I don’t know why I waited so longer to pick up the Sailor x Dromgoole’s collaborative inks: Mint Jelly and Apricot Jam ($20 each for 20ml bottles). These were released last year around the holidays inspired by Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner accompaniments. At the last pen show, I grabbed bottles of both and have fallen…
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Ink Review: Esterbrook x TheCoffeeMonstersCo Forgotten Iced Coffee
(If at any point in this review, I accidentally call this ink Forgotten Iced Tea, I apologize in advance. The color reminds me more of iced tea than iced coffee so I have it in my brain that that’s what its called.) Along with the release of the much-coveted Esterbrook Estie collab with TheCoffeeMonstersCo, Esterbrook…
Ink Review: Dominant Industry Log of Elixir/Log of Atlantis Inks
Monday I reviewed the Ink Archiving Books from Dominant Industry and today, I have the inks that were released to compliment the collections. For each collection, there were two inks released. For the Log of Atlantis the two inks were Atlantis (shimmer) and Seaweed (standard). For The Log of Elixir the inks are both standard…
Ink Review: Dominant Industry Little Craft Fest 2025 Exclusives
While I was in Houston, I grabbed the Little Craft Fest exclusive ink colors from Dominant Industry. The irony was that the first day of the show, they did not have swatches of the colors to show so I went back the second day and someone had swatched them. One of the bottles in clearly…
Ink review: Vinta Liquid Sepia Isabela
I really wanted to title this post “EUREKA – I found it!,” but I understand that’s not the best for anyone to find it later, so I went with our traditional headline. But I’m here to say I think I found an ink that is an amazing match for the Pantone color of the year,…
Inkmas 11: Octopus Write & Draw Inks
Today, I thought I’d do a quick overview of some of the Octopus Write & Draw Inks ($19.50 per 50ml bottle). I have eight of the potential 36 ink colors currently available. These inks are designed to used in fountain pens as well as with brushes and dip pens. And it’s most notable feature is…
Inkmas 8: Vinta Tabuan Purple Sea Star 2022
Today for Inkmas, we are taking a look at a rare beauty: Vinta Tabuan Purple Sea Star (2022) ($18 for 30ml bottle) , an exclusive ink from Enigma Stationery. Sadly, this ink is currently unavailable. I don’t know if the ink will be reproduced but I thought I’d share it just to show this unique,…