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The Esterbrook Pen Company was established in 1858 and reborn in 2018 with the help of New York based creative branding firm, Kenro. Kenro are experts in their chosen area of focus – premium fine writing and watches – with over 26 years of expertise in design, marketing and distribution. And wow oh wow have … Read more
When you purchase a ball point pen from your local store, you generally get a choice of dull black or blue oil based ink. But in the world of fountain pens even black and blue have an amazing range of colours, shades, saturation and behaviours. It’s almost impossible to list the choices available to the avid … Read more
I have a good friend who always listens to opera when he is working. After a quick bout of Puccini he’ll waft emotionally around his office kitchen, waving his arms in the air in typical artistic style, enthusiastically telling people about the amazing performance of this singer or that singer.I was missing my friend this … Read more
I can’t help it!I LOVE brown ink!It is an obsession and I have no idea why. It might be that I like playing around in mud and dirt too much. But there really is something about the number of amazing hues that you can find in brown fountain pen inks.I’m so glad to finally have Caroube … Read more
I feel like I’ve been favouring J. Herbin ink for the last few weeks, but as I sunk my teeth into a juicy citrus fruit this afternoon, I just couldn’t help myself. Images of Orange Indien flew into my mind and wouldn’t leave me alone! This is an ink that I haven’t paid too much attention to, … Read more
Modern fountain pens don’t blot the same way as when I was in school about a hundred years ago. No matter how hard I shook my Bahamas travel pen, a Kaweco AL Sport that I decided to bring with me for pool-side journal writing, I could not make a blot!! I didn’t want to get … Read more