Pebble Stationary Co. is a new small business based in my home city of Perth, Western Australia. They have recently released a Kickstarter for this Pocket 52gsm Tomoe River Notebook and Pencil pack. They reached out to me to send me a notebook pack and a pencil to review. It’s great to see more fountain pen products being made in Australia and especially in my isolated little city!
Read More
Ink Review: Montblanc Heritage Spider Metamorphosis Web Grey
in Ink Review
Montblanc Web Grey is the ink from the Heritage Metamorphopsis collection that Montblanc released earlier this year. Montblanc took inspiration from the spider via architects who applied principles of spider webs into their designs. I bought this ink from La Couronne du Comte.
Read MoreRetrospective: Monday November 1
Fountain Pen Day! Tomorrow, November 2nd, is Fountain Pen Day 2018. Lots of fun and lots of sales so keep an eye out! Check out the Fountain Pen Day website and especially the sponsors page which has a list of deals down the bottom of the page.
Pelikan M400 Special Edition Brown Tortoiseshell fountain pen review ✑Jenny has a great in-depth review of this special edition Pelikan M400.
Danitrio Kama-nuri Kamakura-bori Blue Tame-nuri on Takumi Fountain Pen: A Review ✑ unique and beautiful but very expensive pen. Great to see a review of a pen I can only dream about right now.
Fountain Pen Review: Birmingham Pen Co. Model-A Liquid Hot Magma ✑ Ana review’s the pretty yellow Birmingham pen.
Traveler’s Notebooks Dated Inserts + Calendar Products ✑ I always love how Wonder Pens blog, which is still their to promote their store, is such a wealth of great writing and great information.
review: franklin christoph midnight emerald ✑ June covers the Franklin-Christoph Midnight Emerald ink
Sponsors
Pen Classics ✒︎Pen Classics have a great range of interesting and covetable pens and inks. Always a good port of call! Use code FPD18 for 15% off for Fountain Pen Day.
Desk Bandit ✒︎ Desk Bandit recently got the Nagasawa Exclusive Pro Gear Rokko Shichidank in stock for a very good price. Lots of unique items for sale well worth checking out. Get 15% off inks for Fountain Pen Day with FPD15OFF
La Couronne do Comte (10% off with MACCHIATOMAN10) ✒︎ LCdC are having a great sale with 50% off the Lamy Vibrant Pink Al-star and get a 20% off for Fountain Pen Day with FPD2018
Pen Chalet (10% off with MACCHIATOMAN) ✒︎ Pen Chalet are having a giveaway for Fountain Pen Day so be sure to enter.
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.
Ink Review: Noodler's Dromgoole's Banker's Tan
Noodler’s Dromgoole’s Banker’s Tan (that is a lot of apostrophes) is a Noodler’s ink that was until recently exclusive to the Dromgoole’s store in Texas which is where I bought my bottles from. It is now also purchasable from Vanness Pens. The bottles were originally made in 2015 for the Dallas Pen Show for Dromgoole’s. Unfortunately, this ink, while a unique colour and characteristics has some pretty glaring performance issues.
Read MoreWeekly Retrospective: Monday October 15th
It’s been a very busy couple of weeks for me so I missed out on this last Monday, my apologies! I have also been quiet with proper articles but don’t worry I have three ink reviews ready to be photographed, and a pen review and a notebook review planned so lots to come!
UK Fountain Pens: “The great uninking” ✑ Anthony seems to think eighteen inked pens is a lot (and in fact too many); I disagree! I have almost everything inked all the time!
The Pelikan’s Perch: “News: Edelstein Garnet Added to the Standard Line-Up” ✑ I’m not a fan of this. Takes away from a collection and makes the ink less special.
The Well-Appointed Desk: “Eye Candy: Birmingham Pen Co. Purplepalooza” ✑ Lots of lovely purple inks here (I love purple!)
Hand Over That Pen: “2018 San Francisco Pen Show Quick Recap: Pay-It-Forward Table & Pen Dash Mixer” ✑ Franz goes over two interesting events at the 2018 San Fransisco Pen Show.
UK Fountain Pens: “2018 London Writing Equipment Show: success!” ✑ Anthony goes over his experience at the London Writing Equipment Show.
Fountain Pen Friendly: “Bookbinders Design: A Custom-Made Review” ✑ a review of the Bookbinders Design Cloth Notebook I reviewed this time last year.
Mountain of Ink: “Ink Review #466: Robert Oster Carbon Fire” ✑ Kelli briefly covers the new Robert Oster Carbon Fire.
Fountain PenArchy: ““That Looks Ugl-Nope, I Love It”- Sailor Rikyu-Cha” ✑ I definitely understand this title! Rikyu-Cha definitely isn’t the prettiest colour on first glance but really grows on you.
Sponsors
La Couronne do Comte (10% off with MACCHIATOMAN10) ✒︎ LCdC recently got stock of the beautiful Platinum #3776 Celluloid models and they are stunners!
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 and Lavende.
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.