Review by Jessica Coles Have you ever seen someone who has absolutely found their niche in life? Sean Connery? He was absolutely meant to be an actor. Billy Joel? Piano entertainer. It’s a pleasure to see them at their work because it seems to be a natural extension of themselves. Sometimes I wonder if Robert Oster…
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Fountain Pen Review: Monteverde Monza
Review by Jessica Coles Monteverde has recently come out with several new nibs for their Monza line. The Monteverde flex nib ($16.00 at Pen Chalet) is one of these. The Monza flex comes in a light green plastic box — somewhat like a small pencil box where the pen, two cartridges, and the included converter are packed in a…
Notebook Review: Dingbats* Earth Sky Blue Great Barrier Reef A5+ Notebook
Review by Jessica Coles Dingbats* notebooks (yes, the star is part of the full name) are not new to the stationery world. The notebook line began in 2011 in Lebanon and is produced by their parent company, Société Kamel Bekdache et Fils SAL. The parent company has operated since 1800 as a family business and is the…
Notebook & Ink Review: Baron Fig Dream Journal & Akkerman #10 Ijzer-galnoten Blauw-Zwart (Iron Gall)
Review by Jessica Coles Just before leaving for the San Francisco pen show, I received an item to review: Baron Fig’s newest notebook called the Wander Dream Journal. As this is the first time Baron Fig has tried their hand at adding content to a journal, I was intrigued to see what was inside. The first…
Pen and Ink Review: TWSBI Go and Robert Oster Pacific Ocean Teal
Review by Jessica Coles Imagine this: Exhausted from 8 hours of travel and flight delays, plus the pleasure of being jammed in a big metal tube with strangers and offered snacks that consist of exactly three pretzels. Then my wonderful and beautiful friend, Kimberly (aka allthehobbies. NOT Kim) drives up and helps me to load…
Ink Review: ColorVerse #45 Strelka, #46 JFK’s Dog Pushinka
Review by Jessica Coles ColorVerse has been just amazing in the last year with the number and variety of their new inks. And there’s no end in sight! Season 4 of ColorVerse includes 5 ink sets made up of two different inks. The inks come in a 65mL bottle and a cute little 15mL bottle…
Fountain Pen Review: Platinum PTL 5000A Balance
Review by Jessica Coles The Platinum 5000-A Balance caught my eye a couple weeks ago when I noticed it had a gold nib. That’s not actually a remarkable thing in itself; Platinum makes many excellent gold nibbed pens. However, I was looking at pens sorted by price. There was no way I had scrolled down far enough…