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Starter Pens: Pilot Metro Recap & Thoughts
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Starter Pens: Pilot Metro Recap & Thoughts

Author Laura CameronPosted on October 7, 2025October 7, 20256 Comments

Last week I shamelessly copied Ana and played around with my Pilot Metropolitans. I had to say it was a fabulous week. This past weekend I traveled to Houston on business and brought my trusty Metros with me. I took notes all weekend and then came home and updated my journal. In short – that…

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Challenge Results: How did my Starter Pens Week go?
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Challenge Results: How did my Starter Pens Week go?

Author AnaPosted on September 22, 2025September 22, 20254 Comments

Last week I decided to take on the challenge to use only “starter pens” for a week. I picked out all the Platinum Preppy pens I have and a franken-Pilot Prera. I tried to follow a similar process to Derek’s original challenge but had to modify it a little bit to make the challenge work…

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Challenge: Use Only Starter Pens For One Week
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Challenge: Use Only Starter Pens For One Week

Author AnaPosted on September 15, 2025September 15, 20252 Comments

I was inspired by Derek over at dwrdnet on YouTube to attempt my very own “Use Starter Pens for One Week” Challenge. I like to think of the this as a Platinum Preppy Challenge as these were some of my first fountain pens and the one I’ve loved the most. If you want to try…

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