Chinese Cacography: 短袖 Short Sleeve
Summertime is all about the short sleeved shirts.
Pen: Platinum 3776 Sai F
Ink: Pilot Iroshizuku Kon-Peki
Brush: Kuretake No. 8 Brush Pen
Ink: Kuretake Black
Currently Inked: July 2016
Lots of smaller pens this month in anticipation of some travel plans.
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Wordless Wednesday: My Fountain Pen Families
Edison Pens
Pilot/Namiki
Platinum
Lamy
Franklin-Christoph
Currently Inked: June 2016
For June, I get to work in a couple new pens and inks into the line-up.
Read MoreCurrently Inked: Trio of Franklin-Christoph Eye-Dropper Pens
Ever since I got my third Franklin-Christoph (FC) pen, the Model 20 in Wonder Pens exclusive Translucent Bronze, I had wanted to eye-dropper it along with its FC siblings, the Pocket 40 and the Model 66. Finally the stars aligned for my May ink-pairings for me to make it happen.
Read MoreChinese Cacography: Dig 掘
Pen: Franklin-Christoff Pocket 40 1.1
Ink: Pilot Iroshizuku Asa Gao
Brush: Platinum Natural Weasel Hair Brush Pen
Ink: Noodlers Ravens Black
Currently Inked: April 2016
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.
Read MoreBig Apple Fountain Pen Loadout
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).
Read MoreThrowback Thursday: First Look at Pilot Falcon SF with Pilot Iroshizuku Yama-Budo
I really enjoyed the movement and rhythm of writing with a flex pen after getting the Noodler's Ahab. Soon after, I was looking for more flexible fun so I decided to get the Pilot Falcon. I know both these aren't true flex pens but I think they are good instroductions without getting into vintage.
Pen: Pilot Falcon SF
Ink: Pilot Iroshizuku Yama-Budo
Paper: Rhodia No. 16 Grid
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Read MoreFeatured on the Penman Post
The review I wrote on the Vanishing Point Raden Galaxy was featured on the Penman Post. Thanks for having me Chris! Check out all the the great posts on his blog while you are there. I always find some interesting posts from his Weekly Inkage and his recent review of the Visconti Venus has me pining for a Visconti of my own.
Read MoreThrowback Thursday: Noodler's Ahab-Goulet 1.1 italic and Pilot Iroshizuku Kon-Peki
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.
Read MoreChinese Cacography: Volleyball 排球
Pen: Lamy 2000 Extra Fine
Ink: Pilot Iroshizuku Shin-Kai
Brush: Platinum Natural Weasel Hair Brush Pen
Ink: Noodlers Ravens Black
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.
Pen Review: Namiki Vanishing Point Raden Galaxy
What has to be said about the Vanishing Point must have been said already. I will share my experiences with my VP from the first time I wrote with it until now. This pen has been in my pen collection for the entire time of my pen habit. While I encountered some foibles with it, I continue to keep it inked up week after week.
To start, it was the first fountain pen that I ordered after many months of deliberation and enabling by Brian Goulet's videos and the Pen Addict podcasts...
Read MoreThrowback Thursday: Noodler's Ahab and Pilot Iroshizuku Kon-Peki
This is another early pen and ink review I did. The Ahab came about after I fell into the rabbit hole of flexible nibs. I had purchased the Platinum Cool first, enjoyed it, then decided to throw in an Ahab along with a set of Goulet nibs with an order of the Goulet Pen Cleaning and Tuning Package.
Read MoreChinese Cacography: Excited! 興奮
Pen: Pilot Falcon Resin SEF
Ink: Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same
Brush: Platinum Natural Weasel Hair Brush Pen
Ink: Noodlers Ravens Black
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)
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.
Read MoreMy First Fountain Pens (Part One)
How did I end up with the VP *Raden Galaxy*? Good question. In my quest to find a Canadian retailer of Pilot VPs, I happened to come across the VP Raden Stripe and VP Raden Water Surface. *O.M.G.*. My heart literally skipped a beat. Then I saw the price tag and my heart skipped a few more beats. I felt that these pens, as dazzling as they were, were simply more than an sane person should spend on any one writing instrument...
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