Currently Inked: April 2016

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Tracking of my pen and ink combinations in a central place has helped my senile mind greatly.  I still feel the choice of using the Tomoe River Notebook bound by Coach House Press for Wonderpens for my Currently Inked log is a good one.  Great paper in a nice form factor.

It was a little hard to choose the new inks this month due to the number of holdovers from last month.  It was kind of unfortunate I was forced to top up a few pens with 3 days left in March to accommodate a one-day out of town trip.  But, it's all good as long as I have pens with ink to write with.  

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Big Apple Fountain Pen Loadout

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Recently I had an one-day trip to New York City for a series of meetings. I didn't have to worry too much about packing luggage but I thought long and hard about what fountain pens and stationary to pack. After much deliberation, I settled on the Namiki Vanishing Point Raden Galaxy (M), Lamy Studio (14k EF) and Platinum 3776 Sai (M). 

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Throwback Thursday: Noodlers Bad Blue Heron in Noodlers Ahab Goulet 1.1 Stub

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I had got a Noodlers Ahab fairly early on for flex writing. At the same time, I added a set of Goulet nibs so that I could try different size nibs. The Goulet nibs also now come in stealthy black. Here I swapped out the Ahab flex nib for the Goulet 1.1 stub. 

Pen:     Noodlers Ahab Goulet 1.1 Stub

Ink:      Noodlers Bad Blue Heron

Paper: Rhodia No. 16 Grid 

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Throwback Thursday: Noodler's Ahab-Goulet 1.1 italic and Pilot Iroshizuku Kon-Peki

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In last week's Throwback Thursday I posted a first impressions look at Noodler's Ahab with the stock flex nib with Kon-Peki.  So, it seems a bit redundant to do this one just swapping the nib for the Goulet 1.1 italic.  Then, again, maybe not.

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Chinese Cacography: Volleyball 排球

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Pen:        Lamy 2000 Extra Fine
Ink:         Pilot Iroshizuku Shin-Kai

Brush:    Platinum Natural Weasel Hair Brush Pen
Ink:        Noodlers Ravens Black

This one is for all the neighbourhood ladies who rock on the court

Chinese Cacography (i.e. chicken scratch) is my attempt to combine using fountain pens and Chinese characters writing practice.  Unless otherwise noted, the paper used is always Baron Fig Apprentice Dot grid.

Throwback Thursday: First of Firsts (Pilot/Namiki Vanishing Point + Pilot Blue)

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I was originally inspired to create pen and ink reviews while mass-consuming entire libraries of past videos from Brian Goulet  and Pen Addict podcasts with Brad Dowdy and Myke Hurley.  I didn't really know what I intended to do with them except to maybe personally refer back.  

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