Waterman ink
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Choosing ink
I’ve been leaning heavily into the blue inks for a while and that has been good. I particularly enjoyed using Waterman Inspired Blue in my Lamy LX Rose Gold with its extra-fine nib. More specifically, I enjoyed using it with my creative writing notebook which is a Rhodiarama A5 lined notebook. The creamy paper and Continue reading
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Blue inks for grey-sky days
I ended up choosing a cohort of blue inks for June, which may have been a mistake as the sky now seems to think that it doesn’t need to contribute any blue to the month at all. A monochromatic month may seem a trifle boring, but it suits me because I can’t seem to get Continue reading
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Punting down the River Styx
I introduced the “ferryman” theme in my previous pen and ink post with a very tenuous link to my chosen trio for September. Never keen to let go of even the slimmest analogy, today I’m going to take you punting down the River Styx. This is very apt, as some of my September combinations have Continue reading
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Who pays the ferryman?
It’s a whole new month and the changing of the seasons is upon us, although you wouldn’t know it from the predicted temperatures for my area in the coming week – above 25℃ every day where it’s been closer to a comfortable 20℃ for the past couple of weeks. Even so, the mornings and evenings Continue reading
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A late summer visitor
There’s a bit of a cuckoo in my pen collection right now. A summer visitor has flown in and for a short but interesting residency before heading home. It’s another Cross fountain pen – this time, the Cross Townsend, which is very much like my own Cross Century II but with a sneaky little dose Continue reading
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Bring on the inks
This was the lineup at the weekend when I sat down to choose my pens and inks for March. It is almost all the inks I own, the absences are one pack of cartridges which are living at work and one bottle which is hiding away until April. The initial whittling-down was pretty easy because Continue reading
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