, etc... Pilot Metropolitan, vintage Sheaffer Touchdown, Lamy Al-Star, Jinhao 999, and Pilot Kaküno.

Great choice Kerry. Honestly I love all my pens but specifically I am using the following 5 : 1. Visconti HS Midnight in Florence -- F 2. Visconti HS Lava Bronze Age -- F 3. Aurora Optima Auroloide Green -- M 4. Mont Blanc Meisterstuck 146 -- M 5. Pilot Custom 823 -- M

My go to pens would be: Platinum 3776 ‘EF’ inked with J Herbin Eclat de Saphir and my lovely vintage Esterbrook model J w ‘EF’ 9550 nib inked with Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue; also love my Sailor 1911 Large H-EF w Aurora blue/black: this has the best read back of all my pens:)

Ma'am I like tea I also like pens thanks.

Go-tos would include the following: Sailor 1911 Standard [MS], Platinum PTL12000 "Tsuru",

My go to pens are pens i ink when i want to feel good ☺️ 👸🏻 1. Platinum 3776 chartres blue in B. I pair this with any ink and it just makes me 😊 2. Platinum 3776 celluloid jade in B, paired with edelstein jade. Quickly becoming my fave pen, though #3 is giving it a run for its money. 3. Wancher dream pen akatamanuri in B, paired with mont blanc poppy red 4. Visconti hs bronze age in M, with iroshizuku yama budo 5. Delta fantasia turquoise in B, with Lamy turquoise Yeah, i like my pens wet 😁 i want them to bleed through the cheap paper in the office and for the ink to smear my fingers and get into my nails.... I have a problem 🤪

I love to journal but I am having a difficult time finding a journal that is “truly” fountain pen friendly. What Journal would you recommend?

Well I can't do my top 5 yet, I bought two fountain pens, one of my is a hero 901 and the other is baoer 68... I found cheap in olx site where I buy and sell.

Kerry, have you checked out mechanical watches yet?

Pilot Metal Falcon (sf). Sailor Pro Gear Lighthouse (my). Platinum 3776 (b). Sailor L Coule. Kuretake #5 (brushpen).

Visconti Homo Sapiens Dark Age(EF) Pilot Custom 823 Clear(F) Carolina Pen Company Charleston Primary Manipulation(1.1 stub atm) Opus 88 Demo(B) TWSBI Vac 700R with an architect nib They don't go to work with me but they do leave the house for journaling sessions and on vacations.

1. Lamy 2000 (EF) 2. Montblanc 144 (M) 3. Pelikan M400 Tortoise (M) 4. Franklin Christoph Model 40 Panther (EF sig) 5. A ton of Platinum Preppy Crystals (F) eyedroppered with permanent or troublesome inks.

TWSBI Eco 1.1 Stub, Platinum 3776 Century M, Lamy 2000 B.

1) Nakaya dark matt briarwood fine 2) Sailor 1911S extra fine 3) Sheaffer Crest extra fine 4) Namiki Falcon soft fine 5) Pilot Metropolitan fine or any TWSBI extra fine.

Twsbi Eco 1.1 stub Pilot 78g Teal B stub Jinhao 8802 mother of pearl Windows Wing Sung 3008 with a Lamy 1.1 nib. Jinhao X750 Checkerboard finish with a massive Bock 1.5 stub nib. I write really big with this pen using Diamine Onyx Black and I don't need my reading glasses. It's a fire hose. Love it. Total cost. for all pens £85.

1. a Bic I bought while paying for gas 2. an old Bic with the cap missing 3. Some Bic pen I found on the bus...sweet! 4. A Bic refill with a bunch of rubber bands wrapped around it for grip 5. a pencil OK - not funny - sorry; let's see: 1. Namiki Urushi "vermilion" [M #50, cursive italic] (w/Bishamon-ten, a lovely red ink. This is a100th anniversary ink. I hope there's a permanent equivalent added to the Iroshizuku line of inks) 2. Visconti Homo Sapiens [EF] - "Bronze Swirl" (I use blue inks, often Edelstein, because it's a demonstrator and I want to avoid staining) 3. Pelikan M800 classic green pinstripe [B] 4. Stipula Etruria Valtiberina Alter Ego 31/88 celluloid [1.1 stub] 5. Namiki "Golden Pheasant" [M] These are all fantastic writers. The Visconti is perfect I've never had a problem even after sitting for months! And it lasts forever with the reservoir, but there's something about the large Urushi pen that makes it my favourite. And I can adjust the wetness of the Urushi very slightly by opening the "tail" which is nice. The Pelikan is so so so smooth I love that pen. The celluloid of the Stipula makes it one of my most beautiful pen, but I needed to self-nib-meister the hell out of that nib before it wrote well. The Nippon Art Namiki is a beauty and like all Pilots I've used it writes perfectly (and buttery) - right down the line even my Pilot Prera with a steel nib is great.

*How many viewers made in involuntary GASP! when the 3776 headed down?*

I love Elysee pens because their barrels and caps are made of metal. I dropped them hundred times and nothing bad happened. Pity that the brand is out of business. I wanna try a Retro 51, but they are not available in Poland. I prefer pens with clips, I always afraid that clipless design pens roll to some obscure places. It happened to me once in a cafe and I had to say goodbye to my vintage pen. Parker is great. I am sure she looks after your pen collection ;-)

I'm sorry but that squeak at 5:53 made me pause this video and check on my timeline that I'm editing. I thought it'd finished rendering...lol

Why are your go-to pens not allowed to leave the house?

Suggested name = Carpe(n) Deum

Too much expensive pens to take outside your home! Better take with a Preppy, a cheap pilot, etc.

My top five "Go To" pens are: Platinum President Waterman Carene Sailor 1911 Large Pilot Custom 823 Lamy 2000

You mean this is a video of you'd most expensive pens..... And if expensive pens is the onus owns you"go to" then you are kidding yourself and just think it makes you look good or something. I have many pens high end x all the way top low end And I "go to" a preppy, kaweko sport and other affordable pens.