Retrospective: Saturday February 22

Articles I’ve read:

• New TWSBI Inks (Wonder Pens) ✑ Nice look at the new standard TWSBI inks.

• review: robert oster signature purple jazz (ink sharks) ✑ Not sure if purple is the right colour but it’s a nice ink!

• Fountain Pen Review: Laban 300 Skeleton Fountain Pen in Rose Gold (The Well Appointed Desk) ✑ Pretty and much more affordable than the Montblanc’s but is it too derivative?

• Finding joy in black ink (UK Fountain Pens) ✑ A simple look into exploring black ink. I had a similar impression about what a good black ink should be.

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• Sailor ⚓️ Ink Studio 770

• Kyo no oto No. 4 Yamabukiiro

• J. Herbin Vert Pré

• Sailor’s Hankyu Wakaba🔰

• Noodler’s Green

• Diamine 150th Anniversar Tropical Green

• Montblanc Season’s Greetings 🎄❄️ Whiteforest

• Colorverse Pale Blue Dot

• Robert Oster Deep Sea

• Bungukan Kobayashi Blue of Saruga Bay Summer

• And more coming up (somewhat periodically)…

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