If you’d told me five years ago that I would like purple inks, I would have scoffed. The older, wiser me nods agreeably. “Indeed, there are some purple inks I do quite like.” J. Herbin’s Poussière de Lune (Moon Dust Purple) is one such purple. This is another ink I purchased in the little…
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Fountain Pen Day: Nov. 7
Fountain Pen Day is Friday, November 7th 2014. The first Friday in November is a day to celebrate, promote and share the love of fountain pens with the world. Celebrate in your own way by writing with your fountain pens. If you don’t own one, November 7th is the perfect day to go out and…
Faber-Castell Neon Pink Pencil Set
The last time I was in my local pen shop, The Pen Place, I saw this box set of Faber-Castell Grip pens in neon pink sitting on a high shelf. I made the clerks pull the box down for me and I insisted on taking them home. The box set included three neon pink triangular-shaped…
Fashionable Friday: It Was a Dark & Stormy Desk
I had such fun finding spooky, Halloween-y office goodies: from H.P. Lovecraf-tian Octo-mugs to owl paper clips, your desk can be full of things that will remind you you never know what might go bump in the night. Maybe these will inspire you to write your first ghost story? (Sources listed below in no particular…
Link Love: Touched by Tech
Post of the Week: Are you a pen person, the vocabulary version. (via Leigh Reyes) Pens: Marlen Aleph Pearly Grey LE Steel Flex Fountain Pen (via Gourmet Pens) Twiss Marmalade fountain pen (via Pens! Paper! Pencils!) Karas Kustoms Ink fountain pen (via A Fool With A Pen) Favorite 5: Modern Fountain Pens (via Fountain Pen…
Ink Review: Rouge Opera
These little shooters of J. Herbin ink are just so addictive! This is the Rouge Opera ($4.75 for 10ml bottle) which came highly recommended by a friend as a “good red”. I paired it with my Kaweco Student with an EF nib. What’s black and chrome and red all over? (HA!) In the swab and…
Parker IM Premium Fountain Pen: Emerald Pearl M Nib
When the Parker IM Premium Fountain Pen ($52) arrived I could not wait to load it with “good ink.” I installed the stock blue cartridge that shipped with it on the counter at the post office and started doodling on the back of my junk mail. Who says pens aren’t an addiction? I got the…