My wife’s new Decimo
You may live with someone for 17 years and still find out new things about them. Being a pen addict it comes naturally that I gifted several fountain pens to
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Crafting a new notebook
I made a new notebook using a Japanese cloth and Tomoe River 52 gsm paper. The cover features a traditional Japanese wave crest (“Seigaiha”) pattern.
And now for something completely different
A guy promoting local craftsmen, a metallurgist, a pen artisan and a nib-smith walk into a bar… No, this is not the start of a joke. It’s the cooperation of
Anabelle joins Team Bamboo
Master goldsmith Anabelle Hiller (@stringsandpedals) has joined the team and agreed to craft a nice ginkgo leaf shaped gold roll stopper. I’m so happy that she is involved in the
The weirdest ink bottle
Krishna Paakezah is a high sheen tealish blue ink that comes in a funny bottle. While it’s definitely the weirdest ink bottle out there, it’s also very practical. Tilting the
Pilot Vanishing Point Faceted Black
Our fountain pen sleepover party guest is this pretty faceted black Pilot Vanishing Point (‘90s). It has an amazing stub nib. I like this design much better than the current
Inexpensive piston filler
It was not only the Ranga Bamboo that I received yesterday. To my pleasant surprise Ranga was so kind as to send a little EDC pen as a gift. It’s
Ranga Bamboo arrives from India
Today the base pen arrived. This olive coloured Ranga Bamboo in itself already looks awesome. I wonder how this pen will look when all those layers of urushi will be
All the inks
I’ve sampled all my inks on Tomoe River. There are a lot of them 😲 It’s crazy that my blue samples barely fit the page and I have five or
The Ink Must Flow
The inks are bottle: Pelikan Edelstein Moonstone ink pool / dune fill: SBRE Brown sandworm contour: J. Herbin Terra de Feu sandworm fill: Diamine Orange dune yellow: KWZ Eldorado foreground