Author: ian

Organics Studio Copper Turquoise ink review

8 December 2013 By ian

Organics Studio have great branding and make lovely inks. This is a turquoise with character. It’s fairly quick drying, is a great colour and has some decent shading going on too. It’s going to get quite frequent use, I suspect. Monsieur notebook, Rotring Esprit medium nib

Waterman Translucent Eye-Dropper Conversion

7 December 2013 By ian

Have a look at the photo at the top. How much would you pay for a pen like that? The nib is really quite nice and, how can I put it, quite robust too. How does 7 Euros sound? That’s right! I’ve actually written about this pen before but yesterday it dawned on me, as […]

Inked on Friday 6 December

7 December 2013 By ian

Quite a few new inks this week. Kaweco Classic Sport EF, with, actually, Schneider Black, I forgot when I wrote this out. TWSBI Diamond 580 F, Pelikan Edelstein Amber Platinum #3776 Sai F, Pelikan Edelstein Topaz Faber-Castell e-motion M (review coming soon), Diamine Twilight Faber-Castell Ambition M, Diamine Oxblood (thanks Informal Scribble!) Rotring Esprit M, Organics […]

Diamine Cult Pens Deep Dark Red Ink

5 December 2013 By ian

This is really lovely! A very dark and saturated red ink, almost brown… but not quite. Some inks make you want to pick up a pen, any pen, and write; this is one of them. Have I mentioned it’s lovely? It is! Very lovely. And dark and red. azande asked: How does compare to Diamine […]