After my review of the J. Herbin Vert Olive, reader Jose offered to do an ink swap with me so that I could compare the Vert Oilve to Pilot Iroshizuku Chiku-Rin (AKA Bamboo Forest). Since the color of the Chiku-Rin is so light, I decided to test it in a pen with a wider nib…
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Refillable cartridge for Kaweco Sport Fountain Pens… wahoo!
Well, well, well… what do we have here? Is this an aerometric squeeze filler for small enough to fit inside a Kaweco Sport fountain pen? Why, yes it is! Go forth and rejoice, all you Kaweco Sport users! For a mere $3 you too can now use bottled ink without having to reuse old cartridges…
Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen Review
I had recently seen the Pilot Metropolitan pop up on JetPens but noticed that most of the color options had sold out immediately. Then I heard Brad of The Pen Addict Podcast discuss his rather blah reaction to it and his general aversion to all things gold. So… guess what I bought? Yup. The gold…
New Rubber Stamps Available in The Shop!
Finally! My new shipment of rubber stamps came in and they are all for you! Visit the shop over on Big Cartel to place your order. This time, I ordered a few on the classic wooden handle just to see if you like them and the pricing was similar so I thought, “Why not?” If…
Damn You, Art School and Procreate (it’ll make sense when you read the whole article)
Damn You, Art School is a web site organized by art school disciplines like architecture, fashion, illustration and others that will give you a list of recommended digital tools for a given discipline. The recommendations range from note-taking and sketching apps to business management tools like faxing and time accounting (in the Illustration tab). There…
On the topic of pencils…
I went down the pencil rabbit-hole yesterday and found a few interesting tidbits: There is more information about the new Blackwing Pearl available on the Pencils.com site and on Timberlines. The Pearl is designed to fill a spot between the original Palomino Blackwing which was described as “soft and smooth” and the Palomino Blackwing 602…
Link Love: Inkscellany
This week is another hodge-podge of pens, paper and digital tools but mostly a lot of ink reviews… mmmm… ink! Paper: Midori Traveler Star Edition Review (via Gourmet Pens) Pens and Ink: Pen Hack: Converting a Kaweco Sport into a bulb filler (via Comfortable Shoes Studio) Diamine Dark Brown Ink Review (via Inkophile) A Fire-Starting…