A year and a half ago I wrote about my then collection of 637 Bottles and 33.47 Litres of Ink and now, after cracking 1,000 thanks to my recent purchase of all 100 Sailor Ink Studio inks (from Pen Classics) I thought was a good time to give an update to the collection.
Read MoreRespective: Friday December 7th
Sacs, paper, and my favourite things!
Why is Japan Still So Attached to Paper? ✑ Fascinating article on Japan’s (and presumably all readers) love of paper and analogue!
An Experiment With New Inks and Latex Sacs ✑ It’s great to have this experiment recorded rather than just anecdotal. It reinforces my suspicions that many destroyed sacs are a combination of a certain production run of sacs and a particular ink (or potentially even a particular batch of inks if Noodler’s) being a bad combination and not just a particular ink killing sacs.
Highlights of Chinese Fountain Pens in 2018: n9 ✑ always a great read especially since a lot of Chinese Fountain Pens don’t get much coverage or awareness.
These are a few of my favourite things!
Decided to do this sponsored section a little differently by doing a holiday season list of things I love from each of the stores!
Pen Classics ✒︎ Sailor Ink Studio 100 inks are available! These are 100 unique inks based on the ink mixing studio Sailor put on in Japan. Lots of great colours to choose from. I’m a huge fan of Opus 88 pens, and a great place to grab Krishna’s increasingly sheeny inks and Stationery TAG’s Kyo-no-oto and Kyo-iro!
Desk Bandit ✒︎ The only place I know that stocks Carpink! Full range of the beautiful Nagasawa Kobe inks as well as Nagasawa’s Sailor Pro Gears! Full Range of Colorverse. So many great things! My favourite Kobe inks are #38, #41, #19, and #69! Desk Bandit are also selling Sailor’s Ink Studio!
La Couronne do Comte (10% off with MACCHIATOMAN10) ✒︎ My go to store for Montblanc releases and I often buy my KWZ from LCdC! I love Baltic Memories, IG Turquoise, IG Green #3, and Honey!
Pen Chalet (10% off with MACCHIATOMAN) ✒︎ Great range of eclectic brands! From 3•Osters to Taccia inks and from Taccia to Wancher fountain pens! I’m very eager to try Taccia.
Pen Savings (12% off with MACCHIATOMAN) ✒︎ My go to place for US inks such as Organics Studio, Noodler’s, Monteverde, and Private Reserve. My favourites are Noodler’s Black Swan in Australian Roses, Golden Brown, Navy and Turquoise as well as Private Reserve Avocado!
Ink Review: Bungubox Nostalgia
in Ink Review
Sailor Bungubox Nostalgia doesn’t get that much love around the the ink review world and as far as I can see it has fallen a bit by the wayside. It’s a nice brown but I mainly bought the ink 2 years ago because of the evocative name and label. The sepia colour is also a very nice fit for the feeling.
Read MoreRespective: Thursday November 21st
Lots of pens a “shitty” ink and get ready for Blackfriday sales!
Hello Sailors! ✑ In case people missed it, I wanted to plug this blog again. A good friend who has an even larger collection of Sailor inks than me has started a blog that will be highlighting sailor exclusive inks (and eventually some pens). The blog covers some misconceptions and some commentary related to Sailor collecting (though don’t expect any buying guides). Highly recommend this blog if you are interested in Sailor inks!
The legends from the deep sea – Nettuno 1911 Tritone ✑ Mateusz reviews the Nettuno 1911 Tritone fountain pen. The stainless steel’s design nib reminds me a lot of OMAS’s.
Review: Pelikan Souveran M800 Stone Garden Special Edition Fountain Pen ✑ I love the brown/blue colour of the barrel in this I just wish the cap was the same material!
Review Of The Hinze Pen Company Empyrean Fountain Pen ✑ this reminds me a lot of the Kanilea Pen Co. pens but a lot more affordable (and still the same JoWo nibs) but while the blue nib looks great there’s clearly some chipping, unfortunately.
review: straits pen shitty sepia ✑ Junee reviews this hilariously named ink. Not my favourite colour but definitely worth it for the name at least.
Sponsors
Pen Classics ✒︎ Pen Classics is going to be a Sailor and a Pelikan distributor so keep an eye out here! The Sailor stuff looks pretty interesting to me!
Desk Bandit ✒︎ Desk Bandit are doing deals every day (keep and eye out on their Instagram and Facebook) and also money-saving (and useful) bundles. Worth checking every day!
La Couronne do Comte (10% off with MACCHIATOMAN10) ✒︎ Pickup the new James Deans ink and they also have some decent prices on Sailor Specialty nibs!
Pen Chalet (10% off with MACCHIATOMAN) ✒︎ The metallic Pilot Vanishing Point is 30% off, the Lam Lx is also 30% off, and the Pelikan M600 Turquoise White Fountain Pens is also 25% off! Plus all the “Nice” Platinum Century #3776 range of pens are also 25% off!
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.
Respective: Thursday November 15th
Some more editorialised content this week with fewer photos but some great reading (OK and some pretty photos).
Hello Sailors! ✑ A good friend who has an even larger collection of Sailor inks than me has started a blog that will be highlighting sailor exclusive inks (and eventually some pens). The blog covers some misconceptions and some commentary related to Sailor collecting (though don’t expect any buying guides). Highly recommend this blog if you are interested in Sailor inks!
Review: Leonardo Officina Italiana Momento Zero Resin Fountain Pen ✑ Dries reviews an interesting albeit reserved Italian fountain pen.
Kyonooto Bengarairo ✑ I’m quite a fan of this ink!
Inside the maelstrom ✑ Anthony has a great little editorial style pieces that covers a few topics. My two cents on what a “grail” is: far too often these days grail is being used to describe “a pen I desire but can’t justify the cost at this moment”. Granted the definition can be personal but the most important factor is unobtainability. I recently saw a $150 pen being labeled a grail and there is no way in a hobby like this that $150 is almost unobtainable within a lifetime. There isn’t a strict definition but but the definition is being weakened to meaninglessness! There does need to be a word for a pen you can’t justify right now but covet! Any ideas?
Sponsors
Pen Classics ✒︎Pen Classics have a great range of interesting and covetable pens and inks. Always a good port of call!
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.
La Couronne do Comte (10% off with MACCHIATOMAN10) ✒︎ LCdC currently have 50% off the Lamy Vibrant Pink Al-star!
Pen Chalet (10% off with MACCHIATOMAN) ✒︎ The metallic Pilot Vanishing Point is 30% off, the Lam Lx is also 30% off, and the Pelikan M600 Turquoise White Fountain Pens is also 25% off!
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.