Robert Oster’s blues are pretty notorious but some are more noteworthy than others. Unfortuntately, he often releases so many ink colors at once that some get lost in the shuffle. Last year, in the melée of Fire & Ice and River of Fire and Lake of Fire and all the other fiery ink madness, Soda…
Review by Laura Cameron I love Iroshizuku inks, so when Ana handed me Pilot Iroshizuku Momiji ($9.90 for 15 mL) for review, I couldn’t have been more pleased. Momiji, or Autumn Leaves, is a wonderful pinkish red that makes me think of my favorite trees in the fall. On the swatch I couldn’t quite capture all…
Review by Laura Cameron I’m not going to lie. When Ana handed me the beautiful box of Banmi inks to swatch for a first look, I was sure I’d hit the jackpot. Ban Mi inks are produced by a Chinese company and are the latest in gold dust inks that are becoming super popular. Though…
I was so excited when Vanness announced they were finally importing Krishna Inks because I had been attempting to email Krishna directly since I had seen Nick Stewart’s post about the inks back in July of 2017. Since July though, Krishna has been creating even more inks, including some groundbreaking sheening inks. The Krishna Inks…
We were honored to get a first look at the new ink from Papier Plume to be unveiled tomorrow (Friday) at the Atlanta Pen Show. It’s a radiant orange called House of the Rising Sun ($8). House of the Rising Sun is a warm, bright red orange. It looks like it has some shading but…
Laura’s Perspective: Recently, Ana introduced me to the Birmingham Pen Company and their own line of inks ($7.99 per 30ml). Birmingham Pen Company is located on the Southside of Pittsburgh, which was once called “Little Birmingham” due to the fact that it was a manufacturing hub in the 1900’s, like Birmingham was to England . Today,…
Review by Laura Cameron When I purchased my first Esterbrook at the LA Pen Show, my friend Jessica at the Vintage Pen Shop recommended that I use an established, reliable ink in my new vintage pen. She strongly recommended Waterman inks, and let me fill my pen up from her bottle of Inspired Blue at…
