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November 2013 Ink Drop "Christmas Dreams"
This month's ink drop (which I'm showing you a bit late) is Christmas themed so that we can all write our Christmas cards with these red and green inks. I've never been much of a Christmas-card-writer...
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Pilot Acroball
I found a 3-pack of these .7mm pens in a Target store a while ago, and I picked them up without ever having heard of them. They're a sort of hybrid ink that is supposed to have the darkness of a gel...
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Diamine Eau de Nil
This ink is one that I've had for a while, and I think I like it. It's a greenish blue that isn't really a turquoise. As I say in the write-up, it reminds me of a more-green version of Waterman's...
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Jack helps with an ink review.
Jack also approves of Kaweco's Red. For another cat on a pen blog, check out Gourmet Pens. That ragdoll is awesome lookin'.
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Write Notepads & Co
Audrey and I first met Chris and Marc at the DC Pen Show this last August. They were in the front atrium, and they had a very stylish display of notebooks that I'd never seen before. As it turns out, I...
View ArticleI just added some blogs to the blogroll.
I have to admit that I don't often look at the front page of my blog. I'll check the posts to make sure that they don't look too funky (though Blogger does fool with things, sometimes), but that's...
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Ink Samples and Anderson Pens
If there's one question that pen/ink bloggers get more than any other, it is something like this: If you like this color, you should get Private Reserve's American BlueThat's a good question, but it's...
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InkDependence.com's First Give-Away!
Hi folks,I've been wanting to have a give-away for a while now, but I was never sure what to give away. Well, Chris from Write Notepads & Co has solved that issue for me. Chris has provided me with...
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It's Friday. Here's a cat.
Eclipse loves a sunbeam and a string. She loves that string.
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Last day to enter the Write Notepads Give-Away!
Hello folks!This is just a reminder that this is the last day to enter the give-away so, if you've been putting it off, now is the time!Click this link to get over to the give-away post and enter!...
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Winners Announced!
Congratulations to Elliot K and Karen Y, the winners of my first give-away!Also, thanks to all of my readers for their participation in the give-away. There were 185 total entries in the contest, and...
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Pen Review: Diplomat Traveller
Diplomat is a German company that doesn't seem to have a very large distribution in the US. I've seen them at the Raleigh and DC shows, and it's always the same two reps. I sort of get the impression...
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Christmas Inks and Pens!
If you're like me, then your family knows that you're into fountain pens and ink. Here's a photo-fest of my new goodies.First-up is this Jin Hao x750 in flat black. It's a really classy pen, and my...
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Ultramarine Sheaffer Intensity Fountain Pen
This is a pen that we have been thinking of getting for over a year. They're regularly-priced at the high-end of our price-range. Audrey has been admiring this pen in it's cornflower blue form, but the...
View ArticleA lull in the action.
Hey folks,It's been quiet on Inkdependence for the last week or so. I spent most of the weekend following my last post with a pretty bad toothache, had a wisdom tooth pulled, did some recovering, and...
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A Survey of Browns
So, I've just noticed that I have been using mostly brown inks. I'm not sure why I'm on this streak, but I totally am. This isn't an ink review, and a couple of these aren't even fountain pen inks, but...
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Noodler's Luxury Blue
This is an ink that I was really expecting to like. It's a relatively expensive ink. At $13.50 for a 1oz bottle, it's a little over three times as expensive as most of the other Noodler's inks. I...
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Namiki Blue
I wasn't sure what to expect from this ink. I don't get many of the "stock" inks from the big manufacturers. My impression of them is that they're usually pretty bland. If Namiki Blue is any...
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Private Reserve Ebony Blue
This is an ink that I can't quite figure out. When I wrote the review, I was thinking it was a straight-up blue/black. As I look at it now, though, it's definitely got a lot of green in it. You can see...
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