Welcome to Inkmas Day 10! I recently started revisiting older ink lines and fell in love with the bright blue of Montegrappa Sapphire. The color is very close to Birmingham Pen’s Polar Bear and KWZ Walk Over Vistula. Both of those blues also have a beautiful red sheen which is also present in Sapphire. On…
Welcome to Inkmas Day 4! I recently found a gorgeous new color from Kobe – City Museum Gray. The ink looks like a warm mug of hot chocolate – not just in the swatch, but in writing as well. Depending on your paper, your nib, and the lighting, this ink can appear anywhere from a…
We are getting close to the end of Inkmas! Today is frigidly cold here (a high of -6 degrees F) so I’ve chosen a bright and cheerful ink that makes me warm inside. Scribo Vert Prato is a bright yellowish green ink that makes me smile. Scribo inks come in huge, heavy glass bottles that…
Happy sixth day of Inkmas! I’m bringing back an ink from the Inkvent past – Diamine Blue Peppermint. This was the first ink of the first Inkvent calendar – way back in 2019. Remember that time? Blue Peppermint is a marine blue ink with a bright blue shimmer – every once in a while I…
Just last week I reviewed my new Pelikan M205 Apatite, so of course I had to check out the matching ink. As you know, each year I audition inks for addressing my holiday cards. My family and my husband’s family celebrate different religions, so the challenge is always to find something that’s festive and fun,…
This is my first post as a traveling reporter! I’m spending the weekend down in Houston, TX at the Dromgoole’s store and have had the worst time choosing an ink to feature today. Sitting in the midst of hundreds of inks, I find it very hard to focus on any single color. So I’ve chosen…
For my next Inkvent adventure, I thought I would spend some time with an ink that’s a little more obscure. I scanned my ink collection with one goal in mind: could I find an ink that would be new to both Ana and Jesi? Pretty lofty goal, but let’s give it a go. I remembered…
