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Shoot-out Review: 3 Cheap Fountain Pens, Part I - Pilot Vpen
Yes, I love fountain pens. I'd be happy as a lark if I could make a living out of testing a different one every day. Unfortunately, such is not the case and I have to make due with using what I can...
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Shoot-out Review: 3 Cheap Fountain Pens, Part II - Bic Select X Pen
Woe betide my wife. Whereas she prefers things to follow the more classical stylings so common to those fashionable books, magazines and television shows (which we will here define as "good taste"), my...
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Shoot-out Review: 3 Cheap Fountain Pens, Part III - Parker Reflex
In my quest to find an inexpensive and economical fountain pen, I've previously looked at two options. The Pilot Vpen (a.k.a., Varsity) is quite an ordinary looking pen with a good nib, but no way of...
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Shoot-out Review: Cheap Fountain Pens, The Next Generation: Chapter 1: Pilot...
When Doug started his Cheap Pen Reviews, I foolishly offered to review a few more that I had purchased in recent months. Through my participation at D*I*Y Planner, I rediscovered fountain pens. I...
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Introducing DIYPlanner Quick Tips
There's plenty of little things we think of here that aren't meaty enough for a full article, but that might help the odd reader and perhaps instigate a little discussion. To that end, we'd like to...
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Vintage Ad: The Sheaffer Hikes Alaskan Trails
For all you fountain pen addicts and retro lovers out there, a vintage Sheaffer advertisement from 1919. (Click to see a larger version.)
View ArticlePen and Ink Inventory
This is a form for the penaholic. The front is 1) an inventory of pens, by brand, name, type (fp, bp, etc) and point (fine, med, broad) and current ink color and 2) an inventory of inks by brand, name,...
View ArticleShoot-out Review: Cheap Fountain Pens, The Next Generation: Chapter 2:...
OK, folks. Here we have a line of pens that are so cheap they would thrill Scrooge McDuck. And I mean cheap as in inexpensive, not cheap as in poorly made.[NOTE: I will add pictures in a bit, but I...
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Crafting Unique Pens, an interview with Anthony Dupre
Editor’s Note: Luckily for me, my husband’s boss, Anthony Dupre, is a woodmaker and a big do it yourselfer. Two months ago I was gifted with a lovely handmade fountain pen that Anthony crafted from...
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Pen Suprise!
I found a suggestion on the internet that with a little surgery A Montblanc rollerball refill will fit in a Pilot G2 pen. I went to my local pen store, and asked for a Montblanc rollerball refill. I...
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Review: Lamy AL Star Fountain Pen
I'm not an expert on fountain pens by any stretch of the imagination, having received my first one about two years ago --an amazing and unexpected gift from Robert Lynch, an Aurora Style. Since then,...
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Review: The Lamy 2000 Fountain Pen
Being a mere fountain pen acolyte, it's my understanding that part of what led to their resurgence during the 80's and 90's (having been driven underground for several decades by the convenience of the...
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Vintage Fountain Pens: Your Father's Esterbrook
Now, my father was a decidedly practical man, with little time for "fussin' around," and I suspect that --although he would have certainly used fountain pens during the 40's and early 50's-- he would...
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Review: Blissfully Wrong - The Jinhao X450R Fountain Pen
Sometimes I just love being wrong. So much so, I'll happily admit it in public.After my post a couple weeks ago on Esterbrooks, Mak, an acquaintance of mine in Hong Kong wrote to tell me that there...
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Basic Fountain Pen Restoration, Part I
So, you've discovered a cup'o'pens at the local flea market, and found that amidst all the cheap Bics and broken mechanical pencils are a few fountain pens. Sure, they're covered with grime, tarnish,...
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Review: Cross Roadster Gel Pen
In the past couple of years, I've become far more intimate with my writing tools. The act of putting words on paper has become more of a visceral experience, something that I look forward to doing (as...
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What's your personal kit?
In my post about my workplace gear, I noted that there had been a certain divergence between the gear I use in the office and the gear I use for my own personal and creative time. Essentially, the...
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