When Good Made Better stormed onto the scene last year with their Penwell classic designs, they certainly blew the minds of most of the pen community with their design sensibilities and professionalism. Their latest creation, launched today on Kickstarter is likely to be no different. Unlike the original Penwell Classic design, this model, called the…
OMG! There are more and more and more planners out. These are planners I haven’t gotten in my hot little hands but I couldn’t let them be neglected. Are they super cool looking? YES! Are they fountain pen friendly? I don’t know. Still, I had to let you know about them. These might have the…
Thanks to a very kind reader, Elise, I found myself in possession of an assortment of very unusual Japanese planners. I had never seen any of these before. Over the last two weeks, I went through all of them to compare the layouts of each and did a series of pen tests to assess the…
Thanks to everyone who entered our Midori 2019 Planner giveaway, graciously sponsored by Vanness Pen Shop. Picking names in these large multi-prize giveaways can sometimes be a challenge but this time, it worked out pretty seamlessly. All the names that our random number generator picked were people who wanted different planners so I didn’t have…
Pens: The Sailor Mandarin Orangette from Bungbox (via Calligraphy Nut) Opus 88 Koloro Demonstrator + Pilot Parallel BEST BROAD EDGE CALLIGRAPHY PEN EVER? (via Gourmet Pens) BeNu Friendly Chameleon fountain pen (via United Inkdom) Monami Olika Fountain Pen (via The Pen Addict) Pocket essentials: Milim fountain pen first impressions (via UK fountain pens) Nakaya Piccolo in…
Several people have asked about the dip nib annealing process that I’ve mentioned, particularly in regards to the now sold out Hunt Mapping Pens. I found this great video on YouTube (thank you for not making me have to make one, ElisaAnne!) on the process. If you are fire-averse, there are other techniques you can…
Last year, I enthusiastically jumped on the Jibun Techo planner bandwagon and purchased the 2018 planner with all intents and purposes of making it my sole planner for 2018. The unusual, slim size of the B6 Slim size seemed portable and the 24-hour calendar seemed like it might help track not only my work schedule…
