Pens & Pencils—the heroes & villains of my art supplies

Yaaaaaaaaaa studio sundayyyyyy!! My stretchy pants stay on year round. Hope you two have a great week!

Thanks Terry I've been waiting for this!!

Heeeeeeeeeeyyyy TERRY

Where do you get the Raphaels? I switched to the Raphaels in the 80s. They gave a sharper line than the Windsor Newtons. Then, I couldn't find them! Still can't. A dealer on Amazon is estimating a December delivery! Back to the Series 7. It'll be fine.

I used the metal pen holder for a while, and it was nice and all... And the caked up ink would crack off when changing nibs (I'm a 100/103 guy), but after a while the claw parts just corroded away and broke off. I have a tendency to dip my pens & holders to far into the ink and then rinse them a lot.
Welp, back to the plastic holders! 😄

Great video. As much as you love Faber-Castell, I was surprised not to see any of their PITT artist pens among your supplies. Are Microns better?

I want to say that, for people in the US, you may not be able to find a Raphael 8404 due to a ban on sable hair. However they do have a series of synthetic sable brushes that I hear is at least as good as the actual thing (and cheaper!)

I have that same Frank Cho pen in my pen holder on my desk. Met him like 10 years ago at a local con. Love it!

I’m very fond of Faber Castell myself. Their Apollo series are very comfortable and the consistency of leads from them is so reliable. They tick the boxes for all their other tools, from clutch pencils to sharpeners, but the one thing I’m unaware of is if they have a metal bodied mechanical pencil.
The build of the others, like you said, will do you fine for years, but the plastic frame can more easily become worn than metal. Also helps if you prefer a weightier pencil. It’s why I tend to switch between FB and the Pentel Graphgear, but a majority of my stuff I do with FB. Cannot beat the quality for the price.
A legend in the industry is the Blackwing, but they’re quite the investment. I’ve yet to test if they live up to reputation.

So very, very jealous of those Blackwing sharpeners and the Frank Cho pen!

I don't see the rainbow color pens I gave you in Virginia in your collection! For shame sir... that should have significant value to you-- far more than that of a bottomless girl! I mean who is this Frank Cho character hmmm?! PS--you're an art supply hoarder. Admit it.

I'd more than gladly relieve you of that pen nib holder and the bag o' nibs, if you're looking to get rid of them.

The equivalent of Premier Guitar’s Rig Rundown!! Nice!

This is great! I was really excited when I saw this video posted, so it was really funny when Robyn doubted that anyone would like to watch it :D My guess is that she has some interest or hobby that she has a lot of different, yet similar things attached to it - and would never think that one is as good as the other :) Thanks for a great video as always!

They sell the executive green FC pencils on Amazon. Are those different that you have?

Terry, where did you get your case? Or, rather, what is it called?