Please don’t shoot me for reviewing another teal blue ink so soon after Pelikan Edelstein Aquamarine. Franklin-Christoph Midnight Emerald ($12.50 for 2oz.) is a much deeper blue-teal color than Aquamarine. It’s in that space between teal and blue-black that you didn’t know you needed an ink. Did you? I tested the ink in my Franklin-Christoph…
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Vintage Fountain Pens: Lady Sheaffer Skripsert and Sheaffer Imperial
One of the pens I was hoping to find at the Atlanta Pen Show was a vintage Lady Sheaffer Skripsert. A friend of mine showed me hers and I fell in love with it so I knew it was definitely a pen style I wanted to keep my eye out for. The story behind the…
Link Love: From The Road
More Pen Show News: Atlanta Pen Show and Pen Addict Episode #200 (via Sketchbook B) Atlanta Pen Show: Insane Saturday Recap (via Gentleman Stationer) Pens: Uh Oh, I Found My Grail Pen, But It’s Broken! (via Pendomness) Why aren’t vintage pens more popular? (via Pen Economics) Montegrappa Copper Mule Fountain Pen (via Clicky Post) Video:…
Giveaway: World Stationery Day from NoteMaker
Today, April 27, is World Stationery Day. If you’re wondering exactly what World Stationery Day is, it’s part of National Stationery Week and part of the London Stationery Show. The goal of World Stationery Day is to celebrate the written word and all things stationery. In the spirit of World Stationery Day, the folks at…
Giveaway Winner: Retro 51 Bouquet from Anderson Pens
A big thanks to Anderson Pens for sponsoring the Retro 51 Bouquet giveaway and a huge shoutout to all the lovely comments that were posted. I got choked up reading many of them and the kind words you had for your mom, sister, wife, best friend and sometimes even yourself. You all deserve a Bouquet,…
When Bad Repairs Happen To Good Pens
I’ve spent a lot of time this past week trying to decide the best way to talk about what was the saddest part of my Atlanta Pen Show experience. I mentioned to a vendor that I had a beloved vintage Parker Duofold vac filler but that the vacuum-filler didn’t work and he said “Oh, there’s…
Word. Terrain Series Notebooks
Word. Notebooks have just released their new Terrain Series notebooks featuring topographic style artwork on the covers of three different sets of notebooks in green, orange or ivory. Inside, these notebooks feature the same lined paper with the built-in bullet system as their previous notebooks and feature 48-pages in each of their 3-pack of notebooks.…