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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. ⠀ 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. ⠀ Love flat end pens so looking forward to digging into this (so review incoming). Flat or round ends?✑ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #fountainpen #fpgeeks #fountainpenaddict #fpn #fountainpengeeks #fountainp
New Ink Review: @birminghampens Antique Sepia (link in bio) ⠀ 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. ⠀ All sailor and the first tall bottle in a while (bringing the number of those to 86). ⠀ Didn’t realise it at the time but
New Ink Review: La Couronne du Comte Vert Sapin (link in bio) ⠀ The final of LCdC’s initial set of four exclusive inks from Diamine. A lovely rich sheeny green-teal. ✑ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #fountainpen #fpgeeks #fountainpenaddict #fpn #fountainpengeeks #fo
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! ⠀ The old: Tsuyu-kusa, Tsukushi, and Ina-ho. The New: Sui-gyoku, Hana-ikada, and Hotaru-bi. ⠀ This is a long review b
NPD: @esterbrook_official LE Estie “Candy” in Oversize with a Kirk Speer Needlepoint nib! ⠀ 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!) ⠀ 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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