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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).
 
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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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Colour Palette No. 2 (Valentine's Day)

February 12, 2021

Very early in this blog’s life in 2017 I made wrote Colour Palette No. 1. I liked the idea of a fun simple post that groups inks together. The first Colour Palette, however, never sat right with me. There was no theme and it was just a bunch of random coloured inks that look generally OK together. I wanted to do more and I’ve been thinking about continuing the colour palette posts ever since but whenever I started thinking about themes I got caught up in the minutiae of it all rather than just doing it. Today I’m just doing it. Starting off with a Valentine’s Day theme for Sunday coming up!

I’ll always try to use my own photos!

I raided my Lightroom catalogue to find some photos that vaguely represent either the inks or the theme of Valentine’s Day.

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Starting off with five inks that are themselves themed similarly to what Valentine’s Day is (ideally) meant to represent. These are all my inks with love in the title and they present a nice softer palette. There are no vibrant colours but a nice range of warm to cool hues. Papier Plume presents much more brown on this paper (and similarly on Tomoe River) but is certainly more red on Rhodia. Montblanc Love You, an old L.E. is a flat pink (minireview here on Tomoe River) and Montblanc Ink of Love is a warmer orange red (minireview here). Sailor made Usagiya Love George is starting to get cooler in colour (I have to admit I don’t understand the reference of “Love George”…). Also Sailor-made Bungubox L’Amant, which seems to mean “The Lover” is a very cool but also the most vibrant and darkest of the whole set! Easily my personal favourite though.

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The second set of five inks represent more of a progression throughout the day and evening. Diamine Velvet Rose for some Roses, very appropriately, Bungubox Valentine’s Choco Brown for some Chocolates and then De Atrementis Merlot for some Wine. Bungubox Sakanamachi Horoyoi Gray is mean to represent the feeling of tipsiness (I wouldn’t know) and finally we have Jacque Herbin’s dubiously named “Nude”… no comment on what this might represent!

I look forward to doing more of these - as I said I’ve been wanting to for almost four years now! I think I want to do some where I match the inks to certain colours in a photo too.

Bungubox inks are sometimes available from Pen Chalet and Desk Bandit also have some stock. Bookbinders Design Australia and La Couronne du Comte have Jacque Herbin. Pen Classics NZ also have some Papier Plume as well as some De Atrementis inks (as do LCdC). LCdC also have lots of Diamine.

Tags: Diamine Velvet Rose, Colour Palette, Valentine's Day, Bungubox Valentine's Choco Brown, De Atrementis Merlot, Bungubox Sakanamachi Horoyoi Gray, Bungubox Tipsy, Jacque Herbin Nude, Montblanc Ink of Love, Papier Plume Lover's Red, Montblanc Love You, Usagiya Love George, Bungubox L'Amant
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