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I'm taking the Neil Gaiman masterclass right now and noticed in the promo video that he's using two different fountain pens (Gaiman is an renowned FP lover).

 

Have a look at this still I took - is this a Pelikan? If so, do you know which one? It's driving me nuts, even more so on the second pen which I can't even narrow down to brand....

 

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Not a Pelikan. He uses an amber Pilot Custom 823 M (main autograph pen as of recently), Lamy 2000 and a Pilot VP. I have heard that he has a collection of about 40-60 pens (that was some years ago though). The pen in the pic... is not any of the three mentioned (Custom 823 doesn't have a section trim ring and that pen has a flat top).

How do you like that Masterclass so far? Been thinking about it...

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What's this master class? Is it something online? How much does it cost? (I already have been joking about "Is there anything he CAN'T do?")

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Looks like 180 USD? I don't know though. I am also very interested, I will have to research this more.

Also, I agree that it looks like a falcon.

"Why me?"
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"Yes."

"Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why."

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Not a Pelikan. He uses an amber Pilot Custom 823 M (main autograph pen as of recently), Lamy 2000 and a Pilot VP. I have heard that he has a collection of about 40-60 pens (that was some years ago though). The pen in the pic... is not any of the three mentioned (Custom 823 doesn't have a section trim ring and that pen has a flat top).

 

How do you like that Masterclass so far? Been thinking about it...

Im only two classes in, but I love Neil. He could probably read his grocery list and Id listen.

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Not a Pelikan. He uses an amber Pilot Custom 823 M (main autograph pen as of recently), Lamy 2000 and a Pilot VP. I have heard that he has a collection of about 40-60 pens (that was some years ago though). The pen in the pic... is not any of the three mentioned (Custom 823 doesn't have a section trim ring and that pen has a flat top).

 

How do you like that Masterclass so far? Been thinking about it...

 

 

In that large world tour that had a documentary to go with it he used an Amber Pilot 823 with a B nib for the autographs not M. He did say he has used a Lamy 2000 in M for writing. He has a lot of pens and I assume in more then one nib size.

 

I paid for the year of access to Masterclass as well and will be starting with Neil. I want to hone my writing craft.

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I read an interview not too long ago -- say in the past 4-5 years -- in which he said he liked "funky" pens, and mentioned that he preferred a Jean Lepine pen (with a "funky clip") more than a Montblanc (I'm not montblanc bashing... and I don't think that was his point either... I think he was just talking about preferring the styling of the one over the other). I also saw one of his Twitter or Instagram posts sometime in the past 2 years in which he was showing off his new Lamy 2000 Steel, which had been gifted to him by Lamy.

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Pretty sure thats a Pilot Falcon.

 

I have three... One Namiki marked, one Pilot marked, and a Pilot Falcon II... All three have hump-backed nibs that sort of taper from section to tip.

 

That looks more like the FA nib on my Custom 912 -- but it appears to have trim ring near the end of the section that I don't have (could just be lighting).

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Thanks all. What a talented group. Is there a FP you cant identify ? LOL.

 

The master class is only $90. Its $180 if you decide you want the annual all access pass.

 

https://www.masterclass.com/classes/neil-gaiman-teaches-the-art-of-storytelling

 

$90? Man.... How did I not know of this before now? :wallbash:

That's not that more expensive than the creative writing class I just signed up for at my local community college....

Are these interactive? My sister-in-law teaches computer classes for businesses and sometimes recently she's been teaching remotely (over Skype, I think).

I wasn't kidding before. He writes, he draws, he sings a little (yes, I found a video of him on YouTube at some SF convention singing the theme song from the old TV show Fireball XL-5, which I don't remember anything about not except that I watched it when I was around four...). He writes with fountain pens. Plus, he's kinda hot looking.... :wub:

Sigh....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

ETA: Okay, make that a little more than kinda.... :rolleyes:

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"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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$90? Man.... How did I not know of this before now? :wallbash:

That's not that more expensive than the creative writing class I just signed up for at my local community college....

Are these interactive? My sister-in-law teaches computer classes for businesses and sometimes recently she's been teaching remotely (over Skype, I think).

I wasn't kidding before. He writes, he draws, he sings a little (yes, I found a video of him on YouTube at some SF convention singing the theme song from the old TV show Fireball XL-5, which I don't remember anything about not except that I watched it when I was around four...). He writes with fountain pens. Plus, he's kinda hot looking.... :wub:

Sigh....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

ETA: Okay, make that a little more than kinda.... :rolleyes:

 

 

The best is the $180 for the year of all the classes you want. There are eight different writing classes. I'm looking forward to Dan Brown and James Patterson after I finish the Neil Gaiman one.

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I have three... One Namiki marked, one Pilot marked, and a Pilot Falcon II... All three have hump-backed nibs that sort of taper from section to tip.

 

That looks more like the FA nib on my Custom 912 -- but it appears to have trim ring near the end of the section that I don't have (could just be lighting).

The nib threw me off a little as well, but gold trims and trim at end of the section makes me think its a falcon. Perhaps lighting makes the nib look like that or exchanged nibs somehow? I dont think custom 912 comes in gold trims, does it?

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