Review by Laura Cameron I’m new around here, but I have a confession to make: I might be addicted to pens. I’ve been around pen enthusiasts for years. My father can always be found with a pen in his shirt pocket and, more often than not, it’s a fountain pen with a fine nib and peacock…
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Fashionable Friday: May the Fourth Be With You
In honor of May The Fourth Be With You (AKA Star Wars Day) and a tribute to Carrie Fisher, I thought I’d do Fashionable Friday early this week and focus on my favorite theme: Star Wars. Pens inspired by C3P0 and Dark Vader, pencil cases designed to look like my favorite droid R2-D2 and some…
Link Love: Squishy and Peachy
I borrowed another photo from Franz Dimson of Hand Over That Pen who takes amazing photos! This was another Atlanta “After Hours” pen swap shot. I was sitting at the bar trying out the Sailor King Eagle. Pens: The Beginner’s Guide to Fountain Pens (via JetPens Blog) Kaweco’s Perkeo (via Bleistift) Fancy Ballpoint Pens –…
Notebook Review: Baron Fig Metamorphosis
Baron Fig has become a product releasing machine. Metamorphosis ($20 for individual purchase or $74 per year for quarterly subscription) is the second release in 2017 in the subscription series for the Confidant. This time, they are making fewer waves than they did with the Askew, which ruffled quite a few feathers. The Metamorphosis treads more…
Atlanta Pen Show Recap and Looking Forward to Chicago
It’s taken me almost a week to recover from the Atlanta Pen Show. I was so busy working behind the Vanness Pens table, I forgot to take photos but luckily, everyone else took tons. During the day Friday, Saturday and Sunday, I sold ink, pens and paper with Lisa Vanness and Christa at the Vanness Pen table…
Fashionable Friday: Cocktail Hour
First, three tips from the Waldorf Astoria Bar Manager, Frank Caiafa, compliments of Bon Appetit. Rieger’s Midwestern Dry Gin (via J.Rieger & Co) PIUMA Minimal Fountain Pen in Titanium $90 (via Ensso) “Gitter & Be Gay” Polish $15 (via 1898 House) Pelikan Souverän M800 fountain pen Renaissance, special edition € 490 (€ 404,96 Outside EU)…
Notebook Comparisons: Dot Grid Showdown
I finally have the great triumvirate of dot grid notebooks at hand to do a side-by-side comparison: the much-loved Leuchtturm 1917 A5, the Rhodia and the Baron Fig. While the editions aren’t entirely identical, they are awfully close and the paper is all dot grid and each brand’s “flagship” size. The Rhodia is in the…