About a year ago, I imported a couple dozen bottles of inks from China. When purchased directly in China, it turns out that PenBBS inks cost only a few dollars per bottle, and there were a variety of others that I also found interesting, so I thought it would be worth a shot. Unsurprisingly, I […]
I’ve purchased several Indian fountain pens from Kanwrite, Click, and Fountain Pen Revolution and I’ve really liked most of them, but this is the first one that has been a true work of art. As the name suggests, the Ranga 9B is a very large fountain pen: it’s seven inches long and 3/4 of an […]
I recently published a video and review of the full line of current Monarca inks, but I only made a full review of Manglar, which was the bottle that I purchased. After getting quite a few questions about it, I decided to start my reviews of the samples with Monarca Arena Blanca (white sands). Monarca […]
Last week I bought a bottle of Monarca Manglar Ink from Monarca Stationery, and they were kind enough to send along samples of their full lineup of nine inks. In this video, I review Manglar and also provide swatches of the rest of the inks for reference until I’m able to create full reviews for […]
While browsing through stationery products on Etsy last week, I ran across a brand of ink that was new to me: Monarca Ink, a Mexican brand. Currently, the ink is only available in the USA through the Monarca Stationery store on Etsy, but I hope that it becomes available domestically in the future because I’d […]





