Cool Office Supplies and Pen Reviews
The InkJournal Black is the newest iteration in the InkJournal series by our friend Tom Oddo, and he has sent one over for a review and to share with everyone here. In explaining it to me Tom said that he took lots of feedback from the fountain pen community regarding the first version of this in order to improve the new version. Its amazing how quickly something like this can be conceptualized and produced including a round a feedback from the first … [Read more...]
I've noticed that I tend to stick mostly with Pelikan Edelstein and Noodler's fountain pen inks lately, so I wanted to branch out and try a brand I have yet to use. When I saw this Diamine Green Black fountain pen ink (via JetPens) I figured that was a good place to start because it is a color that is sometimes borderline work friendly although pushing the line slightly and it came in a mid-size 30ml bottle so it wasn't too big of a commitment for my … [Read more...]
Today we are taking a look at some J. Herbin Poussière de Lune fountain pen ink (via JetPens) that I actually picked up a few months ago and just never got around to writing up the review for. This particular bottle was provided to us by JetPens as part of or partnership with them to support our twice monthly giveaway. … [Read more...]
Nothing is more fun for this blog than when we get to abuse office supplies and push them to their limits. In the past we have cooked and frozen multiple pens, and today thanks to the folks from MassDrop, we finally got to freeze some ink! Although you cant really tell from the picture above, that is a bottle of Noodlers Polar Black Ink, which is designed to be freeze resistant, mostly for shipping purposes. Although the most recent "drop" at MassDrop … [Read more...]
A while back the nice folks from Goulet Pens sent us a few items free of charge for review, so today we are looking at the second of those items which is Noodler's 54th Massachusetts Fountain Pen Ink. The unique ink is named after the first all African American regiment in the Civil War that fought for equal pay as compared to their white counterparts. Its a great looking blue black ink, so without further ado lets jump into our Noodlers 54th … [Read more...]
Just a quick heads up today that there are new colors of fountain pen ink available from the folks at Organics Studio. I really loved their Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass Green Black ink. Here is a quick peek at it if you want to hit the link above and check out our previous review. I'm looking forward to grabbing some of their new colors to test them out as well. If you aren't familiar with their inks, check out some of the other great reviews … [Read more...]
Today we are taking a look at one of the Caran d'Ache Chromatics Ink colors - Infinite Grey. Previously we reviewed the Delicate Green which was a really fun ink to use and it looked great too. This ink was picked up from the nice folks over at Goulet Pens, but there was no consideration or discount for the product featured here, it was purchased at full price for the purpose of this review. … [Read more...]
I've heard a lot of people discuss how to get ink off your fingers after changing the ink in your fountain pens, and recently I discovered a great solution that I wanted to share. Previously I had tried Amodex, admittedly because it was sold by many fountain pen shops and it had a picture of a nib on the box. Recently I couldn't find my bottle of Amodex, but I remembered I had a box of Mr. Clean Magic Eraser sponges under the kitchen sink. With no other … [Read more...]
This box of Caran d'Ache Chromatics Delicate Green was part of an impulse purchase a few weeks ago triggered by an email newsletter from the good folks at Goulet Pens. For the record there was no discount or special considerations for my purchase of this product for review here. Just a whim on a fancy looking bottle of ink from a well known online fountain pen shop with a great reputation. … [Read more...]
The Organics Studio line of fountain pen inks was new to me a few weeks ago when I saw it on the Goulet Pens website, and with such interesting names I decided to grab a few bottles. The first ink we will take a look at is from their "Masters of Writing" series of fountain pen inks. The Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass ink is very earthy looking in that it has a grayish-brownish-blackish ink with noticeable green highlights. … [Read more...]
Today we will take a look at the Kaweco Sepia Brown fountain pen ink in a 30ml bottle and also in cartridges. These samples were generously sent to us by Sebastian from Kaweco for the purpose of this review. I generally prefer my fountain pen ink from a bottle but we did test both delivery methods. … [Read more...]
Last week we looked at the Pelikan Edelstein Turmaline Ink, and today we have one more color in the fantastic line of Pelikan Edelstein Inks, which is the Pelikan Edelstein Amber Fountain Pen Ink, which is also their special 2013 Ink of the year. … [Read more...]
I've been a huge fan of the Pelikan Edelstein Line of premium fountain pen ink ever since I started using it back in 2011 when I picked up the Adventurine Green color. Today we are taking a look at the 2012 Ink of the year, Pelikan Edelstein Turmaline, which is kind of a bright pink color. For the record, this bottle was purchased with no discount or consideration from our friends at Goldspot, I just felt like buying it myself and did not feel like being … [Read more...]
Another item sent over to us by our friends at Jetpens was this 6 pack of J. Herbin Fountain Pen Ink Cartridges in the lovely color of Gris Nuage (Cloud Gray). I selected this color because it really struck me as being appropriate for the seasonal change to fall and some gloomy skies above. … [Read more...]
The other day I got a very nice surprise in the mail from my friend Tom over at Goldspot. He has his own side project going on and developed these awesome pocket journals called the InkJournal which are designed specifically for testing and comparing different inks. … [Read more...]
