Currently Inked: September 2016

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It’s the unofficial end of summer.  The weather is cooler and days are shorter.  My little guy is ready for a new school year.  It’ll be back to normal routines both at home and work.  I echo this sentiment with this a new pen and ink line-up.

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Throwback Thursday: Quick Look at Edison Nouveau Premiere - Lilac + Noodler's Purple Martin

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At one time I had got quite a few purple ink samples to try matching with the lilac Edison Nouveau Premiere.

 

Handwritten Review

 

Pen: Edison Nouveau Premiere - Lilac 1.1

Ink: Noodler's Purple Martin

Paper: Rhodia No. 16 Grid

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Wordless Wednesday: My Fountain Pen Families

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Edison Pens

Pilot/Namiki

Platinum

Lamy

Franklin-Christoph

Currently Inked: May 2016

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This time I did a slightly better job at timing my mid-April same ink refills so I have less holdovers. As well, I spread out the pen cleaning over a few days which made things easier. I got a lot of new inks right at the end of April which made for fun May ink fillings.

 

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Currently Inked: March 2016

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Over the past couple months I've found that I have a hard time keeping track of what ink I have in each of my inked pens.  It probably doesn't help that I could have up to 15 pens inked at any point in time. (Addiction, what addiction?  Seriously, though, paring down the number of inked pens I have is a post for another day and is not something I'm ready to tackle yet). 

Anyway, I thought it would be a good idea to track my pen and ink combinations each month in a central place.  This central place will now be a Tomoe River Notebook bound by Coach House Press for Wonderpens in Toronto.  It was easy to select this notebook because I love using Tomoe River paper, and, Wonderpens did a good job making notebooks from this paper.  The notebook is A5 sized and contains 64 pages covered in light card stock, staple bound and is very light and easy to carry around...

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