This is what it is like to sit down with us after dinner. I have no idea if this is boring or interesting, so let us know. If it is not boring, there may be a part 2.
Pen Powwow Part 1
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Category Archives: Fountain Pens
OMAS 360 Soleterre Limited Edition Fountain Pen Review
Purchase of this limited edition OMAS 360 Soleterre contributed to the education of women and children in Africa. The pen was sold exclusively through the OMAS webshop.
Sailor Nib Set – Extra Fine to Specialty Nibs
I borrowed a full set of Sailor nibs from a friend, so here goes with a line up of nibs! As you can see, this is an enormous lineup of videos, so taking pictures of all of these nibs and writing samples in an enormous chore. If you really want to see a picture of a specific writing sample or something, let me know, and I’ll see what I can do.
Extra-Fine Nib
Fine Nib
Medium-Fine Nib
Medium Nib
Medium Emperor Nib
Broad Nib
Sailor Zoom Nib
Fude de Mannen (Profit) Nib
Fude de Mannen Nib
Naginata Togi Medium-Fine Nib
Naginata Togi Medium Nib
Naginata Togi Medium Emperor Nib
Naginata Togi Broad Nib
Naginata Concord Nib
Naginata Cross Concord Nib
Naginata Concord Emperor Nib
Cross Point Emperor Nib
Cross Concord Emperor Nib
Music Nib
Naginata Cross Music Nib
Naginata Cross Music Emperor Nib
King Cobra Nib
King Eagle Nib
Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age Oversize Fountain Pen
The beautiful Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Oversize made from lava, kindly lent to me by a friend.
Disassembly Line Kaweco Elite Fountain Pen
Wing Sung 380 Fountain Pen Review
Thank you to a kind viewer for sending this pen to me!
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Namiki Yukari Nightline Moonlight Fountain Pen Review
This pen was purchased at La Couronne du Comte. You can use the code BROWN10 for 10% off your purchase, but that excludes Montblanc. 
This gorgeous pen with strips of abalone shell definitely warranted a review – even though it’s actually Azizah’s pen.
S.T. Dupont Liberté Pearl White and Palladium Fountain Pen Review
This pen was kindly lent to me by Iguana Sell – thank you! I’ve received a lot of review requests for the S.T. Dupont brand, so I am grateful for this review opportunity.
Just a reminder that Iguana Sell will attend and sponsor the Madrid Pen Show this year! On the first day of the show, Friday November 18, in the afternoon, Azizah and I will be at the Iguana Sell table. Anyone interested in checking out some fountain pens, inks, or chatting about them, please come over!
For an extra 5% discount off your purchase, you can use the discount code: ‘IGUANAPENSHOW’ on all Iguana Sell’s sites: www.iguanasell.com, www.iguanasell.es, www.iguanasell.co.uk, www.iguanasell.de, www.iguanasell.fr. Valid from Thursday, November 17 to Sunday, November 20, 2016.
Measurements:
Length (capped): 140.8 mm/5.54″
Length (uncapped): 126.3 mm/4.97″
Length (posted): 140.1 mm/5.51″
Diameter (barrel): 7.9 – 11.2 mm/0.31″ – 0.44″
Diameter (section): 7.7 – 9.9 mm/0.30″ – 0.39″
Weight (all): 38 g
Weight (cap): 14 g
Weight (body): 24 g
Madrid Pen Show 2016 Part III
As I will be attending the Madrid Pen Show this year in collaboration with Iguana Sell, and especially if you have never attended a pen show before, I would like to share with you:
Iguana Sell will attend and sponsor the Madrid Pen Show this year! On the first day of the show, Friday November 18, in the afternoon, Azizah and I will be at the Iguana Sell table. Anyone interested in checking out some fountain pens, inks, or chatting about them, please come over!
Come visit Iguana Sell and you can see and try out the new set of Diamine Shimmering Inks. You can get to know and try the different nibs offered by Nakaya and Aurora – and there are quite a few, pretty much one for everyone! Iguana Sell lets me know that the first time, the Leuchtturm 1917 notebooks will be also available, and you could get yours customized!
Why bother coming to the show when you can buy it later? Well, part of the fun of the pen show is the people, interacting with old friends and new friends, browsing and trying pens and inks of interest, and more. What else? Anyone who purchases a fountain pen with Iguana Sell during the Pen Show will receive at 10% discount code for their next pen leather case purchase (this discount code may be used at the show itself, at the Iguana Sell Boutique, or on the website.
Chatterley-Visconti Opera Master South-West Fountain Pen Review
This gorgeous Opera Master is made from the “Speakeasy” celluloid. A wonderful collaboration between Visconti and Chatterley Luxuries. There were 10 silver and 10 gold trim pens: this is the gold trim version.
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