UPDATE: It’s come to our attention that this formulation of Australian Opal Mauve was mis-mixed. According to Robert Oster, about 1/3 of the bottles formulated reached retailers and were sold as is. The correct color of Australian Opal Mauve is considerably more blue-purple and is what is currently available. The ink color shown in this…
Pens: Pilot FriXion Highlighter (via Art Supply Critic) Sheaffer Pop Star Wars Darth Vader Fountain Pen (via Pen Addict) Magnetips Drawing Pens (via Pens! Paper! Pencils!) My Favorite Disposable Pens (via My Pen Needs Ink) Namisu Nova Copper Fountain Pen (via Pencilcase Blog) Ateleia Brass & Stainless Pens (via Nib & Ink) Video: Taccia Spectrum…
Pens: Parker Beta (via Alt. Haven) Montegrappa Passione (via The Pen Habit) Aurora Optima Fountain Pen (via Pen Addict) Kaweco Art Sport Amber and Citrone (via Write to Me Often) One Year Later: What are my Favorite Fountain Pens? (via Liz Steel) Sharpie Art Pen with Hard Case (via Office Supply Junkie) Ink: Montblanc Miles…
The Opus 88 Fantasia ($125) is a colorful pocket-sized pen with ebonite, striped cap and translucent acrylic body. This fountain pen model uses the same nib and filling mechanism as the Koloro and Picnic though I’m discovering that each nib seems to perform differently. The Opus 88 Fantasia Fountain Pen comes in the same sort…
This is the last of the Sailor Shikiori colors and I saved what I think it the best for last. I don’t know how widely known it is but when we were cooking up the Col-o-ring, I used Sailor Jentle Irori as my litmus test color for paper testing. It has a gold sheen that…
Robert Oster’s blues are pretty notorious but some are more noteworthy than others. Unfortuntately, he often releases so many ink colors at once that some get lost in the shuffle. Last year, in the melée of Fire & Ice and River of Fire and Lake of Fire and all the other fiery ink madness, Soda…
As summer rolls in, the blog post rhythms change. Folks in academia have more time as they are coming into their summer breaks. Folks with young kids have less time as the kids are now home from school and they might be preoccupied with kid activities. Some of us are coming to our mid-season pen…
