Ana’s Review: The Tom’s Studio Wren ($45) is a beautiful brushed aluminum pocket pen with a refillable Japanese-style fiber tip. The Wren comes in a variety of colors and contains a cotton fiber reservoir that can be filled from any bottle of fountain pen ink. Above are images of the paperboard box packaging which include…
The SF Pen Show for 2024 has an amazing roster of classes and workshops. Some will even be taught by me! If you missed our previous post about class opportunities at the DC Supershow for 2024, check out this post. The Secrets of the Ink Collector: Swatch & Catalog Your Collection In SF, I will…
When I saw Ana’s post last Friday including #21PenQuestions, I knew I had to do my own since my answers are different. So here we go! 1: What is the pen they’ll have to pry out of your cold dead hands? My Vanness Exclusive Franklin Christoph Pocket 45. It’s the perfect color to fill with…
Dip pens are priceless when it comes to swatching inks, enabling the user to quickly and completely clean the nib between ink changes. There’s no other way to test several inks in a row. A great place to participate in such serial-ink-swatching is at pen meet-ups, either local or at more distant pen shows. Below…
Guest Post by Julia van der Wyk The San Francisco International Pen Show arrived like an oasis in a dream. I am ready for my vacation, I am ready to see my friends and meet new people, and I am ready for that special Pen Show Magic! The show began for me with a delightful…
Guest post by Julia van der Wyk Since my first visit to The SF Pen Show in 2015, I have made this event the destination for my annual vacation. (2020, I’m not talking to you). Its tag line is “The Fun Pen Show” and it has certainly been very fun for me. The draw of…
JetPens was our first sponsor and has been with us through all the ups and the downs. To say we our grateful for their support would be an understatement. So, of course, they stepped up with a great creative kit of markers and brush pens in a Lihit Lab case. This is a giveaway for…
