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Review by Laura Cameron At the St. Louis Pen Show, I was lucky enough to win a bottle of David Oscarson ink in what appeared to be a dark purple.  The bottle wasn’t labeled other than with the brand, so I had no idea what I was looking at until I came home and Google’d…

Review by Laura Cameron What color ink I’m craving pretty much changes every week, and last week was a grey week.  It’s still bright and sunny here and sometimes way too hot, so a cool grey is a nice contrast.  Pilot Iroshizuku Fuyu-syogun (15mL for $9.90), or “Old Man Winter” is that cool grey. Fuyu-syogun…

Review by Laura Cameron Even though the show is over and new shows are on the way, I wanted to post about St. Louis’ special show ink, KWZ’s Meet me in St. Louis.  Unfortunately I have no link for this one because it was a special limited run and they are completely sold out. However,…

Review by Jessica Coles I don’t know about any of our readers out there, but I can’t resist picking up a sample of new Robert Oster inks when I see them. Like the new Robert Oster Avocado ($17 for a 50mL bottle). All new inks are fairly thrilling in the pen world, especially so to…

Jacques Herbin 1798 Cornaline d’Égypte (MSRP $28) is the second color in the 1798 ink line and the sixth (!?) in the J. Herbin specialty line of metallic-ish (I say “-ish” because I don’t know how to explain Rouge Hematite) fountain pen inks. The ink was officially released this week so it should be available…