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Limited Edition Retro 51 for Anderson Pens!
Hey folks,I just got an email, and saw on Periscope, that the Andersons have a very cool Retro 51 LE coming to them in December (hopefully in time for xmas).It's called the Terabyte Tornado, and it's...
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Franklin-Christoph Black Cherry
It's the last of the new Franklin-Christoph inks, and it's a really good one. Looking like a dark maroon in the right light/nib, but almost like a black in most other nibs or lights, this ink is very...
View ArticleRaffle Winner!
Hi folks,Firstly, thanks very much for entering my raffle! There were 1,523 entries, and there are 116 comments on that blog post and it was viewed 2012 times. That's pretty amazing. Secondly, thanks...
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Platinum Carbon Black
Thanks for sending this ink our for review, Luxury Brands! The Platinum Carbon Black ink is a pigmented ink, and not a dye-based ink. It's got a matte sheen to it, and it will smear a bit if you lay it...
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Staedtler Royal Blue
Thanks go to Corey at Staedtler for sending this ink out for review. All opinions (as usual) are mine. This is an ink that I didn't know existed until the DC Pen Show. In talking to Corey about their...
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Currently Inked!
I'm working on a review of the Sailor 1911S, but I was inspired to do this post by the monthly posts on Fountain Pen Quest. He's only got 6-8 inked this month, and I have....more than that. Like, way...
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The Sailor 1911 Standard (Demonstrator)
This review has been a long time coming. Ron at Pen Chalet was kind enough to send this out to me for review ages ago, and it's taken me until now to review it. That's not usually how it goes, but...
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Staedtler Black
Hi folks! This is the other ink in the Staedtler line, generously provided by Corey at Staedtler. Thanks Corey!Like Aurora, Staedtler is only running two inks at this point. I reviewed their Royal Blue...
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Akkerman #5 Shocking Blue
Put this on your Christmas list!A little while ago, I posted a poll on the blog. It asked what ink brands you wanted to see the most, and it was nearly a tie between Akkerman and Bungbox. That's fine...
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A Pen Lover's Last-Minute Christmas List!
So, this isn't my shopping list. Some of these are things that I already have. Some of them are things that I do want. Some of them are things that I don't want, but that I know other people are really...
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Sailor Bungbox Omaezaki Sea
Following up Akkerman's Shocking Blue isn't easy, but this one is in the same vein, so it's next!I don't have many of these Bungbox inks (because they're expensive and hard to get in the US), but my...
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Akkerman #10 Ijzer-Galnoten
Hi folks!I'm back! I meant to be pack to regular posting much more quickly after xmas, but I got hit with a pretty terrible cold right after I posted that last video. If you watch the video at the...
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Montblanc Golden Yellow
So, I wasn't expecting to like this ink at all. It's yellow. My suspicion was that it was going to be too light for me to use for much of anything. In fact, it was the one limited edition from...
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Diamine Majestic Blue
I originally bought this ink because someone commented that they'd heard that Akkerman #5 is just rebranded Majestic Blue. I've heard that sort of thing before, but I'd never been able to test it. So,...
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Delta Brown
It's been a while since I reviewed a brown ink, and I'd forgotten how much I like them. There's just something about the earthy richness of a good brown ink that I really like to see on the page. This...
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Akkerman #16 Oranje Boven
So, I like orange things. Maybe not as much as RandomThinks on Instagram, but I do love me some orange. This ink is fully orange. It's not a shader and it doesn't have any sheen, but it is exactly the...
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Akkerman #7 Koninginne Nach-Blauw
This is an ink that I've been using for a while. I was sort of holding off on writing the review for a bit because I wasn't really sure what I thought of it. As you'll see in the video (and the...
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Rohrer & Klingner Salix
Man. This is a review that I've been meaning to post for a long time. I've been using this ink for years, and I've had this review sitting in my stack of reviews for a long time. I have no real idea...
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