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Review: Noodler's Upper Ganges Blue
Noodler's Upper Ganges Blue is an eternal, bulletproof ink that has a shade that is blue-grey. It has been described as chalky or soft in some other ink reviews. There colour is quite unlike anything I...
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Review: J Herbin Apple Green Verte
This is the green ink of J Herbin series of scented inks. The shade of green is really bright and vibrant. It is a very eye catching colour but it doesn't have much shading. I like that the ink is...
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Review: Private Reserve Shoreline Gold
Shoreline GOld is an interesting colour. A blend of brown, orange and gold. It isn't so bright that it is yellow or orange but it is not dark enough to be brown. There is some shading but not as much...
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Review: Lamy Studio
Lamy Studio in brushed stainless steel finish Intro: The Lamy Studio seemed to be overlooked by many in my local fountain pen community. I have never seen one in the wild before. It is a cartridge...
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Review: Diamine Coral
Diamine Coral is a bright, neon pink-orange colour that reminds me more of a highlighter pink colour. It is a happy colour but it is not suitable for the corporate office at all. Dry time seemed to be...
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Review: TWSBI Mini White Rose Gold
TWSBI Mini White Rose Gold and Rose Gold nib Intro: I have reviewed the TWSBI Mini previously. The TWSBI Mini White Rose Gold is essentially the same piston filling fountain pen in white with rose...
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Review: Pilot Iroshizuku Shin Kai
Pilot Iroshizuku Shin Kai is the blue-black ink of the IRshizuku ink series. Like the other Iroshizuku inks that I have tried, Shin Kai is well behaved, has good flow and reasonably good dry time. An...
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Review: Waterman Absolute Brown
Another brown ink... I have never used a Waterman ink before but a quick search online tells me that Waterman inks are well loved. Comparing this brown ink to the Pelikan's Brillant Brown which I was...
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Review: Noodler's Blue
I was surprised that I quite enjoy Noodler's Blue. The colour of Noodler's Blue reminds me of Pilot Iroshizuku Kon Peki. The blue pops off the page just like Kon Peki. However, the ink has the extended...
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Pen Meet: Sept 2014
Just the past weekend, the Singapore Fountain Pen Lovers held their monthly pen meet. This isn't my first time there for a pen meet. That day I have the privilege to see and touch or rather fondle so...
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Review: Ryan's Pen Tray
Intro: I saw Ryan's post on the Singapore Fountain Pen Lovers Facebook group when he posted his attempts of creating a pen tray. He mentioned that he could make the pen tray to order so I jumped at...
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Review: Noodler's Bad Green Gator
Like all Noodler's inks I have used, Bad Green Gator is a saturated ink. It has a dry time on the longer side when used on good paper. Bad Green Gator is a permenant dark green fountain pen ink. It is...
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Giveaway: Pen Chalet giving away Sheaffer Goodies
Pen Chalet is giving away some Sheaffer's 100 year commemorative goodies to 3 lucky winners. They include a Sheaffer Centennial Coin and the 100 years of Sheaffer book. Both items are collectibles in...
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Review: Diamine Oxblood
Diamine Oxblood is the colour of dried blood. Try telling someone that you are using your own blood as ink and sit back to watch their reaction. Dry time is slightly extended, pretty close to...
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Review: Pilot Iroshizuku Ama Iro
Pilot Iroshizuku Ama Iro is a light blue that is close to Iroshizuku Kon Peki but Ams Iro is lighter and bright. The direct translation for the kanji characters in mandarin is the colour of the sky. I...
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“Breath is life. If you have breath, you have your center. If you have your center, nothing can truly touch you. You will not feel hunger or pain. Not love nor hate. No fear. No anxiety. Only the...
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Review: Lamy 2000
Intro: Lamy 2000 is one of the most iconic pen of the modern era. The Lamy 2000 designed very much with the Bauhaus movement in mind. It's modern and clean design makes it very recognizable. Many have...
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Review: Pelikan Edelstein Sapphire
This is my very first time trying Pelikan's high end line of inks - the Edelstein (Germany for gemstone) series. The price of the Edelstein inks are on par with Pilot's Iroshizuku inks. Personally, I...
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Review: Rohrer and Klingner Salix
This ia another modern iron gall ink from Rohrer and Klingner. Iron Gall inks are known for their premance and water resistance properties which makes them excellent inks to use for cheque signing and...
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