Weekly Retrospective: Monday September 24th

Hubs, Inks and the Nock Co. Tallulah!

• The Pelikan’s Perch: “Pelikan Hubs 2018 – Philadelphia: A Recap” ✑ Josh goes over his Local Pelikan Hub. I was the Hub Master for my local Pelikan Hub and it was a lot of fun. Big thanks to Pelikan for providing for these!

• The Well-Appointed Desk “Ink Review: Bungbox Happiness“ ✑ Julia goes over an interesting Bungubox ink and one of the few I don’t have.

• Wondernaut: “Kyonooto Hisoku” ✑ A more recent release from Stationary TAG and a very pretty colour.

• FPQuest: “This Just In: Nock Co. Tallulah (Kickstarter)“ ✑ Ray reviews the newest Nock Co. design. I can’t think of a use for this myself and I certainly couldn’t restrict myself to only two pens (I generally carry 10-20 pens with me)!

Sponsors

• La Couronne do Comte (10% off with MACCHIATOMAN10) ✒︎ LCdC has a sale going right now and recently announced pre-orders for the new Lamy inks. They also have stock of re-released Noodler’s Russian series.

• Pen Chalet (10% off with MACCHIATOMAN)✒︎ Always some good sales going on at Pen Chalet including right now with a ver nice price on a Platinum Century Nice Lilas.

• Pen Savings (12% off with MACCHIATOMAN) ✒︎ great international shipping prices and my go-to place for most American brands of inks including Noodler's and Organics Studio.

Weekly Retrospective: Monday September 17th

Paper quality, a digitally integrated notepad, new ink, and soon to be released inks.

• The Looped Square: “The Paper Series: Whitelines Pad Review” ✑ Joseph reviews the Whitelines notepad which has a interesting colour scheme and phone integration.

• Fountain Pen Love: “A Tale Of Two Notebooks: Differences in Leuchtturm Paper Quality” ✑ John covers something that I’ve found as well: inconsistent paper quality in Leuchtturm.

• The Well-Appointed Desk: “Ink Preview: Taccia Inks” ✑ really pretty inks from Taccia coming out soon. Ana covers 4 of them. Really looking forward to these!

• Wondernaut: “J. Herbin Bleu de Calanque” ✑ I always enjoy Visvamitra’s reviews and this is no exception. This review covers one of J. Herbin’s new additions to their standard lineup.

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Sponsors

• La Couronne do Comte (10% off with MACCHIATOMAN10) ✒︎ LCdC has a sale going right now and recently announced pre-orders for the new Lamy inks.

• Pen Chalet (10% off with MACCHIATOMAN)✒︎ Always some good sales going on at Pen Chalet including right now with a ver nice price on a Platinum Century Nice Lilas.

• Pen Savings (12% off with MACCHIATOMAN) ✒︎ great international shipping prices and my go-to place for most American brands of inks including Noodler's and Organics Studio.

Weekly Retrospective: Monday September 10th

For this first weekly retrospective there is a general theme of fountain pens in an international setting. This follows on nicely from my own write up of my trip to Japan.

Notebook Joy: "Stationery Shopping: Traveler’s Factory, Muji, and Other Stores" ✑ Sara talks about her trip to Japan from a more general stationary perspective compared to mine which focused more on Sailor. She has three other articles one of which talks about Kingdom Note.

The Pelikan's Perch: "Exclusive: An Interview With The Pelikan Hubs Team" ✑ Josh interviews the team behind the impressive Pelikan Hubs. These world-wide Hubs are huge this year (and they are in 2 weeks!) so it's a massive undertaking and very impressive and generous from Pelikan.

UK Fountain Pens: "Travels with pens: Austria" ✑ Anthony talks about another trip with fountain pens, but this time in Austria.

Goulet Pens: "6 Writers On Why They Use Fountain Pens" ✑ Goulet has some snippets and quotes from writers around the world about fountain pens. If you find this interesting I highly recommend Mason Currey's "Daily Rituals: How Artists Work" which delves into the rituals of various interesting people through out history and their daily rituals.

Sponsors

La Couronne do Comte (10% off with MACCHIATOMAN10) ✒︎ LCdC has a sale going right now and recently announced pre-orders for the new Lamy inks.

Pen Chalet (10% off with MACCHIATOMAN) ✒︎ Always some good sales going on at Pen Chalet including right now with a ver nice price on a Platinum Century Nice Lilas.

Pen Savings (12% off with MACCHIATOMAN) ✒︎ great international shipping prices and my go-to place for most American brands of inks including Noodler's and Organics Studio.