Goulet Q&A Episode 60, Open Forum

This is the last Q&A of 2014, I'll be taking off next week to spend time with my family for Christmas. This week the video includes using J. Herbin Stormy Grey in your pens, storing pens in your backpack, and what is up with that soldier drawing on my desk. Enjoy!

Goulet Q&A Episode 59, Open Forum

This week I'm making up for lost time! The last two weeks of Goulet Q&A were cancelled at the last minute due to family obligations and my losing my voice, so I'm tackling as many questions as I possibly can to make up. I cover "second pens", breaking in nibs, getting others hooked on pens, and eyedropper conversions. Enjoy!

Goulet Q&A Episode 58, Open Forum

This week I talk a lot about our new site, the resurgence of fountain pens in recent years, the future of flex nibs and why we never see permanent orange inks!

Goulet Q&A Episode 57, Open Forum

This week I talk a lot about Noodler's Neponsets and other flex pens, the biggest Goulet flop product, and how I feel about giving an office tour. Enjoy!

Goulet Q&A Episode 56, Open Forum

This week I talk about what makes celluloid so special, nib smoothing, Christmas color inks, oblique nibs, and give insights into the seasonal Edison Nouveau Premieres. Enjoy!

Goulet Q&A Episode 55, Open Forum

It's been a busy week launching new pens like the Detla Unica in Orange celluloid, the Stipula Splash, and Lamy gift sets! I'm not done yet either, there's a bunch more stuff coming. Until then though, sit back and let's chat about product reviews, pen shows, Noodler's Art Nib Packs, and how men and women write differently.

Goulet Q&A Episode 54, Open Forum

This week I talk about shading inks, upgrading your pen, and how to keep your pens from exploding in cold weather!

Goulet Q&A Episode 53, Open Forum

There are so many new things coming our way very soon and I am excited to tell you all a little about them. I also have all kinds of interesting questions this week from using writing as a de-stressor to rumors about fountain pen nibs. Enjoy!

Goulet Q&A Episode 52, Open Forum

Folks on the Goulet Team are getting married, having babies, it’s a great time to be hanging around here. I’m all jazzed up about my experience in NYC with Dave Ramsey, Seth Godin, and Gary Vaynerchuck at Business Gets Personal, and the 15-minutes of fame I had with them on stage in the “Hot Seat” segment. I talk about this and answer questions about Organics Studio ink, nib swapping, and give advice for starting a business.

Goulet Q&A Episode 51, Open Forum

I have all kinds of interesting questions this week touching on paper, ultimatum/hypotheticals, pen purchase tradeoffs, and improving handwriting. Enjoy!

Goulet Q&A Episode 50, Open Forum

This week I'm talking about the new TWSBI Classic postable end cap, writing left-handed, glow in the dark inks, and my social media approach and how I balance it with all I have going on. Good questions this week!

Goulet Q&A Episode 49, Open Forum

This week's Q&A talks about Pelikan m600 vs m800, cost effectiveness of fountain pens vs. rollerballs, pen shopping, and more. Enjoy!

Goulet Q&A Episode 48, Open Forum

This week I announce the winner of the Autumn Harvest Giveaway, and I talk about nib creep, journaling for your kids, shaking inks, working with nibmeisters, and more!

Goulet Q&A Episode 47, Open Forum

In this week's Q&A I'm talking about J. Herbin 1670 Stormy Grey, De Atramentis Document Inks, crisp italics, and other cool fountain pen stuff!

Goulet Q&A Episode 46, Open Forum

This week I'm talking about Noodler's flex pens, Conklin pens, nib creep, refillable rollerballs, and my holy grail pen.

Goulet Q&A Episode 45, Open Forum

This week's Q&A talks about ink flow, Rhodia pads, American pen companies, and what exactly is a "music" nib, along with other fountain pen topics. Enjoy!

Goulet Q&A Episode 44, Open Forum

This week's Q&A with Brian covers rose gold nibs, whether high-priced pens are worth it, stub nibs, pocket pens, and Brian shows you dang near his entire pen collection. Enjoy!

Goulet Q&A Episode 43, Open Forum

This week I talk about why I'm not getting a table at the DC pen show, Platinum Maki-e, Sheaffer 300's, wax seals, cleaning Baystate Blue, and popular notebooks for back to school.

Goulet Q&A Episode 42, Open Forum

This week is episode 42, and there's all kinds of crazy stuff that's been going on this week! We've hired new folks and gotten a bunch of new products in. In this Q&A I'm talking about music nibs, Japanese vs. German nibs, sealing wax, larger ink samples, and what I would be doing if I wasn't doing GouletPens.com. Good stuff!

Goulet Q&A Episode 41, Open Forum

This week's Q&A is another Open Forum with questions about how to pull nibs from pens when you're not feeling strong, what brands I wish I could carry that I don't now, and why the Pontiac Aztek is so great! Enjoy.

Goulet Q&A Episode 40, Goulet Values

After announcing our Goulet company values last week, we've gotten tremendous feedback about how we run our company. There have been a lot of great questions about some of the finer points of how we make the "Goulet Magic" happen, so Rachel and I both wanted to open up and share some of the "why" behind what our company does. Some of it is about pens, but some of it really is just about what we believe and how we choose to run our company. It's a great insight into our way of doing things. Enjoy!

Goulet Q&A Episode 39, Open Forum

It's back to just me for this week's Open Forum Q&A. I have several questions like why I sell and discontinue the products I do, avoiding inky hands, cleaning out piston pens, and more random stuff.

Goulet Q&A Episode 38, Open Forum

This is a long one! Rachel and I sit down together in a rather punchy mood and answer 22 fountain pen questions that are all over the place. This one will take a bit to download, but is definitely one of our more entertaining podcasts!

Goulet Q&A Episode 37, Open Forum

I'm sorry to say that you're stuck with just me this week for Goulet Q&A. The message was sent loud and clear that you love having Rachel with me in the video, but she just couldn't work it out in her schedule to be here with me this morning. This week's theme is an Open Forum, and I always enjoy the variety of questions I receive. I ended up getting so many, I could only answer about half of what I received. But I'll be saving the rest. Enjoy!

Goulet Q&A Episode 36, Platinum Fountain Pens and Ink

It's Episode 36 of Goulet Q&A today, and I have a very special guest joining me. My lovely wife, Rachel! I know it's always a special treat when she's able to join me in some videos, so it was great that she was able to wiggle some room in her busy schedule to join me in showcasing Platinum pens and ink. Platinum as a brand is somewhat underrepresented, so we're really excited to be able to shine a little light on this really interesting line of products.

Goulet Q&A Episode 35, Open Forum

This week I'm taking all kinds of questions from you, including topics like shading on different color paper, expanding Goulet nibs, wet inks, Faber Castell and the Pilot Metropolitan with Noodler's inks.

Goulet Q&A Episode 34, Fountain Pen Tips and Tricks

I have a lot of great tips and tricks already in my video archive, mainly because I know that learning the little insider tricks are part of what make the fountain pen hobby so much more gratifying. Here are some questions I got about tips and tricks I haven't yet covered.

Goulet Q&A Episode 33, Open Forum

This week’s Open Forum Goulet Q&A kicks off with a surprisingly personal intro, I didn’t quite expect to nearly tear up! Talking about my kids and their growing up and heading to preschool, that’s what did me in. I also have an update for some new stuff that just came in to GouletPens.com, like theRhodia ICE notebooks, Noodler’s Acrylic Konrads, and a couple of new (to us) Sheaffer pens, theSagaris and 300.

Goulet Q&A Episode 32, Clairefontaine and Rhodia

This week's Q&A is about the popular fountain pen friendly paper brands Clairefontaine and Rhodia. Going into it, I really wasn't sure how many questions I'd get about these, but it shaped up nicely. Enjoy!

Goulet Q&A Episode 31, Open Forum

It's an open forum this week in the Goulet Q&A, and I have 20 solid questions about storing ink bottles, the state of the fountain pen industry, and even what ink I'd throw on a boss' shirt if I was quitting my job!

Goulet Q&A Episode 30, Using Fountain Pens at Work

This is part 1 of 2 with all kinds of questions about the ink, fountain pens, and paper to use at work.

Goulet Q&A Episode 29, Open Forum

This week is an Open Forum, and I got a lot of great questions on various topics like Diamine ink supply, special order Pilot pens, Goulet 'Prime' membership, Noodler's flex, TWSBI ink capacities, and more.

Goulet Q&A Episode 28, Pilot/Namiki Pens

So I'd originally intended for this week's Q&A to be about Pilot and Namiki pens and ink, but I didn't get a single question about ink! Oh well, so I changed the title to give focus to the brands' pens. Enjoy!

Goulet Q&A Episode 27, Open Forum

It's the 27th episode of Goulet Q&A, and this week it is an Open Forum. I took random questions that you had, ranging in topics from scratchy nibs, flow issues, Organics Studio ink, crappy paper, and fighting Nick Cage. It's a good mix! 

Goulet Q&A Episode 26, Nathan Tardif Interview

In this interview Nathan Tardif of Noodler's Ink, I ask a bunch of engaging questions about Noodler's black inks, flex nibs and feeds, how he creates his inks, and more. It's a fantastic interview from a man who has a huge impact on the fountain pen community.

Goulet Q&A Episode 25, Noodler's

I knew this week was going to be a big one, and I was right…Noodler's. There's plenty to talk about with Noodler's ink or Noodler's pens!

Goulet Q&A Episode 24, Open Forum

After missing last week due to a family vacation, I wanted to make it up with a slew of solid questions. I answer questions about the 2014 Lamy Safari, Jinhaos, TWSBI's, Kaweco's, and a bunch of other brands.

Goulet Q&A Episode 23, Monteverde

This week is all about Monteverde, and it's a bit shorter video than I normally do. I get questions about the Nighthawk going away, MV nibs, the new Impressa, and other random pens.

Goulet Q&A Episode 22, Open Forum

This week I answer random fountain pen questions about flex pens, ballpoints and rollerballs, eyedropper conversions, transporting pens, buying pens as an investment, and ink mixing.

Goulet Q&A Episode 21, Lamy

It's time for a new Goulet Q&A, and this week I'm covering a ton of different Lamy questions. A lot of them ended up being pretty straightforward, so I was able to answer a 24 of them in a pretty compressed timeframe. And I even showed off some pens up close that I haven't shown before!

Goulet Q&A Episode 20, Pen Maintenance

Here's another Goulet Q&A, and it's amazing to me that I'm on the 20th one already! I am absolutely loving doing these, and I'm getting so many great questions from you all. This week's theme is Pen Maintenance, and I have a lot of great stuff to discuss about cleaning, silicone grease, and ink choices.

Goulet Q&A Episode 19, Open Forum

This week's Goulet Q&A is an Open Forum, where I answer 16 questions of various topics. I got questions about buying a second pen, greasing pistons, my biggest pen disappointment, and managing using 30+ pens at once. I really enjoyed today's questions, and if you watch you'll get to see me in a baller suit (I had a business lunch to go to right after I shot the vid!).

Goulet Q&A Episode 18, The Trifecta: Fountain Pens, Ink, and Paper

This week I specifically wanted to discuss how these three components interact and influence each other as a part of the overall writing experience. I got a slew of great questions, and was glad to answer as many of them as I could. This is a really rich topic, and I made sure to give it justice by taking as much time to explain my thoughts as I felt I needed. So sit back and get ready for a long one here!

Goulet Q&A Episode 17, Open Forum

It's been three weeks since the last Goulet Q&A, thanks for being so patient! Because of the way the holidays worked out, I had a lot of demands on my time and knew I wouldn't be able to give Q&A the attention it needed until this week. I'm glad I did that, because it ended up being pretty crazy over the holidays. But I'm back, and here answering all kinds of questions about springing nibs, the Goulet logo, Pilot Falcon and Metropolitan, and a lot more.