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Ink Review: Colorverse Morning Star & Gravity Wave
Colorverse Morning Star & Gravity Wave have to be two of the most anticipated ink colors in all of the colors offered in the line-up. Morning Star #11 is from Series One: Spaceward ($36 for two...
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Ink Review: Colorverse Sunspot, Black Hole, Vortex Motion and Dark Energy
I’ve decided to dub this group of Colorverse inks the “goth collection”. When I started painting the names of the colors I realized that they all sounded like club nights or 90s goth clubs. I realize...
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Ink Review: Colorverse Supernova & Quasar
Some days… you just think to yourself I can’t possibly have enough blue ink. Today was one of those days. So, of course, I bought Colorverse Supernova #14 and Colorverse Quasar #13. Because when you...
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Ink Review: Colorverse Sea of Tranquility
Colorverse Sea of Tranquility #10 (65ml and 15 ml included for $36) is the only green ink available in the Colorverse universe thus far so it gets its own review. It is a bright kelly green color and...
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Ask The Desk: Uni Signo Prussian Blue Ink Match, Dry Converters & Rose Gold Ink
Jessica asks: I’m usually a blue-black ink girl, but ever since purchasing a Uni-ball Signo DX in the new color Prussian Blue, I am in love with this bright navy blue color. I’d like to buy some...
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Ink Review: Colorverse Andromeda & Red Shift
I admit it. I made you wait for this review. I couldn’t help myself. I was saving these for the end of the the Series One and Two colors (that I currently own — but I’m headed to Little Rock and will...
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First Look: Birmingham Pen Co. Inks
Laura’s Perspective: Recently, Ana introduced me to the Birmingham Pen Company and their own line of inks ($7.99 per 30ml). Birmingham Pen Company is located on the Southside of Pittsburgh, which was...
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First Look: Papier Plume House of the Rising Sun Ink
We were honored to get a first look at the new ink from Papier Plume to be unveiled tomorrow (Friday) at the Atlanta Pen Show. It’s a radiant orange called House of the Rising Sun ($8). House of the...
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First Look: Krishna Inks
I was so excited when Vanness announced they were finally importing Krishna Inks because I had been attempting to email Krishna directly since I had seen Nick Stewart’s post about the inks back in July...
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First Look: Banmi “Color Ink Gift Series” 12-Color Ink Set
Review by Laura Cameron I’m not going to lie. When Ana handed me the beautiful box of Banmi inks to swatch for a first look, I was sure I’d hit the jackpot. Ban Mi inks are produced by a Chinese...
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Ink Review: Robert Oster Soda Pop Blue
Robert Oster’s blues are pretty notorious but some are more noteworthy than others. Unfortuntately, he often releases so many ink colors at once that some get lost in the shuffle. Last year, in the...
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Ink Sneak Peek: Papier Plume Chicago Pen Show 2018 Exclusives Da Blue &...
At this weekend’s Chicago Pen Show, Papier Plume is offering two limited edition inks: Bootlegger’s Sacrament and Da Blue. Both inks are limited to 120 bottles of each and will sell for $10 each....
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Ink Review: L’Artisan Pastellier Encre Classique Carmine
By now most pen folks have probably heard of Callifolio inks, if only because of the frequent mentions of a certain shade of pink ink: Andrinople. The French company that makes that ink, L’Artisan...
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Ink Review: Waterman Audacious Red
Sometimes, we discover there are great products that have been around for quite some time that we never got around to reviewing. This is one of them. There are some great inks that overlooked because...
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Ink Review: Diamine Espresso
Review by Laura Cameron I typically don’t use brown ink, so when I got the opportunity to review Diamine’s 150th Anniversary in Espresso (€7.85 via Appelboom), I welcomed the opportunity. Espresso is a...
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Ink Review: Robert Oster Australian Opal Mauve
Robert Oster Australian Opal Mauve ($17 per 50ml bottle) is one of my favorite ink colors from 2017 and I cannot believe I hadn’t written a review for it already. So, I’ll start out with an apology for...
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Finally! Col-o-dex are available!
After a long hard journey, the Col-o-dex Rotary Cards ($15) and Tab Accessory Packs ($5) are finally available in the shop. It took many dies (the metal forms that cut out the shapes), a long wait for...
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Ink Review: Colorverse Voyager I 2018 LE Set
The Colorverse 2018 Voyager I set ($50, see below for a special bonus offer) is the first limited edition set released by Colorverse and it was highly sought after and greatly anticipated. The set...
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Preview: Colorverse Season 4 Trailblazers in Space
The latest edition of the Colorverse inks have been released, Season 4 Trailblazers in Space ($36 per 2-bottle set). As the home of all things space (Skylab Letterpress being our printer of choice, of...
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Ink Preview: Colorverse x Opus88 Inks
Colorverse also released a set of inks in July to coordinate with the Opus88 Koloro and Picmic pen lines. The seven eight colors in this collection all include traditional inks (no shimmers) and both...
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