Auction Pens: Sheaffer & Franklin-Christoph
June 23, 2023
These pens came in a lot from an eBay auction run by Shawn Newton. If you haven’t heard of Shawn, he’s a pen maker from Arkansas. The Prospector
#21PenQuestions
June 21, 2023
I had seen this from Ana at The Well-Appointed Desk a few weeks back and partially completed it. Well guess what? I found the notebook where the
What’s What 6/18 — 6/24
June 19, 2023
Appreciation Want to start off by saying thanks to Brad Dowdy, the Pen Addict himself, for mentioning this site in his Refill newsletter. As someone
No Local Pen Show This Year
June 17, 2023
This is what I found when visiting the page for the Commonwealth Pen Show, i.e., the Boston show, the other day - there is no show this year owing
New Grinds from Custom Nib Studio
June 17, 2023
My pens came back from Custom Nib Studio today! As mentioned previously, I requested a Journaler grind on the Aurora Ipsilon and a Perspective grind
Parker 45 — Fountain Pen #1
June 15, 2023
The Parker 45 wasn’t the first fountain pen I owned. I suppose I could think of it as pen 0.1 rather than 1.0 but I’ll leave the naming conventions
What’s What 6/11 — 6/17
June 12, 2023
A few changes from last week. One new (old) addition and one stalwart returning to the lineup. Inked Right Now Esterbrook JR with Iroshizuku
What’s What 6/4 — 6/10
June 3, 2023
I thought this could be something useful over and above a what-pen-has-what-ink log, which I have going in at least three different forms right now
Introduction
June 3, 2023
This will be a page about pens, writing, and associated things. Why? Well, as I saw someone else put it, you get to a point where you have to do