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Eye Candy: Birmingham Pen Co. Inks
I am sucker for these Birmingham Pen Company inks. This is batch number two for me. The first batch was so lovely I knew I would order more. First, the colors are so muted and complex and I love that...
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Eye Candy: DC Pen Show Haul
I know it’s probably a little late to post this but with all the preparation for the San Francisco Pen Show, this is the first chance I’ve had to post this. These were the things I picked up in DC. And...
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Ink Preview: Taccia Inks
Taccia introduced its own line of inks at the San Francisco Pen Show. The full line includes 13 colors in 40ml glass bottles. The bottles looked like slightly taller versions of the Sailor (more like...
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Ink Review: Bungbox Happiness
Guest Review by Julia van der Wyk Intro and general comments Bungbox Happiness ($39 per 50ml bottle) ink was made to replicate the color of happiness, in the guise of a cheerful, yet unassuming green....
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Eye Candy: Penlux Inks
Penlux ink is available from The Pen Show. Each bottle is 50ml and is made by Sailor for Penlux. The colors are based on antique Japanese colors. Originally, I purchased three colors (Amber, Pine and...
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Eye Candy: Stamping Fountain Pen Inks in Col-o-ring
One of my pen club pals Katie, swatched all the inks at our local pen shop using a rubber stamp. The effect is eye-catching and makes a quick way to show ink without using a big brushy swab. While in...
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Ink Review: Birmingham Pen Co. Pen Parcel December 2018
The Birmingham Pen Company’s December Pen Parcel featured brighter-than-usual colors for a company known for dark, moody ink colors. When rumors went out that the December kit would include brighter...
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Ink Review: Lamy Crystal Rhodonite
Lamy released a collection of new inks they are calling Crystal inks. They are calling this their premium line of inks and charging accordingly, at least in the US where a 30 ml bottle is costing...
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Ink Review: Birmingham Pen Parcel: January 2019
Oops. So, I said last month that the Birmingham Pen Parcel was supposed to be their new “bright” collection. My mistake. This month is the bright collection. Which, I suppose, makes more sense. Last...
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Ink Review: Robert Oster Pen Addict Fire on Fire
By Jessica Coles This newest offering from Robert Oster is also the first ink offering from Brad Dowdy (The Pen Addict). After many long years of being asked to create a Pen Addict ink, Brad finally...
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Book Review: Make Ink: A Forager’s Guide to Natural Inkmaking
How could I possibly pass up a book that would teach me how to make my own ink? Make Ink: A Forager’s Guide to Natural Inkmaking by Jason Logan was an insta-buy for me. The swashes of color on the...
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Ink Review: Sailor Studio 462
By Jessica Coles Lately, Sailor has been flooding the ink scene with new ink choices. This has been quite a delight to ink collectors although it is also a curse to completionist collectors who just...
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Ink Review: Sailor Studio 273
By Jessica Coles I fell in love with Sailor Studio 273 as soon as I saw a photo of the ink on two different types of paper – the ink looked like an entirely different color when only the paper was...
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Eye Candy: Lamy Bronze Al-Star & Fountain Pen Ink
Following the jokes last week on The Pen Addict podcast about trying to urushi a Lamy, I thought it best to share the untainted Lamy Al-Star Bronze before I possibly offer up my Lamy Al-Star to a...
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Eye Candy: Pelikan Star Ruby
This is a big week here at The Well-Appointed Desk. Pelikan released their ink color of the year: Star Ruby. While we are rolling around in inky goodness, we thought we’d share some of the color...
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Eye Candy: Papier Plume Bad Bad LeRoy Brown & Lake Michigan Winter (Chicago...
For the third year, Papier Plume is offering a limited edition set of inks for the Chicago Pen Show. This year’s offering is a riff on the extremely popular Lake Michigan Summer (from Chicago Pen Show...
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Ink Review: ColorVerse Pen Chalet Special Edition
By Jessica Coles In the latest newsletter from Pen Chalet, I caught a glimpse of their newest ink. However, this ink had a special twist – it is a collaboration between Pen Chalet and ColorVerse and a...
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What the heck is White Lightning?
Vanness Pen Shop has released their first ink product and it’s an additive for ink to help improve the drying time and flow of “dry inks”. Dry inks are the inks that may cause a pen to hard start or...
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Ink Review: Franklin-Christoph Graphite 4B
By Jessica Coles Franklin-Christoph. New Ink. How on Earth did I miss two of my favorite things intersecting? I was only able to attend the first few hours of the Raleigh Pen Show this year, although...
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Let’s Talk About Sepia Ink
A Little Background At every pen show I’ve worked, at least one person will ask about a particular ink color. It’s almost always sepia. They ask me to help them pick out a “good sepia”. This is...
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