Could watch this all day!

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Now I realize why I've never and why I'll never give a shit about fountain pens, and what I'd need to learn in order to start giving a shit about good fountain pens... expert calligraphy and Ayn Randianism.

I wonder what his signature looks like...

I have very good handwriting, but unfortunately I am left-handed so I don't think I'd be able to give one of these pens a whirl without getting ink all over the place.

He's got great handwriting. Mine is terrible now and I squarely blame computers for that. At school it wasn't uncommon for us to use fountain pens at one time, the cheap stuff you could buy in the high street.

I recall them being fun to use if slightly messy.

Cool pen and all, but upvote for the penmanship alone. I'm green with envy.

Must say: I wasn't caring until they started actually writing letters/words. That person has beautiful handwriting!

No doubt I'm showing my age with this but is there some mantra effect that results in using the word "awesome" so much? I'm referring to the title here, nothing to do with the video (although it's awesome how many levels of awesome they can pack into one pen).

I remember when little teen hipsters starting saying awesome around 1981 and it sounded stupid back then. Keep it up and future historians will use Moon Unit's "Valley Girl" as the Rosetta Stone to decipher modern American English.

In this age of technology, one must practice a sense of vanity to develop decent handwriting.>> ^Deano:

He's got great handwriting. Mine is terrible now and I squarely blame computers for that. At school it wasn't uncommon for us to use fountain pens at one time, the cheap stuff you could buy in the high street.
I recall them being fun to use if slightly messy.

i was trying to remember where i'd seen this before.. then it hit me.

reddit.com/r/asmr

$254 pens: for when you absolutely, positively, have to be the most pretentious hipster in the room?

In principle, I agree; however, I am in awe of the penmanship. I wonder if this kind of thing will become the art that far eastern calligraphy has become. That would almost be a pity.
>> ^ulysses1904:

No doubt I'm showing my age with this but is there some mantra effect that results in using the word "awesome" so much? I'm referring to the title here, nothing to do with the video (although it's awesome how many levels of awesome they can pack into one pen).
I remember when little teen hipsters starting saying awesome around 1981 and it sounded stupid back then. Keep it up and future historians will use Moon Unit's "Valley Girl" as the Rosetta Stone to decipher modern American English.

Ugh. I just inked myself.

It still has the inherent flaw of getting ink all over your hand.

really loved the penmanship.

kinda creeped out by the Ayn Rand stuff.

Gotta use expensive paper to write well with those pens too. The cheap stuff bleeds through or catches the pen tip, or rips holes through the paper when you try to make the pen flex and write stylishly.

Gets fairly expensive with the cost of fountain pens, decent ink, and good paper.

I used to use a fountain pen when I was younger and cared more about how my writing looked and was a little bit of a collector of weird pens/mech pencils. Then I got into computers, realized typing was loads easier because you could screw up all you wanted...and the carpal tunnel started, etc etc. Was just easier to use the keyboard versus having the cramping hands from trying to write neatly.

And now my handwriting looks like a little kid or doctor wrote it, and I hate people who hand me a clipboard to fill stuff out. Clipboards have to be pretty close to the most horrible writing surface you can have to write on...they are not natural to hold at all for me.

The best thing about this pen... the sound it makes.

Do they have one with a giant feather on the end? I demand all of my pens have a giant feather.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Custom, Namiki, Falcon Resin, Fountain, Pen, awesome' to 'Custom, Namiki, Falcon Resin, Fountain Pen, awesome' - edited by xxovercastxx

>> ^ulysses1904:

No doubt I'm showing my age with this but is there some mantra effect that results in using the word "awesome" so much? I'm referring to the title here, nothing to do with the video (although it's awesome how many levels of awesome they can pack into one pen).

We seem hellbent on destroying words. I mean, we now use the same word to describe Homer's Iliad as we do to describe facial hair and deep-fried, bacon-wrapped hot dogs. When something truly epic or awesome happens, how will we be able to describe it?

>> ^xxovercastxx:

We seem hellbent on destroying words. I mean, we now use the same word to describe Homer's Iliad as we do to describe facial hair and deep-fried, bacon-wrapped hot dogs. When something truly epic or awesome happens, how will we be able to describe it?


doubleplusawesome?

My initial reaction was "$250 for a pen? what are you going to write with it anyway?"

But watching the video, there is clearly some awesome* skill there, and as someone who has spent large amounts of time practising cuts with a wooden sword, I feel I'm in no position to question the utility of how someone else spends their time and money.


*damnit, I did that without thinking about it!

The title is in reference to a meme in which something is stated to be awesome followed by, is awesome.
ex. "Awesome title is awesome." I have seen this pop up around the web in various places likely thanks to 4-chan or reddit.
>> ^ulysses1904:

No doubt I'm showing my age with this but is there some mantra effect that results in using the word "awesome" so much? I'm referring to the title here, nothing to do with the video (although it's awesome how many levels of awesome they can pack into one pen).
I remember when little teen hipsters starting saying awesome around 1981 and it sounded stupid back then. Keep it up and future historians will use Moon Unit's "Valley Girl" as the Rosetta Stone to decipher modern American English.

I would absolutely have loved it if this guy had used it to do Japanese calligraphy, it almost looks like that was the design intention of the pen in the first place though I could be wrong since it was customized. But it would be perfect considering the variation of line width called for in Japanese calligraphy.

It started from the Longcat meme http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/longcat

The original was "longcat is long" as a response to something that was extraordinary. Its similar to the even older saying "it's xbox huge" in reference to the original Xbox being larger than any other game console prior.

For example if I posted an image of a stretch Hummer H2 limo someone would reply with "wow, longcat is long"

- I am an oldfag and have seen quite a few tubes in my day (adjusts onion on belt)

>> ^Auger8:

The title is in reference to a meme in which something is stated to be awesome followed by, is awesome.
ex. "Awesome title is awesome." I have seen this pop up around the web in various places likely thanks to 4-chan or reddit.
>> ^ulysses1904:
No doubt I'm showing my age with this but is there some mantra effect that results in using the word "awesome" so much? I'm referring to the title here, nothing to do with the video (although it's awesome how many levels of awesome they can pack into one pen).
I remember when little teen hipsters starting saying awesome around 1981 and it sounded stupid back then. Keep it up and future historians will use Moon Unit's "Valley Girl" as the Rosetta Stone to decipher modern American English.

Back in the late 80's and early 90's I used to write classical style calligraphy as a side job. People would come to me for fancy but personalized wedding invitations, cards, you name it. Mind today you can just find a free font for everything you need. But back then, I would have killed for a fountain pen that good!

Definitely *skillful

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