Diamine Skull & Roses
There are many different approaches to notebook systems and the Endless Explorer fits into the modular approach with gives the end user more control over how they adopt the product to their personal needs. The Endless Explorer exploits multiple notebooks and some accessories to provide a reserved but functional experience.
Thanks to Endless for sending this notebook system in for review. Use code MACCHIATOMAN10 for 10% off!
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Today is a review of a set of items from Midori that work quite nicely together. These aren’t an official set but I think they could easily be and would be great to buy together. They are the Midori MD Fountain Pen, the Midori MD Lined A5 Notebook with the Paper Notebook Cover. These are affordable products from an established Japanese brand that have a certain minimalist-like aesthetic about them.
A big thanks to Ink’d Pens for sending these in for review!
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In September 2019 La Couronne du Comte, a stationery store based in Tilburg, Netherlands (and sponsor of this blog) released Comte d’Or (“Count of Gold”), a gold ink made by Diamine exclusively for their store and the first from what will become their Les Couleurs du Comte (“The Colors of the Count“) ink series. La Couronne du Comte describe the series as “a range that focuses on special colours, rich in colour intensity, with a wonderful shading and/or sheen”. A year later they released three more inks, Bleu Cuivré (“Copper Blue”), a blue ink; Pan d’Epices (“Gingerbread”), a red ink; and Vert Sapin (“Pine Green”), a green ink . I’ll be reviewing all the ink in the series alphabetically.
I received Comte d’Or as part of a general promotion from La Couronne du Comte and I purchased Bleu Cuivré, Pain d’Epices, and Vert Sapin myself. You can find the inks here and use code “MACCHIATOMAN10” for 10% off!
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Released in the latter half of 2019, KWZ Sheen Machine was KWZ’s first contribution to super sheening inks, as the name would suggest. KWZ also released a sequel, Sheen Machine 2 “Sheen Day” earlier 2020.
Thank you to Bookbinders Design for sending this ink out for review. Bookbinders were only recently able to stock this and some other KWZ inks that were otherwise unavailable in the Australian market.
Read MoreLAMY recently entered into the world of Notebooks with three sets of LAMY Paper Notebooks in both A5 and A6 sizes. A smaller booklet styled Cahier notebook, a larger Soft Cover notebook and this (also larger) Hard Cover notebook. The notebooks are designed to be colour-coordinated with the LAMY Safari and AL-star pens.
The Notebook is somewhat feature-rich and has a brushed metal looking casewrap, black book edges, a pen loop, two ribbon/bookmarks, an elastic band and a back pocket. The Notebook also has a Lamy ruled paper which is a combination between lined and graph paper.
Thanks to LAMY Australia for sending the Notebook and the AL-star for review purposes.
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