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Sailor Shigure
Another almost-black ink in the new Sailor collection, again, thanks to the Andersons at AndersonPens.net. This time, we've got a purple-black ink. Just like the last few inks, this one is excellent....
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Sailor Nioi-Sumire
This is the second to last of the new Sailor inks. Thanks to Anderson Pens for sending over these samples.Nioi-Sumire is the best shader in the group, and that's something in a set like this. This ink...
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Sailor Miruai (Seaweed)
This is the last of the new Sailor inks that I have to show you. All eight of them are now on the blog (and on YouTube). Go check out those reviews for more of this awesome set.I really like that...
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Diamine Coral (now with 100% more chromatography!)
Diamine Coral is an ink that I've been using for a bit in my Monteverde Artista Crystal. It's an orange pen, and it's fun to use this color in that pen. It doesn't hurt that this is a really...
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Platinum Mix-Free Leaf Green
I've got a couple of green inks to show, and this is the first of them. Platinum is a pen and ink maker that I'm not all that familiar with. They make some beautiful high-end pens (that I haven't...
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Montblanc Jonathan Swift Seaweed Green
This MontBlanc ink has a plant theme, but I didn't have any seaweed handy. Isn't that shot artsy? Yeah. It's a little artsy. It's also too pink. I took that picture in a potted plant under a reddish...
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Private Reserve's American Blue
Private Reserve's American Blue is one of my favorite Private Reserve inks, and it's becoming one of my favorite blues. It's bright, it shades, and there's even a bit of coppery-red sheen. What's not...
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J. Herbin Orange Indien
This ink was sent to me as a review sample from JetPens.com. Happy Saturday, folks! It's a dark and dreary day here in NC. The perfect sort of day for an orange ink. This ink reminds me of Fall....
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J. Herbin Lie de The
Ink cartridges for this review were provided by Jet Pens for review purposes.This is an ink that I was seeing on Instagram and on other blogs for a while. I knew that I needed to get my hands on it....
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Graf von Faber-Castell Carbon Black
Carbon Black is an ink from a line of inks that I'd never tried before. The wife and I just got a pair of Faber-Castell pens, though, so this is going to be a nice complement to those pens. The...
View ArticleHow I do chromatography for the blog.
Here's a quick and easy way to do your own chromatography for fun at home.Supplies!WaterA cup (I use a shot glass)Coffee filtersSome ink you want to test outI usually use a #4 cone filter because...
View ArticleA New Search Tool for Fountain Pen Lovers
Hey folks,I've got almost a hundred pictures from the DC Super Show that I need to go through and fix up, so that's going to take a little bit. I appreciate your patience.In the mean time, add this...
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DC Pen Show 2014 (Massive Post!)
This was a great year for the DC Supershow. It wasn't a great year for my camera, however. The darn thing ran out  of battery power while we were still in the atrium of the show. So, lots of these...
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Montblanc's Leonardo Red Chalk Limited Edition
These Montblanc limited editions are pretty great, right? Leonardo's Red Chalk is a fantastic red ink that dries to a medium dark matte red color. It's actually a little bit chalky-looking, which is a...
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Montblanc Albert Einstein
Today we've got another of the limited edition inks from Montblanc. This time, Montblanc is paying tribute to another scientific legend, Albert Einstein. When I bought this ink (last year, yikes!), I...
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Pelikan Pelikano
A few months ago, I reviewed the Pelikano Jr. Today, we've got the other Pelikano from Pelikan.The Pelikan Pelikano.Like the Jr. version, the Pelikano is more whimsical than the other pens in the...
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Caran d'Ache Electric Orange
Thanks goes out to AndersonPens.net for supplying the ink sample for this review.I've done some limited edition inks recently, but this one is publicly available. It even comes in a very cool bottle....
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Graf von Faber-Castell Stone Grey
Ink samples provided by Anderson Pens.I keep wanting to call this ink "storm grey" and that's the name you'll see at the top of the written review. I've crossed it out and re-titled it, but it's still...
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The New Franklin-Christoph "Christoph" Music Nib
Scott told me about this nib coming out at the beginning of the summer, and I had to wait until the DC show to see one. Everyone wants a music nib, including me. I was jealous every time I saw one on...
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Iroshizuku Fuyu-Syogun
This sample was a gift from the Andersons, but not explicitly for review, and not really as a gift to me. Full disclosure.I've got a lot of Faber-Castell and Caran d'Ache inks to show, but I feel like...
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