About a year and a half ago, I started experimenting with making my own inks. I started looking at books and journal articles, and I contacted other small ink makers around the country to pick up any tips and tricks that they were willing to offer, and I made some good progress. At the same […]
Following the theme of my recent acquisitions, I bought this bottle of Colorverse Blue Moon from Goldspot Pens because it is an exclusive offering from that store. Like many Colorverse inks, it ships in a 30ml bottle with cool moon-themed graphics. The ink itself is a pale blue that has green shading, though it’s not […]
While I was pestering the good folks at Krishna Inks a few weeks ago about one of my orders (it seems that I’ve been buying a lot of Krishna inks lately), they were kind enough to offer me a pre-release bottle of a new ink to review, and I agreed (obviously), but they said nothing […]
At the moment, this ink doesn’t seem to be available in the USA, but we are able to order it directly from India, and if you’re a fanatic for blue inks like I am, it will be worth it. I paid about $9 for this bottle, plus shipping. These small glass bottles hold 20ml. Krishna […]
I love the idea of multi-shading inks, though most of the ones that I run across are too pale to be useful for day to day use. That hasn’t stopped me from buying a few of them, though. I ran across a couple of Pennonia inks last week, and I couldn’t help myself: I bought […]
Last year I bought a Cognitive Surplus notebook because it had a cool looking beetle on the cover, but didn’t really stop to notice that the paper inside was recycled and not at all fountain pen friendly. I didn’t want it to go to waste, though, so I started looking for a vibrant blue ink […]
Private Reserve’s “2 Minutes to Midnight Blue” is their first limited edition ink; this one is limited to 1100 bottles, so it probably won’t be hard to get if you want it, but it won’t last forever. I ordered this bottle from Pen Chalet, and I don’t know if it’s available anywhere else. It arrives […]
I’ll admit that I didn’t expect a whole lot when I purchased Ocean Whale Blue & Ocean Whale Blue Black on AliExpress, but I was amused by fact that anyone would so blatantly and so weirdly copy the style of Noodler’s ink, and the “Blue” did look like an nice sheening ink, so I thought […]
A few years ago, just as my obsession with inks was starting to grab me, I ran across the Pelikan Edelstein series on inks on Amazon, and I immediately knew that I had to get one simply because of how much I liked the bottles. Sad but true. I started browsing through the various reviews […]
In my ink-collecting zeal one afternoon, I bought this bottle of Sailor Jentle Blue-Black ink at the Kinokuniya book/stationery shop in Seattle’s International District for $20, which is almost (but not quite) double what I would have paid for it if I’d just stayed home and let Amazon deliver it to my door. It wasn’t […]
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