Ana just got her hands on some of the newest Birmingham Pen Company inks. And she thought it would be hysterical to hand me ALL the purples. So without further ado, I present to you PURPLEPALOOZA! Birmingham Pen Company does amazing inks, and their newest colors include a ton of purples. From ashy eggplant to…
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Ink Review: Pilot Iroshizuku Tsukushi
Review by Laura Cameron I don’t have a lot of browns in my ink collection, and I’m still working through the motherlode that I purchased from Jesi at the St. Louis Pen Show. So today I’ll talk about Pilot Iroshizuku Tsukushi ($9.90 for 15ml). Tsukushi, or Horsetail Plant, is a nice medium brown with a…
Ink Review: Bungbox Happiness
Guest Review by Julia van der Wyk Intro and general comments Bungbox Happiness ($39 per 50ml bottle) ink was made to replicate the color of happiness, in the guise of a cheerful, yet unassuming green. Do we think they succeeded? Well, the bunny fox on the label is so happy it can’t even handle how happy…
Ink Review: Pilot Iroshizuku Chiku-rin
Review by Laura Cameron I know I’m not the resident green expert here at The Desk, but when Jesi offered this bottle of Pilot Iroshizuku Chiku-rin (15mL for $9.90) to me, I couldn’t resist it. Chiku-rin is a gorgeous green. I think of it as almost a lemongrass color, but Chiku-rin translates to bamboo forest. …
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…
Ink Overview: Taccia Inks
Taccia introduced its own line of inks at the San Francisco Pen Show. The full line includes 13 colors in 40ml glass bottles. The bottles looked like slightly taller versions of the Sailor (more like the Storia bottles but not frosted) The colors are a good range of colors (black, blue, red, orange, green) plus…
Ink Review: Nagasawa Kobe Sorakuen
Review by Tina Koyama Sorakuen (“tea green”) is the second ink I’ve tried in the Nagasawa Kobe line. As I mentioned when I reviewed Nagasawa Kobe Sannomiya, choosing from the collection’s 26 hues was a daunting task, but I can never get enough greens – especially greens that fall on the yellow side rather than…