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Pharmacist's iron gall ink
My first review here... Pharmacist is a member of Fountain Pen Network, the biggest (and best) fountain pen forum in the net. And he makes his own ink, a wonderful old style iron gall ink. Two weeks...
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A match made in Heaven : Diamine Apple Glory ink and Safari Apple Green pen
Last week I received a long awaited parcel from cultpens.com. Inside, a green festival : a Lamy Safari Apple Green and a bottle of Diamine Apple Glory. These two are made to be together, a match made...
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Pharmacist's Oriens-Occidens iron gall ink
As you maybe know, I'm a fan of Pharmacist's Iron Gall ink, so when I saw he was experimenting with non blue-black i-g ink, I was hooked. The wait seemed long, but two weeks ago Pharmacist announced...
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CalligraphInk 1.2 stub, a cheap pen that performs well
Last week, I went to the local art supplies store, looking for some craft stuff. While there, I looked around and I saw something interesting on a shelf : a box marked CaligraphInk Fountain Pens....
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Water resistance test : Noodler's Polar Black ink
Reading this thread on FPN about Noodler's Black ink, I wanted to make a similar test with my current favorite ink (with Pharmacist's Iron Gall Blue-Black), Noodler's Polar Black. So I decided to try a...
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Noodler's Liberty's Elysium ink
I'm loved this colour since the moment I watched the video on Goulet Pens site. It's the kind of blue I was looking for, a beautiful, vibrant, saturated true blue. I ordered a bottle the first day,...
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Diamine Red Dragon Ink
I discovered this color in a postcard from a fellow FPNer. I was looking for a new red, as I was tired of Monaco Red (also from Diamine), and Diamine Dragon Red looked way more vibrant on paper than...
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Diamine Orange ink
After having found a great red ink with Diamine Dragon Red, I wanted to find a bright orange ink. I looked many ink swabs, and the orange I liked the best was Diamine Orange, so I ordered a bottle....
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Noodler’s 54th Massachussetts ink
As much as I loved the Noodler's Liberty's Elysium ink, I wasn't 100% happy with its non-fully waterproofness, so last December I decided to continue my quest to find the perfect blue ink. After...
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Noodler's Lexington Gray ink
Last week I received a pen that I had waited for a long time, a Noodler's Konrad Ebonite, and in the same parcel an ink I had wanted to test for a long time : Noodler's Lexington Gray. I wanted to...
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Complement to Noodler’s 54th Massachussetts ink review
A quick complements to Noodler’s 54th Massachussetts ink review. I did the review with a Noodler's Konrad, and as I write with a fairy light hand, it didn't flex at all, so the result was almost like...
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Noodler's Upper Ganges Blue ink
If you have read my other reviews, you maybe know I'm in a quest to find the perfect blue ink, or at least my perfect blue ink. Noodler's Liberty's Elysium was a close one, but its non full...
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TWSBI 580 with B nib
I've got it! Last Wednesday I received a FedEx parcel containing my shining new TWSBI 580 fountain pen with B nib. It's my third TWSBI, after a 540 with 1.1 stub and a Mini with M nib. I really like...
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My Baron Fig notebook
Several months ago, I backed the Baron Fig project on Kickstarter, a humble project that asked for $15,000 to make high quality notebooks for sketchers and writers and got almost $170,000. Two weeks...
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