People often tease me that “back-to-school” season is my favorite holiday and I fully own this. So much so that when I get emails about the Sept. 1 launch of Hobonichi’s 2022 line-up, I get the same giddiness that we got as kids when the Sears Christmas Catalog would arrive and we would start dog-earing…
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Ink Series Review: Visconti Van Gogh Series
Visconti has released a line of pens over the last few years in the Van Gogh line where each pen is styled after a Van Gogh painting and uses the same palette. To accompany these pens, Visconti came up with six inks: Café Terrace at Night, Orchard in Blossom, Old Vineyard with Peasant Woman, Wheatfield…
Link Love: It’s all DC, GB, and Digits
This week, there are a couple posts about British-specific products, thoughts on the recent DC Supershow Pen Show and quite a few digit-focused posts — “5 Ways”, “15 Journaling…”, “41 Questions…” and more. If you divide 15 Journaling Tips by 5 Ways to Sharpen a Pencil and add 41 Questions… what do you get? I…
Ink-A-Pet Pen Rest & Sample Vial Holder
Several months ago, friend of the blog Ruth sent me this delightful ink sample vial holder and pen rest. Yes, it’s a sleeping cat which we all know is our lazy intern Ollie sleeping on the job again. This is one of my favorite daily-use tools now. If you’ve ever struggled with how to dip…
Currently Reading: New Zine Alert & More
This week Johnny Gamber over at Pencil Revolution broke out of his graphite fortress to publish his first edition of The Pen Post ($5) — his new pen zine. It’s a delightful read, perfect to peruse over a leisurely lunch break. Be sure to read the ads and peripheral text. Johnny is insightful, funny and…
Giveaway: Ranga Abhimanyu Premium Ebonite (from Peyton Street Pens)
Teri from Peyton Street Pens was sweet enough to send us two pens this year for review and giveaway. The first was the Miwok 2 pen that we reviewed and gave away in early June. And today we’re able to host a giveaway for the Ranga Abhimanyu Premium Ebonite pen that Ana reviewed later in…
Fountain Pen Review: Super Weird Moonman
We don’t usually review Moonman pens since many seem to be copied from other established pen companies. However, this pen is different. Moonman pens are usually packaged similarly. A smooth cardboard box, dense foam, and an eyedropper (at least for pens that can be eyedroppered). This pen is the Moonman Q1 mini-eyedropper pen and has…