Review by Laura Cameron In my ongoing quest to review more classic blues, I decided to give Stipula Calamo Deep Blue (70mL for $20) a try. This time around I’m a bit frustrated with my camera because I don’t think it captures all the bits of Stipula Deep Blue that make it different from other…
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Ink Overview: Sheaffer Inks
So often, we focus on the newest inks and ink colors. Today, we thought we’d do an overview of an ink classic: Sheaffer. There are eight basic colors: Black, Purple, Red, Brown, Green, Turquoise, Blue, and Blue-Black. Each ink is available in 50ml bottles for $10 each or in Sheaffer proprietary cartridges (I recommend the…
Ink Review: Vinta Inks Makopa
By Jessica Coles Purple. Gold sheen. Ink. New. The combination of those words made it a sure buy for me. The only trouble I had was deciding to get a sample size or a full bottle. Vinta Inks just released a new group of colors (I will be reviewing the others soon) and the Makopa color…
Holiday In July: Diamine Inkvent Calendar 2019
Last December I was a little overwhelmed. Between work, the holidays and life, getting time to actually enjoy the Diamine Inkvent Calendar didn’t happen. I was able to open about half of the calendar before time got away from me. I wanted to enjoy the experience of opening each window and the inks so, on…
Ink Review: Colorverse the Mini Collection & the Johannes Kepler Set
Colorverse recently released a line of tiny inks called The Mini Collection. Nearly all of the colors in the line have been previously released in their regular seasons. However, some of the colors were only accessible as part of a traditional Colorverse ink set which includes one 65mL bottle and one 15mL bottle. Where as…
Ink Chromatography
By Jessica Coles There seems to be a time in the middle of summer each year when the new inks just aren’t coming out as quickly. Spring announcements have passed and we aren’t yet starting into the holiday selling. Plus, with no pen shows going on at the moment, I’ve tried to look for ways…
Ink Review: Lamy Bronze
Lamy Bronze is the limited edition ink Lamy released in 2019 to accompany their Lamy AL-Star Bronze pens. I’m going to clear the air right now and say this should be renamed Lamy Orange. It’s a lovely orange. It is not, by any stretch of the imagination be called Bronze. I checked the swatch I…