Tag: Baystate Blue

Swatch Card Comparison

Aug 8, 2017

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by

Yagan Kiely

in Pen Discussion, Stationery Review

I like to keep swatches of all my inks in a binder. In the past I’ve used Rhodia 80gsm but paper never felt right; too flimsy and I was never good at cutting accurate and consistent rectangles. In the past there was Maruman Mnemosyne Word Cards (which I never used), this year (2017) there is…
Ink Comparison: Parker Penman Sapphire

Nov 22, 2016

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by

Yagan Kiely

in Ink Comparison, Ink Review

Parker ceased production of Penman Sapphire in 2000 meaning that the bottle I have is at least 16 years old and probably older; that’s more than half my age! I bought my bottle from a seller on eBay (and as of this writing he has another bottle up for sale). The ink is very well…