Papier Plume Bayou Nightfall ($8 per bottle) is another fountain pen ink from the New Orleans Collection inspired by the surroundings of the shop where the inks are made. Papier Plume is the only pen shop I know of in the US that makes its own inks which makes it an extraordinarily special shop. The…
Thanks to my handy, dandy random number generator I have two lucky winners in the NockCo A6 Seed Case giveaway: Congrats to Mike and Cara! They both picked the steel color case though so many of you chose the iris. I am pretty sure an A5 is on the horizon so Mike’s dream will be…
New Podcast: There is a new pen community podcast called The BYOB Pen Club. Its a round table discussion of Pen Addict Slack regulars. If you are looking to have a virtual drink at the bar with some pen friends, this is the podcast for you. This is the closest approximation to pulling up a…
Review by Ana Reinert and Laura Cameron: Since both Laura and I have acquired several of the same products, we have decided to do some “tag team” reviews where we provide two points of view. Since our experience levels differ and our tastes differ, sometimes our opinions will be similar and sometimes they won’t. We…
Last week I reviewed the NockCo Seed A6 Hobonichi cases. This week, I’d like to give two readers a chance to try them out for themselves so I am giving away one steel/silver dust and one iris/electric blue case (pictured above, Hobonichi and pens not included). TO ENTER: Leave a comment and tell me what…
Post of the Week: When Your Grail Pen Is F**king Expensive (via The Economical Penster) Pens: LAMY Aion in Black (via The Clumsy Penman’s Inkfusion Site) Re-Review: Edison Collier Fountain Pen (via Pencilcase Blog) TactileTurn Mover & Shaker – New Click Mechanism on Kickstarter (via Gourmet Pens) Sailor L’ecoule (via Write to Me Often) The…
If you’ve ever encountered me at the airport or a pen show, you may have uncovered my other obsession besides pens… I’m a Star Wars nerd, so much so that my suitcase is R2-D2. So, when I got upset last year about the Cross Star Wars pens, it wasn’t an act. I can go off…
