Before there was the Pantone Matching System, there was Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours: Adapted to Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Anatomy, and the Arts. According to the wrap around the cover, this was the book (not this specific edition or copy) that Charles Darwin took with him aboard the HMS Beagle on his journey to research…
Pens: Kickstarter: Studio Neat “Mark One” Aluminum Pen (via Tools and Toys) Visconti Homo Sapiens London Fog (via Alt. Haven) Waterman Expert 3 Matte Black Fountain Pen (via Gourmet Pens) Moonman M2 (via Frank Underwater) Video: Opus 88 “Koloro” (via Scrively) Noodlers Boston Safety Fountain Pen Instructional Guide (via Pen Chalet Blog) Lovely Chameleon (Benu…
Thursday: The one thing about the Arkansas Pen Show that makes it different than almost any other pen show that I attend is that I set up my own table. Last year, Bob and I did what they call in the industry a soft-launch of the Col-o-ring. This year, we decided to continue the tradition…
This week, in Other Interesting Things, we have Cases and Places! Its pen show recaps and pen and notebook cases. Pens: Scrikss | Noble 35 in Titanium (via United Inkdom) Disposable Fountain Pens (via Fountain Pen Quest) Video: “Serious Nibbage” Parker 51 (via Gourmet Pens) Sailor Profit Realo Tenku-Gensou Special Edition with Music Nib (via…
I admit it. I made you wait for this review. I couldn’t help myself. I was saving these for the end of the the Series One and Two colors (that I currently own — but I’m headed to Little Rock and will be attempting to replenish my stock. I made Lisa promise not to sell…
Jessica asks: I’m usually a blue-black ink girl, but ever since purchasing a Uni-ball Signo DX in the new color Prussian Blue, I am in love with this bright navy blue color. I’d like to buy some fountain pen ink samples in this color and I’m wondering if you know any inks that are the…
Colorverse Sea of Tranquility #10 (65ml and 15 ml included for $36) is the only green ink available in the Colorverse universe thus far so it gets its own review. It is a bright kelly green color and not at all what I would have initially thought of when I heard the words “sea of…
