Many of you have asked me to interview my friend Murray about his fountain pen collection. I recently sat down with Murray and asked him a number of questions and had him tour his pen collection. The video is quite long, but there’s so much excellent information in it that I couldn’t edit it any shorter.
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Chapters:
00:00:00 - Start
00:00:21 - Introducing Murray
00:01:38 - How Did You Get Started With Fountain Pens?
00:09:19 - How Did Doug Get Started With Fountain Pens?
00:13:03 - Touring Murray's Collection and Fountain Pen Storage
00:23:34 - What is Murray's Favourite Pen?
00:28:53 - Should a Pen Write Properly Out of the Box?
00:29:30 - Tuning New Nibs
00:31:49 - Murray's Tips on Examining and Tuning a Nib
00:40:34 - Will You Adopt Me, Murray?
00:40:41 - Which Vintage Pen Do You Want Restored?
00:42:08 - Murray Talks Bic Crystal Ballpoint
00:44:11 - Murray's Sheaffer Targa
00:45:13 - How Modern Fountain Pens Changed
00:46:07 - How Many Pens Inked and How Do You Clean Your Pens?
00:52:49 - Which Pen For Long Writing Sessions?
00:57:42 - About the Calgary Pen Club?
01:09:11 - Doug Borrows Murray's Waterman Edsen
01:13:32 - Which Vintage Pen Has Been Out of Reach?
01:14:18 - What is the Vintage Grail Pen You Own?
01:20:22 - What Pens Are You Searching For Now? How Many Pens Do You Have?
01:22:30 - What Brand Were You Snobbish About and Changed Your Mind?
01:27:27 - Join the Calgary Pen Club
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