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12 Days of Inkmas: Scriptus 2017 Confederation Brown
On the ninth day of Inkmas, I reviewed an ink that is virtually impossible to get. Sorry! Scriptus 2017 Confederate Confederation Brown is another sample I acquired from a member of my local pen club....
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12 Days of Inkmas: KWZ Walks Over Vistula
On the tenth day of Inkmas (I’m starting to think I didn’t count my days correctly or maybe I should have done Inkmas Advent because I have a ton more inks I could review!), I decided to go to Poland...
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12 Days of Inkmas: KWZ Warsaw Dreaming
Am I really on the eleventh day of Inkmas already? Today, I guess I’m still in Poland with KWZ and I’m Warsaw Dreaming ($15 for 60ml bottle). It seems oddly appropriate to review the darkest ink on day...
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12 Days of Inkmas: Diamine Spearmint Diva
On the last day of Inkmas, I finally broke and dipped into the glitter ink. This is Diamine Shimmer Spearmint Diva (50ml for $20), the perfect Christmas Eve eve ink… all sparkly, icy and seasonally...
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12 Days of Inkmas Bonus: Diamine Wine Divine
Since I didn’t align my 12 Days of Inkmas properly, I decided to give you a bonus Inkmas. So, on this magically, snowy Christmas Eve here in Kansas City, I give you a toast of Diamine Wine Divine ($20...
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Ink Review: Organics Studio Nitrogen Royal Blue
I have been hoarding this review for ages because Organics Studio Nitrogen Royal Blue ($14 per 55ml bottle) is almost always out of stock. No matter how fast it is restocked, it sells out. If you...
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Ink Review: Sailor Shikiori Shimoyo
Sailor has released all of their ink colors in tiny 20ml bottles under the Shikiori sub-brand. But with this release, there are four new colors available only in this set and one of those colors is...
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Ink Review: Sailor Shikiori Yozakura
Next up in the new Sailor Shikiori line is Yozakura (20ml for $15). I was going to save this one for last because I thought it was going to be my favorite of the four but it ended up taking second...
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Ink Review: Sailor Shikiori Yodaki
This is the last of the Sailor Shikiori colors and I saved what I think it the best for last. I don’t know how widely known it is but when we were cooking up the Col-o-ring, I used Sailor Jentle Irori...
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Colorverse Inks Overview
I thought I’d start my massive review series of the Colorverse Ink collection ($36 per set) with an overview of the product. If you’re not familiar with Colorverse inks yet, they have recently come...
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Ink Review: Colorverse Mars Curiosity, Hubble Zoom & Space Laika
(This is part two of a series of reviews about the new Colorverse ink line. Please refer to the overview for details about the whole collection.) It was so hard to decide which set of Colorverse ink...
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Ink Review: Colorverse Proxima B, Saturn V & Crystal Planet
(This is part three of a series of reviews about the new Colorverse ink line. Please refer to the overview for details about the whole collection.) For the second collection of Colorverse that I’m...
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Ink Review: Colorverse Ink Andromeda #16, Einstein Ring #04 and Lights on...
(This is part four of a series of reviews about the new Colorverse ink line. Please refer to the overview for details about the whole collection.) Continuing with the grouped reviews of Colorverse...
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Ink Review: Monteverde California Teal
Recently Pen Chalet had a half price ink sale on Monteverde inks. The Desk took the opportunity to stock up on inks for review. Today I’ll be reviewing California Teal. As the name suggests, the ink...
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Ink Review: Monteverde Rose Noir
When I learned about Monteverde’s recently released Noir Collection I made a beeline for them. I’ve been concentrating on wine colors and purples this year (2018 is Ultra Violet) so I added Rose Noir...
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Ink Review: Diamine Shimmering Frosted Orchid Fountain Pen Ink
A few months ago I saw a wonderful review of Diamine Shimmering Frosted Orchid (€9.50 for 50ml bottle) and I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. Frosted Orchid is part of Diamine’s Shimmer series...
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Ink Review: Robert Oster Spearmint
Review by Laura Cameron So far, I haven’t met a Robert Oster ink that I didn’t like. This is certainly the case with Spearmint, which I ordered recently to try. Spearmint is a beautiful dark green. I...
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Don’t you worry! I haven’t forgotten about the rest of the Colorverse ink reviews I promised. In fact, I got even MORE to review for you. But, as you know, I had to pause for a moment and jet off to LA...
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Ink Review: Monteverde Ruby
Review by Laura Cameron The final ink that I ordered as part of the Monteverdepalooza of the past few weeks is Ruby ($8 for 30ml bottle). Ruby is a bright, almost fire engine red, that leans a bit...
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Ink Review: Diamine 150th Anniversary Collection, Purple Dream
Review by Laura Cameron In my ongoing attempt to embrace Ultra Violet as the Pantone 2018 Color of the Year, I have been ordering every purple ink I can find. So, of course, I had to get a bottle of...
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