Fountain Pens
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Review: Sailor Pro Gear Smoothie Series Cantaloupe Fountain Pen
The end of the year can be a spending minefield for fountain pen fans: not only are there Fountain Pen Day deals to be had at the start of November, but also Black Friday at the end of it. Following my Fountain Pen Day purchase of the Leonardo Momento Zero Nuvola Lilac, I’d intended to… Read more
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My Stationery Goals for 2025
Happy New Year! 2024 seems to have gone by in a flash, and I can’t believe we’re now in 2025! I always really like the energy and sense of possibility New Year gives, and like a lot of people, it’s the time of year I think most about the future, and my goals. I have… Read more
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My 2024 Stationery Favourites: Part 1
2024 was my first full year in the fountain pen hobby, the year I got into planners and the year I joined the online stationery community. So it’s fair to say it was a big year for me, and an expensive year, as I fell down a lot of rabbit holes! As you can imagine,… Read more
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Review: Leonardo Momento Zero Nuvola Lilac Fountain Pen
As I mentioned in my ‘Fountain Pen Brands I Want To Try’ post, Leonardo has been high on my to-buy list for a while. It was actually the original blue Momento Zero Nuvola that I had my eye on, and I almost pulled the trigger on it so many times. But in the end I’m… Read more
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Letting Go of Pens
I’ve now been in the fountain pen hobby for a little over a year, and in that time I’ve bought a lot of pens. And I mean, a lot! Most of them until recently were very inexpensive, which is how I’ve managed to grow my collection so quickly. But that means that I now have… Read more
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Am I an over-inker?
On my desk I have a lovely 23-pen display box where I keep all my inked pens, whilst my uninked pens live in a 48-pen case in my drawer. 23 pens is a lot to have inked at once, but since the box holds that many, I set that as my arbitrary limit… Except that… Read more
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Review: Ferris Wheel Press Carousel Fountain Pen
Recently I’ve been trying to get some fountain pens back into rotation that I haven’t used in a while. One of the pens I rediscovered was the Ferris Wheel Press Carousel fountain pen in the Poison Envy colour that I bought very early on in my fountain pen journey. Until now I’d only had it… Read more
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4 Fountain Pen Brands I Want To Try
In the year I’ve been in the fountain pen hobby I’ve tried out a lot of pen brands, and have discovered some favourites. But there’s still a few brands I want to try and haven’t yet. So here are the four pen brands at the top of my wishlist: Benu At the absolute top of… Read more
