Instagram Giveaway!

I have a giveaway going on over on my instagram in celebration of reaching 2000 followers.

To enter, please read the rules on the IG post (entries are done on Instagram)! There are three sets of prizes provided by some generous stores and myself. I’d like to thank:

• Pebble Stationery Co. (@pebblestationeryco) for the Pocket Tomoe River Notebook Pack and the pre-production A5 Tomoe River Notebook;

• La Couronne Du Comte (@la_couronne_du_comte) for the Mint Glaze Limited Edition Lamy Safari;

• Bookbinders Design (@bookbindersdesignaustralia) for the Pilot Iroshizuku Kon-peki ink and the Pilot Kakuno; and

• Bauer Inks (@bauerinks.ca) for the samples of KWZ Northern Twilight and Maple Red Limited Edition inks.

Go check out the stores and shops they make and sell some great stuff and are a delight to buy from and consider following them!

The Prize Packs

• 1st Prize: Kaweco ‘Macchiato’ Skyline Sport, Pilot Iroshizuku Kon-Peki 15ml, and the NEW & unreleased Pebble Stationery Co. A5 Tomoe River Notebook

• 2nd Prize: Lamy Safari Mint Glaze LE, Pebble Stationery Co. Pocket Tomoe River Notebook Pack, and samples of KWZ Northern Twilight and Maple Red

• 1st Prize: Pilot Kaküno, and samples of KWZ Northern Twilight and Maple Red

Remember to enter over on the Instagram Giveaway Post!

First Prize

Second Prize

Third Prize

Weekly 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.

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.