Rather than making a “best pens under $XX” I decided to do out fountain pen list as our most recommended pens. These are based on the many times, throughout the years, at pen shows, here on the site and at meet-ups that people have asked for recommendations and which pens tend to float to the…
Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaways last week and to our sponsors: Fontoplumo, Luxury Brands and JetPens for providing the prizes. So many wonderful entries that were so fun to read. Since three of our giveaways ended over the weekend, I thought it would be easier to announce all the winners together. So, here…
Thank you, Goldspot Pens, for donating this beautiful Pilot Decimo Fountain Pen (fine nib) for our anniversary celebration. It’s in the champagne finish and it’s really gorgeous. It looks almost rose gold to me and I love that it has silver trim. The Japanese fine nib is going to perform more like a European extra…
As Week Two of our 10 year celebration commences, I’ll start with the readers’ favorite posts this week. This part is easy. Thanks to hit counts, it’s pretty easy to see what posts get the most views and, chances are, you’ve probably visited these pages at least once. So, without further adieu: The Epic Refill…
Our good friend Joost at Appelboom in the Netherlands has been so generous to us for our anniversary and you, our lovely readers, will be the ones who get to celebrate. Appelboom has one Pelikan M101N in Blue-Grey with a Broad nib and a bottle of Lamy Bronze for one lucky reader. The Pelikan M101N…
Thanks to everyone who entered the first giveaway in our 10th Anniversary celebration and sharing with us their travel dreams if and when we are finally — to quote the old Southwest Airlines ad — “free to move about the country” again. Lots of folks want to go to very far away like Japan or…
Like all the previous 10th Anniversary posts, these pencils are not in any particular order but when anyone asks what my favorite pencils are, these are what I usually recommend. My pencil tastes lean towards pencils I can both write and draw with. As a lefty, smudging is a big concern for me as well…
