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"When we got to the afterlife, God could sort us out into the sinner and the saved. Until we got there, it seemed to him that we were better off just being good neighbors and reserving our moral...
View ArticleLink: December Pen Meet
Yesterday was Singapore's Fountain Pen Lovers December Pen Meet. This was the biggest turn out for a pen meet I have ever been to. It's great to meet old friends and get to know new friends. It's a...
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Review: Pelikan Edelstein Aventurine
Somehow I keep trying to spell Adventurine instead of Aventurine. Maybe this shade of green reminds me of a forest and adventures there. Pelika Edelstein Aventuine is a astrong bright green shade. It...
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Review: Pilot Vanishing Point
The Numbers: Weight: 31g Length (retracted): 140mm Price: USD$140 from Pen Chalet Material: Metal Filling Mechanism: Cartridge (Included) / Converter (Included) Colours: Too many to list!Intro: The...
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Review: Pilot Iroshizuku Syo Ro
Syo Ro is Japanese for truffles. This ink doesn't quite invoke the sense of truffles for me. Naming aside, this ink goes down onto the page as a dark blue green colour but as it dries it changes into a...
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Review: Diamine Salamandar
Diamine Salamandar is a dark dark green with a little black hint. It is an interesting shade that would work well in the corporate environment. It reminds me a little of Noodler's Army Green. I enjoy...
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Review: Noodler's Sequoia Green
Noodler's Sequoia Green is a deep dark green almost green-black. It is like all other Noodler's inks I've used, it is saturated and strong. The deep tones makes this ink suitable for use in a corporate...
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Review: Pelikan M205
The Numbers: Weight: 14g Length (capped): 120.3mm Length (uncapped): 116.3mm Length of cap: 51.9mm Price: $97.50 from Pen Chalet Material: Resin Filling Mechanism: Piston filler Colours: Black, red,...
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Review: Private Reserve Ebony Brown
This is a deep dark brown shading verging on black on the finer nib sizes. Personally, I have never been a fan of brown inks but Ebony Brown is growing on me. Maybe it is because of its dark tones and...
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Top 5 Favourite Inks - 2014
2014 is coming to an end, I thought I should take the time to come up with my top 5 favourite inks of 2014. I have started the year with a heavy bias towards Pilot Iroshizuku inks because they are well...
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Review: Muji Fountain Pen + Giveaway
Happy New Year, all fountain pen lovers! This the first post of 2015. As a way to celebrate the new year I am doing a giveaway of this particular fountain pen. Please read all the way to the end for...
View ArticleLink: Guest post at On Fountain Pens
I have written a guest post as part of On Fountain Pens' 12 days of fountain pen bloggers series. You can find my guest post here
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Review: De Atramentis Atlantic Blue
De Atramentis Atlantic Blue is a dusty blue-grey ink. It is suitable for corporate use. There is some subtle shading visible even using the EF nib. Overall, it's a well behaved ink. I drafted my review...
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Giveaway Winner: Muji fountain pen
Congratulations to ink2pen! You are the winner of the Muji full length fountain pen! I have emailed you. Please check your inbox.
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Review: Karas Kustoms Ink
The Numbers: Weight: 43g Length (capped): 138mm Length (uncapped): 120.5mm Length of cap: 56.6mm Price: USD$85 to USD$105 from Karas Kustoms Material: Aluminum Filling Mechanism: Cartridge / Converter...
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Review: Platinum Mix Free Earth Brown
This is the part of Platinum series of inks that encourages you to try your hand at mixing inks. Of course you can just use the ink as it is. Brown isn't uually my colour unless they are dark or have...
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Review: Diamine Poppy Red
Diamine Poppy Red is a bright bright red that reminds me of a teacher's red pen. I wonder if this is the ink all fountain pen loving teachers use. It dries to a slightly darker, more matte shade than...
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Review Bonanza: Pelikan 4001 Inks + Giveaway
This is the launch of my new ink review format. I hope this is new and improved ink review format with the addition of ink swatches is useful and more readable. There is a giveaway to commemorate the...
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Link: Fountain Pen Ink Infographic
Pen Chalet has recently created a fountain inks infographic. It is super useful as a guide to the many properties of fountain pen inks. Kudos to them for creating it. Infographic by Pen Chalet
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Review: Super Rotax
The Numbers: Weight: 13g Length (capped): 136mm Length (uncapped): 123mm Length of cap: 63.3mm Price: SGD$18 from fellow fountain pen lover Material: Plastic Filling Mechanism: Piston Colours:...
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