Pens & Inks

Fountain pen reviews

Product Review: Lamy Nexx Fountain Pen

Sailor Calligraphy Fountain Pen

Product Review: Getting Loose with the Sailor

Virginity a Fond Memory at Cloud City (and Last Chance for the Hero)

Product Review: Pilot Metropolitan

Pilot Metropolitan: Idleness Update

Beating the Idle Fountain Pen Blues: The Pilot Petit1

Fountain Pen Idleness Updates: Pilot Metropolitan andPetit1

Cheap, Idle Pen Throwdown: Petit1 and Preppy with Carbon Ink

Product Review: Pilot Prera

Product Review: Sailor Profit Fude De Mannen Pen Update: Still Dancing with the Sailor

Product Review: Super 5 Fountain Pen and Ink

Petit1: Idle-Time Champ Still Going Strong

Female Heron Sighting (and More Praises for the Petit1)

Product Review: Duke 209 Fountain Pen with Fude Nib

Product Review: Zebra Comic G Nib

Epic Pen Search and Discovery, Part 1: MikeD’s Pen

Epic Pen Search and Discovery, Part 2: Seattle Pen Club

Epic Pen Search and Discovery, Part 3: Music, Zoom and Flexible Nibs

Epic Pen Search and Discovery, Part 4: Pilot Custom Heritage 912 with Falcon Nib

Epic Pen Search and Discover, Part 5: The L.A. Pen Show and Nibs.com

Epic Pen Search and Discovery, Part 6: Platinum 3776 Century with Music Nib

Epic Pen Search and Discovery, Part 7: Sailor 1911 Profit Standard with MusicNib

Epic Pen Search and Discovery, Part 8: Sailor 1911 Profit with Zoom Nib

Epic Pen Search and Discovery, Part 9: Franklin-Christoph Music Nib

Epic Pen Search and Discovery, Part 10: The Unworthy and the Incomplete

Epic Pen Search and Discovery, Part 11 (Conclusion): My Dorothy Moment

The Grail Has Landed: Sailor Naginata Fude de Mannen

Sailor Clear Candy is a Sweet Solution

Product Review: The Under-rated Pilot Posting Nib

Product Review: Pilot Waverly Nib

Product Review: Sailor 1911 with Cross Point Nib

Product Review: Pilot Parallel Pens

Mad Mod for the Pilot Parallel

Fun with the Modified 6mm Parallel

Fountain Pen Review: Franklin-Christoph Fude Nib

My Fountain Pen Best Friends

What Pens Have Taught Me

Other pen reviews

Product Reviews: Tombow, Akashiya Sai and Akashiya Thin Line Brush Pens

Product Reviews: Pentel Color Brush Pen and Kuretake Brush Writer

Product Review: Kuretake Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers

Opaque White Pens on Black Paper

Product Comments: Fabriano Studio and Bimoji Brush Pen

Swift Victims (and Not All Gel Pens Are Created Equal)

Product Review: Pilot Hi-Tec-C Coleto Multi Pen

Lightfastness is a Philosophical Issue (and a Longevity Test of Zig Markers)

Product Review: (Hairy) Brush Pen Comparison

Product Review: (Non-Hairy) Brush Pen Comparison

Follow-up Review: Waterproof and Refillable Non-Hairy Brush Pens

Update: Favorite Brush Pens

Product Review: Akashiya Keicho Double-Sided Brush Pen

So Close: Tombow Fudenosuke Gray/Black Brush Pen

A Puppy and a Cupola (and Uni Jetstream Review)

Product Review: Zebra F-301 Ballpoint Pen (a Better Bic)
More Selfies (and Surprisingly Good Daiso Ballpoints)
A Super-Cool Bic (Baux Pens)

Ink – reviews and more

Inks: My Final Answers

A Second Look at Inks

Ink-Mixing Revelation

Ink Experiments at Zoka Coffee

Ink + Waterbrush: The Dynamic Duo

Comparison of Three Waterproof Inks

Product Review: Super 5 Ink Waterproof Test

DeAtramentis Document Ink Idle Time Results

Super 5 Ink Idle-Time Test Results

Product Review: Pilot Iroshizuku Take-Sumi Ink
Product Review: Sailor Nano Kiwa-Guro Ink