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Review: J. Herbin Violette Pensee
J. Herbin is a french company which makes fountain pen inks among many other fining writing related products. I got this ink from Overjoyed for about SGD$14. This is a bright purple ink that is...
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Review: Sailor Bungbox Blue Black
Bungbox Blue Black is also known as 4B is a Sailor ink made exclusively for a fountain pen store located at Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. Bungbox has a series of inks, 4B is the deep dark blue ink of the...
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InCoWriMo 2015
The time for InCoWriMo (International Correspondence Writing Month) is here again! This is my second year taking part and I have written a guest post about it on On Fountain Pens. Do check it out....
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Review: J. Herbin Perle Noire
J. Herbin Perle Noire is a deep dark black on poor quality paper but it is more grey than black on good quality paper. Strangely, it dries faster on good quality paper than on poor quality paper....
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My Note Book Workflow
In the recent episode 137 of the Pen Addict podcast, Brad and Myke spoke about how many note books they have in action at any one time and what they use the note books for. During episode 140,...
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Review: Diamine Bilberry
Diamine Bilberry is distinctly more purple than blue. It is a very dark saturated ink that is well behaved. The shading is very subtle on the narrower nib sizes. I had initially felt that it was a...
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Review: Diamine Graphite
I've purchased Diamine Graphite thinking it is a gray ink. I even expected it to be lighter than Pilot Iroshizuku Fuyu Syogun (which I have complained being too light.) However, Graphite turned out to...
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Review: Diamine Damson
Diamine Damson is a dusty purple that reminds me very much of Rohrer and Klingner Scabiosa. Diamine Damson has much more blue to it while Scabiosa is much redder. The muted tones of Damson reminds me...
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Review: Baoer 507
The Numbers: Weight: 34g Length (capped): 137mm Length (uncapped): 123mm Length of cap: 58mm Price: Various on Ebay Material: Metal and plastic Filling Mechanism: Cartridge and converter (Included)...
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Review: Diamine Eau De Nil
The name Eau De Nil when translated from French means water of the Hile. From my simple Google search I can't quite tell if the name is accurate. Personally I think it reminds me of the calming colour...
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Review: Pelikan Edelstein Mandarin
I love Pelikan Edelstein Mandarin. It's up there with Noodler's Apache Sunset. This is a bright orange ink with tons of shading, from a pale orange all the way to a bright strong orange. This ink is...
View ArticleLink: Pen Chalet Giveaway
Pen Chalet is giving away 3 pens as part of their March Giveaway. You stand a chance to win one of 3 pens. 1st Place: Conklin Herringbone Fountain Pen 2nd Place: Sheaffer 300 Ferarri Ballpoint Pen Gift...
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Review: Noodler's Bernanke Blue
Noodler's Bernanke Blue is one of two Noodler's fast drying inks. The other being Noodler's Bernanke Black. I found that Noodler's Bernanke Blue dries faster than the black. Other than being a fast...
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Review: Jinhao 3000 - Year of the Tiger
The Numbers: Weight: 53g Length (capped): 142mm Length (uncapped): 125mm Length of cap: 65.8mm Price: less than SGD$30 on eBay Material: Metal and plastic Filling Mechanism: Cartridge / Converter...
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Review: Sailor Jentle Chu Shu
Chu Shu is part of the autumn season limited edition of Sailor Jentle inks. It is a grey ink that has a purple tone to it. It reminds me of a muted Diamine Damson. It is not a true grey ink. Overall,...
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Review: Sailor Jentle Yama Dori
Yama Dori is mountain bird in Japanese. Yama Dori is part of the new Jentle series after Sailor has discontinued a number of beloved inks. It is a vibrant turquoise ink that reminds me of Iroshizuku...
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Review: Sailor Jentle Oku Yama
This ink is a part of the re-release of Sailor's 2010 limited edition seasonal inks. Now it has been made part of Sailor's standardn ink lineup after they had discontinued a number of well loved inks....
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Review: Lamy Persona
The Numbers: Weight: 46g Length (capped): 144mm Length (uncapped): 121.4mm Length of cap: 67.25mm Price: USD$299 on eBay.com Body Material: Brass coated with titanium oxide Nib Material: 14k or 18k...
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Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri Same + Giveaway
My thanks to Sunny of Straits Pen for a sample of the ink. My thanks to Fook Hing for the bottle of mini Pilot Iroshizuku bottle for the giveaway. Details for the giveaway is at the end of the review....
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Review: Diamine China Blue
Diamine China Blue goes down on the page dark and wet at first before drying to a pale, less saturated shade. There isn't much shading visible even on the colour swatch. It reminds me of Pelikan 4001...
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