To celebrate their 15th anniversary, Pen Boutique worked with Sailor and Itoya to develop an exclusive design for the 1911 Kagero Green ($220). The owner of Pen Boutique, Leena, is an avid hiker and decided to let nature be her inspiration in choosing the theme and colors for the pen. The name and color is…
Last year at the Arkansas Pen Show (it feels like ages ago!) I purchased a dip nib pen second hand from one of the vintage sellers. It came in a Papier Plume box, though I don’t see it available on their site now. Lately I’ve had fun playing with the pen. I do use a…
Galen Leather had a custom Kaweco Sport created in a translucent dark orange called Cognac. The pens include custom “Galen Leather” gold foil stamping and gold nibs. Galen Leather packaged the pens in a custom box with a custom sleeve printed with fun graphics. Aesthetically, Galen has made the packaging for a Kaweco match the…
The Traveler’s Company, best known for their leather notebook covers, has released fountain pens using their brass bullet pen casing. The current fountain pen available is in the limited edition Factory Green color ($75) or brass ($71). In the past, they have sold ballpoint pens and pencils in the bullet style so this is the…
Review by Laura Cameron A few weeks ago Galen Leather contacted us and asked if we’d be interested in reviewing some product. I immediately zeroed in on the Scrikss 419 Fountain Pen ($35). Scrikss is a Turkish company and has been a manufacturer of fine writing instruments since 1964. I’m always game to try new…
Review by Laura Cameron Recently I’ve been listening to a lot of Friend of the Show, The Pen Addict’s membership podcast where Brad interviews members of the pen community. One of the questions Brad always asks his guests is where their love for fountain pens started. You’ve already heard about how I started into fountain…
As soon as we saw the new Diplomat Esteem MadC Fountain Pen, there was some excitement in the virtual clubhouse. Laura and I have been fans of the Traveler for some time and the colors on the new MadC Esteem are hard to resist. Laura and I both broke down and purchased the new Diplomat…
