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…
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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…
Ink Review: Robert Oster Avocado
Review by Jessica Coles I don’t know about any of our readers out there, but I can’t resist picking up a sample of new Robert Oster inks when I see them. Like the new Robert Oster Avocado ($17 for a 50mL bottle). All new inks are fairly thrilling in the pen world, especially so to…
Notebook Review: Nanuk
Review by Jessica Coles I love notebooks. Doesn’t matter what they look like. What size they are. I love to look at them and buy them and then… well, I have a harder time actually using them. What if I mess up something that could have been an incredibly lovely piece of art? What if…
Pen Review: Monami Olika
Review by Jessica Coles Last week I was handed the Monami Olika and asked to review it. At first glance, it seemed to be a pen that you could get at any major retail store that carried pens, but as I used it more, some of the features of this pen came to light. The…
Vintage Review: Esterbrook Ballpoint Pen Brought Back to Life
Review by Jessica Coles It’s no secret that I (Jesi) love Esterbrooks. I believe for the price and quality, there is no single pen better as an introduction into vintage pens. Of the Esterbrook models, the one that is most prolific on the market today is the J series due to its popularity at the…