My current favourite red. Stuart over at Informal Scribble sent me a sample and I liked it so much I had to buy some. It has quite a brown side to it, this one, as well as a touch of orange from certain angles, if you catch it unawares. It’s a Diamine ink so it […]
An Inkling, like the one above, is a beautiful and fun way to display inks in all their shady colourful glory. As a way of keeping this site running and of celebrating the hundreds of amazing inks there are, I am starting an Inkling Subscription programme.
J Robert Lennon: Iroshizuku Kosumosu Fountain Pen Ink (Link) Pink has only been considered a feminine colour since the 1950s. Gentlemen, I stand before you to right a great wrong. The forces of gender-based product marketing have robbed us of the confidence to swathe ourselves in pink—one of the most striking and beautiful colors nature […]
The TWSBI Diamond 580 frequently features in Top 5 lists and this is because it’s a very good pen. It’s a good size and weight. Everything about the pen suggests solid reliability. All clear fountain pens are described as demonstrators but in the TWSBI Diamond 580’s case the word really does seem apt: all the […]
Thank you everyone who read the interview with Michael of SlimNote fame and then entered the giveaway. It was really interesting reading everyone’s facts about where they live. What an amazing and diverse world we live in. I thought it only fair that, while announcing the winner, I shared something about where I live. The […]