A video of nothing.
End of semester. Idea for video. Brain figures out how to set up camera and hit “record” then wanders off. Relaxing scribble sounds, though?
Read MoreNot an ink and pen test: Pelikan M320 and Noodler’s Red-Black.
I kept putting this off, so I decided to just do it already. Please disregard the blotting mishaps and the single strand of cat fur. Sigh. Click to embiggen.
Read MoreAnticipating a new pen.
I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of my new ruby-red Pelikan M320. Lovely photos like this one by Nic McPhee make me super-duper antsy! (ETA: I should have been clearer; the pen pictured is not the pen on its way to me. This is!)
Read MoreNot an ink and pen test: Noodler’s Black Swan in Australian Roses and Pelikan M 205.
My husband surprised me this Christmas with the white Pelikan M 205 I had eyed in Flax, along with a stunning array of Noodler’s inks. I will save the others for their own posts, because this one belongs to Black Swan in Australian Roses. Click through for a larger version of the image. Materials used: Noodler’s Black Swan in Australian Roses ink, Leuchtturm 1917 dotted pocket notebook, Pelikan Souveran M 205 white fountain pen. I have more recommendations on fountain pens and ink, including inexpensive starter...
Read MoreNot an ink test: Diamine Blue-Black.
Just a transcript this time, because I am too exhausted from schoolwork. Something a little different today. My Sheaffer Prelude is one of my few medium-nib pens. It allows the ink to shine a bit more, & this ink deserves it. This is Diamine Blue-Black, a new favorite. I like how teal this appears on the page; it reminds me of Noodler’s Air-Corp Blue [sic], while not being so wet. All of the Diamine inks I use are faster-drying than Noodler’s, which make them great choices for journaling. Click through for a larger version of the image. Materials used: Diamine Blue-Black ink, Clairefontaine grid spiral notebook (14.8 x 21cm), Sheaffer Prelude fountain pen. The Noodler’s ink I mention is actually called Aircorp Blue-Black. I have more...
Read MoreNot an ink test: Noodler’s FPN Dumas Tulipe Noire.
I am digging these ink tests, and not only because they provide me with content on the days I don’t feel like writing about anything very personal. Sometimes the ink test research helps me discover other inks I must have! As I was looking for the proper title for this ink, I discovered Noodler’s Black Swan in Australian Roses, which appeals to me on so many levels. Click through for a larger version of the image. Materials used: Noodler’s FPN Dumas Tulipe Noire ink, Clairefontaine grid spiral notebook (14.8 x 21cm), Pelikan Souveran M 400 white tortoiseshell fountain pen. I have more recommendations on fountain pens and ink, including inexpensive starter...
Read MoreNot an ink test: Noodler’s Cayenne.
I always said I would do fountain pen ink tests when I had the time, so here we go. This is Noodler’s Cayenne, which is my new favorite red ink, despite it being more orangey than I expected. The orangey works! And although I would change a few things about this scan, I am posting it anyway. It is a first attempt, and I will improve. Click through for a larger version of the image. Materials used: Noodler’s Cayenne ink, Clairefontaine grid spiral notebook (14.8 x 21cm), Lamy 2000 fountain pen. I purchased my ink, pen, and notebook at Flax Art and Design, and you should too. The store is amazing, and the good folks at the fine pens department are knowledgeable and enthusiastic. I have more recommendations on fountain pens and...
Read Morefountain pens and mountain man
It is starting to rain again. The kitchen is an unholy disaster, which can only mean that FunkyPlaid and I just spent a fantastic evening hosting dear friends for dinner. Both cats are in my study, restless yet too lazy to shepherd me into bed. I am tired without sleepiness, and I should be doing homework but instead I am listening to Mountain Man and uninstalling horrible browser extensions that tell me too much about things that don’t matter. I am thinking about things I want to do that require some planning, like going to The French Laundry and visiting Las Vegas and knitting something significant like a whole sweater that someone actually wears. That is about as far as I have gotten: thinking about them. At the Flax pen fair, I tested some pens from...
Read Morevintage
I spotted a vintage Pelikan 100 in the wild — the reference desk, really — on Monday. It was burgundy with a bright gold “beak” clip and its owner let me write with it. It was filled with Private Reserve Chocolat, an excellent choice for this smooth writer. I let the patron write with my Lamy 2000, which is the new hotness of my collection and the Pelikan’s opposite in form and character; while the Pelikan reminded me of an antique Bentley, my Lamy is more of an Audi TT. It was a random treat in the middle of a dull day. Now I am flipping through Fountain Pens Past and Present and it smells just like my high school yearbooks used to smell. That combined with the smell of freshly-baking bread is making me homesick for Chicago, but only...
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