I’ll eventually get around to reviewing the Parker 51 – a fountain pen of which I own several and always have one inked up as part of my daily carry – but I picked up a Wing Sung 601 not too long ago and have been using it quite a…
I mentioned it in my post about holiday inks, but assuming you didn’t make it that far in my rambling, nearly incoherent babble, I like using Parker Jotters when using shimmering inks because they produce a fairly bold line, they’re wet writers, and above all else, they’re cheap, so I…
Just up front, I think one of the most fun parts about the whole dumb pen hobby is the ability to use a lot of weird, interesting inks. I change inks on an almost daily basis and my journal is filled with enough colors to make Lisa Frank say, “you…
Just full disclosure here: Franklin-Christoph is probably my favorite independent manufacturer of pens and pen-related goods. I’ve picked up a number of their products over the years, and even though there’s a lot of small companies doing a ton of super cool shit right now, I just really dig the…
I’d argue that the Pilot Vanishing Point – also known throughout its illustrious history as the “Capless” and at times produced under Pilot’s old banner, Namiki – is one of several pens that deserve a spot on the Mount Rushmore of Fountain Pens for Normal People. Their pricing most decidedly…
Does it make any sense that – after purchasing this domain weeks ago and not having done a damn thing with it since – my first entry of any substance would be about a pocket journal? Probably not, but allow me to explain. I like this cover. A lot. I…
I had written this winding, analogy-filled post as I am often prone to do before deciding that I didn’t like the WordPress template that I had initially selected for this site, and being that it has been a literal decade since last spending more than a few fleeting moments in…