Update: Winners Announced! Win One of Two Pilot Vanishing Point Prize Packs from Massdrop!

March 23, 2015.Reading time 2 minutes.

Super huge thank you to Massdrop for offering up over $300 worth of prizes for you to win! Great timing for those who have just read why you should be writing with a fountain pen and want to jump into the hobby. The Pilot Vanishing Point is one of my go-to pens, and the Pilot medium […]

J. Herbin Bleu Pervenche – Ink Review

March 19, 2015.Reading time 3 minutes.

J. Herbin Bleu Pervenche Fountain Pen Ink Review-10

J. Herbin Bleu Pervenche Fountain Pen Ink Review Pen: Pilot Vanishing Point, Medium Nib Ink: J. Herbin Bleu Pervenche Paper: Kyokuto F.O.B. COOP – Dot Grid – B5 Notes: When I saw that J. Herbin now offers small sample size bottles, I had to jump at it! Thanks to JetPens for sending over the bottle for review! As vibrant […]

2015 Long Island Pen Show Recap!

March 17, 2015.Reading time 5 minutes.

I didn’t spend nearly as much time or money at this year’s Long Island Pen Show, but that’s not to say it was a bad time! I only had one mission going in, and that was to get my Montblanc 149 writing correctly. First order of business was to get on Richard Binder’s nib work […]

Stationery in Colors – Aluminum Edition

March 13, 2015.Reading time 1 minute.

Welcome to the third installment of Stationery in Colors. Make sure to check out the first two! I was going to do the black edition next, but the photos didn’t come out quite as well as I wanted. Remember to always check your camera settings, my shutter speed was a bit too slow and I wasn’t happy with […]

PSA: Long Island Pen Show This Weekend!

March 9, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

It’s that time of the year again! The Long Island Pen show is taking place this weekend, March 14th and 15th at Hofstra University. The show is $10 at the door, or $25 for the Weekend Trader pass – which gets you in 2 hours early on both days. I will be there Saturday early […]