By Jessica Coles I love purple inks. Dark purple, light purple, purples that lean red and purples that lean blue. All purple inks find a home with me. I think I seek out purple inks because, as a child, there were NO purple inks. My rainbow of ink color was restricted to those in a…
By Jessica Coles Lately, Sailor has been flooding the ink scene with new ink choices. This has been quite a delight to ink collectors although it is also a curse to completionist collectors who just need to have each color. Sailor Studio inks are available in a standard line of 100 separate inks. Although each…
By Jessica Coles This newest offering from Robert Oster is also the first ink offering from Brad Dowdy (The Pen Addict). After many long years of being asked to create a Pen Addict ink, Brad finally caved to the cries from his fans. Teaming up with the talented Robert Oster, he has now introduced a…
By Jessica Coles I found myself lost the other day in the depths of JetPens, wandering through various corridors. It seems that even though I could swear I’ve seen everything they offer, I can still find nooks and crannies of previously unseen goodies. This time, I came across a Pilot fountain pen that I had…
By Jessica Coles Last week, I showed the Philadelphia Pen Show through the eyes of a vendor. Hopefully, this was a different viewpoint for some people, but I did end up leaving out some great times. Daytime during a show is often a blur for me, but there is one table that I always make the…
I’ve been thinking about the best way to review the Philadelphia 2019 Pen Show. I know there are plenty of pen show reviews out there and if you didn’t attend a show it can be overwhelming to look through all of the reviews; if you were at the show, it can get repetitive to read through several…
By Jessica I have stated before that I love finding inks that are unusual or tricky. I have found another one! Recently I have jumped into the Sailor Studio ink line. This is not a smart thing to do. Sailor Studio boasts 100 separate inks in this collection and unfortunately, they are amazing! I began…
