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Delta Orange
 This is a quick little review of an ink that I've only used for a little while. Delta Orange came with a great pen trade from @RandomThinks on Instagram. I actually can't find this ink online at any...
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Franklin-Christoph Franklin Green
This one is a limited edition ink that was made for the Philly Pen Show this year. It's going to be a bit hard to find, but you might come across some in the Franklin-Christoph stock room or at a pen...
View ArticleJust a short video about a cool pen: The Sheaffer Intensity
I was doing some window shopping at one of my favorite sites the other day and I noticed that they had some of these pens on a deep discount. I looked back at my blog posts, and this pen was reviewed...
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Akkerman #24 Zuiderpark Blauw-Groen
This is an interesting ink. It's sort of a sea-green, I think, though it's named for a park. The ink sort of looks matte to me, though not the shiny-matte of a Sailor Kiwa-Guro. I've used this ink...
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A bunch of samples and stuff.
Wanna see what I've gotten recently? I knew you did! I'll post some photo close-ups and the video below. The samples are all from Anderson Pens. It was quite a package of inks! Thanks y'all!
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Pelikan Edelstein Aventurine
I got this ink from a friend at the Triangle Pen Club a while back, and I never really got around to trying it out until recently. It's a prefect time of year to review a green ink, and this one is...
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Iroshizuku Kosumosu
Looking back through my posts, it appears that I've only reviewed 4 Iroshizuku inks to this point, and the last one was a couple of years back. Weird, right? I think it might just be that I haven't had...
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Akkerman #09 Laan van Nieuw Oost-Indigo
 So, this isn't an indigo ink as far as I can tell, but it's pretty darn cool. Akkerman's Laan van Nieuw Oost-Indigo is a dark-ish blue ink with some really interesting shading in broad nibs. The hue...
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Akkerman #03 Akkerman Blauw
This ink was an interesting one to review. I really love blue inks, and the color on this one is great. Unfortunately, when I put it in my Sailor Pro Gear I hated it. The flow was weird and...
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Just announced: A Special Edition Sailor 1911 for Anderson Pens.
[This image is from the Anderson Pens website.]It's going to be called Slate Blue, and it's sorta perfect. Rhodium trim and a dusky blue body put this pen on my wish list. Unfortunately, this is just a...
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Noodler's Berning Red
Ever since I saw the Noodler's video about this ink, I was hoping to try it out. And then the good folks at Pen Boutique offered to send me a bottle in exchange for my usual honest review. Well, here...
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Montblanc Leo Tolstoy Sky Blue
Isn't that some oddly-nice handwriting? Here's the secret: have your wife write things for you.That was written with the huge Franklin-Christoph Christoph Music Nib. My handwriting is pretty terrible...
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Atlanta Pen Show 2016!
This was a show that I wasn't sure I was going to be able to make it to. We'd never been before because it's at the end of the school year for me, and Audrey generally works on Friday so she'd have to...
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What I picked up in Atlanta:
Well, I didn't get a whole lot. I was doing some "work" at the Anderson Pens table, so I didn't wander around as much as I generally would have, and I really go to these shows to talk to other...
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Cross Blue Black
I wasn't all that excited about these inks when Brian Anderson sent them to me. I was like "Cross? I guess I'll try them out." Snooty. I know. My attitude changed when I swatched these inks. The blue...
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Blackstone Barrier Reef Blue
This is the first of several inks in the Blackstone set. It's an Australian brand carried by Just Write in Australia, and by Anderson Pens in the US. I hadn't heard of it before Brian offered to send...
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Chicago Pen Show 2016 (Day 1!)
Hey folks,I'm not actually at the pen show, but my wife (Audrey) is helping out at the Franklin-Christoph table there this weekend, and she had some time to take pictures yesterday and she sent them to...
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Lamy Dark Lilac
Okay, so there are a lot of pictures in this post. Way more than usual. That's probably what you came her for, though, right?Dark Lilac is the new hotness right now. Everyone wants it, and relatively...
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The Montegrappa Fortuna Mule
Here's a pen that you've probably seen around. The Montegrappa Fortuna has takenmany forms, but this Copper Mule is the one that has gotten the most play on blogs and social media. Ryan at Kenro was...
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Tekker Ink #0039a6 "SMU Blue"
So, this is a new company called "Tekker Ink" that creates custom inks for you from hex codes or a color-picker on their site. The most difficult parts of the process are picking the color and waiting...
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