This week in Colorado has been cool and crisp – sweatshirts and sweaters are replacing shorts and short sleeves. It’s the perfect time to show this collection from Ferris Wheel Press – The Finer Things collection. Oyster Hour, Steeped Umber, and Spruce County Post feel like perfect fall colors in my state – we don’t…
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Inkmas Day 10: Montegrappa Sapphire
Welcome to Inkmas Day 10! I recently started revisiting older ink lines and fell in love with the bright blue of Montegrappa Sapphire. The color is very close to Birmingham Pen’s Polar Bear and KWZ Walk Over Vistula. Both of those blues also have a beautiful red sheen which is also present in Sapphire. On…
Inkmas #4: Kobe City Museum Gray
Welcome to Inkmas Day 4! I recently found a gorgeous new color from Kobe – City Museum Gray. The ink looks like a warm mug of hot chocolate – not just in the swatch, but in writing as well. Depending on your paper, your nib, and the lighting, this ink can appear anywhere from a…
Ink Review: ColorVerse Butterfly Nebula and NGC 6302
The DC pen show is closed, cleaned up, and everyone is back home, but you can still find a piece of the show at your favorite ink retailer. Butterfly Nebula and NGC 6302 debuted at the 2022 DC pen show alongside the appearance of a cover photo in Pen World. A big thank you to…
Ink Review: Dominant Industries Autumn Forest
Dominant Industry is a new ink brand that has started showing up in many pen retail stores recently. They come in beautifully shaped glass bottles packaged in a dust bag and thin cardboard box. I purchased my bottle from Yoseka Stationary where it is listed as $20 for 25mL because I couldn’t resist the color…
Ink Review: KWZ Prairie Green, Galen Leather Exclusive
The Washington DC show was an amazing place to be this year – many people have not seen one another in two years and the reunions were everywhere. This did, however, lead to shortages on popular items at the show. One of these was a new, exclusive ink from Galen Leather, a KWZ ink that…
Ink Review: A Closer Look at Anderillium
This week I am looking at the properties of Anderillium inks, starting with the first four from the Cepholapod series: Blue-ringed Octopus blue, Bobtail Squid green, Vampire Squid red, and Cuttlefish brown. If you would like to see all 16 ink colors, be sure to read my post from last week! First, a comparison of…