Inkmas 5: Pelikan Edelstein Rose Quartz

Inkmas 5: Pelikan Edelstein Rose Quartz

Technically, Pelikan Edelstein Rose Quartz ($33.50 for 50ml bottle) was the Pelikan Ink of the Year for 2023. However,  I didn’t acquire a bottle until this year and then I forgot where I put it.  Despite Rose Quartz being a limited edition ink, there are still bottles floating around in various online pen shops. If…

Ink Review: Kobe #12 Okamoto Pink

Today’s review is another for the definitely not peach files. In fact, I would have slotted this one in with the Living Coral of 2019 inks! Kobe #12 Okamoto Pink ($30 for 50mL) is a bright pinky coral ink with beautiful shading. There’s no sheen, but tons of lovely pinks and corals. It reminds me…

Sailor Jentle Peche (spoiler alert – it’s not peach!)

Recently Ana handed me a few more samples for the “peach files” that I’ve been putting together this year. But the spoiler is that today’s ink isn’t peach at all, it’s pink! I find that particularly confusing, because I assumed Sailor Jentle Pêche meant peach (pêche means peach in French). On the other hand the…

Ink Review: Sailor Manyo, Anniversary Set

Ink Review: Sailor Manyo, Anniversary Set

There’s a new release from Sailor Manyo inks – a 5th Anniversary limited edition! I find it hard to believe that nearly five years has passed since I reviewed the first round of Sailor Manyo inks. Since that time, Sailor has added to the Manyo lineup with a second full round and four dual shading…

Ink Review: Monteverde Color Changing Ink Set

Ink Review: Monteverde Color Changing Ink Set

Were you one of the cool kids in elementary school or middle school or even high school who had access to markers that could change color? These markers came with several saturated colors and a marker with no color. But if you wrote with the colorful markers and then used the marker with no color…