Fountain Pen Ink
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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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My Most Used Pens and Inks – November 2024
November began with Fountain Pen Day and ended with Black Friday, so it’s been a good month for new pens! I bought a new pen and ink for each, so obviously they’ve been frequent in my rotation. But first let’s talk about the older pens I’ve been using most this month! I’ve still been using… 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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My Most Used Pens and Inks – September 2024
This month has been a very busy month for me! I’ve had all sorts going on socially, plus I landed a new job, and so I’ve been getting prepared for that. As a result, I haven’t had as much time to use my stationery as I’d have liked in September. That’s why most of my… Read more
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My Most Used Pens and Inks – August 2024
Whilst I still have my usual large number of pens inked (30+…yes, I know!), I feel like I’ve mostly been using a smaller pool of favourites this month. Which probably means I should be cleaning out some lesser used pens! Two trusty favourites that don’t seem to leave my rotation these days is my Platinum… Read more
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My 8 Favourite Fountain Pen Inks
At the beginning of my fountain pen journey, I was all about the pens, and just used the same handful of inks. But in the last six months I’ve developed a bit of an inky obsession, and so my collection has exploded. And whilst I love trying out new inks and experimenting with different brands… Read more
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My Most Used Pens and inks – May 2024
Since I recently attended my first pen show and also bought my first handmade pen, May 2024 has mostly been about using my new purchases. One older pen I’ve continued to use is my Platinum #3776, as it continues to be one of my favourite pens in my collection, and is my usual journaling pen.… Read more
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My Most Used Pens and Inks – March 2024
March 2024 has been an incredibly busy month for me, as I was preparing to move house, and so I unfortunately haven’t managed to spend as much time with my pens and inks, or on this blog as I’d have liked. We finally moved on Friday though, and are starting to get settled and get… Read more
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