Hi Marie! You came to the right person! 🥰I love all my Leonardo pens. Even the ones I have sold. I sold them because the resin pattern wasn't the optimal resin pattern that brought me joy. It had nothing to do with the quality of the writing. All the Leonardos that have come into my collection are a joy to write with. But you might find that some Leonardo Gold nibs are too wet, even a Fine and EF. If you enjoy a wet combination, then that shouldn't be an issue. The quality of the acrylic of the Momento Zero and Grande models are superb. They feel extra luxurious and expensive (so can be a bit heavy, they're about 23-25g unposted). The one major drawback that I've experienced is that the caps can be a bit loose since I don't like to cap my pens very tightly. Leonardos take just 1 rotation to cap and if you like to lightly cap them, they tend to easily uncap themselves, so you may want to just add a bit more tightening on the caps once you put them away. Are you getting the Atlas Golden Abalone or the Magico from Goldspot? :D I'd love to know which one you're going for.

@KenchanKrafts I'm really not sure yet, at all! I like the Pietra Salata, fine, silver trim.

@KenchanKrafts If you could give a Leonardo to someone who is new to fountain pens, which one would you give?

@KenchanKrafts On 2nd thought, the better question would be, if you didn't have a Leonardo and were to have your 1st Leonardo pen, which one would you dream to own?

@@iheartmarie If you're talking about the regular line of Leonardos, since those are more readily available at any time, I'd say the Momento Zero Blue Aloha is a beautiful one that just makes me super happy. If you don't mind cracked ice designs, this is one of the best. I don't think I've seen it done in another pen brand yet. If you watch my Blue Aloha video, you'll see it better close-up :) If you don't like cracked ice designs, Leonardo does beautiful spaghetti resins, the Leonardo "Sand" is also super beautiful. I would recommend those two if you enjoy those two colors. Leonardos nibs are pretty consistent with western sizing.

@@willyum3557 the difference is indeed very subtle. And that’s why a lot of people mistake Sailors feedback to be scratchy for them, that’s why I made this video. But if you can hear just the slightest difference that it is more in the second one, then you’re on the right track. It’s also a textile feel in your hand, so that part is hard to show here.

@@KenchanKrafts thank you !

@@NikitaBx2 thank you so much for watching, Nikita 🥰 Indeed, profit is still a very real thing for business owners to think about and I really appreciate the business owners who are able to make choices to help ease the cost for buyers. And I also understand when retailers might not be able to do that, too, for their particular goals in addition to ensuring their business continues to serve us!

Hey man, I'm sure we all take care of our pens differently - and honestly, I don't think anything was really that cringey or yikes-worthy when I rewatched it. Pen cases don't always keep your pens from knocking up against each other 100%. While I do care about that aspect when finding cases to protect my pen, I also don't want to submit to having to baby my pens like they are going to break from the slightest hit against each other or on my desk, as you saw in the first 3 minutes of my video. I do take really good care of my pens, I do not throw them or drop them from a foot above - if this is the only video you watched, you wouldn't get the whole picture of who I am or how I take care of my Leonardos/pens. And no, I will not complain about them in a couple of years - they're meant to be used! If anything, I would appreciate the scuff from use. They will inevitably show signs of use with time, however, I love the build quality of Leonardo pens. They rarely show much wear and tear on the resin parts, but the metal parts on any pens are bound to show no matter what. Anyways, I would like to know what you liked about the video, too! Thank you so much for watching :)

@@KenchanKrafts Fair enough. I would just be a bit more careful, but you are right, the pens are yours and if you don't mind, its all fine and dandy haha, no hard feelings. The pens are beautiful - nice colors. Its nice that you have a grande next to the original sizes and you show them meticulously. Overal a good video for sure. Just handle the pens a bit better, or at least for the pen afficionado. You can use them however you like of course.

Yes it’s absolutely amazing!!! My wallet likes it when I don’t spend full price on most pens. Haha 🥰

It was very wonderful! I know we all love our own space sometimes and it probably was crowded for a bit but I do miss their company now that they’ve found a wonderful place for themselves. Watching their two kiddos was a wonderful blessed time!

Thank you! ♥

Thanks for sharing your experiences on Benu Fines. A good amount of folks have mentioned that their Fines write perfectly fine xD so I do think the percentage of bad Benu Fines are a lot higher than normal. Which Benu do you have? :) The new Sandalwood is just beautiful. I cannot justify it at the moment, but I love how it looks!

@KenchanKrafts I have a briolette in luminous blue. I think I'm just not quite a fine nib person... I'm currently eyeing the euphoria in earl grey from goulet and the astrogem in Klio currently. So many beautiful pens, so little time!!

I had this pen tuned by JC from The Nib Tailor at the Chicago Pen Show. It still has issues because this nib likes to go to its natural state, where the tines are less tight than the rest of my Sailors. I have to write much lighter to avoid scratching compared to my other Sailor nibs, which can handle the normal pressure I use (and I don't use too much to begin with). You can fix a scratchy nib if the tines are aligned pretty well. I fixed my scratchy Fine Benu nib and it writes so much smoother without the scratchy sound/feel! But I don't feel comfortable doing it with my gold nibs yet. If you buy a Sailor from a retailer WITH a warranty (Sailor does not work with you if you bought from EndlessPens or other non-authorized retailers), and the nib is bad, then you can have the pen replaced at your retailer! If you bought your Sailor straight from Japan, then you have no warranty and have to get it tuned/fixed by a nibmeister or use micromesh yourself to smooth out the nib. This scratchy sailor nib - the tines were crossing slightly over each other. You can find videos by Goulet Pens to realign the nib (you'd use repeated pressure to adjust the nibs back to alignment), and then use micromesh to smooth it out if you feel it is still actually scratching. Hope that helps! Let me know if you need a link to Goulet's videos on realignment of nibs + smoothing/tuning.

♥♥ Chef's Kissu!! :D And can we also just take a moment to admire the money shot of the inks and pens?? hahah ;)

@@KenchanKrafts ❤️❤️

Thank you, and you're very welcome!! ^_^ Hope the writing samples were helpful!

@@KenchanKrafts so fascinating! 🥰🤓

I agree, the shimmers on Wearingeul inks are pretty soft and not bold like Emerald of Chivor or Diamine shimmers. I heard Wearingeul Dracula is very nice! I haven't tried it yet - I should find a sample! Thanks for watching, Liz! :)

I feel you there Teresa! In retrospect, the Hermes doesn’t have too much meaning for me. I feel that I bought that one impulsively from the excitement. But I’ve skipped on a ton of recent Leonardo’s (honestly there’s been like 10 since these three) and it feels great to be able to say no to so many and stick to the Leonardo’s that do have great meaning to me. I may sell this red one as I just pre ordered Klarissa’s dragon heart Leonardo, which is also red.

Hope you are doing well too! And I started with safaris and wanted to collect so many of them until I quickly went for bigger fishes in the sea of pens. Haha. What’s your favorite safari or all star?

@KenchanKrafts I only have the 4 Safaris, but my fav is the petrol blue Safari Al-Star....being metal it has a nice weight. I was looking at Pilot Vanishing points but they didn't have the black in stock so I picked up a TWSBI Eco T for a change to a Safari...not actually inked it yet 😂👍👍

Hi Kiran! That’s awesome that you have Spring and Winter Rain! Those two are my favorites! In order: spring, winter, summer, autumn. I post when they go on sale in my community tab so if the timing is right for you, I hope you’ll be able to collect all 4 someday! Thanks for watching 🥰

@@KenchanKrafts omg!! thank you!! this is so helpful!! i found the goulet vid too :)

Aww thank you so much!! Yes I shall be the one that starts doing ink reviews showing different nibs. I find it very helpful so I feel great knowing I can share what I would experience with everyone. And yay!!! Yes I felt happy being able to showcase some of my other beautiful pens that are resting away and that they were all different nib sizes for this purpose! And I wished I could write better while recording lol. That recording contraption in front of me makes things difficult but I’m happy you liked how the writing looks! 🥰

@@KenchanKrafts ah don’t get me wrong! Your handwriting while recording is also very pretty and consistent! I meant the whole „layout“ you made in the middle of the page and just a few lines was so pretty. There are inks that I wanted to retire and then I tried them „last chance“ in another nib and now I love them. I just make notes „only in broad nib“ so I don’t make the mistake again using an EF or F 😁

Thanks, Shauna! 🥰 I figured I’d start the trend for ink reviews to show different qualities of ink in different nibs. But it is a lot of work! I’ll need to clean these pens now 😌 thanks for watching and commenting 🥰

I agree, it is too light in thinner nibs. I really enjoyed Atlas in my medium Leonardo as it was much wetter and able to show off the darker tones of Atlas. And yay!! I found that I can get to show pens too if I go the route to show off the inks in different nib sizes. More work, but very rewarding of a video, I think XD

😍😍 indeed!!

Thanks, Jeffrey! :D Yes, that is just the silver sticker that came on the pen to signify the nib size. You can remove it - I think my amber Medium one did not have that sticker anymore. I just left that F sticker on the pen because it didn't look too bad lol! And I hate the sticky mess that sometimes stays behind when you try to remove the sticker.

YAY! Yes, it will be so beautiful from your broad nib. Glad to be of help!

I believe the one I made is not as deep of a teal as Emeraude de Chivor. It's also greener than Emerald of Chivor from my last experience with that ink :) Also, this one probably doesn't have the red sheen or gold shimmer, just the silvery blue shimmer.

Hey Ursula! I agree, that shade of blue really surprised me because I've only seen one similar to it and I loved using that ink (as I mentioned in the video). I agree - I have a few Broads to make the most of gorgeous shimmer inks like these!

:D Yay! it's a great ink!

I feel ya there, John! I would love the medium fine, too! I prefer the Fine, but it's also just slightly too thin, but still better than the juicy medium. :) Thanks for stopping by and commenting!

HAHAH!! Hey, Colorverse Wolf Point is $9.75! That's something you'll never find anywhere else! Well, you can't find this ink anywhere else either lol! But I feel ya. I haven't reached that point about buying inks yet if it's a color I'm really into or ink samples...I have a problem with inks at the moment. LOL

@@KenchanKraftsit’s showing $19.50 when I checked a minute ago….

@@christaalbrecht67 Put it in your cart and it gets reduced! That ink is in Atlas' "Last Chance" section, which will be half off when you checkout! :)

YAY! I'm so glad you think so about the mix! I am sad that the bright green got dulled in the mixture, but it's ok. The base color is what I was going after xD and the silvery blue shimmer popping up in the mix is just perfectly fine! ^_^ I think the colorverse ink is a tough one to use for me since I don't want it to be super dark in my pens, so I'll have to find the perfect nib to show off the gorgeous lighter green of that ink.

Yes, I was shocked at how much I like that blue color since I don't like straight up blues like Kon-Peki and Serenity blue. But this dusty blue hits just right and the green shimmer is so magical! Thank you for watching and you have a wonderful week, Roxanne!

I agree, in the swatch, I prefer the colorverse more, too! But individually, out of all the nibs, I don't prefer one over the other, so I had to make that new mixture haha, which I really like! But that's a teal haha! Well, Atlas considered Wolf Point a teal as well. And it was confirmed by Brendan, the shimmer is indeed a blue, so my eyes were not deceiving me haha! Though it looks like a silvery blue, which is gorgeous.

Add to cart! LMAO ♥

YAY! Yes, the colorverse one is magnificent. They really captured the green of the river and I am a sucker for this kind of tealy green over a straight up green lol. Thank you for watching, Priscilla, and sharing your choice!

Thank you!! 😊

Yes, I was thinkin of you when I swatched all those murky greens XD They're not my go-to, but I'm starting to appreciate and want to use them more since these LTB inks dry a bit cooler and I don't mind my greens to be cool or warm, but my reds and oranges I like them to dry slightly warm and muted. And yes, I was so shocked at how the firmament green ink behaved in iroful paper. I use Iroful sheets for penpal writing, so I will be so excited to use Firmament to write penpal letters with!

You're welcome, Kristi! Thanks for the sub, too! I don't think this drying down cooler is a new effect of inks to me, but this quality is pretty rare. Most inks either dry down darker or stay bright - which is what we see more often, but the fact that these orange red inks came down a beautiful warm tone when wet and then the color fades and becomes cooler is fascinating to me, although I still really wished the beautiful colors when wet stayed xD

Hey Manny!! ♥ Thank you for those kind words - I'm so happy this video helped show the colors of the ink better. I really wanted to see a wider range of shading of the ink because most of the time from a fountain pen, you get a slightly lighter shade than the brightest swatch on the paper. But the Iroful paper was able to show off some of the lighter tones so people can be prepared to expect the range of light to dark tones they could get from all nibs.

@@KenchanKrafts yea, you are right, once in the pen, inks will show up a bit different while writing, but it is still very useful to see in in swatches like you did here and with better light, so we can have a better ideo of what to expect from an ink.

Aww, I'm so happy to hear this! Thank you, Karen. I hope you continue to enjoy my videos, let me know what kinds of stuff you like watching or are you pretty open to anything pen ink related? I like to review pens, do ink swatches, talk about pen topics, so I think I'm pretty all-around when it comes to content I release...but I know YT likes for channels to be pretty niche for them. Anyways, thank you for watching and your comments ♥

Thank you, I love them so much! :D