Happy Halloween! Hope you have a fun, candy-filled, pumpkin spiced day! Link of the Week: Perceived Wetness and Dryness of Fountain Pen Inks Our link of the week is a survey about the wetness or dryness of fountain pen inks. Pen Addict Slack User Nicole studies fluid dynamics and she teamed up with a rheologist…
I love my silly, punk rock Benu Skull & Roses Fountain Pen that I was thrilled to grab one of the Benu Viper Fountain Pens in “Bamboo Viper” ($180) , especially in this Spooky Season. It’s a black pen with an embossed, snake wrapped around the barrel with a beautiful shimmery green iridescent color in…
Thanks to everyone who entered our Laban Rosa Fountain Pen Giveaway. Our winner for the giveaway is CC who wrote a little poem waxing about the color. Thanks again to Luxury Brands for sponsoring this giveaway. Stay tuned for more giveaways soon!
The Tom’s Studio Lumos Duo Pro ($121) is a refillable pen with eleven nib options and TWO different pens in one pen body. I got the Ivy color which is a lovely green color but there are other colors available. Can I just say I hate this packaging? The pen does not stay in the…
A new player has come to light recently in the pen world – Tom’s Studio. This is a pen maker in England who broke into the scene with calligraphy tools and is quickly expanding into fountain pens, refillable fiber-tipped pens, and most recently, Tom’s Studio ink. I ordered a Lumos pen from Tom’s Studio months…
I need your help. I have had multiple brands of ereaders over the years. My latest ereaders are an 11-year old Kobo Aura and a Kindle Paperwhite purchased in 2018. These devices are old and it shows. My Kobo no longer holds a charge on the battery and is having some refresh issues so its…
Laban is Taiwanese-based pen company that I’ve had a lot of experience with using so I was quite excited to get a chance to test one of their fountain pens. The Laban Rosa Fountain Pen ($140) in Lilac with the Medium nib is an acrylic resin pen with gold tone hardware. The Rosa line includes…
