Fountain Pens for Beginners — everything you actually need to know | Fountain Pen 101

If you’re interested in starting pen collecting or just want to learn more about fountain pens, then this beginner is for you! Today I share with you easy to digest basics of using fountain pens which includes: Basic fountain anatomy & important fountain pen terminology, identifying visual ink properties, visual comparison of nib sizes and demonstration of how I fill a piston converter, a vacuum fill converter and a cartridge pen. I also go over key things to consider when buying a fountain pen to help guide you on your first fountain pen purchase. Much needed timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:04 - Why a Fountain Pen 3:56 - Fountain Pen Anatomy, All Pen Types 9:20 - Everything Nibs Including Size Demo 14:04 -Visual Ink Properties 17:20 - Meaning of Wet and Dry for Inks or Pens 20:30 - How to fill your Pen: Piston, Vac Fill & Cartridge 27:20 - Swapping your Nib 28:53 - Pen Recommendation 30:16: Recap ↳ Support me: https://ko-fi.com/frenchyinfocus —————————————————————————————— 🌱 HELPFUL LINKS & COUPONS Goulet Pens Cleaning Guides: ↳ Cartridge/Converter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlhI1IK9HHc ↳ Piston-Filler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KQNObD0L1c&t=3s Some of the Pens I used: ↳ Black Sailor Pro Gear Slim: https://amzn.to/3xjZqU2 ↳ Pilot Custom 823: https://amzn.to/3JYnUcU ↳ Kaweco Sport, Olive: https://amzn.to/3Ym8JhY —————————————————————————————— 🌱 COUPONS ¢: Atlas Stationers (10% off, use code: FRENCHY): https://tinyurl.com/ASFrenchy ¢: Pen Chalet ($10 off): https://tinyurl.com/FrenchyPenChalet ¢: Stationery Pal (12% off, using code: FRENCHY) https://bit.ly/StationeryPalFrenchy ¢: Desk Gems (12% off): https://bit.ly/DeskGemsFrenchy ¢: Ferris Wheel Press (10% off, use code: FRENCHY): https://bit.ly/Frenchy-FWP —————————————————————————————— 🌱 REACH OUT 📷 IG:Frenchyinfocus 💌 LET'S SNAIL MAIL: PO Box 747 Rio Grande, NJ 08242 USA 📧 E-MAIL: focusfrenchy@gmail.com —————————————————————————————— 🌱 ABOUT ME Hi! My name is Paris. I film everyday lifestyle content surrounding my love for Jesus, Traveler's Notebooks, everything stationery and the occasional spiritual watercolor spread that's full of encouragement. I aspire to create a relaxing community where we can obsess over our love of stationery, encourage each other, learn from one another and most importantly glorify God, even in the mundane parts of our lives. —————————————————————————————— 🌱 MUSIC epidemicsound.com Free 60 day trial: https://share.epidemicsound.com/qwf823 —————————————————————————————— 🌱 DISCLAIMER This video is not sponsored. My thoughts and opinions are my own. *some of these are affiliate links that may help support my channel for a small commission at no additional cost to you! #fountainpen #stationery #pens