Earlier this month, I was able to head up to Portland, Oregon for the newest show to join the pen show circuit. The Portland pen show was small by way of the number of vendors, but large in number of attendees. I met a new vendor at this show – the wonderful group from Oblation…
One of the presents that Ana brought me from the San Francisco Pen Show was one of the new Esterbrook “Write Your Story” Journals ($39.99 at Esterbrook). This looks like the perfect journal for me so I’m eager to dig in! The Esterbrook “Write Your Story” journals are a collaboration between Esterbrook and lettering artist…
My favorite part of the fountain pen hobby isn’t the pens, it’s the ink. While fountain pens aren’t required in order to enjoy ink, paper is necessary. Typically my ink reviews will use several types of paper – I believe that gives a more in depth understanding of how the ink will behave in any…
This Top Ten list has been updated in Sept. 2023 and divided into a couple categories now to better differentiate between types of options. There are hundreds of notebooks on the market and everyone has a preference on size and format but when people are just dipping their toe into the world of higher end…
In a previous post, I reviewed the Cosmo Air Light (CAL) notebook from Musubi and compared it to the Tomoe River (TR) notebook (also from Musubi). I have included a few photos from those reviews in this post for review purposes. I’ve used the same pens with the same ink where I could, and all…
Today I have another new paper to show – Egret 65gsm paper from Lennon Toolbar. I purchased a pack of Egret paper (A5, 80 sheets for $10) from Alex at Shigure Inks several weeks ago and have only now been able to post a review. Shigure is sold out of this paper at the moment,…
Today I’m taking a look at a new notebook from Midori – the A5 Color Paper Notebook. I did order a notebook in each color – pink, yellow, turquoise, green, lavender, brown. They only come in ruled, A5 size with 56 pages and you can find these in-stock at Vanness for $3.50 each. I chose…
