I’ve said it before, and I’m sure I’ll say it again. I love greens. My favorite color. I mainly bought Montblanc’s Irish Green just because I like their “shoe” bottles so much. But after using it for a while, …
Pretty much my favorite part of using fountain pens is the wide variety of ink that you get to use as a result. I am a serial ink switcher. I generally only fill up each converter about half-way, and even …
Here’s my video review of the Edison Beaumont in Onyx Flake: In recap: The Beaumont is a beautifully manufactured pen. The onyx flake acrylic has a lot of depth. However, this pen had a couple of things that kept it …
Credit for the photos below and in the video belong to Brian Sizemore, of Vintage Flex Fountain Pens, and the individual who sold me this wonderful pen via eBay. I can highly recommend his services. I bought this pen off …
This stunning little beauty has very quickly become one of the top three or four pens in my collection…after a nib issue was dealt with by Mike Masuyama (http://mikeitwork.com). It’s a beauty of a pen, with a stunning acrylic, and …
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The TWSBI Vac 700 was the very first commercially available fountain pen I ever purchased. It’s a great pen, but I did have a bit of a saga with my original nib being exceptionally dry (and my resulting destruction of …
Here is my ink test and writing sample for Private Reserve Ebony Blue. For me this lives in the land of “meh.” It’s a nice color, and well-performing ink, but I have this thing about the name of the ink …
My final recent Visconti acquisition, the Van Gogh “Starry Night.” I decided to started this video review off with a bit of change to the intro music. Also, I apologize in advance, it was hotter than hell on the day …