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The @madebyendless Cotton Wallet arrived the other day! I’m a sucker for these sorts of practical inserts for notebooks. The cotton fabric suites the simple style of the Explorer. 
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While I love these and always get them whenever I can I never
First test of the Regalia paper in the Endless Explorer than I was sent by @madebyendless. Really impressed by the paper. Very smooth, nice sheen and nice shading! Finger prints or hand oil seem to affect the writing a little but nothing out of the o
New Pen Review: Esterbrook Camden (Premium Edition) - 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚒𝚗 𝙱𝚒𝚘!

I’ve been eager to try the Camden for a while now. I love my flat end pens and the overall shape of this one is subtly unique. While there are some differences between
New friend from @esterbrook_official! Camden Manitoba Blue. 
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Love flat end pens so looking forward to digging into this (so review incoming).
 
Flat or round ends?✑
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New Ink Review: @birminghampens Antique Sepia (link in bio)
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In line with the recent trend of soft pastel dichromatic inks but Birmingham’s version is an interesting dust grey version with low saturation that I find quite interesting don&rsquo
New Ink Day! Haven’t had one of these for a while but I received these from a friend at the last Perth Pen Meet. 
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All sailor and the first tall bottle in a while (bringing the number of those to 86). 
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Didn’t realise it at the time but
New Ink Review: La Couronne du Comte Vert Sapin (link in bio)
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The final of LCdC’s initial set of four exclusive inks from Diamine. A lovely rich sheeny green-teal.
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I don’t know if I’ve ever shared this before but my city has a set of five dip nibs as an artwork. 

They are called “Memory Markers” by Anne Neil and represent early-ish colonial stories of the gardens where they are.

We als
⚠️Update: Why I have been so radio silent! 📻🤫 A lot of large personal changes, essentially (read on for details)!

There have been three main reasons for why I haven’t been able to do much here or on my blog. 

1) 🎓 I had to finish of my Mas
Ink Ink Comparison: Discontinued Iroshizuku and New Iroshizuku! Thanks to @penclassics for allowing this to happen. See link in bio!
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The old: Tsuyu-kusa, Tsukushi, and Ina-ho.
The New: Sui-gyoku, Hana-ikada, and Hotaru-bi.
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This is a long review b
NPD: @esterbrook_official LE Estie “Candy” in Oversize with a Kirk Speer Needlepoint nib!
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Thanks to Esterbrook for sending this through to me for review. I’ve reviewed a couple of Esties now and two of the custom nibs (which are a
Out with the old in with the new?

I just received the new Pilot Iroshizuku Inks in the little bottle ink pack from @penclassics for review. I plan on doing an overview review of the three new and the three old ones!

I feel like Ina Ho was quite a u
New Pen Review (see link in bio): Platinum Curidas courtesy of @penclassics (check them out!)
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This is certainly a curiously designed pen with it's quirks but it has bee a delight to write with and a great pen to through in a pocket. I've been using
New Ink Review! @wearingeul_global Kyonghui! See link in bio!

Kyonghui is a vibrant earthy orange from Wearingeul's series on Korean Female Modern Writers. It is also a great performing ink!

Wearingeul's global push is fairly new; has anyone tried
It has been a little while since I posted here so I thought I'd give a little update!

Firstly I think I just needed a little break at the end of the year! It has been a busy year for me. I have been taking my photography more seriously and I also ha

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Ink Overview: Sailor Manyo Series II Part 1 (Chigaya, Kakitsubata, Konagi and Nadeshiko)

January 25, 2021 in Ink Comparison, Ink Review

Sailor’s Manyo Series is a two-set series of inks available to the international market, not the Japanese market (there’s enough there already)! The series is based off Man'yōshū, or “Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves” which is a set of 4,516 Classical Japanese poems compiled from a variety of source and people in 759. The first set contains eight inks and was released late 2019; the second was released late 2020 and also contained eight inks. This overview is part 3 of 4 starting the 2020 release in in alphabetical order with four inks per article. Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here.

A big thank you to Pen Classics NZ for discounting the inks. Check them out!

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Tags: Sailor Manyo, Sailor Chigaya, Chigaya, Sailor Kakitsubata, Kakitsubata, Sailor Konagi, Konagi, Sailor Nadeshiko, Nadeshiko, Sailor, Dichromatic
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My Ink Collection: 1266 Bottles and 61 Litres of Ink (2021)

January 01, 2021 in Ink Discussion

More than a year ago I wrote about my then collection of 1091 Bottles and 47 Litres of Ink and a year and a half before that my 637 Bottles and 33.47 Litres of Ink. Now, moving out of the year that was 2020 I think it is time for another update.

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Tags: ink collection, bottles, Ink overview
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Ink Overview: Sailor Manyo Series I Part 2 (Nekoyanagi, Sumire, Yamabuki and Yomogi)

December 23, 2020 in Ink Review

Sailor’s Manyo Series is a two-set series of inks available to the international market, not the Japanese market (there’s enough there already)! The series is based off Man'yōshū, or “Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves” which is a set of 4,516 Classical Japanese poems compiled from a variety of source and people in 759. The first set contains eight inks and was released late 2019; the second was released late 2020 and also contained eight inks. This overview is part 2 of 4 finishing off the 2019 release in in alphabetical order with four inks per article. Part 1 is here.

A big thank you to Pen Classics NZ for discounting the inks. Go check them out!

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Tags: Ink Overview, Sailor Manyo, Manyo, Sailor Yomogi, Yomogi, Manyo Yomogi, Sailor Yamabuki, Yamabuki, Manyo Yamabuki, Sailor Sumire, Manyo Sumire, Sumire, Nekoyanagi, Sailor Nekoyanagi, Manyo Nekoyanagi
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Ink Overview: Sailor Manyo Series I Part 1 (Akebi, Haha, Kikyou and Kuzu)

December 15, 2020 in Ink Review

Sailor’s Manyo Series is a two-set series of inks available to the international market, not the Japanese market (there’s enough there already)! The series is based off Man'yōshū, or “Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves” which is a set of 4,516 Classical Japanese poems compiled from a variety of source and people in 759. The first set contains eight inks and was released late 2019; the second was released late 2020 and also contained eight inks. This overview is part 1 of 4 starting with the 2019 release in in alphabetical order with four inks per article.

A big thank you to Pen Classics NZ for discounting the inks. Go check them out!

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Tags: Sailor, Sailor Manyo, Sailor Akebi, Akebi, Sailor Haha, Haha, Manyo Haha, Manyo Akebi, Sailor Kikyou, Kikyou, Manyo Kikyou, Sailor Kuzu, Kuzu, Manyo Kuzu, Lamy Safari, lamy al-star, Lamy Vista, Flowers, Ink Overview
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Ink Review: Ferris Wheel Press Lady Rose

December 03, 2020 in Ink Review

Ferris Wheel Press have been drastically expanding their ink line which started with a few standard inks. Lately the colours have been getting more interesting and unique. Generally most of them are rather light and vibrant or dim and dusty like this Lady Rose.

I purchased this ink from Desk Bandit.

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Tags: Ferris Wheel Press, lady rose, Ferris wheel press lady rose, pink, puce, pale, sailor peche, j. Herbin Rouille d'Ancre, J. Herbin Bouquet d'Antan, Montblanc Ladies Edition Pearl Pink, Organics Studio Lews Carroll, Noodler's Mata Hard Cordial, Robert Oster Cherry Blossom, Robert Oster Dusky Pink, TWSBI Eco Medium, Pelikan M200 Extra-Fine
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