Cool Office Supplies and Pen Reviews
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...]
The premium line of Pelikan Fountain Pen ink, branded with the name Edelstein has been an instant favorite ever since I first tried the Aventurine color back in early 2011. I recently saw on the Goldspot.com website that they came out with a new color, Tanzanite which is essentially a blue black shade...so now we have one of my favorite inks also in my favorite color, making it a no brainer of a purchase. For full disclosure this purchase came with a … [Read more...]
Back when I ordered my TWSBI 540 Demonstrator, I also grabbed some of this Pilot Namiki Iroshizuku Tsuki-Yo Moonlight Fountain Pen Ink from Goldspot, with a nice little discount there from my friends. Now that I have a few weeks worth of use of this ink under my belt, I'm really pleased with it and thought I'd share my thoughts on it with you on this ink that falls into the premium and blue black categories. … [Read more...]
Last week during giveaway week, we reviewed the TWSBI 540 Demonstrator Fountain Pen, so this week I wanted to get in this review on the TWSBI Diamond 540 Ink Well. As a reminder, this item as well as the fountain pen were provided at a slight discount by our sponsors over at Goldspot. … [Read more...]
Today we have another produc (J. Herbin Ink Cartridges in Eclat de Saphir) that Brad from Jetpens sent over for review, and it is something that I don't use that frequently, so I thought this was a good chance to add a bit of variety to the site. Usually I stick to bottled inks, so using cartridges was a nice change of pace. … [Read more...]
I got this fantastic (and complementary) bottle of Noodler's Black Swan in Australian Roses from our friends over at Goldspot when I did the review of the Edison Collier Fountain Pen. I've been enjoying it ever since that review, so I thought we would take a quick look at it today. … [Read more...]
Noodler's Bad Green Gator fountain pen ink is an advanced version of their popular bulletproof inks that are designed to resist tampering. Bad Green Gator is part of their Warden Series which is designed to stay a step ahead of forgers by being resistant to water, solvents, UV light, detergents, and even some unnamed technologies. The reason for not naming them all, I assume is to keep forgers and miscreants in the dark. … [Read more...]
