Review by Laura Cameron When I first saw photos of the new Lamy Aion (€42.98 via Appelboom), I was actually quite excited about trying it. With no offense to Lamy Safari and AL-Star devotees, I have never found either pen to be comfortable in my hand because of the molded grip. So I was thrilled…
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Ink Review: Diamine 150th Anniversary Collection, Purple Dream
Review by Laura Cameron In my ongoing attempt to embrace Ultra Violet as the Pantone 2018 Color of the Year, I have been ordering every purple ink I can find. So, of course, I had to get a bottle of the Diamine 150th Anniversary Collection Purple Dream (€7.85 for 40ml bottle) to add to my burgeoning…
Ink Review: Monteverde Ruby
Review by Laura Cameron The final ink that I ordered as part of the Monteverdepalooza of the past few weeks is Ruby ($8 for 30ml bottle). Ruby is a bright, almost fire engine red, that leans a bit orange. In heavy inkblots, Ruby sheens a greeny-yellow, but in regular applications it just shades really nicely. It…
Ink Review: Robert Oster Spearmint
Review by Laura Cameron So far, I haven’t met a Robert Oster ink that I didn’t like. This is certainly the case with Spearmint, which I ordered recently to try. Spearmint is a beautiful dark green. I was hoping that it would shade towards teal, but mostly I got a good forest green with some mint…
Ink Review: Diamine Shimmering Frosted Orchid Fountain Pen Ink
A few months ago I saw a wonderful review of Diamine Shimmering Frosted Orchid (€9.50 for 50ml bottle) and I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. Frosted Orchid is part of Diamine’s Shimmer series which now has 32 colors in the collection. Frosted Orchid is fairly true to it’s name — it is…
Recap: LA Pen Show
Recap by Laura Cameron This past weekend, I went to my very first pen show, the Los Angeles International Pen Show. I was born and raised in Los Angeles and my dad, who is a fountain pen enthusiast, still lives there. Ana and I decided to make the trip and I got to spend time…
Ink Review: Monteverde Mandarin Orange
In the last few months, after a lifetime of eschewing the color orange, I’ve been adding more of it to my stash of yarns and inks. Given this, I insisted that The Desk try Monteverde’s Mandarin Orange as part of it’s inkapalooza. Mandarin Orange is a good, solid orange ink. The orange is dark and…